Comparison

Pusula Maps vs CX Map Explorer

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

Head to head
About

Pusula Maps

This app offers intelligent route planning, turn-by-turn navigation, and AI-powered place discovery. It allows users to share trips with friends and family, contribute to community maps, and view driving insights.

Highlights
  • AI-powered place search and route planning
  • Turn-by-turn spoken directions
  • Real-time traffic information
  • Social trip sharing and coordination
  • Community map contributions
  • Personalized driving insights and heat maps
  • CarPlay integration
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.

About

CX Map Explorer

Features
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Map Explorer turns the places you travel into a personal map of the world you have explored. Start exploring to record a walk, ride, or drive and watch your coverage grow over time. Save meaningful places as bookmarks, add a photo, review your walking and driving statistics, and set a daily reminder to get outside. YOUR MAP, ON YOUR DEVICE Your route history, bookmarks, photos, and settings stay on your device. Back up or restore your map whenever you choose. FEATURES • Record active exploration in the foreground or background • Build a growing map of explored places • Save and organize bookmarks with optional photos • Review distance, exploration, and trip statistics • Set daily exploration reminders • Export and import your local map data Map Explorer is designed for personal exploration and memories, not turn-by-turn navigation.

Screenshots

Pusula Maps4 screens
CX Map Explorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Pusula Maps at none against CX Map Explorer's shown. Pusula Maps also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). 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

Pusula Maps ships an update every 4 days, CX Map Explorer every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pusula Maps versus CX Map Explorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPusula MapsCX Map Explorer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size101 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperERT Investment LLCCygnus X Enterprises LLC

In-app purchases

None

Pusula Maps

No in-app purchases

None

CX Map Explorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pusula Maps free?
Pusula Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is CX Map Explorer free?
CX Map Explorer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pusula Maps or CX Map Explorer have ads?
CX Map Explorer shows ads; Pusula Maps does not.
Which is updated more often, Pusula Maps or CX Map Explorer?
Pusula Maps ships an update every 4 days, and CX Map Explorer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pusula Maps was updated on November 5, 2026 and CX Map Explorer on November 6, 2026.

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