Globe 3D vs Street Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Globe 3D
Explore the world with an interactive 3D globe, discover nearby places, and utilize built-in navigation tools like a compass and speedometer. Capture location-based photos with a GPS camera to remember your adventures.
- Interactive 3D Earth globe
- Nearby places discovery
- Digital compass
- GPS speedometer
- GPS camera
- Location exploration
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Discover nearby places, explore locations around the globe, check your direction with a built-in compass, measure your speed with the speedometer, and capture location-based photos with the GPS camera. Explore the 3D Globe: Spin, zoom and explore Earth from a new perspective. Discover countries, cities, landmarks and places around the world with an interactive 3D globe. Find Nearby Places: Discover useful places around your current location. Explore nearby attractions, restaurants, shops, landmarks and other points of interest while exploring your surroundings. Digital Compass: Use your iPhone as a convenient compass. Check direction and orientation wherever you go, whether you're exploring a new area, traveling or enjoying the outdoors. GPS Speedometer: Monitor your current speed while traveling. The speedometer provides an easy way to keep track of your movement during your journey. GPS Camera: Capture photos while keeping useful location information connected to your images. Create memorable location-based photos during your travels and adventures. Maps & Location Tools: Explore maps, check your current position and discover places around you. Use location tools to better understand where you are and what's nearby. A Complete World Exploration Toolkit: Whether you're traveling, exploring your city, checking nearby places or simply curious about the world, this app brings multiple location and Earth tools together in one convenient experience. Key Features: • Interactive 3D Earth globe • Nearby places discovery • Maps and location exploration • Digital compass • GPS speedometer • GPS camera • Current location tools • Explore cities, countries and landmarks • Easy-to-use navigation tools Explore more. Discover nearby. Understand your world. Download now and turn your iPhone into a versatile Earth, GPS and location toolkit. Privacy Policy: https://faizanappspolicy.blogspot.com/p/privacy-policy.html Terms & Conditions: https://faizanappspolicy.blogspot.com/p/terms-and-conditions.html
Street Map
Explore the world with daily location-guessing games, track the sun's movement in 3D, and find the best stargazing spots. Discover historical stories, view live cameras, and navigate offline with detailed maps.
- Daily place-guessing game
- 3D sun and shadow tracking
- Dark sky finder for stargazing
- Location stories and history
- Ground, 3D, and Satellite map views
- Offline map downloads
- Live public camera streams
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Somewhere in the world, right now — and a reason to look. Most map apps show you where things are. This one gives you a reason to explore. Every day drops you into a new corner of the planet, hands you a game, tracks the light on any street, and finds you a sky worth looking up at. Nowhere else does all of this in one place. - A DAILY PLACE-GUESSING GAME Get dropped into a real location with only the street around you — no labels, no clues. Drop your pin, confirm, and watch the reveal fly across the world to the truth. One fresh round every day. Build a streak and protect it with freeze tokens. Share your result with friends. Practice anywhere, by continent, by country, or through places you've saved. - SUN, SHADOW AND GOLDEN HOUR Scrub through any day and watch the sun move across real streets and buildings in 3D. See which side gets morning light, know exactly when golden hour lands, and trace the sun's arc through your camera in AR. No signal needed — it's all computed on your device. - DARK SKY FINDER Find the closest place to actually see the Milky Way tonight, ranked by darkness and drive distance. Get a live visibility score built from moon phase and cloud cover, the best viewing window for every spot, and a golden-hour and stargazing countdown right on your Lock Screen. - A STORY BEHIND EVERY PLACE Toggle on the stories layer and the map fills with the history, landmarks, and photos of everywhere beneath you. Read it, or listen — read aloud. - EXPLORE EARTH, YOUR WAY One seamless map with three ways to see it. Walk any street at eye level in Ground, glide over cinematic cities in 3D, or drop in from above with Satellite. Search any place, country, landmark, or coordinate. Browse curated destinations. Find restaurants, cafés, parks, and more nearby. - TAKE IT OFFLINE Download a whole city or country and explore the map, stories, streets, and flyovers with zero signal. Perfect for flights and low-connectivity travel. - WATCH THE WORLD LIVE Tune in to thousands of public live cameras — beaches, mountains, cities, ski resorts — in real time. Save your favourites and cast to the big screen. Start anywhere. Look closer. See the whole planet, one day at a time. DISCLAIMER This app is an independent exploration and mapping tool and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any third-party mapping, imagery, camera, weather, or location-data provider. Map, satellite, and street imagery may be previously captured and should not be considered live unless specifically identified as a live camera stream. Public camera streams remain the property and responsibility of their respective owners and may become unavailable or change without notice. Location, navigation, weather, visibility, celestial, nearby-place, distance, and other informational data may vary in accuracy, availability, and freshness depending on region, device, connectivity, and third-party data sources. Do not rely on the app as the sole source for safety-critical navigation, weather, emergency, or travel decisions. Certain features may require internet access, location permission, compatible hardware, or regional availability. For an uninterrupted experience, consider subscribing to access all app features without ads through an auto-renewing subscription available on a weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. Manage your subscription settings and turn off auto-renewal within your iTunes Account Settings after purchase, ensuring flexibility and control over your subscription. Current subscription may not be canceled during the active subscription period; however, you can manage your subscription and/or turn off auto-renewal by visiting your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Read our full Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy at: Link to Privacy Policy: https://radhikapillai.netlify.app/privacy-policy.html Link to Terms of use: https://radhikapillai.netlify.app/terms-conditions.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Street Map at 3 against Globe 3D's 1. Street Map also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Globe 3D sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month and Street Map sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Globe 3D against 5.0 for Street Map. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Globe 3D | Street Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 5 days |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 73 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Faizan Ullah | Radhika Pillai |
In-app purchases
Globe 3D
- Monthly$3.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$19.991 Year
- Lifetime$24.99
Street Map
- Weekly Plan$2.997 Days
- Monthly Plan$5.991 Month
- Lifetime Plan$12.99








