Christmas Light Finder vs MapaSpot
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Christmas Light Finder
Discover and share locations of festive Christmas light displays in your area. Mark your own favorite spots to help others find them.
- Mark Christmas light locations
- Find nearby displays
- User-generated content
- Map integration
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Find the best Christmas light displays in your neighborhood, and help others find them too. SEARCH Open the map to see light displays near you. Tap any pin for its street address and how far away it is, then get driving directions in Maps with one tap. Use the year picker to see displays from past seasons. SUBMIT Standing in front of a great display? Tap the target to add it at your location. It appears on the map for everyone, so the whole town can enjoy it. STILL UP THIS YEAR? Displays from last season show up as gray pins. When you're near one and it's lit again, tap "Still up this year!" to put it back on this year's map. • No account or sign-in needed • Supports larger text sizes and VoiceOver • Free, with a small ad at the bottom of the screen Merry Christmas, and happy light hunting!
MapaSpot
Discover unique holiday displays in your area and share your own finds with the community. Save your favorite spots, rate them for others, and earn achievements for your contributions.
- Discover holiday displays
- Share new display locations
- Save favorite spots
- Rate displays
- Earn achievements
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Find a cool holiday display that no one else has seen? Share it on the map for everyone to enjoy. That's MapaSpot! With this brand new holiday display discovery app, you can see what holiday displays are available in your area. Main Features - Share Spots: Share cool new spots to visit on the map for others to enjoy - Save Spots: Save a spot as your favorite so you can visit it again later - Rate Spots: Rate a spot so others can know if it's really worth viewing - Earn Achievements: Visit, share, and rate spots to earn achievements
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: MapaSpot at 50% against Christmas Light Finder's 0%. MapaSpot also leads on rating (3.3 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.
MapaSpot holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Christmas Light Finder's written reviews are positive against 50% of MapaSpot's.
Christmas Light Finder ships an update every 35 months, MapaSpot every 29 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Christmas Light Finder | MapaSpot |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | Every 29 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pariahware, Inc. | Eric Kasnetsis |
Customer experience
Christmas Light Finder
MapaSpot
In-app purchases
Christmas Light Finder
No in-app purchases
MapaSpot
No in-app purchases
Questions
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