Comparison

Critical Maps vs Every Door

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Critical Maps

Share your GPS location with other participants during Critical Mass events. Communicate with fellow riders through an integrated chat feature.

Highlights
  • GPS coordinate sharing
  • Real-time location tracking
  • Built-in chat functionality
  • Participant communication
Features
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With this App, participants of the Critical Mass can share their GPS coordinates with others participants. Besides that, users can send messages through the built-in chat.

About

Every Door

Easily update local map data by adding or verifying businesses, benches, and street lamps. This app simplifies the process of keeping your town's map information current and accurate.

Highlights
  • Add and verify shops in malls
  • Update map data for your town
  • Micromapping for benches and street lamps
  • Add building attributes and entrances
  • Automatic merging into building contours
  • Uses iD editor presets and data
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This editor does not make you think. Just go to a mall, and start Every Door. You'll see mapped shops around you: tap on the checkmark for any that are still there, and add shops that are not on the map. That's the entire process: you can keep your entire town up-to-date thanks to this simple editor. There is also a micromapping mode for verifying and adding benches and street lamps. And an entrance mode for adding building attributes and entrances — which are merged automatically into building contours. Every Door uses presets and other data from iD editor.

Screenshots

Critical Maps4 screens
Every Door4 screens

Verdict

The call

Critical Maps and Every Door both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Every Door's written reviews are positive against 82% of Critical Maps's. Every Door also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Critical Maps against 5.0 for Every Door. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 8 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Critical Maps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Every Door's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and July 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Critical Maps versus Every Door: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCritical MapsEvery Door
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (18 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings18 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS1713.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB105 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperNorman SanderAvatudKaart OU

Customer experience

Critical Maps

All ratings18 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews34 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative14.7%

Every Door

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Critical Maps

No in-app purchases

None

Every Door

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Critical Maps free?
Critical Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Every Door free?
Every Door is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Critical Maps or Every Door?
Every Door is rated higher. Critical Maps averages 4.9 out of 5 from 18 ratings, while Every Door averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Critical Maps or Every Door have ads?
Neither Critical Maps nor Every Door shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Critical Maps or Every Door?
Critical Maps ships an update every 3 months, and Every Door every 3 months. Most recently, Critical Maps was updated on September 23, 2026 and Every Door on July 21, 2026.

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