Unplan vs Placemarker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Unplan
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Bookmark places you're interested in, without the need to schedule in detail. When you're in town, plan on the fly by seeing what's near. Arrange bookmarked places into lists. Unplan enables you to create lists of interested places for your destination, then helps you to be a little more serendipitous when you're there, by simply showing your prior travel ideas and allowing you pick where to go next with directions. Don't miss that really awesome place you wanted to visit – but don't feel tied down to a schedule. Easily navigate between your place bookmarks, you can set a "from" and a "to" point, and directions via third party apps. Unplan is also useful in everyday life – bookmark your appointment destinations so all the places are at the tips of your fingers when you need directions. While the goal of Unplan is to enable a bit of serendipity with your travel choices – you can still plan things in detail by setting a date & time – and optionally synchronise with your iCloud calendars. Many features of Unplan continue to work offline! You can view all your bookmarks, view them on the map (if the map tiles are cached from a previous view when you had internet) and get straight-line distance readings. Unplan is free to use, with no restrictions on the number of places you can bookmark. Creating more than 1 list requires a once-off purchase of Unplan PRO from within the app.
Placemarker
This app allows you to save and organize locations you want to revisit, offering a private alternative to other mapping services. Easily bookmark places like hotels or landmarks and share them with others. It prioritizes user data control and local storage.
- Bookmark locations
- Organize points of interest
- Share locations via SMS/social media
- Local data storage
- Privacy-focused design
- Coordinate meetups
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Placemarker lets you bookmark cool places to revisit later while respecting your privacy by design. Do many of the same things you can with Google Maps, but rest easy knowing that you control your data. - Placemark your Airbnb or hotel location - Quickly establish landmarks while traveling - Coordinate meetup destinations with your travel group - Send placemarker locations via SMS or social media - Document and organize points of interest while traveling - Rest your hands. Stop typing in addresses. - Placemarker locations are only stored locally to your device Product Promises: - We will never sell your information - We will never serve ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Placemarker at none against Unplan's 1. Placemarker also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Unplan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Placemarker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Unplan | Placemarker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Geospike Pty Ltd | Campbell Labs LLC |
In-app purchases
Unplan
- Unplan PRO$1.99
Placemarker
No in-app purchases









