7 Mapstr alternatives, honestly compared.
Mapstr is one of the nicest ways to keep a personal map: tags, comments, friends' maps, and you can share a place straight from Instagram or TikTok into it. People look elsewhere for two reasons: the free plan stops at 300 places (mapstr plus is about $59.99 a year on the US App Store), and it only does places — the recipe, film or product you saw in the same feed needs another app.
If all you need is a free map of places, a couple of options here do that well. If you'd rather have one home for everything you save from social — places, but also recipes, films and products, each sorted automatically — Omniteca covers that.
Updated October 2026
Omniteca
Mapstr got the important thing right: saving a place should take one tap from wherever you found it. Omniteca does the same from Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or any link — then reads the post, so the place arrives with its name, address and map location instead of a bare link. The difference is everything else in your feed: the recipe goes to Recipes with its ingredients, the film to Movies, the product to Products, all sorted automatically. There's a free tier, and paid plans start at €1.99 a week.
Google Maps
If you only save places and already live in Google Maps, its lists are hard to beat on price: free, on every platform, and your saved pins show up while you navigate. What you lose is context — six weeks later the pin doesn't tell you it was the place with the great pasta from that Reel — and anything that isn't a place has nowhere to go.
Apple Maps
Apple Maps Guides are a clean, private way to group places on iPhone, iPad and Mac. They're limited to Apple devices, so sharing a guide with friends on Android doesn't really work, and every place is added by hand.
Corner
Corner is the most social option: you pin bars, cafés and shops on a personal map, share links from TikTok or Instagram straight into it, and discover places through other people's maps. It's free but iPhone-only, and it's built for places, not for the rest of what you save.
Pin Drop
Pin Drop is the closest like-for-like replacement if Mapstr's 300-place limit is the problem: the free plan has unlimited pins, and it works on iOS, Android, the web and as a browser extension. You organise and import places yourself; paid plans add more planning tools.
Wanderlog
Wanderlog shines when there's a trip: itineraries, maps, budgets and bookings in one place. It's less suited to an everyday list of places you might visit someday, and offline maps and export to Google Maps are part of Pro (around $39.99 a year).
MapVault
MapVault is a simple personal map with tags, notes and visited tracking, and the cheapest paid plan here at €9.99 a year. The free plan holds just 20 places on one map, and there's no import from social apps or Google Maps yet.
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If places are all you save, a free map does the job: Google Maps lists if you want zero setup, Pin Drop if you want Mapstr's feel without the 300-place limit, Corner if you like discovering spots through friends.
But if your saves come from Instagram and TikTok and they're not only places — a restaurant one minute, a recipe or a film the next — Omniteca reads each one and files it in the right place automatically, places included, with a free tier to start.
Try Omniteca freeCommon questions
Is Mapstr free?
Mapstr is free up to 300 saved addresses. Beyond that you need mapstr plus, which costs about $5.99–$8.99 a month or $59.99 a year on the US App Store (prices vary by country).
What is the best free alternative to Mapstr?
Pin Drop's free plan has no limit on pins, and Google Maps lists and Apple Maps Guides are free on their platforms. Omniteca's free plan saves unlimited links and reads 5 saves a month with AI, across places and every other category.
Which apps save places from Instagram and TikTok?
Mapstr, Corner and Omniteca all accept a place shared from Instagram or TikTok. Omniteca also reads the post itself, so the place arrives with its name and address, and saves that aren't places — recipes, films, products — are filed in their own categories.
Is there a Mapstr alternative for planning trips?
Wanderlog is built for trip planning, with itineraries, maps and budgets; Pro (about $39.99 a year) adds offline access and Google Maps export. For everyday saving between trips, a lighter app like Pin Drop or Omniteca fits better.