MapOn vs Visited Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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/
Visited Map
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Turn the places you have visited into a map that is uniquely yours. Visited Map is a simple travel log for recording the regions you have explored. Mark a region as visited, watch your map fill with color, and see your travel history grow at a glance. Explore maps for Korea, Japan, the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, and Spain. WHAT YOU CAN DO - Record visited regions and the number of visits - See your visited count, completion rate, travel level, and recent visits - Compare leaderboard and global travel statistics - Personalize your map colors and use dark mode - Share your completed map as an image - Check your travel progress from a home screen widget YOUR RECORDS, YOUR CHOICE Start immediately in guest mode and keep your records locally on your device. Sign in with Apple or Google when you want cloud sync and backup across devices. Whether you are collecting weekend getaways or remembering a journey across the world, Visited Map gives every place you have been a home on your map. Some customization and sharing options require Visited Map Pro.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: MapOn at every 2 days against Visited Map's every 4 days. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. MapOn sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $6.09 per month and Visited Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MapOn ships an update every 2 days, Visited Map every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MapOn | Visited Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | JEONGLYUL YANG | Doublew |
In-app purchases
MapOn
- Premium Plus$6.091 Month
- Premium Plus7 Days trial$51.001 Year
- 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
Visited Map
- Pro - lifetime$2.99








