Places in Folders vs WhichMap
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Places in Folders
Save, organize, and access important locations with notes and photos. Access saved spots offline and open them in your preferred navigation app. Ideal for planning trips or remembering hidden gems.
- Save locations with details
- Organize into nested folders
- View folder contents on map
- Offline map snapshots
- Open in preferred navigation apps
- Sync data with iCloud
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Places helps you save and organize the locations that matter to you. Keep favorite wineries, restaurants, viewpoints, parking spots, trailheads, hotels, shops, meeting points, and personal discoveries in one simple app. Organize everything into folders, attach notes and photos, and open destinations in your preferred navigation apps when you need them. Designed for real-world use, Places keeps your saved locations useful even when connectivity is limited. Each place can store an offline map snapshot, so your saved spots remain easy to recognize on the go. Features: Save places with name, address, notes, photo, and exact map location Organize places in nested folders View all places in a folder on a map Mark favorites for quick access Browse places near your current location See nearby saved places from any place detail Search saved places by name, address, or notes Open destinations in Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, TomTom, and Uber Sync your data with iCloud Keep places available offline with stored map snapshots Whether you are planning trips, remembering hidden gems, or building a personal map of important spots, Places gives you a simple and reliable way to keep them close.
WhichMap
Instantly compare travel times from multiple popular navigation apps in one place. Enter your start and end points, and see real-time ETAs highlighted for the fastest route. Tap to open directly in your preferred navigation app.
- Compare ETAs from Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze
- Highlight the quickest route instantly
- One-tap deep links to launch navigation
- Simple and fast interface
- Ad-free experience
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WhichMap helps you choose the fastest route — instantly. No more switching between map apps to see who’s faster. With WhichMap, you can compare travel times from Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze side-by-side on one screen. Simply enter your starting point and destination, and WhichMap will fetch each app’s estimated time of arrival (ETA) in real time. The fastest option is automatically highlighted. Tap any option to open that route directly in your preferred app — navigation takes over from there. Features: • Compare ETAs from Google Maps, Apple Maps, and Waze (coming soon) • Highlight the quickest route instantly • One-tap deep links to launch navigation • Simple, fast, and ad-free WhichMap makes your drive smarter — not longer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WhichMap at none against Places in Folders's 1. WhichMap also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Places in Folders sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. WhichMap asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Places in Folders against 5.0 for WhichMap. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
Places in Folders ships an update every 3 weeks, WhichMap every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Places in Folders | WhichMap |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alexander Garmash | Nam Hoon Kim |
Customer experience
Places in Folders
WhichMap
In-app purchases
Places in Folders
- Places in Folders Pro$4.99
WhichMap
No in-app purchases








