Comparison

CarWidgets vs BlockMap

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

Head to head
About

CarWidgets

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CarWidgets turns your iPhone and CarPlay into a beautiful, glanceable car dashboard β€” and lets you give every drive its own sound. YOUR DASHBOARD, AT A GLANCE β€’ A big, easy-to-read speedometer with live speed, plus average and max. β€’ Range, route and now-playing on one calm, modern screen. β€’ Driving Mode: a full-screen dashboard made for your car mount. β€’ HUD Mode: mirror your speed onto the windshield for a heads-up view. HOME-SCREEN WIDGETS IN SECONDS β€’ Build a car widget for your Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy. β€’ Pick a style and accent color, add a photo β€” done. TRIP SOUNDS WITH CHARACTER β€’ Choose a sound for the moments that matter: connecting to CarPlay, leaving the car, or arriving somewhere. β€’ Create your own sound with AI β€” just describe it. β€’ Set arrival places (home, work, the gym) and hear your sound when you pull in. MADE FOR YOUR CAR β€’ Save a profile per car β€” its own look, units and sounds. β€’ Switch between km/h and mph anytime. CARWIDGETS PRO Unlock premium trip sounds, the AI sound creator, HUD windshield mode, unlimited car profiles, extra widget styles (Neon, Photo, Liquid Glass, Transparent) and advanced driving themes. CarWidgets Pro is an auto-renewable subscription. β€’ CarWidgets Pro Annual β€” €10.99/year, with a 7-day free trial for new subscribers. β€’ Payment is charged to your Apple Account at purchase confirmation. β€’ It renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the period ends. β€’ Manage or cancel anytime in Settings β†’ Apple Account β†’ Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://alexisoscaretlik-jpg.github.io/carwidgets-site/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://alexisoscaretlik-jpg.github.io/carwidgets-site/privacy.html Note: CarPlay dashboard widgets are subject to Apple's CarPlay widget availability. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://alexisoscaretlik-jpg.github.io/carwidgets-site/privacy.html

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BlockMap

Features
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BlockMap turns any real place on Earth into a playable Minecraft world. Search your city, your street, your school or a famous landmark, tap once, and get a ready-to-play world file (.mcworld) that opens straight in Minecraft on your phone or tablet. Every world is built from real map data: real streets and roads, real building footprints and heights, rivers, lakes, parks, railways and terrain. Walk around a block version of your own neighborhood, or start a survival, creative, parkour or roleplay world in a place you actually know. HOW IT WORKS 1. Search any place - an address, a city, a landmark. 2. Aim the map at the area you want (about 1 km across). 3. Tap "Create my world". BlockMap builds it in seconds. 4. Open it in Minecraft (Bedrock Edition) and play. PLACES TO TRY - New York: Times Square, Central Park and the Manhattan skyscrapers. - Paris: the Eiffel Tower and the streets around it. - Dubai: Burj Khalifa and the downtown towers. - Giza: the Great Pyramid, the pyramids of Khafre and Menkaure, and the Sphinx. - Barcelona: Sagrada Familia. Moscow: Red Square. Washington: the White House. - London, Tokyo, Rome, Istanbul, Seoul, Sydney, Sao Paulo, Mexico City - any city on the map. - Your home, your school, your street, your hometown. WHAT YOU GET - A real-world map for Minecraft Bedrock Edition (the mobile edition, formerly Pocket Edition) in the .mcworld format. - Real building shapes and heights, roads, water, greenery and terrain from OpenStreetMap. - One-tap generation on your phone - no PC, no mods, no commands, no seeds to hunt for. - Worlds open directly in Minecraft. You can also save the .mcworld file and share it with friends. - Some famous places hide hand-built details waiting to be found. - Interface in 72 languages. GOOD FOR - Building a block version of your hometown, campus or school. - Exploring famous cities and landmarks in Minecraft. - Custom survival and creative maps based on a real place. - Map making, city building, roleplay and parkour courses on real streets. - Geography and city-planning projects with real map data. SUBSCRIPTION Your first world is free. Unlimited worlds with a BlockMap subscription (weekly or annual), with a free trial on the annual plan. Prices are shown in the app; manage or cancel anytime in the App Store. Map data (c) OpenStreetMap contributors. BlockMap is not an official Minecraft product and is not approved by or associated with Mojang or Microsoft. Minecraft is a trademark of Mojang Studios. Worlds are generated in the Bedrock world format. Terms of Use (EULA): https://blockmap.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://blockmap.app/privacy

Screenshots

CarWidgets4 screens
BlockMap4 screens

Verdict

The call

CarWidgets and BlockMap are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. CarWidgets sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and BlockMap sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CarWidgets ships an update every 10 days, BlockMap weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
CarWidgets versus BlockMap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarWidgetsBlockMap
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysWeekly β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad β€” better
Requires iOS17.016.4 β€” better
Further details β€” not scored
Size99 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeroscar etlikNikandr Surkov

In-app purchases

3 purchases

CarWidgets

Subscriptions3
  • CarWidgets Pro Weekly$2.997 Days
  • CarWidgets Pro Annual Deal3 Days trial$5.991 Year
  • CarWidgets Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Year
2 purchases

BlockMap

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • Annual3 Days trial$29.991 Year

Questions

Is CarWidgets free?
CarWidgets is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BlockMap free?
BlockMap is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CarWidgets or BlockMap have ads?
Neither CarWidgets nor BlockMap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CarWidgets or BlockMap?
CarWidgets ships an update every 10 days, and BlockMap weekly. Most recently, CarWidgets was updated on October 6, 2026 and BlockMap on October 7, 2026.

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