Comparison

SimpleMapCreator vs Map Marker

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

Head to head
About

SimpleMapCreator

Create simple maps with basic shapes, lines, and text. Customize object colors and save your creations to your device or share them on social media. Features undo/redo functionality and image import.

Highlights
  • Create maps with lines, squares, and circles
  • Add traffic lights and orientation marks
  • Insert text with 6 color options
  • Undo/redo up to 5 actions
  • Import images from camera roll
  • Save maps to camera roll or share on Facebook
Features
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This app is an application for creating simple map (map abbreviation). A simple straight line, square, circle, traffic lights mark, text only, It is an application that specializes in creating a simple map to be represented. You can write it, it will be the following objects. · Line (3 types) · Line image (2 types) · Square (filled square, white rectangle) · Circle (Open, fill, double circle) · Traffic Lights Mark · Orientation mark · Text The color of each object, 6 colors can only be. (Black, gray, red, yellow, blue, white) Undo, redo it, 5 times to have become possible. Image reading from camera roll. You can store the created map in the camera roll or post it to Facebook.

About

Map Marker

Organize your favorite places with custom markers, descriptions, and photos. Create folders, search for locations, and even measure distances and areas. Collaborate with friends and sync your maps across devices.

Highlights
  • Customizable map markers
  • Organize markers into folders
  • Search and create markers from locations
  • Measure distances and areas
  • Cloud sync and collaboration
  • Import/export KML/KMZ files
  • Custom fields for markers
Features
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This app uses Google Maps and other sources in order to allow you to place markers even without internet connection. If you have any issues with the app, please contact me by email, I will most likely be able to help. Features: • Set a title, a description, a date, a color, an icon and pictures for each marker, and move them freely on the map • Organise your markers into different folders • Browse and organize your markers easily from the text-searchable markers list • Search places from various sources and create a new marker from the result • Open a marker's location in any other map application already installed • Navigate to a marker's location with the integrated compass • Display and copy marker GPS coordinates to clipboard with one click • Display a marker's address if available • Create path-markers and measure their distance easily • Create polygon-surface-markers and measure their perimeter and area easily • Create circle-surface-markers and measure perimeter and area easily • Create GPS tracks recorded from your device location • Share a captured image of the current map • Share markers as KML files • Import markers from a QR code • Import/export markers from/to KML or KMZ files • Import your Google Maps favorite locations (those marked with a star) • Exported KML files are compatible with most other map softwares such as Google Earth • Custom fields for markers: Checkbox, Date, Email, Text, Multi-choice, Phone, Web link • Create templates for custom fields per folder: the child markers will inherit their parent folder's custom fields Premium features: • Save your markers on the cloud with WebDAV, Google Drive or Dropbox • Collaborate with your friends by sharing your map cloud folder with them: anyone with access to the map folder can modify it and changes will be synced to everyone using the folder • Restore previous versions of your cloud map folder • One time purchase for a lifetime upgrade on your Apple account with an unlimited number of iOS devices • No ads Used permissions: • Get your location => to locate you on the map • Access to external storage => to export, save and import to/from files

Screenshots

SimpleMapCreator4 screens
Map Marker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Map Marker at 4.8 against SimpleMapCreator's 3.8. Map Marker also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 48%) and ratings volume (339 vs 5). SimpleMapCreator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Map Marker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SimpleMapCreator asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Map Marker holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Map Marker has 339 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 48% of SimpleMapCreator's written reviews are positive against 88% of Map Marker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpleMapCreator ships an update every 3 months, Map Marker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
SimpleMapCreator versus Map Marker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpleMapCreatorMap Marker
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (5 ratings)4.8 (339 ratings) — better
Positive reviews48.5% of reviews87.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5339 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSeiji NaganoSebastien BIERO

Customer experience

SimpleMapCreator

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive48.5%
Neutral12.1%
Negative39.4%

Map Marker

All ratings339 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral1.5%
Negative2.9%
Written reviews193 reviews
Positive87.6%
Neutral3.6%
Negative8.8%

Bugs and requests

SimpleMapCreator

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Map Marker

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Markers disappearing after updates
  • Inability to delete individual markers
  • Compatibility issues with newer OS versions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to rearrange marker order
  • Option to print or export maps
  • Improved search and filtering
  • Sync across devices and accounts
  • More marker/icon customization

In-app purchases

None

SimpleMapCreator

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Map Marker

One-time1
  • Map Marker premium$11.99

Questions

Is SimpleMapCreator free?
SimpleMapCreator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Map Marker free?
Map Marker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SimpleMapCreator or Map Marker?
Map Marker is rated higher. SimpleMapCreator averages 3.8 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Map Marker averages 4.8 from 339 ratings.
Do SimpleMapCreator or Map Marker have ads?
Neither SimpleMapCreator nor Map Marker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpleMapCreator or Map Marker?
SimpleMapCreator ships an update every 3 months, and Map Marker every 2 months. Most recently, SimpleMapCreator was updated on October 13, 2026 and Map Marker on October 18, 2026.

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