Relic Hunt vs MapScope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Relic Hunt
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Currently in fifteen cities: Barcelona, London, Paris, Rome, Istanbul, Madrid, Athens, Lecce, Izmir, Antalya, Ankara, Çanakkale, Tokyo, Kyoto and Nara. Outside these cities the map is still empty. Relic Hunt turns the city around you into a museum you can walk through. Seventy-eight thousand historic places are on the map — Roman baths, Byzantine chapels, Ottoman fountains, Haussmann's boulevards, wartime memorials. Walk up to one, and the app verifies you are really there. Then a case opens, and you take home a relic from that period: a Templar seal in old Paris, a lamplighter's pole under the gaslights, a Sten dropped by parachute to the Resistance. WHAT YOU DO • Visit a real historic place — your location is checked on your phone, never uploaded • Open a case and collect a relic drawn from that place's period • Fill your museum: 35 collections, from Etruscan bronze to the Blitz • Trade duplicates with friends • Claim First Explorer on a place nobody has visited yet • Read what happened there, and leave a review for the next visitor WHY IT IS DIFFERENT Every place is real and sourced from open archives — Wikidata, Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap. Every relic is made for this app and for the period it belongs to; none of them are stock art. The map is not a list of tourist stops: it is the whole registered heritage of a city, down to the fountain on the corner you have walked past for years. PRIVACY Your location never reaches our servers. Whether you are close enough is calculated on your phone; only which place you visited is sent. No ads in the app, no advertising identifier, no data sold. FREE TO PLAY, WITH OPTIONAL PURCHASES Every place, every visit and every collection is free. Cases are opened with discovery dust, which you earn by exploring. If you would rather not wait for it, dust can also be bought, and Explorer Premium — an auto-renewing monthly or yearly subscription — doubles the dust you earn and adds free weekly openings. No place and no collection is locked behind a purchase. Privacy Policy: https://mkadir98.github.io/tarihi-yerler-legal/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://mkadir98.github.io/tarihi-yerler-legal/terms.html
MapScope
Explore the world with an interactive 3D globe, immersive street-level views, and live webcam feeds of famous landmarks. Plan trips, satisfy curiosity, and discover the stories behind global destinations with real-time traffic and world clock features.
- 3D Earth Explorer
- 3D City Explorer
- Iconic Landmarks with webcams
- AI Street View
- Live Traffic
- World Clock
- Geo-Tagged Photos
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MapScope turns your iPhone into a window on the whole planet — spin a living 3D Earth, walk city streets in immersive detail, and uncover the stories behind the world's most iconic landmarks. Whether you're planning a trip, satisfying your curiosity, or just love maps, MapScope brings exploration, navigation, and discovery together in one beautifully designed app. FEATURES 3D Earth Explorer Rotate and zoom a fully interactive 3D globe. Search any place on Earth, drop a pin, and save your favorite spots to revisit anytime. 3D City Explorer Take immersive 360° tours through 37 cities around the world and see famous skylines and streets come to life. Iconic Landmarks Explore 15 of the world's most famous landmarks, complete with rich histories and live landmark webcams so you can watch them in real time. AI Street View Drop into street-level views wherever data is available, and explore neighborhoods as if you were walking through them yourself. Live Traffic See real-time traffic conditions overlaid on the map before you head out the door. World Clock Track the time in 226 cities across every timezone — perfect for coordinating with friends, family, or colleagues abroad. Compass & Orientation Precise compass and orientation tools to help you find your bearings, wherever you are. Geo-Tagged Photos Capture photos with your exact location automatically attached, so every shot remembers where it was taken. Payment & Renewal Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription anytime in your Apple ID account settings. For more details on managing subscriptions, visit: https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428 Terms of Use (EULA): https://sites.google.com/view/jdtechnologiesterms-of-service/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/jd-technologies-privacy-policy/home Thank you for choosing us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Relic Hunt at none against MapScope's shown. Relic Hunt also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 9 days). MapScope's advantage is chart position (#111 vs unranked). 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
Both are free to download. Relic Hunt sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and MapScope sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Relic Hunt ships an update every 3 days, MapScope every 9 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Relic Hunt | MapScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (9 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 9 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #111 — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mert Kadir BULBUN | Janki Panchani |
In-app purchases
Relic Hunt
- Explorer Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- Explorer Premium Yearly$19.991 Year
- A Handful of Dust$0.99
- Pouch of Dust$4.99
- Chest of Dust$9.99
MapScope
- Premium Monthly$6.991 Month
- Premium Yearly$49.991 Year









