Mapkit api usage in native IOS apps

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Created Jul ’20

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I have read some answers about the Mapkit data allowance but would like to know if that same usage is the same for native IOS apps? Thanks!

"MapKit JS beta provides a free daily limit of 250,000 map views and 25,000 service calls per Apple Developer Program membership."

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Jul ’20

Please see my answer to this question on this older forums post.

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EJORO33 OP

Jul ’20

Thank you for your reply edford! I did see your answer in that other post but are those limitations for both web and native app? I apologize for my ignorance with the topic. I'm a mobile apps product manager researching about all of this =)

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DTS Engineer OP

Apple

Jul ’20

There are rate limits for the native MapKit API, and they are different than the MapKit JS API. The limits for MapKit don't have set numbers, which is why the way to think about them is "at user speed." For example, an app that shows hotels in a city would issue an API call for hotels in the corresponding geographic region. If the user changes the neighborhood or the city they are considering for their lodging in the app UI, then app issues another request for the search to the MapKit API.

In practice, an app won't hit the native MapKit rate limits with this "at user speed" paradigm. An app which receives a rate limit error from MapKit is exhibiting a bug in their app logic, such as issuing 100 individual search requests for hotels at every user interaction.

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