MapSwipe

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

App info

Version :

2.5.1 (0)

Category :

Tools

Update :

August 28, 2025

Installs :

48,117

Developer :

British Red Cross

Requires Android :

Android 5.0+

Content Rating :

Everyone

Get it on :

Download APK

App description

Android App Analysis and Review: MapSwipe, Developed by British Red Cross. Listed in Tools Category. Current Version Is 2.5.1 (0), Updated On 28/08/2025 . According to users reviews on Google Play: MapSwipe. Achieved Over 48 thousand Installs. MapSwipe Currently Has 354 Reviews, Average Rating 4.8 Stars

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.

We are currently offering version 2.5.1 (0). This is our latest, most optimized version. It is suitable for many different devices. Free download directly apk from the Google Play Store or other versions we're hosting. Moreover, you can download without registration and no login required.

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What's New

Version upgrades and minor bug fixes

Rate and review on Google Play store

4.8

354 total

5 83.9

4 11.6

3 2.3

2 2.3

1 0

Total number of installs (*estimated)

Estimation of total number of installs on Google Play, Approximated from number of ratings and install bounds achieved on Google Play.

Recent Comments

A Google user

I'm not sure if how helpful it is. From a user perspective I miss the option to zoom in or out to properly identify a feature. On desktop, I can zoom in all the way to discern a house from a tree, but more importantly zoom out far enough to discern a man-made path from other linear terrain features. As it is now, I do not leave a task with the feeling that I have identified the features well, which creates frustration immediately and discourages to continue in the long run.

Roel van der Vegte

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).

G T

Great cause! The maps do all seem to be barren of people though. An important tip this app doesn't mention: hold on a tile to zoom in. And if you get stuck in the tutorial, swipe from right to left!

A. J.

Good app and great cause but I occasionally encounter bugs. A common bug is, during building validations, the app may unexpectedly close or the map tiles don't appear.

A Google user

I used this App on my FairPhone2 (Android 6.0.1). That was fine until recently. Now it stopped and when I try to re-install the Google Playtime shop says " FairPhone 2 is not an eligable device for app install" ?

A Google user

A nice way to contribute, shame that out doesn't use OSM single sign-on. Also it would be cool to have a visual of the full serial image and and much was complete.