Comparison

MapThings.com vs Street Artwork

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

Head to head
About

MapThings.com

Capture and share locations with photos, turning them into interactive maps. Organize discoveries into themed collections and contribute to crowdsourced maps that stay updated by the community. Discover new places and share your own findings.

Highlights
  • Create photo-based location pins
  • Organize pins into themed maps
  • Crowdsourced map updates
  • Discover local points of interest
  • Share pins with friends
  • Verify pin accuracy
Features
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Maps for things that don't have addresses. Have you ever discovered an amazing place but couldn't easily explain it or share it because it didn't have a street address? MapThings makes it easy to discover, save, organize, and share the exact GPS location (using your camera) of unique places around you. Explore places like: • Street art & murals • Epic trees • Trail entrances • Scenic overlooks • Food trucks • Fishing spots • Campsites • Photo locations • Great parking spots • ...and just about anything else. Whether you're exploring a new city, planning your next adventure, or keeping track of your favorite discoveries, MapThings helps you find them again—and share them with friends and the community. Features • Discover unique places shared by other users • Save your own favorite locations • Organize places into easy-to-browse categories • View photos and detailed location information • Navigate directly to saved locations • Share places with friends and family • Help build a growing community of interesting places Download MapThings today and start exploring. Because not everything worth finding has an address.

About

Street Artwork

Features
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Street Artwork turns every city into an open-air gallery. Open the map: thousands of geolocated artworks appear around you. Graffiti, murals, paste-ups, stickers, mosaics — spotted, photographed and kept up to date by a community of enthusiasts. MADE FOR THE STREET, NOT THE SOFA • The map comes first: zoom into your neighbourhood or a city you are visiting, then walk. • More than 600 cities, ranked by how much art they hold, each with its own map. • Directions to any artwork in one tap, in the maps app you already use. • Every time you open the app, what is new near you since your last visit. A MAP THAT TELLS THE TRUTH Street art fades, gets painted over, disappears. Here you can report a work you could not find: after a second report it carries a warning for everyone. And when it is still there, say that too. Nobody should cross town for an empty wall. YOUR FIELD NOTEBOOK • In front of the wall, "I saw it" in one tap: the work is filed with the date, then shows up with an eye on the map and in every list. • Keep the artworks and artists you love in one place. • Earn badges as your finds add up, follow your progress to the next tier, and hunt down the secret badges. • Climb the hunters' leaderboard, this year or all time. YOUR INVASION Hunting Invader's mosaics? See your board city by city, with your points and the pieces you still have to find. Import your log by pasting your codes, or let the app read a video of your gallery. THE ARTISTS Profiles, biographies, works from around the world and a map for each artist. Artists can claim their own page and keep it themselves. CONTRIBUTE Photograph a work: the app reads its location, you add the title and the artist. A few screens and it is done. You can also offer a better photo of a work already on the map. HUNTER PREMIUM Follow artists and cities to hear about every new piece. Take a whole city offline before you leave. Get alerted when a work you have not seen yet comes within 150 metres while you walk. Import your Invader collection from a video of your gallery. And browse with no ads. Free, worldwide. The map grows with the community: every photo you add shows someone else a work they would have walked past.

Screenshots

MapThings.com4 screens
Street Artwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: MapThings.com at none against Street Artwork's shown. MapThings.com also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapThings.com ships an update weekly, Street Artwork fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
MapThings.com versus Street Artwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapThings.comStreet Artwork
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS16.416.4
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB53 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWade FunkAlexandre Rabottin

In-app purchases

None

MapThings.com

No in-app purchases

None

Street Artwork

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapThings.com free?
MapThings.com is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Street Artwork free?
Street Artwork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapThings.com or Street Artwork have ads?
Street Artwork shows ads; MapThings.com does not.
Which is updated more often, MapThings.com or Street Artwork?
MapThings.com ships an update weekly, and Street Artwork fortnightly. Most recently, MapThings.com was updated on October 5, 2026 and Street Artwork on October 28, 2026.

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