Comparison

PeekEarth vs Street Map

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

Head to head
About

PeekEarth

Features
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Explore the world in stunning 3D. PeekEarth turns your iPhone into a powerful geographic toolkit with a beautiful, minimalist interface. EXPLORE A 3D GLOBE Launch the app and see Earth as a realistic 3D globe. Pinch, rotate, and tilt to explore terrain from any angle. Switch between Standard, Satellite, Hybrid, and Dark map styles with a single tap. PIN LANDMARKS Tap anywhere on the map to drop a pin. Name it, save it, and come back to it anytime. Every landmark is stored locally on your device — no account required, no cloud, fully private. DRAW PATHS Plan routes by tapping points on the map. PeekEarth connects them with a path line and calculates the total distance in real time. Save your routes with custom names for future reference. MEASURE DISTANCES Need to know how far apart two points are? Drop measurement pins and get accurate great-circle distances instantly. Label each measurement so you remember what it represents — road width, river crossing, hiking segment. CALCULATE AREAS Tap three or more points to form a polygon and measure the enclosed area. Useful for estimating land size, park boundaries, or construction zones. IMPORT & EXPORT KML Open KML files directly from other apps like WeChat, email, or Files. PeekEarth parses Placemarks, LineStrings, Polygons, and gx:Track data. Export your own data as KML to share with Google Earth, Maps, or colleagues. WATERMARK CAMERA Capture geotagged photos with a built-in watermark camera. Each photo is stamped with the location name, coordinates, altitude, and timestamp — cropped to a clean 16:9 ratio. Save directly to your photo library. COMPASS Open a full-screen digital compass powered by your device magnetometer. See your heading in degrees and cardinal direction in real time. COORDINATE DISPLAY View live latitude, longitude, and altitude for the map center as you pan. Toggle the info panel on or off to keep your view clean. WEATHER AT A GLANCE Check current weather conditions for your map location with a quick tap. FULLY OFFLINE DATA All your landmarks, paths, measurements, and imported KML data are stored locally using Apple's SwiftData framework. Your data never leaves your device. DESIGNED FOR iOS Built entirely with SwiftUI and MapKit. Native 3D globe rendering, smooth animations, and a dark interface that looks sharp on every iPhone.

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Street Map

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Somewhere in the world, right now — and a reason to look. Most map apps show you where things are. This one gives you a reason to explore. Every day drops you into a new corner of the planet, hands you a game, tracks the light on any street, and finds you a sky worth looking up at. Nowhere else does all of this in one place. - A DAILY PLACE-GUESSING GAME Get dropped into a real location with only the street around you — no labels, no clues. Drop your pin, confirm, and watch the reveal fly across the world to the truth. One fresh round every day. Build a streak and protect it with freeze tokens. Share your result with friends. Practice anywhere, by continent, by country, or through places you've saved. - SUN, SHADOW AND GOLDEN HOUR Scrub through any day and watch the sun move across real streets and buildings in 3D. See which side gets morning light, know exactly when golden hour lands, and trace the sun's arc through your camera in AR. No signal needed — it's all computed on your device. - DARK SKY FINDER Find the closest place to actually see the Milky Way tonight, ranked by darkness and drive distance. Get a live visibility score built from moon phase and cloud cover, the best viewing window for every spot, and a golden-hour and stargazing countdown right on your Lock Screen. - A STORY BEHIND EVERY PLACE Toggle on the stories layer and the map fills with the history, landmarks, and photos of everywhere beneath you. Read it, or listen — read aloud. - EXPLORE EARTH, YOUR WAY One seamless map with three ways to see it. Walk any street at eye level in Ground, glide over cinematic cities in 3D, or drop in from above with Satellite. Search any place, country, landmark, or coordinate. Browse curated destinations. Find restaurants, cafés, parks, and more nearby. - TAKE IT OFFLINE Download a whole city or country and explore the map, stories, streets, and flyovers with zero signal. Perfect for flights and low-connectivity travel. - WATCH THE WORLD LIVE Tune in to thousands of public live cameras — beaches, mountains, cities, ski resorts — in real time. Save your favourites and cast to the big screen. Start anywhere. Look closer. See the whole planet, one day at a time. DISCLAIMER This app is an independent exploration and mapping tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party mapping, imagery, camera, weather, or location-data provider. Map, satellite, and street imagery may be previously captured and should not be considered live unless specifically identified as a live camera stream. Public camera streams remain the property and responsibility of their respective owners and may become unavailable or change without notice. Location, navigation, weather, visibility, celestial, nearby-place, distance, and other informational data may vary in accuracy, availability, and freshness depending on region, device, connectivity, and third-party data sources. Do not rely on the app as the sole source for safety-critical navigation, weather, emergency, or travel decisions. Certain features may require internet access, location permission, compatible hardware, or regional availability. For an uninterrupted experience, consider subscribing to access all app features without ads through an auto-renewing subscription available on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. Manage your subscription settings and turn off auto-renewal within your iTunes Account Settings after purchase, ensuring flexibility and control over your subscription. Current subscription may not be canceled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy at: Link to Privacy Policy: https://radhikapillai.netlify.app/privacy-policy.html Link to Terms of use: https://radhikapillai.netlify.app/terms-conditions.html

Screenshots

PeekEarth4 screens
Street Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PeekEarth at none against Street Map's 3. PeekEarth also leads on ads (none vs shown). Street Map's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Street Map sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. PeekEarth asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PeekEarth ships an update every 4 months, Street Map every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 3 level
PeekEarth versus Street Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPeekEarthStreet Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1715.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB73 MB
Age rating+44+
Developer鸽 李Radhika Pillai

In-app purchases

None

PeekEarth

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Street Map

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
  • Monthly Plan$5.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$12.99

Questions

Is PeekEarth free?
PeekEarth is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Street Map free?
Street Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PeekEarth or Street Map have ads?
Street Map shows ads; PeekEarth does not.
Which is updated more often, PeekEarth or Street Map?
PeekEarth ships an update every 4 months, and Street Map every 5 days. Most recently, PeekEarth was updated on October 3, 2026 and Street Map on October 24, 2026.

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