Comparison

E 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

E

Control agricultural machinery wirelessly from your iPad. This app also facilitates software updates for the machine's gateway. Requires a compatible Väderstad AB machine equipped with a Gateway.

Highlights
  • Wireless control of agriculture machines
  • Software updates for machine gateway
  • iPad connectivity
  • Väderstad machine compatibility
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The E-Control is used to control agriculture machines from Väderstad AB. The application only works if the machine is equipped with a Gateway delivered from Väderstad AB. The communication is wireless between the iPad and the Gateway located on the machine. The application is also used for updating the Gateway software.

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

Map Marker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: E at none against Map Marker's 1. E also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Map Marker's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and ads 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. E asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

E ships an update every 4 months, Map Marker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
E versus Map Marker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEMap Marker
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (341 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better87.6% of reviews
Number of ratings—341 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVaderstad-Verken ABSebastien BIERO

Customer experience

E

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Map Marker

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

Bugs and requests

E

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

E

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Map Marker

One-time1
  • Map Marker premium$11.99

Questions

Is E free?
E is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Map Marker free?
Map Marker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do E or Map Marker have ads?
Neither E nor Map Marker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, E or Map Marker?
E ships an update every 4 months, and Map Marker every 2 months. Most recently, E was updated on October 11, 2026 and Map Marker on October 22, 2026.

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