Offline Maps vs Mycel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Offline Maps
Save maps to your device for offline use when mobile data is unavailable or expensive. Access a wide range of map sources, track your location with GPS, and add custom labels with notes and images. Measure distances and angles directly on the map.
- Offline map caching
- Multiple map sources
- GPS tracking
- Custom label creation
- Distance and angle measurement
- Auto-follow mode
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Offline Maps is a practical map companion for travel, hiking, cycling, field work, and any day when you want your map tools ready before the signal disappears. Open the app and start working directly on the map. Choose from Apple maps, OSM vector maps, OSM legacy maps, cycling, hiking, nautical, aeronautical, and other supported sources. Save map areas for offline use where downloads are supported, then keep exploring with your tracks, waypoints, measurements, and coordinate tools in one clean workspace. Record GPS tracks, pause and resume when needed, and keep an eye on your progress with live distance and speed statistics. Saved tracks can be searched, renamed, shown on the map, styled with solid colors or gradients, imported from common GPS formats, and exported when you need to share your route. Mark important places with waypoints, customize icons, rename them, search your waypoint list, and use waypoint tracking to see distance labels and guide lines on the map. Long-press the map or use your current position to create a new waypoint in seconds. Measure what matters in the field: lines, polylines, radius, circles, rectangles, and polygons. Drag points to adjust shapes, save measurements as map items, and export selected data when the job is done. Offline Maps also includes coordinate tools for Decimal, DMS, UTM, MGRS, Plus Code, and GeoHash formats. Copy or share individual coordinate values, open Google Maps links, and quickly search by pasted coordinates or map links. Built for modern iPhone and iPad, Offline Maps keeps the map at the center and places tracks, waypoints, and measurements together in Map Items so your important data stays easy to find. Key Features - Save supported map areas for offline use. - Browse multiple map sources, including Apple, OSM vector, OSM legacy, cycling, hiking, nautical, and aeronautical maps. - Record GPS tracks with pause, resume, background recording, recovery, and Live Activity support. - Import and export GPX, KML, KMZ, GeoJSON, TCX, and CSV track data. - Export track map images as PNG files. - Add, rename, search, show, hide, import, and export waypoints. - Track waypoint distances with guide lines and compact labels on the map. - Measure distances, radius, circles, rectangles, and polygon areas. - Manage tracks, waypoints, and measurements together in Map Items. - Work with Decimal, DMS, UTM, MGRS, Plus Code, and GeoHash coordinates. - Copy, share, and search coordinates, including supported Google Maps links. - Choose measurement units: metric, imperial, or nautical. - Keep the screen awake during navigation when needed. If you know more map sources please write us: support@lifewaresolutions.com
Mycel
This app helps you track your foraging finds by pinning them on a map and journaling your outings. It uses local weather data to predict seasons and suggest the best times to forage for various items. You can also add custom species and access bilingual reference pages.
- Season prediction based on local weather
- Foraging Mode with one-tap logging
- Offline spot map with color-coded pins
- Outing journal with tracks and notes
- Bilingual reference pages for 60+ species
- Custom species and categories
- Apple Watch integration
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Find a good mushroom spot and you'll want it again next season — Mycel makes sure you never lose it. It's the foraging journal that pins every find on the map, tracks every outing, and reads the season from the real weather where you forage, so you know what's coming up and the best day to head out. Set it up for whatever you gather: mushrooms, berries, wild herbs, asparagus, or your own custom species. LEGAL — Mycel is a tracker, not an identifier. The app does not identify species from photos and does not provide guidance on consumption. Always verify with a local expert before any consumption. Some look-alikes are deadly. WHAT IT DOES • Season prediction: it crosses the recent weather in your area (WeatherKit + AEMET) with each species' pattern to suggest what to look for and the best day to head out. Tuned for mushrooms; for fruits and plants, a per-species seasonal calendar. • Foraging Mode: pin up to 3 species and one tap on the Lock Screen or Dynamic Island logs a find with your location. Without taking the phone out of your pocket. • When to go, zone by zone (Pro): Mycel checks the weather in the background and lets you know when a good day is coming up in one of your zones, based on rain and temperature. The “When to go” widget shows it on your Home Screen. • Offline spot map (OpenStreetMap) with your finds as colour-coded pins by category. Works with no signal deep in the woods. • Outing journal: every session keeps your track, finds and notes; group your places into zones and see what you found there. • A year ago, around this date: Home reminds you what you logged around these same dates in past years. And share your season as an image — no map, no locations. • 78 reference pages in 34 languages with description, habitat, season and look-alikes. 12 toxic species with explicit medical warnings (Amanita phalloides, Cortinarius rubellus, Lepiota brunneoincarnata…). • Custom species and categories: add whatever you forage where you live, even if it's not in the catalogue. • Apple Visual Look Up: Apple's system — not Mycel — can suggest species from your photos. • Apple Watch: active sessions show up on their own in the Smart Stack. PRIVACY • Your finds in your private iCloud, end-to-end encrypted across your iPhone and iPad. Or fully local-only if you prefer. • Zero analytics, zero third-party SDKs, zero tracking. Privacy nutrition: "Data Not Collected". • Photos never leave your library; Mycel only stores Apple's internal photo reference. PLANS • Free: 10 full foraging sessions, the map and the full reference, no expiry. (Predictions and bulk photo import are Pro.) • Lifetime $39.99 one-time: everything unlocked for good, no subscription. Includes every future backend feature (web heatmap, cross-device sync, etc.). • Annual $14.99/year with a 1-week free trial. • Monthly $1.99/mo. Cancel anytime. Mycel is built for Iberian foragers, but the catalogue covers most of European foraging. Coming soon: regional packs (Pyrenees, Galicia, Alps) and professional translation review for German / Italian / French. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://frostdev.eu/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mycel at 5.0 against Offline Maps's 4.5. Mycel also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Offline Maps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Mycel sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Offline Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Mycel holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
Offline Maps ships an update every 3 months, Mycel monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Offline Maps | Mycel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 16.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 77 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sergey Vdovenko | Alvaro Escarcha Esteban |
Customer experience
Offline Maps
Mycel
In-app purchases
Offline Maps
No in-app purchases
Mycel
- Mycel Pro · Monthly$1.991 Month
- Mycel Pro · Annual7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$39.99
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