Mist Map vs China Footprints
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mist Map
This app creates a visual record of your travels by revealing explored areas on a map as you move. It tracks your routes, distances, and speeds, and allows you to import and export your journey data.
- Reveals explored areas as you move
- Records routes on iPhone and Apple Watch
- Displays route history with stats
- Imports GPX files
- Exports routes as GPX files
- Stores route data locally
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Mist Map is a personal exploration map that gradually reveals the places you have been. Walk, ride, commute, or travel, and your explored routes appear on the map as clean lines through the fog. Over time, Mist Map becomes a quiet record of your movement and your world. Key features: • Reveal explored areas as you move • Record routes on iPhone and Apple Watch • View route history with distance, duration, speed, and heart rate on supported workouts • Import GPX files into your own history • Export your routes as GPX files • Keep your route data stored locally on your device Mist Map is designed for people who want a simple, personal map of where they have been, while keeping control of their own data.
China Footprints
Record your travels across China with this app. It allows you to mark provinces, cities, and specific locations you've visited on a map of China. Light up your personalized map and save memories of places you've been.
- Record visited provinces, cities, and places
- Visualize travel history on a China map
- Personalized travel map creation
- Save visited locations
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Every journey is a precious memory. China Footprints is a travel map app designed especially for exploring China. Use an interactive map of China to record every province, city, and place you’ve visited. Light up your personal map of China and cherish every place you’ve been.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mist Map at Free against China Footprints's $0.99. Mist Map also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs weekly). China Footprints's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Mist Map is free to download; China Footprints costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mist Map ships an update every 4 days, China Footprints weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 4, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mist Map | China Footprints |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 嘉奇 龙 | 坡 王 |
Customer experience
Mist Map
China Footprints
In-app purchases
Mist Map
No in-app purchases
China Footprints
No in-app purchases
Questions
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