CRMaps vs Explore Costa Rica
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CRMaps
Discover tourist areas across Costa Rica with this app. Browse by region and category to find essential business information like phone numbers, emails, webpages, and GPS locations. Includes special sections for tide charts and traveler tips.
- Discover tourist areas
- Browse by region and category
- Business contact information
- GPS locations for navigation
- Tide charts
- Traveler information
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Costa Rica Maps manage a Friendly way to discover turistic areas all over Costa Rica You can browse our app by areas an then by categories finding all the information you have of you interested business as Phones, Emails, Webpage and maybe the most importat ... the GPS location to Drive or Walk We also have special tabs for Tide Chart and Usefull information for travellers Descripcion corta (80) Costa Rica Maps App, a Friendly way to discover turistic areas in Costa Rica
Explore Costa Rica
Discover tours, accommodations, food, and transportation for your Costa Rican adventure. Find national parks, beaches, waterfalls, and unique activities like camping and surfing. Filter by category and province to plan your perfect trip.
- Find tours and experiences
- Discover lodging and food options
- Search for transportation
- Explore national parks and natural attractions
- Filter by activity type
- Filter by province and services
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In Explore App, the PURA VIDA app, you will find excellent tours, experiences, lodging, food, transportation and souvenirs in Costa Rica. In our app will find everything from national parks, volcanoes, beaches, surprising waterfalls, to beautiful tourist destinations to enjoy a picnic, camping under the stars, and many more activities. Through our search filters you can easily and quickly find the destination you want to visit according to its category (Tours, Accommodation, Food, Transportation, Souvenirs) and that adapts to your needs in the 7 provinces of our country: Cartago, Alajuela, San José, Limón, Guanacaste, Heredia and Puntarenas. Search for places according to the activities you want to do, we put at your disposal more than 50 different types: picnic, viewpoints, camping, waterfalls, glamping, horseback riding tours, cycling, quad bike tours, canopy, surfing, paddle board, beaches, scuba diving, fishing, rivers, skydiving, rappelling, rafting, 4x4 tours, tubing, kayaking, snorkeling, hanging bridges, canyoning, bird watching, caves, historical tours, coffee tours, safaris and more. In addition, you can find destinations that have the services you need: places appropriate for people with disabilities, places appropriate for seniors, places that allow pets, and more. Let's enjoy the wonders of Costa Rica's nature and support the tourism sector of our country.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Explore Costa Rica at 5.0 against CRMaps's 3.7. Explore Costa Rica also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months). CRMaps's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
Explore Costa Rica holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
CRMaps ships an update every 13 months, Explore Costa Rica every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CRMaps | Explore Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 110 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Futuro Nase SA | Daniel Sanchez Brenes |
Customer experience
CRMaps
Explore Costa Rica
In-app purchases
CRMaps
No in-app purchases
Explore Costa Rica
No in-app purchases








