Comparison

World Map Challenge! Geography vs Touch Map

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

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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

Touch Map

Features
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An enjoyable world map learning iPhone app. This app offers an easy way to learn about countries around the world. Upon opening the app, a detailed world map is displayed, and simply touching any country on the screen will pop up its name, capital, and basic information. Features: Interactive Learning Experience: Touching the screen displays information such as the country name and capital, making it easy to visually understand geographical locations. User-Friendly Design: A simple and intuitive interface allows users of all ages, from children to adults, to easily navigate the app. Learning Progress Tracking: Users can track their learning progress through quizzes about the countries they have studied. Functions: Advanced Quizzes: Challenge yourself with more complex quizzes about countries around the world. Map Location Problems: A quiz format where you find specific countries on the map. Country Silhouette Quiz: Provides quizzes focused on memorizing the shapes of countries. National Flag Quiz: Learn about the flags of different countries. Identify which country a flag belongs to, making it a fun way to learn about flags and their corresponding countries. Language Support: This app supports multiple languages and is available in the following: #Japanese #English #Chinese #Spanish #Portuguese #Russian #Indonesian #French #Arabic #German #Korean #Italian #Hindi #Turkish #Thai #Ukrainian Feedback and Suggestions: We welcome your opinions, feedback, and requests for additional features. ■■■ App End-User License Agreement ■■■ https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

World Map Challenge! Geography4 screens
Touch Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: World Map Challenge! Geography at Free against Touch Map's $4.99. Touch Map's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads and device support 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

World Map Challenge! Geography is free to download; Touch Map costs $4.99 up front. World Map Challenge! Geography sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Touch Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
World Map Challenge! Geography versus Touch Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWorld Map Challenge! GeographyTouch Map
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.6 (334 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings334 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeaceful Pencil Ltd., TheKazuya Takayama

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
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  • 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

Touch Map

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

World Map Challenge! Geography

One-time1
  • Full Version$4.99
None

Touch Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is World Map Challenge! Geography free?
World Map Challenge! Geography is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Touch Map free?
Touch Map costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do World Map Challenge! Geography or Touch Map have ads?
Neither World Map Challenge! Geography nor Touch Map shows ads.

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