Comparison

RatMap vs Raven EDM

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

Head to head
About

RatMap

This app allows users to report and map rat sightings in their city. Users can upload photos, add details, and view a live map of reported incidents. Compete with others on a leaderboard and earn badges for spotting rats.

Highlights
  • Live city-wide rat sighting map
  • Photo and location reporting
  • Community feed with comments and reactions
  • Leaderboard and ranking system
  • Friend following and activity feed
  • Levels and badge system
Features
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The rats are everywhere, now there's proof. RatMap turns every rat sighting into a live, community-built map of your city. Spot one, snap a photo, and post your rat. Check out the feed, follow friends, climb the rat ranks, and earn badges to be the top rat spotter in the city. WHY RATMAP Everyone's got a rat story. RatMap is where they actually go on the record. Pizza rat, fighting rats, jumping rats, you name it. HOW IT WORKS See a rat, open RatMap, and report it in seconds. Add a photo, your location, and a few quick details: how many, how big, and what it was up to. Your sighting goes live on the map and into the community feed the moment you post it. If you didn't get a photo, no worries because you can still report your rat sighting! WHAT YOU GET • Live map — every sighting across the city in real time, with a heat map of the rattiest hotspots • Rat reporting — photo, auto-detected location, and one-tap details • Community feed — watch the latest sightings roll in, comment, and react • Leaderboard — rack up sightings and climb the ranks • Friends — follow people you know and see what they're spotting • Levels & badges — work your way up from rookie spotter to certified rat royalty Spot it. Snap it. Map it. RatMap.

About

Raven EDM

Connect with fellow EDM fans to discover upcoming shows, see who's attending, and coordinate with your friends. Features include event-specific group chats, private and public groups for your rave crew, and user reviews for events and artists. Share posts with text, photos, and videos, all within a community guided by PLUR principles.

Highlights
  • Discover upcoming EDM shows
  • See who's attending events
  • Event-specific group chats
  • Private and public rave groups
  • User reviews for events and artists
  • Text, photo, and video posts
  • PLUR-guided community
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Raven is the social network for EDM fans. See what shows are coming up, see who's going, and sync up with the crew. Built by ravers, for ravers. Now available in Boston. A feed for the shows you actually care about. A clean list of upcoming shows in your city. Tap through for the full lineup, the venue, ticket links, and to see which of your friends and groups are going. Every event gets its own group chat. The moment you RSVP, you're in the chat for that night — meet the crew, coordinate the meetup, and stay in the loop during the event. It lives on the Events tab so it never tangles up with your day-to-day DMs. Private groups for your fam. Make a group with the people you already roll with. The next show the group is going to is pinned at the top of the chat. Join Public groups to grow your fam. Looking to meet new ravers? Browse public groups headed to a show and join the one that fits. Finding the afters has never been easier. Reviews for everything. Rate the headliner, the openers, the crowd, the venue. Future you — and everyone researching the next show — will thank you. Posts, the way they should be. Text, photo, and video, curated to the music you actually care about. No follower counts. No verified-clout tiers. No influencer math. Peace, love, unity, respect. We’re firm believers in the importance of PLUR in the rave scene. PLUR guides how we design the apps and our community guidelines. 100% free for ravers. Always. Raven is completely free for ravers and will stay that way. We make money from promoters, artists, and venues who pay to reach you in the app — never from selling your data or from third-party ad networks. Now available in Boston. More cities coming soon.

Screenshots

RatMap4 screens
Raven EDM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Raven EDM at every 2 weeks against RatMap's every 2 months. RatMap's advantage is ratings volume (20 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 RatMap against 5.0 for Raven EDM. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: RatMap has 20 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RatMap ships an update every 2 months, Raven EDM every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
RatMap versus Raven EDM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRatMapRaven EDM
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (20 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings20 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB62 MB
Age rating17+17+
DeveloperKoosha JadbabaeiGlowRoom, Inc.

Customer experience

RatMap

All ratings20 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Raven EDM

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

RatMap

No in-app purchases

None

Raven EDM

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RatMap free?
RatMap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Raven EDM free?
Raven EDM is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RatMap or Raven EDM?
RatMap and Raven EDM are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 20 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do RatMap or Raven EDM have ads?
Neither RatMap nor Raven EDM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RatMap or Raven EDM?
RatMap ships an update every 2 months, and Raven EDM every 2 weeks. Most recently, RatMap was updated on October 31, 2026 and Raven EDM on October 31, 2026.

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