Comparison

Chicago Passport vs Map It Mobile

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chicago Passport

Explore Chicago's unique locations with this app. Visit destinations, collect digital stamps, and track your discoveries across themed packs of attractions. Find nearby places using an interactive map and unlock premium content.

Highlights
  • Discover 250+ curated locations
  • Collect digital passport stamps
  • Track exploration across Chicago
  • Interactive map for nearby places
  • Unlock premium Explorer packs
Features
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Chicago Passport helps you discover the most interesting places across Chicago and the surrounding area. Visit destinations, collect digital passport stamps, and track your exploration across curated packs of restaurants, museums, parks, and hidden gems. • Discover 280+ unique Chicago locations that you have never heard of • Record visits and collect digital passport stamps in 28+ themed bucketlists • Create your own personalize bucketlist and cross it off as you explore • Track your exploration across Chicago • Find nearby places with the interactive map • Unlock premium Explorer packs and stats Turn Chicago into a real-life passport and rediscover the city!

About

Map It Mobile

Features
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Map It is a new way to remember your life through the places that made it special. Instead of letting your best memories get buried in your camera roll, Map It lets you pin them to the exact places they happened. Whether it was a trip with friends, a random night that turned into a core memory, a restaurant you loved, a city you explored, or a moment you never want to forget, Map It gives those memories a real place to live. With Map It, you can add pins to your personal map, upload photos and videos, write notes about what happened, and build a visual timeline of your life through the places you have been. Every pin becomes part of your story. The best part is that your map keeps growing with you. The more you live, travel, explore, and experience, the more meaningful your map becomes. Map It is for people who want to remember more than just pictures. It is for people who want to look back and actually feel where they were, who they were with, and why that moment mattered. Download Map It and start building the map of your life.

Screenshots

Chicago Passport4 screens
Map It Mobile4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Map It Mobile at none against Chicago Passport's 2. Map It Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Chicago Passport sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Map It Mobile asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chicago Passport ships an update monthly, Map It Mobile every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Chicago Passport versus Map It Mobile: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChicago PassportMap It Mobile
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (8 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB105 MB
Age rating12+17+
DeveloperCAMERON JOHN BRENSONEthan Bangar-Martinez

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Chicago Passport

Subscriptions2
  • Explorer Pass - Monthly14 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Explorer Pass - Annual14 Days trial$29.991 Year
None

Map It Mobile

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chicago Passport free?
Chicago Passport is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Map It Mobile free?
Map It Mobile is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chicago Passport or Map It Mobile have ads?
Neither Chicago Passport nor Map It Mobile shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chicago Passport or Map It Mobile?
Chicago Passport ships an update monthly, and Map It Mobile every 5 days. Most recently, Chicago Passport was updated on November 5, 2026 and Map It Mobile on November 6, 2026.

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