Choose the right map workflow
Google My Maps is a capable custom-map tool. Mappu solves a different problem: turning trip decisions into itinerary days, a route map, and live audio context while you explore.
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Choose Mappu when you want places organized into an editable travel itinerary that continues into map and audio guidance. Choose Google My Maps when you want general custom cartography: up to 10 layers, styled pins and shapes, sharing, KML/KMZ export, and printing. My Maps creation is still web-based after its mobile app was retired, and its official mobile guidance says offline use is unavailable.
My Maps is the better choice for building a highly customized reference map. It supports up to 10 layers, individually styled places and lines, sharing controls, export, and print. That flexibility is useful for research projects, field work, or trips where cartography matters more than day-by-day pacing.
Choose the right map workflow
Google retired the dedicated My Maps mobile app, so maps are viewed and managed through a browser or supported Google surfaces. Its official help page also says My Maps cannot be used offline. If you need to create a complex layered map, a larger desktop screen remains the more comfortable workflow.
Mappu is not a general custom-cartography replacement. It is designed around travel days, itinerary pacing, mapped stops, and live place-based audio. Keep My Maps for layer-heavy projects; use Mappu when the map needs to become a practical trip and guide experience.
Google My Maps is a capable custom-map tool. Mappu solves a different problem: turning trip decisions into itinerary days, a route map, and live audio context while you explore.
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No. Mappu does not aim to reproduce general layer-based cartography. It is an alternative for the travel-planning job: arranging stops into days and keeping the route connected to live guide context.
No. Google’s official mobile help says My Maps cannot be used offline. Check the current support page before relying on it where connectivity is uncertain.
Keep it if you need custom layers, shapes, styling, sharing, export, or print. Consider Mappu if you need itinerary pacing, mapped travel days, and audio context while exploring.
