Comparison

MapOn vs OnTheRoad

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

OnTheRoad

Features
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OnTheRoad is a calm, local-first planner for the trips you take by car. Lay out your journey day by day, keep every stop in order, and carry the whole itinerary in your pocket — no account, no sign-up, and it works on the road even without a signal. PLAN DAY BY DAY Build a trip from a start and end date and OnTheRoad lays out one day per date automatically. Fill each day with the stops that matter — a place to visit, a hotel for the night, a meal, an activity, or a quick note — and reorder them by time. Need to leave a day earlier or extend the trip? Shift or adjust the dates and nothing you planned ever gets dropped. SEE THE WHOLE ROUTE ON A MAP Every stop with a location becomes a pin, joined into a route that follows real roads between them. Focus a single day to highlight it while the rest of the journey stays in view. Tap any address to open it in Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze — whichever you prefer. ADD PLACES THE EASY WAY Search for a place and drop it straight onto your trip, or share a spot from Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Safari directly into OnTheRoad and it becomes a stop on the day you choose. KNOW WHAT'S NEXT The Upcoming tab spotlights the trip you're on now (or the next one coming up) and highlights the very next item on your schedule, so you always know where you're headed. MAKE IT YOURS Give each trip a cover photo, tick off per-item checklists as you pack or go, and switch between light and dark. Available in English and French. YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS OnTheRoad is local-first by design. Your trips, photos, and notes are saved as files on your iPhone — there is no account and no server. We don't track you, run ads, or collect analytics. Export any trip as a file to back it up or share it, and import it back whenever you like. Pack the car. The plan comes with you.

Screenshots

MapOn4 screens
OnTheRoad4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OnTheRoad at none against MapOn's 10. OnTheRoad also leads on ads (none vs shown). MapOn's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.0). On price 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. MapOn sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.09 per month. OnTheRoad asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 5 level
MapOn versus OnTheRoad: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapOnOnTheRoad
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size156 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJEONGLYUL YANGJules Seguin

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
Show 5 more
  • 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

OnTheRoad

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapOn free?
MapOn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnTheRoad free?
OnTheRoad is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapOn or OnTheRoad have ads?
MapOn shows ads; OnTheRoad does not.

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