Comparison

Nemo Places vs Mapzaar

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

Head to head
About

Nemo Places

Create and share custom maps of your favorite locations with notes, photos, and time-bound pins. Organize spots with emoji categories and import/export data from various formats. Your places are private by design, with no accounts or tracking required.

Highlights
  • Save places with notes and emoji categories
  • Time-bound pins for temporary events
  • Automatic photo integration from device
  • Shareable map links for web and iOS
  • Import/export Google My Maps, GeoJSON, KML, KMZ
  • Private by design, no accounts needed
  • Full VoiceOver and Voice Control support
Features
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Save the places you love. Share a map that stays current. Build a personal map of favorite cafés, weekend plans and places worth coming back to. Share the places you choose with a link, or follow a friend's map right alongside your own. SHARE ONCE, KEEP IT CURRENT Choose "Share and keep updated" to create a link that follows your edits. Add a place, change a note or remove a spot, and anyone who opens the link sees the latest version. They can explore it without installing Nemo. You pick which places go out, and you can stop sharing anytime. FOLLOW A FRIEND'S MAP Keep a friend's shared map on yours. Their places appear next to your own, clearly marked, and refresh as they make changes. Get directions, or save your own copy of the ones you love. SAVE A PLACE IN SECONDS Long-press anywhere on the map to save a place. Add a name, notes and an emoji category: coffee, parks, bookstores, date spots, or whatever matters to you. FIND YOUR NEXT STOP The Visible places list shows how far each place is from you. Nothing saved in view? "Show nearest saved place" takes you to the closest one. Long-press a place in the list for Directions. On iPad in landscape and on the Mac, keep the list pinned as a sidebar that follows the map while you explore. PLANS THAT EXPIRE Give a place an expiration date for pop-ups, festivals or weekly markets. An orange clock badge marks it until it expires and hides on its own. PHOTOS FROM THIS PLACE Open a saved place to see photos you took nearby, from your own Photos library. Photos stay on your device and are never included in shared maps. SEND A COPY, TOO Send a snapshot link that anyone can explore or forward. Friends who use Nemo can save a copy of your places to their own map. IMPORT & EXPORT Bring in places from Google My Maps, GeoJSON, KML or KMZ files, and export yours anytime. ON iPHONE, iPAD AND MAC Works without an account. Optional sign-in syncs your places across your devices. No ads and no cross-app tracking. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver and Voice Control support. Respects Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency.

About

Mapzaar

Create, share, and discover custom maps of real places like restaurants, trails, and hidden gems. Find guides built by locals and explore new areas through curated recommendations.

Highlights
  • Create custom place maps
  • Add places with photos and notes
  • Discover maps by category and tags
  • Find places using 'Near Me'
  • Follow trusted creators
  • Save maps for later access
Features
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Mapzaar is where people create, share, and discover maps of real places—restaurants, coffee shops, trails, neighborhoods, hidden gems, and anything worth remembering on a map. Instead of scrolling through endless reviews or starting your search from scratch, discover place guides built by people who actually know an area. Follow creators, save maps you love, and create maps of your own to share. CREATE MAPS OF PLACES YOU LOVE • Build custom maps around any theme—food crawls, travel days, local favorites, shopping stores, and more • Add places with names, photos, ratings, and notes • Organize with categories and tags DISCOVER PLACES WORTH GOING • Browse popular maps on Discover • Search by name, category, tags, or creator • Use Near Me to find maps and places around you • Open any map and explore every spot on it FOLLOW CREATORS & SAVE MAPS • Follow people whose taste you trust • See new maps and updates in your Following feed • Save maps to your profile for easy access later EXPLORE PLACES IN DETAIL • Tap any spot to see photos, notes, and ratings • Rate the places you've visited • See which other maps feature the same place • Share maps and places with friends through a link Whether you're planning a weekend, moving to a new city, exploring your own neighborhood, or documenting your favorite spots, Mapzaar helps turn knowledge about places into something useful, discoverable, and easy to share. Create maps, discover places through people you trust, and save the guides worth coming back to. Download Mapzaar and discover your next place through a map worth following.

Screenshots

Nemo Places4 screens
Mapzaar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Nemo Places at every 3 days against Mapzaar's every 3 weeks. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Nemo Places against 5.0 for Mapzaar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nemo Places ships an update every 3 days, Mapzaar every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Nemo Places versus Mapzaar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNemo PlacesMapzaar
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings33
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB88 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGuillermo KardolusAmmar Karim

Customer experience

Nemo Places

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Mapzaar

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Nemo Places

No in-app purchases

None

Mapzaar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Nemo Places free?
Nemo Places is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mapzaar free?
Mapzaar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Nemo Places or Mapzaar?
Nemo Places and Mapzaar are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Nemo Places or Mapzaar have ads?
Neither Nemo Places nor Mapzaar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Nemo Places or Mapzaar?
Nemo Places ships an update every 3 days, and Mapzaar every 3 weeks. Most recently, Nemo Places was updated on October 31, 2026 and Mapzaar on October 31, 2026.

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