Comparison

MapLens vs GPS Maps

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

Head to head
About

MapLens

Explore places virtually before you visit with live camera feeds, street-level views, and interactive 3D maps. Capture memories with location-tagged photos and check real-time traffic conditions. Discover landmarks and utilize helpful tools like a compass and world clock.

Highlights
  • Live public cameras
  • Street View exploration
  • Interactive 3D maps
  • GPS Camera with location data
  • Real-time traffic conditions
  • Landmark discovery
  • Compass and world time tools
Features
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See more of a place before you get there. MapLens brings together live public cameras, street-level exploration, 3D maps, location-tagged photos, traffic conditions, landmarks, compass tools, and world time in one place. Whether you're curious about another city, planning your next trip, checking an area before heading out, or simply exploring somewhere new, MapLens gives you more ways to understand the places around you. Explore Places Live Browse available public live cameras from different locations and get a glimpse of what's happening there right now. Discover city streets, scenic areas, popular destinations, and everyday places without needing to be there in person. Look Around Before You Go Use Street View to explore roads, neighborhoods, and surroundings before visiting. Get familiar with an unfamiliar destination, see what an area looks like, or simply explore places you're curious about. Explore Cities in 3D Move through interactive 3D maps and explore cities from a different perspective. Zoom out to understand an area or move closer to discover streets and nearby places. Capture Where You Are Use GPS Camera to capture photos with location information. Add location, map details, date, and time to help you remember where your travel moments and discoveries happened. Check Traffic Before You Go View available traffic conditions to get a better sense of road activity before heading out. Traffic information availability may vary by location. Discover Famous Landmarks Explore well-known landmarks, buildings, and interesting destinations around the world. Find inspiration for your next trip or discover something new. Useful Tools for Every Trip • Live Public Cameras • Street View • 3D Maps • GPS Camera • Traffic Conditions • Famous Landmarks • Compass • World Time From checking a destination before a trip to saving the location of a memorable photo, MapLens helps you see, understand, and remember more of the places you explore. Explore what's around you and discover what's waiting somewhere else with MapLens.

About

GPS Maps

Plan efficient multi-stop trips with optimized routing and turn-by-turn spoken directions. Visualize your route with 360° street photos before you go. Find nearby points of interest and save them for later.

Highlights
  • Multi-stop trip planning
  • Optimized route reordering
  • 360° street photo previews
  • Spoken turn-by-turn directions
  • Automatic stop check-off
  • Nearby place discovery
  • Live traffic layer
Features
Currently charting
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Plan a route with every stop in the right order — then look down the street before you ever drive it. GPS Maps turns a list of places into one efficient trip. Drop in your stops, let the planner reorder them, and follow spoken turn-by-turn directions from one to the next. Each stop checks itself off as you arrive, so you never touch the phone while you're driving. PLAN A TRIP WITH MULTIPLE STOPS • Add stops from search, straight off the map, or from your saved places • Tap Optimize and the app reorders them into the shortest trip • Drag any stop to override the order yourself • Distance and time for every leg and for the whole trip • Stops check off automatically when you arrive • Finished trips are kept in your history SEE THE STREET BEFORE YOU GO • Real ground-level photos taken along your route • Full 360° panoramas — drag to look around as if you were standing there • Preview a whole route photo by photo before you commit to it • Press and hold anywhere on the map to look around that spot • Coverage is community-contributed, so it is richest in cities and thinner on rural roads TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS • Spoken guidance before every turn, twice: early, then right at the turn • Automatic rerouting when you leave the route • Car, motorbike and walking modes • Live trip progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Distances in kilometers or miles FIND PLACES WORTH THE DETOUR • Nearby landmarks with photos and background, drawn from open encyclopedia data • One-tap categories: restaurants, cafés, gas, parking, hotels, pharmacies, ATMs, hospitals and more • Search by voice — in any of the 17 languages the app speaks • Save a place now, add it to a trip later THE MAP ITSELF • Standard, satellite, hybrid and 3D views • Live traffic layer • 3D buildings • Map rotates with your heading SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), French, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, German, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian and Vietnamese — interface, spoken directions and voice search. GPS MAP PREMIUM The free version covers 3 stops per trip and 3 street photo sessions a day. Premium lifts both limits. • Unlimited stops on every trip • Unlimited 360° street photo views • Every future Premium feature, included Plans and prices are shown in the app before you buy. Terms of Service: https://nguyenthithuhuongg.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://nguyenthithuhuongg.netlify.app/policy Read more about Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Add your first stop and see where the day takes you.

Screenshots

MapLens4 screens
GPS Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GPS Maps at 5.0 against MapLens's 3.0. GPS Maps also leads on update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and chart position (#40 vs unranked). MapLens's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GPS Maps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. MapLens asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GPS Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapLens ships an update monthly, GPS Maps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
MapLens versus GPS Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapLensGPS Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyMonthlyWeekly — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#40 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size72 MB54 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperHONG KONG GUANGSHANG TRADING CO.,LIMITEDNguyen Thi Thu Huong

Customer experience

MapLens

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

GPS Maps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MapLens

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

GPS Maps

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month

Questions

Is MapLens free?
MapLens is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GPS Maps free?
GPS Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, MapLens or GPS Maps?
GPS Maps is rated higher. MapLens averages 3.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while GPS Maps averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do MapLens or GPS Maps have ads?
Both MapLens and GPS Maps show ads.
Which is updated more often, MapLens or GPS Maps?
MapLens ships an update monthly, and GPS Maps weekly. Most recently, MapLens was updated on October 25, 2026 and GPS Maps on October 24, 2026.

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