Mapy.com is an outdoor navigation and route-planning app for hikers and cyclists on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Maintenance
Daily rank 🇺🇸
#143
▼2Maps & Navigation · grossing
Sentiment
4.1
257k reviews
Nemesis
onX Hunt: GPS Hunting Maps
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire Mapy.com for reliable, offline-first trail navigation in remote areas where standard driving apps lack terrain detail.
For Outdoor enthusiasts, hikers, and cyclists who require reliable navigation and route planning in remote areas without cellular coverage.
What does it look like?
Key features
Augmented reality peak recognition provides name, height, and distance data for surrounding mountains.
Downloadable regional or country-level maps for navigation without cellular signal.
Manual route editing via finger-drawing directly on the map interface.
How much does it cost?
The freemium model gates advanced utility and offline capacity behind a subscription, while maintaining a broad free-tier user base for data collection.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentnew contentmonetizationUX improvementsShow more...
Mapy.com: Offline Outdoor Maps is currently in a maintenance phase, shipping updates at a cadence of approximately 0.14 releases per week. The development trend is stable, focusing on incremental feature additions rather than rapid iteration. The latest release adds a PRO-tier route drawing tool, which represents the primary feature development observed in the recent history. The release cadence is insufficient to qualify for active status, and there is no evidence of live-ops activity.
Who built it?
Seznam.cz a.s.
13+ apps tracked · Maps & Navigation
Mapy.com: Offline maps & GPS
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Classic PrahaUser Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Review voice lately leans excited. Users appreciate highly detailed offline maps provide essential navigation support for hikers and cyclists in remote areas and the route planner allows users to auto-plot trails between locations which simplifies complex outdoor trip planning, but report recent changes to offline map access and account requirements frustrate users who previously enjoyed free features.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
Weekly average review rating
What users say, by theme
- Highly detailed offline maps provide essential navigation support for hikers and cyclists in remote areas
- The route planner allows users to auto-plot trails between locations which simplifies complex outdoor trip planning
- Precise reporting of small paths and terrain features helps users navigate trails that are otherwise invisible
- Recent changes to offline map access and account requirements frustrate users who previously enjoyed free features
75 of 99 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Excited overall
Read the full review analysisUnlock 2 more frustration themes and 2 user requests, each backed by review evidence.
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Competitive landscape for Mapy.com: Offline Outdoor Maps
How's the Maps & Navigation market?
Mapy.com holds a #1 Free and Grossing position in the Czech Republic, but its #177 Free rank in the US Maps & Navigation category highlights a significant discovery gap in North American markets.
Read the market outlookThe rivals identified
By onXmaps, Inc.
Both apps target outdoor navigation, but onX Hunt captures the US hunting segment through proprietary land ownership data, while Mapy.com focuses on general hiking and cycling terrain detail in Central Europe.
- onX Hunt provides proprietary nationwide land ownership boundaries; Mapy.com focuses on general terrain and trail features.
- onX Hunt integrates with vehicle dashboards via CarPlay; Mapy.com lacks native vehicle-specific navigation interfaces.
- onX Hunt offers 3D Lidar topo maps; Mapy.com relies on standard terrain detail for path identification.
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Key takeaways for Mapy.com: Offline Outdoor Maps
Where is it heading?
Outdoor navigation is consolidating around specialized tools, but Mapy.com's reliance on account-gated offline access creates a friction point that competitors exploit. The app's growth hinges on resolving the North American residential data gap before the next major seasonal cycle.
- Mandatory account creation for offline maps drives negative sentiment, which compounds the churn risk among legacy free-tier users.
- The latest release adds PRO route refinement, signaling active feature investment rather than maintenance-mode stagnation.
The SWOT
- 21-language voice navigation functions as a B2B distribution barrier into international hiking partnerships
- Terrain detail captures minor trails that standard mapping services omit
- Wearable integration remains an untapped B2B distribution channel for high-intent hikers
Next best moves
Ship granular offline map management because users complain about excessive storage consumption → reduce churn
+ 1 more prioritized moveThe counter-intuitive read
The app's #1 rank in the Czech Republic is a vulnerability…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The report reflects a shift in focus from purely regional maintenance to addressing international scaling challenges and B2B distribution barriers.
Bottom line
Mapy.com defends its niche with superior terrain detail, but the aggressive gating of offline maps triggers churn among legacy users, so the PM should prioritize granular offline-download management to stabilize the retention funnel.
Unlock 2 critical frictions, 1 market threat, 1 more prioritized move and the analyst’s take.
Access the full report for freeSources
- [1] Play Store listing, source
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