The precise tap
Daily Map and PinDrop score your distance on a blank map.
10 games like MapTap for your daily map fix
MapTap gives you five places a day, a borderless globe and a this-day-in-history story behind each one. Once you have played today, these games scratch the same itch in different ways.
By Rachel Tublitz, creator of Wherio · Updated
Daily puzzle
Round 3 of 5Use hint
In 1453, this city became the capital of the Ottoman Empire after a pivotal siege.
Confirm: 🇹🇷 Turkey
The short answer
Daily Map is the closest copy of MapTap, with five places on a 3D globe and the same weighted scoring. PinDrop adds city and sports editions. If you like the history stories most, try GeoHistory or HistoPin, which use written events as the clue, or Wherio, which asks which country each event happened in.
What do you like most about MapTap?
Start from the part of MapTap you would miss, and pick the game that does more of it.
The history stories
GeoHistory, HistoPin and Wherio make the event itself the clue.
Local knowledge
PinDrop has daily editions for cities and countries.
Sense of direction
WhichWay tests bearings rather than positions.
MapTap alternatives side by side
Daily Map
Tap five named places on a 3D globe as close as you can
- Format
- Daily · 5 places
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free, no sign-up
- Archive
- No
GeoHistory
Read a written clue and tap where it happened on a globe
- Format
- Daily · 5 questions
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free; GeoGames Pro $39.99/yr
- Archive
- 14 days free; full archive with Pro
HistoPin
Pin five this-day-in-history events on a world map
- Format
- Daily · 5 events + practice
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free, no ads
- Archive
- Practice mode only
PinDrop
Drop pins for named places on an unlabeled map, with city, sports and explorer editions
- Format
- Daily · 5 rounds, 12 editions
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free with ads; ad-free $17.99/yr
- Archive
- Yes, with a free account
Wherio
Read a written historical event, then tap the country where it happened
- Format
- Daily · 5 rounds
- You answer with
- Country
- Cost
- Free; optional Pro
- Archive
- 2 free plays a day; unlimited with Pro
Globle
Guess countries on a globe that colors each guess hotter as you get closer
- Format
- Daily · unlimited guesses
- You answer with
- Country
- Cost
- Free with ads
- Archive
- No
WhereTaken
Drop a pin where a street-level photo was taken
- Format
- Daily · 5 rounds
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free with ads
- Archive
- Yes, free
WhichWay
Aim a compass from your current country toward the next target country
- Format
- Daily · 11 countries + endless
- You answer with
- Direction
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes
Whenere
Pin written events on a 3D globe and date them, down to the day
- Format
- Daily · 3 rounds + extra modes
- You answer with
- Map pin + date
- Cost
- Free with ads
- Archive
- Last week, with sign-in
FactMap
Read a history or geography fact and drop a pin where it happened
- Format
- Daily · 5 facts
- You answer with
- Map pin
- Cost
- Free
- Archive
- Yes, free
| Game | What you do | Format | You answer with | Cost | Archive |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily Map | Tap five named places on a 3D globe as close as you can | Daily · 5 places | Map pin | Free, no sign-up | No |
| GeoHistory | Read a written clue and tap where it happened on a globe | Daily · 5 questions | Map pin | Free; GeoGames Pro $39.99/yr | 14 days free; full archive with Pro |
| HistoPin | Pin five this-day-in-history events on a world map | Daily · 5 events + practice | Map pin | Free, no ads | Practice mode only |
| PinDrop | Drop pins for named places on an unlabeled map, with city, sports and explorer editions | Daily · 5 rounds, 12 editions | Map pin | Free with ads; ad-free $17.99/yr | Yes, with a free account |
| Wherio | Read a written historical event, then tap the country where it happened | Daily · 5 rounds | Country | Free; optional Pro | 2 free plays a day; unlimited with Pro |
| Globle | Guess countries on a globe that colors each guess hotter as you get closer | Daily · unlimited guesses | Country | Free with ads | No |
| WhereTaken | Drop a pin where a street-level photo was taken | Daily · 5 rounds | Map pin | Free with ads | Yes, free |
| WhichWay | Aim a compass from your current country toward the next target country | Daily · 11 countries + endless | Direction | Free | Yes |
| Whenere | Pin written events on a 3D globe and date them, down to the day | Daily · 3 rounds + extra modes | Map pin + date | Free with ads | Last week, with sign-in |
| FactMap | Read a history or geography fact and drop a pin where it happened | Daily · 5 facts | Map pin | Free | Yes, free |
What each game does differently
There is no universal winner. Each pick below says who it suits and where another game on the list does the job better.
