Pocket Census vs CivicMapper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pocket Census
Access US census data quickly and easily. Filter information by nationwide, state, county, or city to find statistics like commuting methods or median income.
- Retrieve US census data
- Filter by nationwide
- Filter by state
- Filter by county
- Filter by city
- View commuting statistics
- View median income
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Have you ever wondered how many people in the US drive to work? Or what the median income for your city is? Pocket Census is a quick, simple, and concise way to retrieve census data. Filter searches by • Nationwide • State • County • City Happy searching! This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
CivicMapper
This app provides detailed civic jurisdiction information for your current location in the United States. It identifies state, county, city, congressional districts, and census data. Enable live tracking to receive real-time updates and notifications when you cross into new jurisdictions.
- View state, county, and city jurisdictions
- Identify US Congressional and State Senate/House districts
- Access Census tract, block, and group data
- Discover Urban Areas and Combined Statistical Areas
- Live tracking with customizable intervals
- Notifications for crossing jurisdiction boundaries
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CivicMapper: Know Where You Are — and Everywhere You’ve Been — in the US. CivicMapper shows all census jurisdictions for any place in the United States — your current location, a pin you choose, or a spot you look up. Go beyond a postal address: see the state, county, city (or unincorporated area), and many more layers that most maps leave out. WHAT’S NEW • Visited Places — color in counties and cities you’ve been to on an interactive US map, and keep a running tally by state • Phone tracking — record GPS trails while CivicMapper is open, or turn on Continuous tracking to keep logging in the background • Import GPS files — bring in tracks from dedicated GPS hardware (such as a Columbus V990 data logger), review them on the map, and use them to fill Visited Places automatically • Import & export — you control your data • Hardware tips and buy links — helpful tips for a privacy-first hardware setup for geo-tracking For any location, CivicMapper can show: 1. State 2. County (or equivalent) 3. City (incorporated place) 4. County subdivision 5. US Congressional district 6. State senate district 7. State house district 8. Census tract 9. Census block group and census block 10. Urban area 11. Combined statistical area Turn on Live mode to refresh on a cadence you choose, and notice whenever you cross into a new jurisdiction — useful for geography fans, civics buffs, and anyone who works with election or census boundaries. WHY CIVICMAPPER? Popular navigation apps usually give a postal city, state, and ZIP. They often skip county and many other civic layers — and the “city” on a mailing address isn’t always inside actual city limits. Rural and unincorporated places still get a postal city based on ZIP codes. CivicMapper uses actual geographic boundaries from the US census so you see where you really are. PRIVACY Your visited places, GPS trails, and imports stay on your device. No account is required to use CivicMapper. CIVIC MAPPER PRO Visited Places, phone tracking, continuous tracking, and GPS file tools are available with Civic Mapper Pro (auto-renewable subscription), for the following prices as of this writing: • Monthly — $0.99 per month • Yearly — $7.99 per year Discover where you are — and map where you’ve been — with CivicMapper! https://sitkinlabs.com/civicmapper/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CivicMapper at 100% against Pocket Census's 25%. CivicMapper also leads on rating (5.0 vs 2.4) and update cadence (every 5 days vs fortnightly). Pocket Census's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.
CivicMapper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Pocket Census's written reviews are positive against 100% of CivicMapper's.
Pocket Census ships an update fortnightly, CivicMapper every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pocket Census | CivicMapper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hexpath LLC | Great Sitkin Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
Pocket Census
CivicMapper
In-app purchases
Pocket Census
No in-app purchases
CivicMapper
No in-app purchases








