Main job
- Mappu
- Travel itinerary, route map and live audio
- Google My Maps
- General custom maps with up to 10 layers
Google My Maps alternative for planning trips on your phone
Google My Maps is a capable custom-map tool, and better than Mappu for layers, styled pins and KML export. Mappu does a different job: it turns your trip into days, a route map and audio guides you can use on your phone while you explore. Pick by the job, as compared below.
Rome 3-Day Itinerary
Colosseum, Vatican City, Trastevere, Roman food, and walkable historic neighborhoods
Arrival & Ancient Foundations
Arrive through Fiumicino, take the Leonardo Express to Roma Termini, visit the Colosseum, and finish with Roman food at Ai Tre Scalini.
- 1Roma Termini
- 2Colosseum
- Ai Tre Scalini
What is a good Google My Maps alternative for travel planning on mobile?
Quick answer. Choose Mappu when you want your places organized into an editable itinerary that carries on into the map and audio guides. Choose Google My Maps for general custom cartography: up to 10 layers, styled pins and shapes, sharing, KML/KMZ export and printing. My Maps creation is web-based since its mobile app was retired, and Google's official mobile help says it cannot be used offline.
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Open a real Mappu trip
- Open a real Rome itineraryInspect three mapped days, route pacing, and public trip details.
- Listen to a real Pantheon audio guideOpen a public place guide and see how audio works on the trip.
- Open a real Southern Norway itinerarySee how seven travel days connect cities, scenery, and realistic movement.
Mappu and Google My Maps do different jobs
Map control
- Mappu
- Stops organized around trip days and routes
- Google My Maps
- Styled points, lines, shapes and layer control
Sharing and files
- Mappu
- Public itineraries and travel-focused workflows
- Google My Maps
- Sharing, KML/KMZ export and printing
Mobile and offline
- Mappu
- A travel flow designed to continue on your phone
- Google My Maps
- Browser-based since the app was retired; no offline use
Want to see how Mappu plans your trip?
Type a place and a number of days. The planner opens with both filled in, and you decide whether it fits.
How does Mappu build a flexible multi-day itinerary?
Mappu is a Fenutech product: an AI trip planner that turns your destination, dates, pace and interests into an editable day-by-day itinerary, with every stop on a map. It plans in eight languages, including Japanese and Traditional Chinese. Almost any place on the map can play an audio guide, 953 public guides are free on the web, and while you walk, Mappu can tell you about the places around you.
How planning with Mappu works
- 1Describe the tripDestination, dates or number of days, who is travelling, pace, interests, must-sees and anything to avoid. Fill in the planner or talk it through in the chat.
- 2Get a day-by-day planIn the chat, Mappu sketches your days on a map for free, no account needed. The full itinerary adds places to eat and notes on transport, budget and packing; it is built in your Mappu account, and you see what it includes before you confirm.
- 3Make it yoursMove, swap, add or delete stops and days. The rest of the plan stays as it was, and the map shows the new order straight away.
- 4Use it on the tripOpen the same trip on your phone. At almost any stop, a Mappu audio guide tells you the story of the place. Mappu does not book anything or show live timetables.
Where is Google My Maps stronger?
My Maps is the better choice for a highly customized reference map. It supports up to 10 layers, individually styled places and lines, sharing controls, export and print. That flexibility suits research projects, field work or trips where the cartography matters more than the daily pace.
- Up to 10 custom layers per map
- Pins, lines, shapes and styling
- Share, export and print tools
- General-purpose custom maps
What changes when you plan on your phone?
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. For a complex layered map, a larger screen is still the comfortable way to work.
Where is Mappu different?
Mappu does not try to replace general custom cartography. It is built around travel days, itinerary pace, mapped stops and place-based audio. Keep My Maps for layer-heavy projects; use Mappu when the map needs to become a trip you can follow, with a guide in your pocket.
See how Mappu places stops on a real map
The Explore view keeps nearby places, landmarks, and route context visible, so you can inspect geographic order before deciding what belongs in the day.
Map view supports route inspection and discovery. It does not claim live traffic or turn-by-turn navigation.
Common questions
Is Mappu a full replacement for Google My Maps?
No. Mappu does not reproduce general layer-based cartography. It is an alternative for the travel-planning job: putting stops into days and keeping the route connected to the guides.
Can Google My Maps work offline?
No. Google's official mobile help says My Maps cannot be used offline. Check the current support page before relying on it where the signal is uncertain.
Who should keep using Google My Maps?
Anyone who needs custom layers, shapes, styling, sharing, export or print. Consider Mappu when you need itinerary pacing, mapped travel days and audio while you explore.
Where are you going next?
Tell Mappu where and for how long. The planner opens with your trip started, ready for your pace, interests and must-sees.