Awesomap vs maps.earth
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.earth
Discover the world with low-stress directions powered by OpenStreetMap. This open-source application prioritizes user privacy by not displaying ads or selling data, focusing solely on providing a pleasant mapping experience.
- World exploration
- Low-stress directions
- OpenStreetMap powered
- Ad-free experience
- Data privacy focused
- Open source
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Explore the world and get low stress directions powered by OpenStreetMap. maps.earth is built on open source. We never show you ads or sell your data. We just want a nice map.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Awesomap at 100% against maps.earth's 33%. Awesomap also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (375 vs 5). maps.earth's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and update cadence (monthly vs every 63 months). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Awesomap holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Awesomap has 375 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Awesomap's written reviews are positive against 33% of maps.earth's.
Awesomap ships an update every 63 months, maps.earth monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Awesomap | maps.earth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (375 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 375 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 63 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Janne Käki | Michael Kirk |
Customer experience
Awesomap
maps.earth
In-app purchases
Awesomap
No in-app purchases
maps.earth
No in-app purchases
