# Now Altimeter — GPS Altitude, Tours, Barometer > GPS Altitude, Tours, Barometer (iPhone/iPad app by Gerhard Kanzler.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/now-altimeter/id1039946633 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Gerhard Kanzler](https://appshunter.io/developer/592322016) - Category: Navigation, Utilities - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 17.0 · 42 MB - Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, European Spanish - Released: 2015-10-25 - Data updated: 2026-08-30 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/now-altimeter/id1039946633/reviews.md ## What is Now Altimeter? Your outdoor altitude computer. Offline, no ads, no tracking. Now Altimeter shows your altitude large and instantly — and does more: record tours, read air pressure and weather trend, calibrate your altitude to within a few metres. On your iPhone and on your wrist. This app collects no data about you. No account, no sign-up, no advertising. FREE FEATURES • Live GPS altitude in meters or feet • Coordinates in DMS, Decimal Degrees or UTM format • 6 stunning background photos — mountain, waterfall, forest & more • Home screen widget (small, medium & large) • Record your first 3 tours — with map, elevation profile and GPX export • Accuracy readout: you can see how reliable the altitude currently is NOW ALTIMETER PRO Take your outdoor adventures further with Pro: Barometer & Weather Trend Live air pressure in hPa with a 1-hour history chart. Know whether the weather is improving or deteriorating before you feel it. Trend indicators and a detail view with min/max/delta statistics. Altitude Calibration Tap the altitude and enter a value you know — a summit marker, a trail sign, your own address — or the QNH from a weather report. The app then works barometrically and shows altitude to within a few metres instead of the 10 to 30 of plain GPS. Climb and Descent Rate Vertical speed in m/min or ft/min, right next to the air pressure. The number ski touring, mountaineering and paragliding actually think in. Compass Real-time heading display with a rotating arrow. Always know which direction you're facing. Unlimited Tour Recording Beyond the 3 free tours: record as many hikes, ski runs and bike rides as you like, with full GPS tracking: • Interactive route map showing your recorded path • Altitude profile chart • Ascent, descent, peak altitude & duration at a glance • GPX export — compatible with Strava, Komoot & Garmin Connect • Rename, manage and delete saved tours Apple Watch App The full Pro experience on your wrist: • Live altitude, barometer and compass • Start/stop tour recording directly from your Watch • Matching background image synced automatically from your iPhone • Watch face complications (circular & rectangular) Pro Widgets Barometer reading and compass heading right on your home screen — in small, medium and large sizes. DESIGN EDITOR Create your own signature look with custom colors and personal background photos. Save and switch between multiple designs whenever you like. SUBSCRIPTION INFO Now Altimeter Pro is available as a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription. Payment will be charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription automatically renews unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage subscriptions in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Now Altimeter Pro – Monthly | $2.99 | per month | | Now Altimeter Pro – Yearly | $19.99 | per year | **One-time purchases** | Purchase | Price | Type | | --- | --- | --- | | Custom Design Editor | $2.99 | one-time | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 3.7 — 2026-08-25 Pause and resume a recording A break on the summit, lunch, waiting for the lift: a recording can now be paused and picked up later. The clock stops, and the break is neither booked as elevation gain nor drawn as a straight line across the map. Reopen the running tour at any time The record button now opens the running tour instead of ending it. Stopping happens inside the tour only, right next to Pause — no more tours ended by accident. Everything that matters during a tour, at a glance The running time large, ascent and current altitude beside it, plus a map and elevation profile that grow as you go. Just like on the Apple Watch. No more false starts after your three free tours Once the three free tours are used up, the record button no longer appears. Before, it could still be tapped and led nowhere. Smaller fixes In the Pro screen, the loading notice and the error message were stuck to the top edge. ### 3.6 — 2026-08-17 Calibrate your altitude — metres instead of tens of metres Tap the altitude and enter a value you know: a summit marker, a trail sign, your own address. Or the QNH from a weather report. From then on Now Altimeter works barometrically and shows altitude to within a few metres, instead of the 10 to 30 that plain GPS gives you. New: climb and descent rate How fast are you gaining height? Vertical speed in m/min next to the air pressure — the number ski touring, mountaineering and paragliding actually think in. You can now see how accurate the reading is Below the altitude it says where it comes from: "GPS · ±12 m" or "Barometric, calibrated". No more numbers without context. Elevation gain you can trust Ascent and descent used to come from GPS altitude and collected its noise — a tour recorded while sitting still could book thousands of metres. They now come from the pressure sensor. A short intro on first launch Three pages showing what the app does — and that your first three tours are free. Widget and Apple Watch keep up The widget now shows feet if you picked feet — it always showed metres before. And the watch shows the same altitude as your iPhone, including after calibrating. ### 3.5 — 2026-08-06 Record three tours for free No payment needed to try it out: your first three tours are free — including map, elevation profile and every number. Tour recording now continues in the background Put your iPhone away or let the screen turn off — recording keeps running without interruption until you stop it yourself. New: Apple Watch complication Your current altitude right on the watch face, circular or rectangular. Barometer and compass now on the widget and the watch For Pro users, air pressure and heading now appear everywhere, not just inside the app. Metres or feet — consistent everywhere Your unit setting now also applies to tour statistics, the elevation profile and the Apple Watch. Tours and the Watch app fully translated English, German, Spanish, French, Italian and Japanese. Now Altimeter Pro Pro is now available as a subscription with a free trial — monthly or yearly, cancel anytime. It records unlimited tours and adds the barometer, weather trend and compass. If you bought the design editor as a one-time purchase, it stays unlocked. ### 3.4 — 2026-05-28 • Improved real-time altitude and elevation accuracy • Fixed GPS height display in home screen widget • Performance improvements for outdoor and off-grid use ### 3.3 — 2025-12-15 Widget get now the correct height ## Apps similar to Now Altimeter | App | Rating | Price | Category | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Altitudo - Höhenmesser](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/altitudo-hohenmesser/id1548100745) | — | Free | Navigation | | [Sky Gauge](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sky-gauge/id6504712080) | — | $0.99 | Navigation | | [Altitude Pro: GPS Tracker](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/altitude-pro-gps-tracker/id6749324455) | — | Free | Navigation | | [Altimeter GPS & Altitude Map](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/altimeter-gps-and-altitude-map/id6737724855) | — | Free | Navigation | | [Dashometer](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/dashometer/id361241002) | 4.8 (18) | $1.99 | Navigation | | [GPS Elevation · Pro Altimeter](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/gps-elevation-pro-altimeter/id6769224019) | — | Free | Navigation | ## More apps by Gerhard Kanzler - [Memojinator](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/memojinator/id1459424110) - [Pure Sound Pillow](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pure-sound-pillow/id6751291169) - [Aboscan – Abo-Manager](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/aboscan-abo-manager/id6762740262) All apps by Gerhard Kanzler: https://appshunter.io/developer/592322016 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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