Comparison

World Map Challenge! Geography vs HistoMaster U.S.A

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

Head to head
About

World Map Challenge! Geography

Test your global geography skills with an interactive map quiz. Learn country locations through engaging game modes, including timed challenges and multiplayer battles. Improve your knowledge with practice sessions and compete on global leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Interactive map with zoom and pan
  • Automatic correction highlighting
  • Continental and Time Trial modes
  • Multiplayer head-to-head battles
  • Targeted practice modes
  • Toggleable answer key
Features
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Challenge your knowledge of world geography with World Map Challenge! Learn the locations of nearly 200 countries around the globe. Features: • Fully interactive map (zoom, pan, and tap on the map to select your answer) with sound effects • Incorrect answers will cause the map to zoom to the correct location, making your learning fast and efficient • "Continental Challenge" mode: Tracks your progress and earns you 'stars' if you score high enough! • Game Center-enabled "Time Trial" mode: How fast can you tap 20 countries in order? Compete against players worldwide. • Multiplayer: Head-to-head against a random opponent or a friend. Win and climb the global leaderboards! • Practice mode that allows you to study specific areas of a continent to help improve your knowledge • Practice mode features an answer key that you can toggle on and off Included for free: • 1 region each for: Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa (practice mode) • All countries in South America and Oceania (practice mode) • Europe Challenge mode • South America Time Trial • Europe Multiplayer mode Credits: • Announcer: Shawshank73 http://www.freesound.org/people/shawshank73/ • Menu "ping": Bertrof https://www.freesound.org/people/Bertrof/sounds/131658/ • Colored world map (main menu): Otsego http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:BlankMap-World-Continents-Coloured.png • Mapping class: stkim1 http://stkim1.github.io/MTImageMapView/

About

HistoMaster U.S.A

Explore over 7 centuries of U.S. history through interactive timelines, quizzes, and challenges. Learn about presidents, wars, and key events, earning troops to conquer territories as you progress. Save progress across devices with iCloud support.

Highlights
  • Interactive timelines
  • Quizzes and challenges
  • President and war exploration
  • Progress tracking
  • Multi-profile support
  • iCloud saving
Features
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Welcome to HistoMaster USA: Learning U.S. History is Fun! Thanks to HistoMaster USA you'll discover more than 7 centuries of U.S. History, famous people, presidents, wars, key events, everything is here! For each correct answer you win a troop, this can be used to conquer the world, country by country. Every goal you win unlocks new troops. In the adventure mode you will learn U.S. History with Abraham Lincoln. You'll find events to put in order, take a quiz and organise time periods. The learning mode allows you to practice all topics. In this mode, you'll see presidents, wars, key events and periods in interactive timelines. You'll explore the thumbnails of the presidents and wars on a single screen, to get the whole picture. Finally, you can print the timelines, thumbnails and a list of the main events and periods. The challenge mode will test your knowledge on key events and periods in a different way: you have to guess the correct year by putting it on a timeline. The highest points are scored when you guess the closest. Each family member can have its own profile, so you can compare your progress to others. All profiles can be saved on iCloud, so its even possible to continue your game on a different device, for example apple TV and IPad! Let's play!!! More information: http://ar-entertainment.net/ *** FREEMIUM VERSION *** Play 20 questions for free everyday. You can unlock access to the full game and to all features in one single in-app purchase. ***

Screenshots

World Map Challenge! Geography4 screens
HistoMaster U.S.A4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: World Map Challenge! Geography at 77% against HistoMaster U.S.A's 33%. World Map Challenge! Geography also leads on rating (4.6 vs 2.3) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 50 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. World Map Challenge! Geography sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and HistoMaster U.S.A sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

World Map Challenge! Geography holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: World Map Challenge! Geography has 334 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 77% of World Map Challenge! Geography's written reviews are positive against 33% of HistoMaster U.S.A's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

World Map Challenge! Geography ships an update every 3 months, HistoMaster U.S.A every 50 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
World Map Challenge! Geography versus HistoMaster U.S.A: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Map Challenge! GeographyHistoMaster U.S.A
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (334 ratings) — better2.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings334 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 50 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TViPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeaceful Pencil Ltd., TheAlexandre Minard

Customer experience

World Map Challenge! Geography

All ratings333 ratings
Positive89.8%
Neutral2.7%
Negative7.5%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive76.7%
Neutral9.3%
Negative14.0%

HistoMaster U.S.A

All ratings3 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Bugs and requests

World Map Challenge! Geography

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • App crashes on iOS 26
  • Repeats countries, omits others in regions
  • Multiplayer not working
  • Indonesia and Philippines appear in Australia quiz
  • Full version difference unclear

Requested features

11 requests
  • Include capitals quiz
  • Disable timer option
  • Add study mode
  • Add flags or languages quiz
  • Make full version free or ad-supported
Show 6 more
  • Add audio pronunciation of countries
  • Allow custom country selection
  • Fix multiplayer issues
  • Improve family sharing for purchases
  • Add more countries (e.g., Malta, Tuvalu, Palau)
  • Allow background music

HistoMaster U.S.A

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

World Map Challenge! Geography

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99
1 purchases

HistoMaster U.S.A

One-time1
  • Unlock Full version$0.99

Questions

Is World Map Challenge! Geography free?
World Map Challenge! Geography is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HistoMaster U.S.A free?
HistoMaster U.S.A is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, World Map Challenge! Geography or HistoMaster U.S.A?
World Map Challenge! Geography is rated higher. World Map Challenge! Geography averages 4.6 out of 5 from 334 ratings, while HistoMaster U.S.A averages 2.3 from 3 ratings.
Do World Map Challenge! Geography or HistoMaster U.S.A have ads?
Neither World Map Challenge! Geography nor HistoMaster U.S.A shows ads.
Which is updated more often, World Map Challenge! Geography or HistoMaster U.S.A?
World Map Challenge! Geography ships an update every 3 months, and HistoMaster U.S.A every 50 months. Most recently, World Map Challenge! Geography was updated on November 1, 2026 and HistoMaster U.S.A on November 3, 2026.

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