MapSwipe

2.6.2 (1)

British Red Cross

4.72

333 reviews

50,000+
Downloads

Free

Help improve humanitarian responses worldwide from the comfort of your own phone

iOS version

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About MapSwipe

MapSwipe is a tools app developed by British Red Cross.

How many times has MapSwipe been downloaded?

MapSwipe has been downloaded 53 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1.2 thousand times.

What is the rating of MapSwipe?

MapSwipe is rated 4.72 out of 5 stars, based on 330 ratings.

Is MapSwipe free?

MapSwipe is free to download. The APK download size is 62.43 MB. The latest version available is 2.6.2 (1). The last update was on October 17, 2025.

What are the requirements for MapSwipe?

MapSwipe requires Android 5.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play July 2016.

Description

Humanitarian organizations can't help people if they can't find them. MapSwipe is a mobile app that lets you search satellite imagery to help put the world's most vulnerable people on the map.

In MapSwipe, developed in collaboration with the Missing Maps project, users choose a crisis prone part of the world they want to help, such as spotting villages at risk from a cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. They must then swipe through satellite images of the region, tapping the screen when they see features they’re looking for including settlements, roads and rivers.
This information is fed back to mappers who need this information to build detailed and useful maps. At present, they have to spend days scrolling through thousands of images of uninhabited forest or scrubland looking for communities that need mapping. Now, members of the public can directly contribute to MSF’s medical activities by locating people in need more quickly so mappers, and ultimately medical professionals on the ground, can get straight to work.

Recent changes:
- Add back button if user is stuck on loading screen.

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More data about MapSwipe

Price	Free to download
Total downloads	53 thousand
Recent downloads	1.2 thousand
Rating	4.72 based on 330 ratings
Ranking	Not ranked
Version	2.6.2 (1)
APK size	62.4 MB
Number of libraries	52
Designed for Android	5.0+
Suitable for	Everyone
Ads	NO ads

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Google Play Rating history and histogram

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Downloads over time

MapSwipe has been downloaded 53 thousand times. Over the past 30 days, it averaged 41 downloads per day.

Changelog of MapSwipe

Apr 5, 2026Installs50,000+ installs
Oct 17, 2025UpdateVersion 2.6.2 (1)
Aug 27, 2025UpdateVersion 2.5.1 (0)
Jul 15, 2025UpdateVersion 2.5.0 (0)
Feb 28, 2025UpdateVersion 2.3.0 (1)
Aug 1, 2024UpdateVersion 2.2.10 (0)
Jan 3, 2024UpdateVersion 2.2.9 (2)
Jul 11, 2023UpdateVersion 2.2.6 (6)
Jan 6, 2023UpdateVersion 2.2.5 (0)
Dec 6, 2022UpdateVersion 2.2.4 (0)
May 16, 2022UpdateVersion 2.2.1 (0)
Jan 14, 2022UpdateVersion 2.1.8 (0)
Oct 31, 2021UpdateVersion 2.1.6 (0)
Jul 24, 2021UpdateVersion 2.1.5 (0)
Jan 15, 2021UpdateVersion 2.0.11 (0)
Dec 15, 2020UpdateVersion 2.0.10 (0)
Oct 5, 2020UpdateVersion 2.0.8 (0)
Sep 18, 2020UpdateVersion 2.0.7 (0)
Aug 19, 2020UpdateVersion 2.0.6 (0)
Aug 11, 2020UpdateVersion 2.0.5 (0)
Jun 5, 2020UpdateVersion 2.0.4 (0)
Apr 29, 2020UpdateVersion 2.0.3 (0)
Dec 12, 2019UpdateVersion 2.0.2 (0)
Oct 17, 2019UpdateVersion 2.0.1 (0)
Sep 30, 2019UpdateVersion 2.0.0 (0)
Mar 9, 2018UpdateVersion 1.2
Aug 22, 2017Installs10,000+ installs
Aug 15, 2016Installs5,000+ installs
Aug 1, 2016UpdateVersion 1.1
Jul 21, 2016Installs1,000+ installs
Jul 18, 2016Installs500+ installs
Jul 17, 2016Installs100+ installs
Jul 17, 2016UpdateVersion 1.0.3
Jul 14, 2016New AppVersion 1.0.2 in TOOLS for Free

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Developer information for British Red Cross

British Red Cross

info@mapswipe.org

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Comments on MapSwipe for Android

★★★★★ Malcolm Smith · Sep 30, 2017

A simple way to contribute to a great organization. The app provides multiple offline options to work, and is simple to figure out.

★★★★☆ Len Aye · Jun 12, 2018

My first review was cut off for some reason, so here it is again. 1- show lat/lon of imagery on each screen, so I can use the web to check details if I'm not so sure on the app 2- quick and easy way to mark all 6 tiles as bad imagery, e.g. tap once to select all tiles, tap again to mark as bad and tap once again to confirm. That's 3 taps instead of 18 taps I have to do right now, and there are many instances of full cloud cover on Colombia region. 3- show on summary a list of projects that each user worked on, the no of kms covered and no of objects found per project. This helps users motivated to help in further projects. Right now, all we get is a summary. Simply showing the Level alone is not sufficient; what does a Level 10 compared to Level 8, for example. 4- On my 8" Android tablet, holding down on a square is supposed to show a magnified image of that square but what it actually shows is no bigger or better resolution than the normal square. The magnified square looks better on iPhone or An drone phone but not on the tablet.

★☆☆☆☆ Christine Battersby · Apr 9, 2020

New phone and no longer works. Not sure if it is phoned or new version. Can't zoom and also can't swipe. Tutorial also stuck. What a shame.

★☆☆☆☆ A Google user · Oct 12, 2017

Why it requires permissions before installation, instead of asking for them as needed? Also, how this data is used? Link to current status would be useful, I am a bit dubious that this data is really usefully used.

★★☆☆☆ Roel van der Vegte · Mar 9, 2022

Signing up does not work on my Fairphone 3. The app starts, I enter my username, email and password, then the app takes forever loading, and it ends with a message that something went wrong with signing up. Can I create my account via a browser (could not find that option on your website)?

Google Play Rankings for MapSwipe

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Technologies used by MapSwipe

MapSwipe is requesting 9 permissions and is using 53 libraries.

Permissions

Network communication

view network connections, view Wi-Fi connections, full network access, receive data from Internet

Hardware controls

control vibration

System tools

run at startup, prevent phone from sleeping

Extra

com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE, org.missingmaps.mapswipe.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Ad network libraries

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Social libraries

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