Pinbox vs AuraCurve
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pinbox
Easily save and organize important locations into custom maps for any purpose. Record places you've been, want to go, or need to remember, with added notes and photos. It's your private space for all your essential spots.
- Create custom maps
- Add pins with notes and photos
- Organize places by category
- Simple, intuitive interface
- Private bookmarking
- Export pins to other map apps
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Featured by Apple in “Best New Apps”! Plan your next trip, mark places you want to go, and remember your favorite spots. Across town or across the world, you’ll never forget another place with Pinbox! Add pins where you are, where you’ve been, or where you want to go. Pinbox makes it easy to quickly record and organize your important places into distinct maps for every activity, occasion, or geographic region. Unlike other apps, Pinbox doesn’t force you to save all your places on a single map. You can make one map for your favorite local restaurants - make another map for your next business trip or vacation - and make another map for errands you need to run this weekend. The possibilities are endless! Pinbox is about you and your places. It’s not a social network. You don’t have to create an account or enter your Facebook details to use the app. Your maps aren’t cluttered with random places bookmarked by strangers. Pinbox is simply the best app for privately bookmarking places that are important to YOU! FEATURES • Simple, easy-to-use interface • Drop a pin for each place you want to remember • Add photos, notes, and other details to each pin • Choose from seven different pin colors • Organize your pins into separate maps • See your location in relation to your pins • Send maps to other Pinbox users • Send pins to Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Transit for directions • Display maps in Standard, Hybrid, or Satellite • Save up to 5,000 pins total EXAMPLES OF MAPS YOU MIGHT CREATE • Travel planning • Favorite restaurants or restaurants to try • Customer locations/sales calls • Friends and family locations • Real Estate listings • Favorite hiking/biking trails • Secret fishing spots • Dog-friendly places • Parking spots • Favorite stores • Multi-stop errands • Potential photoshoot locations • The list goes on and on and on… Still not convinced? Here are a few of our favorite reviews… “Pinbox is one of those simple apps that does one thing so well it feels frictionless”. -- Stephen Grassie “The interface is gorgeous - I would say that it looks like something Apple designed”. -- Macaddict “I have been using this to keep track of all the places the kids and I go so they can see how spread out our world is and they can see where all we have gone. Will use it forever”. -- 1Cool Daddy “This app is extremely useful and so simple to use. A lifesaver for keeping track of locations”. -- Davies Photo “I love this app. It is exactly what it claims to be. I have wanted this app since the smartphone was invented. So simple, and so many uses”. -- T1Man Using Pinbox on an iPod Touch or an iPad: Like other map apps, Pinbox uses GPS to determine your location. iPods and Wi-Fi-only iPads do not have a GPS receiver. On these devices, Pinbox provides your approximate location using information based on your proximity to known Wi-Fi networks (when on and available). The more accurate the available information, the smaller the circle identifying your position on the map. This feature is not available in all areas. Known Wi-Fi networks are predominantly in urban areas. An internet connection is required to load maps, look up addresses, and search. Although Pinbox can be installed on iPads, it’s not formatted for the larger iPad screen - it runs doubled like all other iPhone apps. Pinbox is the result of a collaboration between Scott D. Smith and Paul Burd. We sincerely hope you like it!
AuraCurve
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The motorcycle navigator that loves curves. AuraCurve plans routes that are curvy, not short — with its own worldwide routing engine, loop rides by duration, fuel planning and true offline navigation. No account, no tracking. CURVY ROUTING, WORLDWIDE A purpose-built routing engine that truly scores curves — one level of quality across the whole world, not just Europe. You decide how curvy: from direct to maximum twisties. Gravel and trails are one switch away. LOOP RIDES BY DURATION Tell AuraCurve how long you want to ride — it proposes three loops in different directions, on real curvy roads, without riding the same road back. CURVE BAND AHEAD See what's coming: the band of upcoming curves in the HUD and roundabouts with drawn arms — readable at a glance from the handlebar. FUEL PLANNING AS LOGIC Fuel stops are decided before the ride, not searched for while riding. AuraCurve plans them into the route and continues guidance after you fill up. OFFLINE MAPS & OFFLINE ROUTING Download regions as packages. When the network drops, an embedded routing engine keeps calculating on your iPhone — with the same curve costing as online. CARPLAY Full navigation on the car display: destinations, loops, lane guidance and voice prompts — the phone stays in your pocket. PLAN ON THE BIG SCREEN The web planner at auracurve.app uses the same routing engine as the app: set waypoints, tune curviness, import or export GPX — then send the finished tour to your iPhone as a QR code. The plan lives in the link, no account needed. GPX IN AND OUT Import tours from other planners as GPX, take your own with you as GPX. 19 LANGUAGES Interface and voice prompts speak your language — from German to Japanese. PRIVATE, NO ACCOUNT No registration, no tracking, no community database. Your tours belong to you. FAIR PRICING Try AuraCurve free for 14 days with everything included. After that: a yearly subscription (auto-renews, cancel anytime in your App Store settings) or a one-time lifetime purchase — yours forever. No account, no sign-up; purchases run entirely through Apple. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors. Terms of Use (EULA): https://auracurve.app/nutzungsbedingungen Privacy Policy: https://auracurve.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: AuraCurve at Free against Pinbox's $3.99. AuraCurve also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 months). Pinbox's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and chart position (#37 vs unranked). On 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
AuraCurve is free to download; Pinbox costs $3.99 up front. AuraCurve sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per year. Pinbox asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pinbox ships an update every 3 months, AuraCurve weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pinbox | AuraCurve |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (123 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 123 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Best chart rank | #37 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Seasonal Spring | Codex Consulting GmbH |
Bugs and requests
Pinbox
Reported bugs
2 issues- Incompatibility with newer iPhone screens
- Lack of landscape mode support
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to rename individual maps
- More color options for pins
- Filtering and sorting options for pins
- iPad version with full-screen support
- Ability to import/export data (e.g., CSV)
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- Sync pins across devices
AuraCurve
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pinbox
No in-app purchases
AuraCurve
- Yearly14 Days trial$24.991 Year
- AuraCurve Lifetime$69.99









