Comparison

NP Maps vs NP Maps

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

NP Maps

Access official National Park Service and USGS topographic maps for offline GPS navigation on iOS devices. Download maps for all US national parks, monuments, and preserves, along with extensive topographic coverage across the USA. Ideal for wilderness travel where internet service is unavailable.

Highlights
  • Download NPS and USGS maps
  • Offline GPS and location tracking
  • Geospatial integration with Apple Maps
  • Waypoint and route creation
  • GPX file import and export
  • High-resolution map rendering
  • GPS location and elevation display
Features
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Download official National Park Service maps and USGS topos on your IOS devices for GPS** and offline use! NP Maps app offers 150 NPS park, recreation area, monument and preserve maps for download and 60,000+ official U.S. Geological Survey topographic maps covering all of the USA and Island Territories.* Have maps anytime, anywhere, for your travels to all parks in the USA. Because many of these wilderness regions have no data service, download maps while online so you can enjoy using this app as it was intended: no internet connection. Logical and intuitive to use. Maps are geospatially integrated with Apple Maps for a familiar interface. An visual catalog of map footprints indexes an extensive library covering all the USA for you to select maps to install all with a simple touch along your planned route of travel. Purchase a subscription for unlimited map downloading. A subscription stops ads and doesn't auto-renew. The first few map download are complementary. Features: • Downloads from a library of over 67,000 maps from NPS, USGS, US Forest service. • Full rendering high resolution maps • Shows your current GPS location & elevation** • Powerful geocode search of worldwide geographic features (online) • Waypoints with AR finder • Route path creation • Track path GPS location recording** • Ruler with line + path measuring • Full app use while maps download • Footprint index with quadrangle names • Multi-datum coordinates • Automatic map download for location • Statute, Nautical, Feet, Meter and km • MGRS, UTM and geodetic Latitude and Longitude coordinates. • Import and GPX files (and KML place marks) • Integrated help manual • Email and SMS text waypoints, tracks and routes as GPX, with subscription purchase. Some park maps available for download, National Parks: Acadia Arches Badlands Big Bend Biscayne Black Canyon of the Gunnison Bryce Canyon Canyonlands Capitol Reef Carlsbad Caverns Channel Islands Crater Lake Cuyahoga Valley Death Valley Denali Everglades Gates of the Arctic Glacier Bay Glacier Grand Canyon Grand Teton Great Basin Great Sand Dunes Great Smoky Mountains Guadalupe Mountains Haleakala Hot Springs Isle Royale Joshua Tree Katmai Kenai Fjords Kobuk Valley Lassen Volcanic Mammoth Cave Mesa Verde Mount Rainier North Cascades Olympic Petrified Forest Pinnacles Point Reyes National Seashore Redwood Rocky Mountain Saguaro Sequoia and Kings Canyons Shenandoah Theodore Roosevelt Virgin Islands Voyageurs Wind Cave Yellowstone Yosemite Zion National Recreation Areas: Amistad Big South Fork Nat. River Boston Harbor Islands Chickasaw Golden Gate Lake Mead Lake Meredith Lake Roosevelt Santa Monica Mountains Whiskeytown Shasta-Trinity National Monuments: Aniakchak Bandelier Canyon De Chelly Capulin Volcano Craters of the Moon Dinosaur Devils Tower Fort Pulaski Grand Canyon - Parashant Lava Beds Mount Saint Helens Natural Bridges Organ Pipe Cactus National Preserves & Reserves: Big Cypress Big Thicket Catoctin Mountain Park City of Rocks Greenbelt Park Mojave National Historical Parks: Antietam Brown v. Board of Education Cumberland Gap Ebey's Landing Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania French Quarter Gettysburg Harpers Ferry Herbert Hoover Horseshoe Bend Kennesaw Mountain Kings Mnt Lowell Manassas Minute Man Monocacy Morristown Richmond San Antonio Missions Saratoga Valley Forge Vicksburg National Seashores, Lakeshores and Scenic Rivers: Apostle Islands Assateague Is. Canaveral Cape Hatteras Cumberland Is. Indiana Dunes Missouri New River Gorge Niobrara Ozark Padre Is. Sleeping Bear Dunes St. Croix Nat. Parkways & Trails: Blue Ridge Parkway George Wash. Mem. Parkway Potomac Heritage Nat. Scenic Tr. * Not preloaded with maps. WiFi recommended. Downloading queue does cap at around 25 maps. ** Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Location feature may not function on iPod and wifi-only iPad devices without GPS hardware.

