inRoute vs Create Own Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
inRoute
Plan optimal routes with detailed road conditions like weather, elevation, and curves. Navigate turn-by-turn with voice guidance and receive automatic severe weather alerts. Import, export, and share routes easily.
- Voice-guided navigation with severe weather alerts
- Route optimization by time or manual reordering
- Import routes from XLSX, GPX, and KML
- Custom route creation based on weather and terrain
- Interactive charts for elevation, weather, and sunrise/sunset
- Search along route for amenities
- RV specific routing with clearance and weight restrictions
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Plan optimal routes or chart your own course using weather, elevation, curves and more. Then navigate safely with voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions that automatically check your route for severe weather. ***Featured in Essential Navigation Apps on the US App Store*** ***As seen on the TODAY show in the Traveling This Summer segment*** “adding to both the safety of the ride and the pleasure of knowing beforehand what to expect” - Florin Tibu, “autoevolution” “I used InRoute for planning six world record attempts. No weather app gives you more information, period.” - Carl Reese, Multiple World Record Holder Key Features (some require inRoute Pro--see below): • Voice guided navigation of up to 150 locations with automatic severe weather alerts* • Optimize waypoint order for fastest time, or manually reorder • Import from XLSX, GPX and KML files • Create custom routes based on weather, elevation and curviness, or build your own route from available alternates on each leg of a route • Interactive charts showing route elevation, curviness, weather (temperature, humidity, precipitation, wind speed/direction, severe weather alerts*), and sunrise/sunset times • Search along a route—the whole route, every x miles/hours, or the next x miles/hours from a place—find gas, hotels, campgrounds or places to eat close to a route • Enter your RV specs to avoid clearance issues and weight restrictions • Set Departure and Layover Times—weather forecasts, road conditions (e.g. congestion), and travel times accurately reflect conditions throughout the trip • Save your favorite routes and places, sync between devices, organize into folders, print via Airprint, and share with family and friends • Easily add places to the map using a Dropped pin, Search, or Contacts • Export routes to Apple Maps, Google Maps, Navigon, and Waze. Some apps use inRoute's "Agenda Nav" feature. See the in-app FAQ for more info. • Export to GPS devices and apps compatible with GPX files • Routes are stored on your device so you can access them even if you lose connection inRoute Pro (for iPhone, iPad, CarPlay & Mac): - $5.99 monthly, or $59.99 annually. 1 week free trial - Create routes with up to 150 locations (8 in free version) - Sync routes and pins between devices - Weather charts/custom routes - Speed limits and severe weather alerts* during navigation - Export/share routes as GPX files - RV routes based on vehicle description *Severe weather alerts are available in select regions Note: Since continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life, inRoute will automatically shut down if you haven't used it in a while. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage your subscriptions in Account Settings after purchase. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use: http://inroute.com/privacy-policy App Store EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Create Own Map
Create custom offline maps of your surroundings to navigate easily. Mark important locations like home, parking, or favorite spots with custom icons. Ideal for those with poor direction or who dislike reading complex maps.
- Create custom offline maps
- Navigate without internet
- Drop and name location pins
- Assign custom icons to pins
- Track and draw routes
- Save and open created maps
- View street address with internet
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This app helps you create a custom map of your neighborhood and navigate without the need for internet connection or any pre-downloaded map. This app is particularly useful for anybody who has a poor sense of direction, or who can not read maps with so many uninteresting street names and directions. Let's assume you have just moved into a new home and you don't want to get lost when traveling around. This app helps you find your way back home easily. Another practical use of this app is to find where you have parked your car, find your favorite restaurant, store, hotel, or a particular building in a neighborhood. What the app does is that it tracks you and draws your route constantly. You can drop a pin on any location that you are interested in. You can give the pin a name and assign it an icon using a variety of image options. In this way, you will have a clear view of the region you are interested in. You can follow the route to take you back to the departing point. You can save the created map. The next time you can open it and follow the route to take you to the location pins. If the internet connection is available too, then tapping the current location will show you the street address and the address is also saved with the location pins. In order to delete or rename a saved map, swipe the desired row in your map book and select the appropriate action. The premium version enables the save and open features.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: inRoute at 76% against Create Own Map's 0%. inRoute also leads on rating (4.6 vs 1.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 17 months). Create Own Map's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. inRoute sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Create Own Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
inRoute holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: inRoute has 11K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of inRoute's written reviews are positive against 0% of Create Own Map's.
inRoute ships an update every 2 weeks, Create Own Map every 17 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | inRoute | Create Own Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (11K ratings) — better | 1.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 17 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Best chart rank | #33 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Carob Apps, LLC | Bita Sobhani |
Customer experience
inRoute
Create Own Map
Bugs and requests
inRoute
Reported bugs
3 issues- Route recalculation issues
- Inability to save/restore routes
- Incorrect routing through closed roads
Requested features
7 requests- Offline maps support
- Avoid unpaved/gravel roads option
- Ability to edit/rearrange waypoints on map
- Display of exit numbers and road names
- Integration with other navigation apps
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- Layover time management for stops
- Fuel cost and mileage tracking
Create Own Map
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
inRoute
- inRoute Pro (monthly)7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- Pro for Families (monthly)7 Days trial$7.991 Month
- inRoute Pro (yearly)7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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- Pro for Families (yearly)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
Create Own Map
- Premium$1.99
Questions
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