Is Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping Safe for Kids?
Age rating is set by App Store, not by Unstar. This page explains it and adds what parents report in reviews. Not affiliated with Avenza Systems Inc..
What Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping's age rating means
Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping holds a family-friendly 4+ rating on the App Store. It is broadly appropriate, but a low age rating does not remove every risk: check whether it has chat, ads, or in-app purchases below.
What parents and users report about Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping
Users are frustrated with the app's sudden shift to a paid model, where previously free features like map imports now require payment. Many complain about limited functionality even after paying, such as strict map limits and bugs in recent updates. Outdated satellite imagery and missing features like map rotation are also common pain points.
Summarized from 33 recent 1-3 star reviews. These are user reports, not verified claims.
How to keep your child safe with Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping
Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions. Set an age limit for apps, require Ask to Buy for purchases, and restrict or remove Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping if it is above your child's age.
Use Google Family Link to approve installs, set a Play Store content rating limit, require purchase approval, and block or uninstall Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping on your child's device.
Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping for kids: frequently asked questions
Is Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping safe for kids?
Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping carries a family-friendly official rating (4+) on the App Store. That makes it broadly suitable, but even family-rated apps can include chat, ads, or in-app purchases, so check the factors below.
What age rating does Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping have?
The App Store rates Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping as 4+. This is the store's own content rating, set from the app's features and content, not our opinion. Use it as the starting point for whether it fits your child's age.
Can my child use Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping safely?
If you decide to allow it, use device parental controls: Screen Time and Content & Privacy Restrictions on iPhone, or Family Link and Play Store parental controls on Android. Turn on purchase approval, set age-appropriate content limits, and keep the account under your family group so you can see activity.
How do I block or remove Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping from my child's phone?
On iPhone, open Settings, Screen Time, Content & Privacy Restrictions, then restrict or delete the app and block reinstalling it. On Android, open Family Link, select your child, find Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping and block or uninstall it. You can also set a store age limit so apps above your child's age cannot be installed.