MapUncover turns your real-world explorations into a fog-of-war map that reveals tiles as you travel. Born from a CHI 2023 research project, it supports offline tracking, landmark search, and optional leaderboards, while keeping data on-device by default with encrypted backups available.
Pros & Cons
On-device history by default protects privacy
No ads for a clean, distraction-free experience
Offline-friendly features support exploration without internet
Flexible import options for routes and timelines
May lack built-in sharing, journaling, and live-navigation features that some competitors offer
Ranking and social features are optional rather than built-in in-app
About MapUncover
MapUncover is a travel & local app developed by MapUncover.
How many times has MapUncover been downloaded?
MapUncover has been downloaded 8.2 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 370 times.
What is the rating of MapUncover?
MapUncover has no ratings yet.
Is MapUncover free?
MapUncover is free to download. The APK download size is 69.92 MB. The latest version available is 1.3.0. The last update was on September 11, 2026.
What are the requirements for MapUncover?
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play October 2024.
Description
MapUncover turns the places you explore into a personal fog-of-war map.
Walk a different street, cycle across town, or travel farther from home. As MapUncover records your route, the fog clears, and your map becomes a visual history of where you have been.
MapUncover began as a research project on gamified map exploration, published at CHI 2023.
Explore your way • Reveal map tiles by visiting them in real life • Keep recording while the screen is off, with controls to pause tracking or automatically pause at higher speeds • Search for landmarks, museums, parks, viewpoints, stations, and other places nearby • Follow anonymous hints near the edge of explored areas, then reveal the place by reaching it • Choose map and fog styles, colours, terrain, and exploration heatmaps
Build a world of your own • Turn visited countries into animated islands in Voyage • Collect country passports and stamps as you discover places • Replay past journeys and see how your explored world has grown • Earn coins, levels, streaks, and achievements through exploration • Join optional leaderboards and compare progress with friends
Bring your history with you Import trips from GPX, KML, KMZ, GeoJSON, and Google Timeline files.
Keep control of your data Your exploration history is stored on your device by default. Accounts, leaderboards, analytics, sharing, and cloud backups are optional. Backups are encrypted with a passphrase you choose. You can also export your data whenever you want.
No ads.
MapUncover is for anyone who wants a reason to take a different street, remember past trips, and slowly reveal more of the world around them.
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It's really a great app, but after a while of using it it takes quite a while to find the closest tiles to uncover if you could add a "find the closest tile" option also if you add that also make an option for marking tiles as unreachable because imagine you want to go uncover new tiles, and it only shows you that one you can't get (we don't want to trespass) so yea that'd be really great. Also a tog gable grid or x/ tiles unlocked for the 2 or 3 level map
★★★★★Michel dasbinich· Nov 19, 2023
Some parts took a bit of time getting used to, especially because uncovered map tiles don't really look uncovered if you aren't connected to the Internet. But they are still downloaded and displayed properly later on. And as the app is free and has no ads, that's only a small bother. I'm excited for future updates.
★☆☆☆☆Dani Burrows· Jul 5, 2026
*BUG* Help please! I am excited to use this app but have not been able to get past the captcha verification. The verifying box keeps popping up and going away and saying verification failed. Pressing try again does not help
★☆☆☆☆F· Mar 23, 2026
I think the app is broken. The map tiles glitch around and basically the entire map is gray. The last update is also 1.5 years ago, so it seems like the app is dead... EDIT: thanks for the reply! I'm checking for the update every day :)
Google Play Rankings for MapUncover
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Technologies used by MapUncover
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Trust & Safety: MapUncover requests extensive location-related permissions (foreground/background location, activity recognition) as well as camera, microphone, and other system access to support its features. By default, exploration history is stored on-device; accounts, leaderboards, analytics, sharing, and cloud backups are optional. Backups can be encrypted with a passphrase, and data can be exported at any time. Privacy Policy is available at the provided URL.
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