Comparison

MapOn vs Tabii

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

Head to head
About

MapOn

Automatically color-codes visited regions on a personal map using photo GPS data. It supports extensive coverage for South Korea, Japan, the US, and over 100 other countries. Share your travel achievements with friends through customizable cards and photobook albums.

Highlights
  • Automatic map coloring from photo GPS
  • Extensive country and region coverage
  • Shareable travel achievement cards
  • Cloud-synced photobook albums
  • Global user rankings
  • Multi-language support
Features
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Beyond the places you've forgotten, onto the map. MapOn reads location data from photos in your gallery and paints the districts, cities, and countries you've visited onto your personal map. ONE SCAN COMPLETES THE WHOLE COUNTRY All it needs is your photos' GPS metadata. Background scanning sorts through thousands of photos automatically — no manual entry, your travel history builds itself on the map. DOMESTIC AND OVERSEAS COVERAGE • South Korea: 17 metropolitan/provincial regions, 250+ city·county·district units • Japan: 47 prefectures + 1,800+ municipalities (dual-tone fill) • United States: 50 states + 63 National Parks auto-matched • Philippines: 81 provinces • 100+ other countries via automatic reverse geocoding JOURNEY SHARE CARD A magazine-style achievement card combining your visit stats, progress, and ranking on a single page. Pinch and pan to compose your shot, then share with friends in one tap. PHOTOBOOK TRAVEL ALBUMS Edit photos like in PPT to build your own travel book, auto-synced to the cloud. Customize everything from cover to inside pages. GLOBAL RANKINGS Compare visited regions with other users on 1-month, 3-month, and lifetime scales. Search friends by nickname. 5 LANGUAGES Fully translated in Korean, English, Japanese, Chinese, and Spanish. YOUR PHOTOS STAY SAFE Only the GPS metadata is read — your actual photos never leave your device. All processing happens locally. — You'll know when you arrive at your next destination. MapOn will have already painted it. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Tabii

Effortlessly track travel expenses with smart, one-line entries. This app automatically parses amounts, currencies, and categories, converting them to your home currency in real-time. Manage budgets and view intuitive spending reports, even offline.

Highlights
  • One-line expense entry
  • AI-powered category auto-classification
  • Real-time currency conversion
  • Offline functionality
  • Travel budget management
  • Intuitive spending reports
Features
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Jot it down like a note, and Tabii gets it. The easiest smart travel expense tracker there is. Ever lost the moment on a trip because a budgeting app made you pick a category, type the amount, and do the currency math? Just write "Lawson 600 yen cash" — one rough line is enough. Tabii works out the amount, currency, payment method, and category for you. No forms, no dropdowns. Type it, then get back to your trip. Japan, Europe, Thailand — wherever you go, set the destination and Tabii applies the local currency and live exchange rate, converting everything to your home currency. [Made for] - Anyone tired of filling in forms while traveling - Anyone looking for a must-have app for Japan or any trip abroad - Anyone still doing currency math by hand - Anyone whose spending lives in scattered notes - Anyone who wants to travel comfortably within a set budget - Anyone who wants the real total of a trip, flights and hotels included [Key features] - Radically simple one-line input Write it the way you'd say it: "Lawson 600 yen", "Suica 1000 cash", "yakiniku 10000". Hit enter and the amount and merchant are parsed and logged instantly. Add a date — "yesterday lunch 3000", "7/12 souvenirs 2000" — and it's filed on that day. Works in English, Japanese, Chinese (Traditional), and Korean. - Smart categories, sorted for you Based on what you typed, expenses are automatically categorized as Food, Transport, Shopping, Lodging, Sightseeing, Flight, or Other. Payment methods (cash, card, mobile pay) are recognized too. Skip the sorting and focus on the trip. - Live conversion, no calculator needed From JPY, USD, and EUR to Swiss Franc, Czech Koruna, and Turkish Lira, Tabii supports a wide range of currencies. Live rates convert your total into your home currency at a glance, and rates update automatically. - Before-trip expenses, all in one place (NEW) Log flights, hotels, and tour bookings you paid before departure in the "Before trip" tab. Set the payment currency and exchange rate, or enter the amount your card was actually charged, so your total trip cost stays accurate. Before-trip costs stay out of your during-trip budget, so on-the-ground budgeting stays clean. - Works offline No data abroad? Logging and categorizing still work instantly. Everything runs on your device; only exchange rates refresh when you're online. - Trip budgets Set a budget per trip and see how much you've used and what's left. Tabii tracks the remainder in real time and reads your spending pace to warn you before you overspend. - Clear stats and dashboards How much went to food this trip? What did today cost? See it by day and by category in clean charts and dashboards — handy for planning the next trip, too. - Widgets & Dynamic Island, without opening the app Home and Lock Screen widgets show total spending, remaining budget, and the live rate of any currency you pick. On iPhone, the Dynamic Island and Live Activity keep your trip spending in view in real time. - Separate trips Japan, Europe, the US — create each trip separately, with its own emoji and color. - Export to Excel, CSV, or PDF (Premium) Save and share a trip's expenses as Excel, CSV, or PDF, including the before/during split, payment currency, converted amount, and the rate applied. Handy for settling up and keeping records. No heavy finance app, no receipt scanning — just the lightest way to keep track without losing the excitement of travel. Start traveling light and smart with Tabii. [Tabii Premium] The core features are free. Want unlimited trips, export, and no ads? Choose Premium — Lifetime or Monthly. [Contact & feedback] - Email: contact@hood.am * No sign-up needed. Everything you log stays on your phone and is never sent to a server. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://hood.am/legal/privacy/

Screenshots

MapOn4 screens
Tabii4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tabii at 100% against MapOn's 33%. Tabii also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10). MapOn's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 10 days). On price, ads, device support 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. MapOn sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.09 per month. Tabii asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapOn ships an update every 2 days, Tabii every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
MapOn versus Tabii: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapOnTabii
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB60 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperJEONGLYUL YANGHood Company

Customer experience

MapOn

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

Tabii

Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

MapOn

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Plus$6.091 Month
  • Premium Plus7 Days trial$51.001 Year
One-time8
  • MapOn — Hong Kong Map$1.99
  • MapOn — Macau Map$1.99
  • MapOn — Nauru Map$1.99
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  • MapOn — Kiribati Map$1.99
  • MapOn — Kosovo Map$1.99
  • 3 Map Bundle Credits$5.99
  • 5 Map Bundle Credits$9.99
  • 10 Map Bundle Credits$14.99
None

Tabii

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapOn free?
MapOn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabii free?
Tabii is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapOn or Tabii have ads?
Both MapOn and Tabii show ads.
Which is updated more often, MapOn or Tabii?
MapOn ships an update every 2 days, and Tabii every 10 days. Most recently, MapOn was updated on October 11, 2026 and Tabii on October 14, 2026.

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