Mapillary vs Coordinate Photo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mapillary
This platform allows anyone to capture and contribute street-level imagery from any location using any camera. It combines these images into a collaborative, navigable view of the world, enhanced by computer vision for smoother viewing and automated data extraction. The collected data can be used to improve maps, cities, and mobility.
- Capture street-level imagery with any camera
- Collaborative global street-level view
- Computer vision for data extraction
- Privacy blurring of faces and license plates
- Access and explore millions of images
- Integrates with mapping tools
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Mapillary is the street-level imagery platform that scales and automates mapping using collaboration, cameras, and computer vision. Anyone can capture images of any place, as often as needed, with any camera—including smartphones. Mapillary combines all images into a collaborative street-level view of the world that’s available for anyone to explore and use for improving maps, cities, and mobility. Computer vision technology provides a smooth viewing experience and speeds up mapping through machine-extracted map data. Capturing with the Mapillary mobile app is the easiest way to join our contributor network. Let’s get started! CREATE YOUR OWN STREET-LEVEL VIEWS You control when and where to capture to create the freshest street-level imagery. Mapillary’s technology combines all images into a navigable view and blurs faces and license plates for privacy. ACCESS AND OPEN UP DATA Mapillary contributors are people, organizations, companies, and governments in 190 countries. Millions of images are added to the dataset every week, which you can explore right here in the mobile app. MAKE BETTER MAPS Use imagery and machine-extracted data to add details to maps and geospatial datasets. Mapillary integrates with tools like OpenStreetMap iD editor and JOSM, HERE Map Creator, and ArcGIS. To access the available map data, go to mapillary.com/app.
Coordinate Photo
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coordinate photo Built for the field. GPS coordinates, street address, heading, and precise timestamp stamped directly onto every photo and video — burned into the image itself, not buried in metadata. Whether you're documenting a job site, recording a property condition, or capturing evidence in the field, coordinate photo gives you images that speak for themselves. No editing. No app needed to read them. The information is right there in the frame. What gets stamped - GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) - Street address and locality - Date and time with timezone - Compass heading - Camera zoom level - Audio indicator for video Works the way you work - Portrait and landscape recording - Full video support with stamp burned into every frame - Interval shooting — auto-shutter every 2 to 60 seconds with shot counter - Time-lapse assembly — interval sessions compile into a stamped video automatically - Slow motion recording — high frame-rate video, played back in slow mo by iOS Photos - Multi-lens zoom with hardware controls - Hardware shutter button support (including Camera Control on iPhone 16) - No account. No cloud. No subscription. Your photos stay yours. Who uses it Insurance adjusters, contractors, real estate professionals, surveyors, researchers, and anyone who needs verifiable, documented proof of where they were and when — with the evidence in the image, not attached to it. Metadata also included.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Coordinate Photo at weekly against Mapillary's every 3 weeks. Mapillary's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mapillary ships an update every 3 weeks, Coordinate Photo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mapillary | Coordinate Photo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 41.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mapillary AB | Dane Frazier |
In-app purchases
Mapillary
No in-app purchases
Coordinate Photo
No in-app purchases









