Comparison

Museum Passport vs PassportMap

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

Head to head
About

Museum Passport

Manage all your museum memberships in one place. Discover reciprocal benefits at over 3,200 institutions across the US and Canada, track savings, and get renewal reminders. Plan your visits and maximize the value of your existing passes.

Highlights
  • Membership wallet
  • Reciprocity map
  • Savings tracker
  • Renewal reminders
  • Benefit discovery
  • Visit planning
  • Usage analytics
Features
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One app for every museum membership your family owns, with coverage across more than 3,200 institutions in the United States and Canada. Your museum membership probably opens more doors than you think. Most cards include reciprocal benefits at dozens of nearby institutions and hundreds more while traveling, but almost nobody knows. Museum Passport is the membership wallet, reciprocity map, and savings tracker that makes them impossible to miss. Store every pass in one place with entry codes, cardholder info, and expiration dates. No more digging through emails or screenshots at the front desk. Automatic reminders 30 and 7 days before a membership expires keep renewals from slipping through the cracks. See every museum, zoo, garden, science center, and children's museum your existing cards unlock, sorted by distance from where you are right now. Tap any location to see the exact benefits, exclusions, and what your card gets you at the door. Enter any destination city and instantly see which museums your passes unlock before you arrive. Museum Passport shows estimated savings so you can plan around what you already own. Record every outing with group size and ticket value received. See total savings, return on investment, and usage across every card -- your best performer, your least-used pass, and your household's total value returned. Museum Passport covers the major North American reciprocity programs: ACM (children's museums), AHS (botanical gardens), ASTC (science and technology centers), AZA (zoos and aquariums), NARM (art museums), ROAM, Time Travelers, Smithsonian Affiliates, Western Reciprocal Network, and more. If your membership participates in any of these programs, Museum Passport shows you exactly where it works. Museum Passport Pro adds iCloud partner syncing, unlimited memberships, and household sharing. Museum Passport turns scattered memberships into a tool that actually works, for entry, planning, travel, and savings at more than 3,200 institutions across the US and Canada. By subscribing, you agree to Apple's Standard EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

PassportMap

Features
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Your museum, zoo or garden membership is a passport. Reciprocal admission networks let members in free or at a discount at thousands of other places, if you know where to look. PassportMap shows you. EVERY NETWORK, ONE MAP More than 3,200 attractions from thirteen reciprocal networks: the ASTC Travel Passport Program for science centers, NARM and ROAM for art, history and culture museums, Time Travelers for history museums, the AHS Garden Network for botanical gardens, and AZA for zoos and aquariums; ACM for children's museums; ANCA for nature centers; the Smithsonian Affiliate Reciprocal Program (SARP); MARP and Western Reciprocal for art museums; The Met Reciprocal Network; and Partners of the West for aviation museums. Science centers, art and history museums, children's museums, historic homes, zoos, aquariums, botanical gardens, arboretums and nature centers, across North America and beyond. WHAT YOUR MEMBERSHIP GETS YOU Add the places where you're a member. PassportMap works out which networks each membership belongs to and what it gets you at every attraction: free, half price or member price. Each network's distance rules are worked out too, like ASTC's 90 miles, so you know before you go. NEARBY, CLOSEST FIRST Every participating place around you, sorted by distance, with what your memberships get you at each one. Filter by kind of place or by network. One tap for directions in the maps app you use. ROAD TRIPS (PRO) Plan a trip in four questions: where from, where to, any stops along the way, and how far off the road you'll go. PassportMap finds every attraction in that corridor, stretch by stretch, and puts your stops in the best driving order. On the road, your next stop is one tap away, and you check off each one as you visit. YOUR CARD, READY AT THE DESK (PRO) Keep a photo of each membership card, front and back, so it's ready at the counter. VISITS (PRO) Mark the places you've been and watch your map fill in. FREE TO EXPLORE The map, every attraction's details, what your memberships get you, the Nearby list and directions are all free. Pro adds the road trip planner, your membership cards and visits, and removes ads. Pro is a monthly or yearly subscription, and new subscribers may be eligible for a free trial. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account to make. Your memberships, trips, visits and card photos stay on your device. On iPhone and iPad. PassportMap is an independent app. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of these networks or the organizations that run them. Each attraction sets its own admission policy and can change it at any time, so confirm with the attraction before you visit. Terms of Use: https://passport-map.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://passport-map.com/privacy

Screenshots

Museum Passport4 screens
PassportMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Museum Passport at none against PassportMap's shown. PassportMap's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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. Museum Passport sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and PassportMap sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Museum Passport ships an update every 5 days, PassportMap every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Museum Passport versus PassportMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMuseum PassportPassportMap
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB101 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRazorfrog Web DesignThe Backyard Pantry, LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Museum Passport

Subscriptions2
  • Museum Passport Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • Museum Passport Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
One-time1
  • Museum Passport Pro - Lifetime$99.99
3 purchases

PassportMap

Subscriptions2
  • PassportMap Pro (Monthly)7 Days trial$2.491 Month
  • PassportMap Pro (Annual)7 Days trial$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$34.99

Questions

Is Museum Passport free?
Museum Passport is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PassportMap free?
PassportMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Museum Passport or PassportMap have ads?
PassportMap shows ads; Museum Passport does not.
Which is updated more often, Museum Passport or PassportMap?
Museum Passport ships an update every 5 days, and PassportMap every 3 days. Most recently, Museum Passport was updated on October 28, 2026 and PassportMap on October 22, 2026.

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