CannaMaps vs Strain Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CannaMaps
Discover highly-rated cannabis dispensaries, doctors, and events near you. The app displays a map with nearby locations and provides instant GPS directions. Users can also submit new places and events, access news, and shop for merchandise.
- Map of cannabis services
- Nearby places and events
- GPS directions
- Submit places/events
- Community features
- News and shopping
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Quickly find and get to the highest rated dispensaries, doctors and cannabis related events. Just pull up the map and see what is near by. Instantly tap for GPS directions from your precise location. Distances to everything is automatically calculated upon starting app. Just tap and go! Features: -Map - Find Premium Cannabis Services -Places Nearby -Events Nearby -CannaHunt Go -Submit a Place/Event -News -Shop (Shirts,Stickers,CBD's, etc) w/ Free Account: -Profile -Rate Places -Leave Comments/Reviews -Save your Favorite Places -Ask Question / Post Comments to community ------------------------------------------- CannaMaps https://CannaMaps.com Find safe access to the best places for your therapeutic cannabis needs.
Strain Guide
Explore thousands of cannabis strains with detailed information on effects, flavors, and growing tips. Features an AI assistant for personalized recommendations and advanced search filters. Track your favorites and add personal notes for easy reference.
- AI strain assistant
- Advanced search and filtering
- Personalized notes and favorites
- Growing and harvesting information
- Strain suggestions
- Community ratings and comments
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Discover thousands of cannabis strains with Al BudTender, advanced search, personalized notes, and expert growing tips. Your complete cannabis reference guide. Strain Guide is your full-featured hub for quick and easy cannabis strain information. With thousands of cannabis strains, it provides detailed data (including strain reviews, growing information, history, and descriptions), along with the ability to search, save favorites, and add personalized notes. Introducing Strain Hunter Advanced Search, an advanced tool that aggregates cannabis strain data from multiple sources, analyzes reviews, and resolves discrepancies to provide a reliable, unbiased overview of each strain’s effects, flavors, and characteristics. This app helps you find the cannabis strains you’re looking for in seconds. Key Features • Al BudTender, a technologically advanced strain assistant that helps you make informed cannabis decisions. • Save notes on specific cannabis strains for future reference. • Favorite strains to keep everything in one place. • Search by terpenes, aromas, flavors, and strain names. • Growing and harvesting information by strain. • Suggest new cannabis strains. • Tailored strain suggestions based on your saved strains. • Community ratings and comments to see what other users think. • Clean and beautiful interface for fast strain lookup. • Advanced filtering and search tools. • Adjustable text size. • Dark mode. What You Can Learn • Best weed strains based on user reviews and ratings. • Growing and harvesting information by strain. • Cannabis genetics history and detailed strain descriptions. • Strain flavor, aroma, terpene profiles, and effects. Become a weed pro in no time. Strain Guide contains up-to-date cannabis information, including the latest growing techniques for each strain. If you’re new to recreational marijuana, this app helps you track the strains you try and remember which ones work best for you. Use the search section to find the right strain by aroma, flavor, terpene profile, or name. Notice This app is for reference and educational purposes only. Do not make health decisions without consulting a qualified professional. Follow local laws regarding cannabis use. You must be 18+ to download this app. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: CannaMaps at none against Strain Guide's shown. CannaMaps also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 15.0). Strain Guide's advantage is ratings volume (913 vs 2) and review sentiment (83% vs 67%). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. CannaMaps sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Strain Guide sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
CannaMaps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Strain Guide has 913 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of CannaMaps's written reviews are positive against 83% of Strain Guide's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
CannaMaps ships an update every 2 months, Strain Guide every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CannaMaps | Strain Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.8 (913 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 82.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 913 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.3 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | +17 |
| Developer | JETFIRE APPS, LLC | phannafest llc |
Customer experience
CannaMaps
Strain Guide
Bugs and requests
CannaMaps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Strain Guide
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes and freezes on startup
- Search function not working properly
Requested features
3 requests- Photo identification feature to identify strains
- Ability to filter strains by terpene profile
- Option to remove ads through a paid subscription
In-app purchases
CannaMaps
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Customizable Backgrounds$0.99
Strain Guide
- Strain guide, pro, monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Strain Guide Pro Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- Strain Guide Pro Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
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- Strain guide, pro, yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