1. Daily Map
Daily Map plays almost exactly like MapTap: five named places, a 3D globe, later rounds worth more and a bonus for landing in the right country. It needs no sign-up, has no archive, and is the easiest second game for MapTap regulars.
Visit Daily Map (opens in a new tab)2. GeoHistory
By Rhino Studios, as part of its GeoGames app
GeoHistory says it was inspired by MapTap. Instead of a place name, each of its five daily questions is a written historical clue, and you tap where it happened. Later questions count more, and era rounds and the full archive are part of GeoGames Pro.
Visit GeoHistory (opens in a new tab)3. HistoPin
By Kyle Allbright
HistoPin takes MapTap's this-day-in-history idea and makes the event the puzzle: five events from today's date, each pinned on the map. Bonuses reward precision, speed and the right country. It is free with no ads.
Visit HistoPin (opens in a new tab)4. PinDrop
By an independent solo developer
PinDrop runs a global daily plus editions for cities such as Chicago, New York and Los Angeles, and sports editions that ask where famous moments happened. Five rounds each, and a free account unlocks the archive.
Visit PinDrop (opens in a new tab)
5. Wherio
Wherio is our game. Like MapTap it is five rounds a day, but you start from a written historical event and tap the country where it happened. Neighbors earn at least 700 of 1,000 points, and each reveal explains the event.
Compared with Wherio: MapTap tells you the place and asks for a precise tap, then shows the story. Wherio gives you the story first and asks you to work out the country.
Play Wherio free6. Globle
By Trainwreck Labs
Globle colors each country you guess by how close it is to the mystery country, with no limit on guesses. It is a calmer, deduction-based way to use the same globe knowledge.
Visit Globle (opens in a new tab)7. WhereTaken
By Teuteuf Games, the studio behind Worldle
WhereTaken shows five street-level photos a day and asks for a pin. It swaps place names for visual detective work and keeps a free archive.
Visit WhereTaken (opens in a new tab)8. WhichWay
By Adrien Jean
WhichWay asks you to aim a compass from one country toward the next. It uses the same globe intuition as MapTap from a completely different angle.
Visit WhichWay (opens in a new tab)9. Whenere
Whenere asks you to pin three written events on a 3D globe and date each one. It is the hardest game here, for MapTap players who want the history to count.
Visit Whenere (opens in a new tab)10. FactMap
FactMap asks five questions a day and tells you how precise to be for each, from an exact place to a whole country. It mixes history and geography trivia.
Visit FactMap (opens in a new tab)How to score higher on MapTap-style games
A borderless globe is unforgiving. These habits help on every pin game.
Anchor on coastlines
Without borders, coasts, big rivers and lakes are your landmarks. Learn their shapes first.
Weight your attention
In MapTap, Daily Map and GeoHistory the last rounds count most. Slow down on rounds four and five.
Know your hard regions
In Wherio's own data, African and small-country answers are among the hardest. Those regions are worth extra practice for any map game.
Read the story afterward
MapTap's stories and Wherio's reveals turn a tap into a memory. Places you have a story for are places you will find again.
MapTap ends with a story. Wherio starts with one.
If the this-day-in-history story is your favorite part of MapTap, Wherio puts it first: read a real event, work out where it happened and tap the country.
- Five historical events every day
- Tap a country, no exact pin needed
- Partial points for close guesses
- Free in your browser, no account needed
Wherio by the numbers
Daily puzzles from June 1 to October 11, 2026, from Wherio's own analytics.
- guesses on daily puzzles
- 87,700+
- landed on the exact country
- 42%
- more were near misses worth 700+ points
- 1 in 8
- median distance of a wrong guess
- 1,050 km
How this guide was put together
Rachel Tublitz builds Wherio, so Wherio is on this list and marked as our game. Every other game was checked on its live site in October 2026 for format, cost, archive access and whether you need an account. The order reflects how well each game fits this particular search, not whether it competes with us.
Games change often. If something here is out of date, email hello@wherio.app and we will fix it.
Games like MapTap, answered
What game is most like MapTap?
Daily Map is the closest, with five places on a 3D globe and the same style of weighted scoring. PinDrop is similar on a flat, unlabeled map with extra city editions.
Is there a game like MapTap for history?
Yes. GeoHistory and HistoPin both ask you to pin written historical events, and HistoPin uses events from today's date. Wherio asks which country each of five events happened in.
Is MapTap free?
Yes. The MapTap daily is free with no ads. MapTap+ costs $14.99 a year on iPhone and adds the last 90 days of puzzles and other extras.
Does MapTap use this day in history events?
Yes. Each of MapTap's five daily places is linked to a story about something that happened on today's date. You tap the place first and read the story afterward.
Five events. Five countries. One daily puzzle.
Start from the story and find where it happened.
Play Wherio free