Comparison

Map Note vs Igneous

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

Head to head
About

Map Note

Save and organize locations on a map with detailed notes, images, and categories. Easily manage places you want to visit, client locations, or travel spots. Share saved information with others.

Highlights
  • Pin locations on map
  • Save name, address, phone, website, notes
  • Attach images to pins
  • Organize with categories and colors
  • Filter and search saved places
  • Share place information
  • No login required
Features
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A simple and easy-to-use map memo app. Pin places you want to visit or spots that catch your interest on the map, and manage them clearly as your own personal place notes. You can save a name, address, phone number, website, notes, and images for each place, making it useful for many purposes such as cafés you want to visit, real estate candidates, client locations, and travel spots. Saved places are easy to check on the map, and you can also manage favorites and visited spots. You can also review saved pins in a list, and filter them by keyword or category. ● Main Features [Add pins to the map and save places] - Add pins to any place on the map - Easily register places around your current location - Save names, addresses, phone numbers, websites, and notes - Attach images to your records - Organize places clearly with categories - Supports favorites and visited management [Organize saved pins clearly] - View all pins in a list - Show only favorites in the favorites list - Supports keyword search - Filter by category - Supports multi-select and bulk delete - Easily add, edit, and delete pins [View details on the detail screen] - Display saved information clearly - Check addresses and coordinates - Supports saving phone numbers and websites - View locations with map snapshots - Tap images to enlarge them - Open locations in an external map app [Manage categories freely] - Add, edit, and delete categories - Set colors for each category - Keep lists easy to read and organized - Customize categories to match your own style of use [Sharing support] - Share saved place information - Share with map snapshots included - If images are registered, they can be shared together - Easily send place information by email and more [Simple and easy-to-use settings] - Supports light mode, dark mode, and system setting - Choose your preferred pin design - Supports settings for the external map app to open locations [No login or registration required] - Start using it right away without creating an account Perfect for saving places you want to visit while traveling, as well as real estate candidates, client locations, café hopping spots, and other places you want to remember. A simple, easy-to-read, and easy-to-use map memo app for everyday use.

About

Igneous

This app offers a gesture-driven approach to note-taking, allowing users to manage their Markdown files with one-handed navigation. It supports various cloud storage options and integrates features like voice notes, live Markdown rendering, and drawing capabilities.

Highlights
  • One-thumb gesture navigation
  • Plain Markdown file storage
  • iCloud Drive and Files integration
  • Live Markdown rendering
  • Voice note recording and transcription
  • Drawing and sketching canvases
  • Mac and offline synchronization
Features
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Igneous is a notes app you drive with one thumb. On iPhone there's no toolbar at the top of the screen: everything lives in one dock at the bottom, and it moves the way Safari's tab bar does. Your notes are plain Markdown files in a folder you choose — on your device, in iCloud Drive, or anywhere Files can reach — so they open in any other app, today and in twenty years. No account, no database, no analytics. GET ANYWHERE WITHOUT REACHING • Tap the pill in the dock to search every note, like tapping Safari's address bar. • Swipe it sideways to move between open notes, and keep going past the last one for a new note. • Swipe up on it and your open notes spread out as cards. • Swipe in from the left edge for your notebook, and from the right for the Inspector. • Pull down on a note to find a word in it. Hold any button for more. • While you read, the dock folds into a slim pill out of the way. Liquid Glass on iOS 26; solid with Reduce Transparency. • On iPad: a floating notebook pane, a real tab bar, and as many windows as Stage Manager will hold. CAPTURE THE MOMENT • Press the Action Button, a Lock Screen widget or a Control Center tile and you're typing in a new note — even from a closed app. • Record a voice note from the Action Button, Siri, the app icon or the note you're in. Igneous transcribes it on your device while you talk, shows the words on the Lock Screen, and saves the audio and transcript into today's note or a note of its own. • Copy a voice note — recording and transcript together — and paste it into Messages, Mail or another note. WRITE IN MARKDOWN, SEE IT BEAUTIFULLY • A live editor that renders headings, lists, tasks, tables, callouts, highlights, maths and diagrams as you type, while the file stays plain text. • A formatting bar just above the keyboard, and Writing Tools that keep your links and structure intact. • Wikilinks, embeds, backlinks, tags and a graph of how your notes connect. • Search every note instantly, including handwriting on your canvases. • Daily notes, a calendar, tasks gathered from every note, templates and a board view. DRAW WHEN WORDS WON'T DO • Canvases for sketches and diagrams, with Apple Pencil on iPad, beside cards and links to your notes. • Opens JSON Canvas and Excalidraw drawings. WORKS WITH YOUR MAC — AND OFFLINE • Keep a notebook in iCloud Drive ▸ Igneous and it's on all your devices. • Or pair with Igneous on your Mac over your own network: the phone keeps a full offline copy and sends its edits when it's back. Changes to different lines are combined, and if you both changed the same words, both versions are kept. Drawings merge shape by shape. • Nothing ever passes through a server of ours — there isn't one. SHORTCUTS, SIRI AND WIDGETS • Actions for new notes, today's note, tasks, search and voice notes, ready for Shortcuts and Siri. • Home Screen widgets with buttons you choose, Lock Screen widgets, Control Center controls, Focus filters and Live Activities. YOUR NOTES, YOUR FILES Igneous reads Obsidian-flavoured Markdown as written and never adds anything you didn't ask for. Point it at the vault you already keep.

Screenshots

Map Note4 screens
Igneous4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Igneous at none against Map Note's shown. Igneous also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Map Note's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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. Map Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Igneous sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Map Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Map Note ships an update every 3 weeks, Igneous every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Map Note versus Igneous: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMap NoteIgneous
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.8 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB46 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMITSUKO MARGOT KUBOTA ONOJASON RANDALL DORFMAN

Customer experience

Map Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Igneous

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Map Note

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$6.99
3 purchases

Igneous

One-time3
  • Small Tip$9.99
  • Medium Tip$24.99
  • Large Tip$49.99

Questions

Is Map Note free?
Map Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Igneous free?
Igneous is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Map Note or Igneous?
Map Note is rated higher. Map Note averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Igneous averages 4.8 from 4 ratings.
Do Map Note or Igneous have ads?
Map Note shows ads; Igneous does not.
Which is updated more often, Map Note or Igneous?
Map Note ships an update every 3 weeks, and Igneous every 2 days. Most recently, Map Note was updated on October 25, 2026 and Igneous on October 29, 2026.

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