Paris Metro vs Zeppelin Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paris Metro
Navigate Paris's public transport system with offline route planning and interactive maps. Find the fastest routes between Metro, RER, tram, and train stations, even without an internet connection. Instantly locate nearby stations using GPS.
- Offline route planning
- Interactive transport maps
- GPS station search
- Fast route calculation
- Access to Metro, RER, tram, and train lines
- Recently used stations and routes
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Paris Metro: Offline Map is the ultimate app for traveling across Paris using the Paris Metro (subway), RER, tram, and train network. Designed for tourists and everyday commuters, Paris Metro: Offline Map helps you move around the city quickly with offline route planning, interactive maps, GPS station search, and smart navigation across the entire Paris Metro (subway) system. With Paris Metro: Offline Map, you can easily build routes between any Paris Metro (subway), RER, tram, or train stations completely offline. The offline route planner works without an internet connection, making the app perfect for underground travel, roaming situations, and international visitors exploring Paris. The app includes the full Paris Metro (subway) transport network with Metro, RER, tram, and train lines displayed on an interactive map. Whether you travel by Metro every day or occasionally use RER, tram, or train connections, Paris Metro: Offline Map helps you find the fastest and most convenient route across Paris. Paris Metro: Offline Map also supports GPS features to instantly locate the nearest Paris Metro (subway), RER, tram, or train station around you. Walking through Paris and searching for the closest Metro entrance, RER stop, tram connection, or train platform becomes simple and fast. The offline Paris Metro route planner allows you to search stations, calculate routes, and navigate the city even without mobile data or Wi-Fi. Paris Metro: Offline Map stores your recently used stations and routes so you can quickly access your favorite Paris Metro journeys anytime. Travel easily to famous Paris attractions including the Eiffel Tower, Louvre Museum, and Notre-Dame Cathedral using the Paris Metro (subway), RER, tram, or train network. Paris Metro: Offline Map helps you plan routes to the Eiffel Tower in seconds, find the fastest Metro connection to the Louvre, and navigate offline to Notre-Dame with detailed Paris Metro directions. Whether you are visiting Paris for the first time or commuting daily with the Paris Metro (subway) system, Paris Metro: Offline Map provides reliable offline navigation, fast route planning, and accurate transport information for Metro, RER, tram, and train travel across the city. Paris Metro: Offline Map combines Paris Metro maps, offline routing, GPS station search, RER navigation, tram routes, and train connections into one fast and easy-to-use transport app for Paris.
Zeppelin Map
Plan efficient multi-stop trips in Paris using public transport. It optimizes your route, suggests curated places, and provides real-time transit updates. Enjoy a seamless exploration of the city without the hassle of planning connections.
- Multi-stop route optimization
- Real-time transit data
- Disruption alerts
- Curated place suggestions
- Live Activity and widgets
- Station exit guidance
- Trip statistics
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Seeing several places in one day in Paris means moving constantly between the metro, RER, buses and trams. Zeppelin Map takes all the stops on your day and organises them into a single itinerary, automatically putting them in the most efficient order and working out the best route on public transport. This is the heart of the app: multi-stop optimisation. You add the places you want to visit, in any order, and the Bibomap engine reorders them for you to keep your travelling time as low as possible, using real-time transit data for the Île-de-France region. A whole day, planned at once, entirely on public transport — the simplest and most accessible way to get around Paris. The places we suggest are hand-picked, with real photos: restaurants, museums, cafés. A few good spots instead of an endless list of dots on a map. When you find one you like, you add it to your itinerary and book it with a single tap. KEY FEATURES • Multi-stop optimisation: add several places and the app finds the best order and route on public transport for you • Real-time transit data for the Île-de-France region (metro, RER, bus, tram) • Disruption alerts: tells you if a line has problems along your route • Suggested visit times for each place, with the option to anchor a stop to a specific time • A heads-up when you're getting close to your stop • A Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island, plus a Home Screen widget • Curated places with photos and one-tap booking • Station exit guidance, so you can get your bearings as soon as you arrive • Useful services on the map: free public toilets, drinking fountains and defibrillators • Trip stats: kilometres walked, calories and CO₂ saved • Available in 20 languages PRIVACY Zeppelin Map works with no account and no sign-up. Your addresses stay only on your device, and we don't sell your data to anyone. Anonymous diagnostics are off by default — you turn them on yourself, only if you want to. Zeppelin Map is made for people visiting Paris who want to enjoy the city instead of spending the day working out connections. You choose where to go; we'll take care of the rest.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zeppelin Map at none against Paris Metro's 1. Zeppelin Map also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). Paris Metro's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating and ratings volume 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. Paris Metro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Zeppelin Map asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Paris Metro against 5.0 for Zeppelin Map. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Paris Metro ships an update every 3 months, Zeppelin Map every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paris Metro | Zeppelin Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 233 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Vadim Korennoy | Anaximae SASU |
Customer experience
Paris Metro
Zeppelin Map
In-app purchases
Paris Metro
- No Ads$2.99
Zeppelin Map
No in-app purchases




