Comparison

MapInk vs Pusula Maps

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

Head to head
About

MapInk

This app transforms your device into a map canvas for planning trips, marking locations, and adding handwritten notes directly onto maps. Create detailed journeys with custom routes, view weather forecasts for each stop, and share annotated map images.

Highlights
  • Draw and plan routes
  • Add pins with notes
  • Create custom journeys
  • View weather forecasts
  • Handwritten notes on maps
  • Share annotated maps
Features
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MapInk turns your iPhone and iPad into a map canvas for planning trips, marking places, and capturing handwritten notes exactly where they belong. Search for a place or address, drop pins, and sketch routes with Apple Pencil or your finger. Connect your pins into a Journey to drive, walk or fly between stops, and check the weather for every stop along the way. When you want to explain or remember a place, write directly on the map and share a snapshot. Plan a Journey - Connect your pins into a Journey and reorder stops anytime - Choose Drive, Walk or Fly for each leg; flights are drawn as arcs across the map - See the distance and travel time of every leg Weather for your trip - Add your travel dates to see the forecast at each stop - Choose Flexible dates to compare typical weather month by month - See rain, daylight and a typical-day temperature curve for any month - Turn weather off in Preferences if you don't need it Draw on the map - Sketch freehand lines and see their distances - Drive and Walk lines follow the roads through the corners you draw - Rest your pencil on the end of a line to keep drawing it - Erase whole lines or just part of one - Name your routes, group them, and give each Project its own colors Notes and projects - Drop titled pins with notes for stops, landmarks, ideas and meeting points - Write handwritten notes on the map with Apple Pencil or your finger - Save projects with lines, pins and notes together, and reopen them later - Switch between standard, hybrid and satellite map styles - Share annotated map images, with your Journey included Try MapInk free with up to five items on the map, then unlock unlimited items forever with a one-time purchase. MapInk is built for visual thinkers, travelers, field note takers, students, and anyone who plans better by drawing over real places.

About

Pusula Maps

Navigate your journeys with clear, turn-by-turn directions and intelligent route planning. Discover nearby places, manage multi-stop routes, and enjoy a privacy-conscious experience with on-device processing. Optimized for iPhone and CarPlay.

Highlights
  • Turn-by-turn directions with live ETA
  • CarPlay integration
  • Intelligent place search
  • Multi-stop route planning
  • AI-assisted route advisor
  • Parking and road context
  • Privacy-conscious design
Features
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Pusula Maps is a smarter, more personal way to explore, plan, and navigate. Search for places, compare routes, receive clear turn-by-turn guidance, and stay connected with the people who matter—all in one thoughtfully designed experience. EXPLORE WITH CONFIDENCE Discover restaurants, gas stations, parking, landmarks, and everyday destinations around you. View useful place details, save Home, Work, and favorite locations, or start navigating with just a few taps. SMARTER NAVIGATION Choose the route that works best for your trip with traffic-aware planning, alternative routes, automatic rerouting, clear maneuver guidance, and spoken directions. Helpful road controls and relevant traffic alerts appear along your route during active navigation. PUSULA AI Ask naturally and get help finding places, planning routes, or discovering useful stops along the way. Pusula AI works alongside search and navigation, so you can move from a question to a destination without leaving the map. SOCIAL MAPS Stay connected with friends and family while traveling. Create Convoys, share trip progress, coordinate meetup points, and keep everyone moving toward the same destination. Privacy controls let you decide when and how your location is shared. HEAT MAP & DRIVING INSIGHTS See the roads you travel most and turn your driving history into a personal Heat Map. Review completed trips, distance, travel time, frequently visited destinations, and helpful driving insights. BUILT FOR THE ROAD Use Pusula Maps with CarPlay for destination search, route previews, navigation guidance, favorite places, parking, and supported trip features on your vehicle’s display. COMMUNITY-POWERED MAPS Help keep the road ahead useful for everyone. When safely stopped, you can report crashes, hazards, road closures, construction, police activity, and stopped vehicles. You can also add verified road controls—such as stop signs, traffic lights, yield signs, crossings, and speed bumps—to the Pusula map. Designed with a clean, modern interface, Pusula Maps brings exploration, navigation, driving history, AI assistance, and shared trips together in one place. Find your way. Together. Pusula Maps is developed by Digital Infrastructure™ a brand of ERTAN INVEST LLC. Continued use of GPS running in the background may decrease battery life. Feature availability may vary by region, device, vehicle, and map-data coverage.

Screenshots

MapInk3 screens
Pusula Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pusula Maps at none against MapInk's 1. Pusula Maps also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 weeks) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. MapInk sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pusula Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for MapInk against 5.0 for Pusula Maps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pusula Maps has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapInk ships an update every 6 weeks, Pusula Maps every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MapInk versus Pusula Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapInkPusula Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS27.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB99 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMC Software LtdERT Investment LLC

Customer experience

MapInk

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

Pusula Maps

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

MapInk

One-time1
  • MapInk Lifetime Unlock$14.99
None

Pusula Maps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapInk free?
MapInk is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pusula Maps free?
Pusula Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, MapInk or Pusula Maps?
MapInk and Pusula Maps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do MapInk or Pusula Maps have ads?
Neither MapInk nor Pusula Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapInk or Pusula Maps?
MapInk ships an update every 6 weeks, and Pusula Maps every 5 days. Most recently, MapInk was updated on October 25, 2026 and Pusula Maps on October 28, 2026.

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