Countries! vs The Blue Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Countries!
Access comprehensive, up-to-date information on all world countries, including flags, capitals, and economic data. This app offers offline access, fast navigation, and interactive quizzes to enhance your geography knowledge.
- Up-to-date country data (2024)
- Offline access to all resources
- Fast and easy navigation
- Search by country or city
- Filter by continent
- Interactive geography quizzes
- Detailed country profiles
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This application contains information about all countries - independent or autonomous, by the end of 2024. Navigation is fast and easy. The information is concentrated, cleared. The app will save you valuable web browsing time and give you a clearer and summarized overview of country information. You can search by name or part of a country or city name, or you can set a filter across a continent. Information can be used for quick reference for any occasion and need, as well as for the education of children, and for any adult who wants to know more about countries around the world. Yes, this application can really replace large, heavy and bulky atlases and maps. And the best thing is that it will always be with you and will give you the desired information in just a few seconds! It's also important that you do not need the Internet to load any map or image in the app. All resources are in the app, which does not slow down their loading. * You have some additional references, such as rate of a country according to its territory, by population, gross domestic product and others. * You can have fun with 4 quizzes to test and complement your geography knowledge. * Countries data, national flag, coat of arms, capital, largest city, time zone, currency, government, climate zone, internet domain, phone code and maps are up to date in 2024. Countries and cities population data are current between 2015 and 2025, depending on when the last census of the relevant population was made, and some data are based on statistical forecasts. The population of the capitals and the largest cities is without the suburbs. * When you are in the main screen of a country, you can get the following details: - Increased view of the national flag (with 3D touch support) - Increased view of the state coat of arms (with 3D touch support) - Country map and its location in the continent or region; Each map can be zoomed in to improve viewing and get more details. * You may switch between English and Bulgarian languages. *** Това приложение съдържа информация за всички държави - независими или автономни, към края на 2024 година. Навигацията е бърза и лесна. Информацията е концентрирана, изчистена. Приложението ще ви спести ценно време за търсене в интернет и ще ви даде един по-ясен и обобщен вид на информацията за държавите. Търсене може да правите по име или част от име на държава или столица, освен това може да задавате филтър по континент. Информацията може да служи както за бързи справки по всякакъв повод и нужда, така и за обучение на деца, а и на всеки възрастен, който желае да знае повече за държавите по света. Да, това приложение наистина може да замести големите, тежки и обемисти атласи и карти. А най-хубавото е, че то винаги ще е с вас и ще ви даде желаната информация само за няколко секунди! Не без значение е и това, че за да заредите всяка една карта или изображение в приложението, нямате нужда от интернет. Всички ресурси са в приложението, което не бави зареждането им. * Разполагате с някои допълнителни справки като например коя подред е дадена държава според площта на територията й, според населението, брутния вътрешен продукт и други. * Може да се забавлявате с 4 куиза, с които ще тествате и допълвате знанията си по география. * Данните за населението на държавите и градовете са актуални към периода 2010 - 2025, в зависимост от това кога е извършено последното преброяване на съответното население, а някои данни са на база на статистически прогнози. Населението на столиците и на най-големите градове е без предградията. * Когато сте в основния екран на дадена държава, можете да получите следните детайли: - Увеличен изглед на националния флаг (с поддръжка на 3D touch); - Увеличен изглед на държавния герб (с поддръжка на 3D touch); - Карта на държавата и местоположението й в континента или в региона; Всяка карта може да се увеличава (zoom), с цел подобряване на разглеждането и повече детайли. * Избор между български и английски език.
The Blue Map
Explore the world with an interactive map displaying detailed information about every country. Compare nations, visualize data, and answer curious questions about global statistics.
- Interactive world map
- Detailed country statistics
- Country comparisons
- Data visualizations
- Global trivia
- Educational content
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USA or China is more powerful? Nuclear Warheads – who is the leader on Earth? There are more women or men in the world? Discover these mysteries with 'The Blue Map' app!! Your child asks you dozens of questions about our world? You travel to a new country and you want discover the most essential information about it? You want compare your country with another? Discover all countries of Earth with animated 'The Blue Map'! 'The Blue Map' contains: - all countries of Earth with visualization on the map, flags, coats of arms, capital cities, inhabitants - details of each country with information about dominant religion, size, density, GDP, currency, …, - comparison of 2 chosen countries, - map of countries by size - map of countries by population - map of countries by density - map of countries by dominant religion - map of countries by driving side - map of countries by GDP (PPP) - map of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita - map of countries by GDP (nominal) - map of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita - map of countries by currency - map of countries by continent - map of countries by Gini rate - map of countries by HDI Index (Human Development Index) - map of countries by Nuclear Weapons - map of countries by CO₂ Emission - map of countries by Sex Ratio - map of countries by Natural Increase - map of countries by Life Expectancy - map of countries by Number of Cars - map of countries by Number of Doctors (Physicians) - map of countries by Number of Hospital Beds per 1'000'000 inhabitants 'The Blue Map' bases on the most recent information and materials disponible in the greatest world library - Wikipedia (wikipedia.com), UN statistics, World Bank and WHO statistics. This app proceeds and regroups data in order to present you the advanced analysis in a proper, synthetic and user-friendly visualized way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Countries! at none against The Blue Map's 1. Countries! also leads on price ($0.99 vs $2.99). The Blue Map's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 8 months). On ads, monetization model, 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
Countries! costs $0.99 and The Blue Map $2.99 up front. The Blue Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Countries! asks for nothing beyond the download.
Countries! ships an update every 8 months, The Blue Map every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Countries! | The Blue Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 162 MB | 230 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panayot Panayotov | Mikolaj Adamowicz |
Customer experience
Countries!
The Blue Map
In-app purchases
Countries!
No in-app purchases
The Blue Map
- Premium Map$1.99
Questions
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Do Countries! or The Blue Map have ads?
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