Awesomap vs Maps for OSM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Awesomap
This app enhances your existing iOS maps by displaying four times more detail, including street names and points of interest, with sharper satellite imagery. It allows you to adjust the zoom scale for comfortable viewing and is optimized for Retina displays.
- Displays four times more map detail
- Sharper satellite imagery
- More street names and points of interest
- Adjustable zoom scale
- Optimized for Retina displays
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See more of the world at once! Awesomap gives you the iOS maps you already use and love, but makes everything quite a bit smaller and sharper, so your screen can show significantly more of it – four times more, to be precise. More street names and points of interest. Sharper satellite imagery. Oh, the sheer amount of detail! Exactly what the Retina display was meant for. In case the double precision makes things a bit too small for your liking, you can also choose another, more comfortable scale. (Setting the scale slider to the minimum gives you the exact same scale as the normal iOS Maps uses.) Just remember – Awesomap also eats four times more map data, so it's best suited for use over a fast Wi-Fi.
Maps for OSM
Explore detailed maps from OpenStreetMap with offline capabilities. Record tracks, add notes, and capture photos or videos directly on the map. This open-source application offers robust data management and backup features.
- Offline map tile preloading
- Place markers and notes
- Photo and video capture
- GPX track recording and export
- Data backup and restore
- Open source
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View maps from OpenStreetMap (app is not affiliated with OSM organization). Choose your own tile server. Preload tiles for offline use. Set place markers, take photos, video, audios. Write notes. Record, import and export tracks in gpx format. Backup and restore all your data. Free use, no ads. This app is open source. The code can be found at https://github.com/mr-elbe5/Maps-For-OSM-IOS.git Further information on https://en.elbe5.de
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Maps for OSM at free against Awesomap's paid. Maps for OSM also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 63 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Awesomap's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 75%) and ratings volume (374 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Maps for OSM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awesomap has 374 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of Awesomap's written reviews are positive against 75% of Maps for OSM's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Awesomap ships an update every 63 months, Maps for OSM every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Awesomap | Maps for OSM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (374 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 374 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 63 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Janne Käki | Michael Roennau |
Customer experience
Awesomap
Maps for OSM
In-app purchases
Awesomap
No in-app purchases
Maps for OSM
No in-app purchases