About

NP Maps

Access high-resolution topographic and park maps for offline GPS navigation. Download maps for national parks and USGS quadrangles across the USA. Ideal for road trips, hiking, and exploring areas with no data service.

Highlights
  • Offline GPS navigation
  • High-resolution park and topographic maps
  • Access to NPS and USGS map libraries
  • Real-time location tracking
  • Waypoint creation and AR finder
  • Route path creation and GPS track recording
Features
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Get maps in high resolution of National Park Service parks and US Geological Survey topography quadrangles of Montana, Idaho and Wyoming on your iPhone and iPad for GPS** and offline use! NP Maps Yellowstone app provides official NPS maps of Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park and more for you to see your location on them realtime. Plus, being designed for offline use, NP Maps Yellowstone can download official USGS topographic maps for all of the USA and island territories.* This app is priceless for road trips, hikes, camping, exploring, planning and much more! Because many of these wilderness regions have no data service, select and download maps now or while online for your travels so you can enjoy using this app as it was intended: no internet connection. And, this app can detect internet service and automatically install USGS topography or NPS map for your current location if not already done. Logical and intuitive to use. Park and topography maps are geospatially integrated with Apple Maps for a familiar interface and for navigating a visual catalog of maps. A marvelous index into an extensive library covering all of ID, MT, and WY states allows you to select maps for install all with a simple touch along your planned route of travel. Purchase a subscription period for unlimited downloading of more NPS and USGS maps. A subscription stops ads and doesn't auto-renew. The first several map download are complementary. Features: • Preloaded with Yellowstone and Grand Teton NPS maps and two 100k scale USGS topography maps covering Yellowstone. • Access a library of 150 NPS, over 60,000+ USGS & US Forest Service maps • Full rendering high resolution maps • Find geographic features worldwide with a powerful geo-code search • Waypoints with Augmented Reality finder • Route path creation • Track/bread-crumbs GPS path recording** • Shows your current GPS location** • Dual mode ruler with orthographic line and path measuring • Full app usability while maps download in the background • Footprint grid index with quadrangle names for visual map selection • Aligns differing map datums to the WGS84/GPS location • Automatic map download for your current location • Miles, Feet, Kilometers, Meters, Nautical Miles units • MGRS, UTM and geodetic Latitude and Longitude coordinate formats. • Import and export waypoints using GPX format, some support of KLM • Detailed integrated help • Supports rotation and follows heading map orientations • No need for cellular service to use installed maps • A subscription allows for more map downloads, and also stops all advertisements • Email and SMS text waypoints, tracks and routes as GPX files, with subscription purchase * Not preloaded with all maps. WiFi recommended for downloading map quadrangles. First several map downloads are complementary. Downloading queue does cap to around 25 maps. ** Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Location and AR features won't function for iPod and iPad models without GPS hardware.

Screenshots

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NP Maps1 screens

Verdict

The call

NP Maps and NP Maps both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 75% of NP Maps's written reviews are positive against 50% of NP Maps's. NP Maps's advantage is ratings volume (705 vs 195). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. NP Maps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and NP Maps sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for NP Maps against 4.7 for NP Maps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 195 and 705 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of NP Maps's written reviews are positive against 50% of NP Maps's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NP Maps versus NP Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNP MapsNP Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (195 ratings)4.7 (705 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings195705 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.014.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB34 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDelcartes LLCDelcartes LLC

Customer experience

NP Maps

All ratings195 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.1%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

NP Maps

All ratings705 ratings
Positive94.3%
Neutral1.8%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NP Maps

One-time3
  • 90 Day$1.99
  • 1 Year$5.99
  • Lifetime$23.99
3 purchases

NP Maps

One-time3
  • 90 Day$1.99
  • 1 Year$5.99
  • Lifetime$23.99

Questions

Is NP Maps free?
NP Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NP Maps free?
NP Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NP Maps or NP Maps?
NP Maps is rated higher. NP Maps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 195 ratings, while NP Maps averages 4.7 from 705 ratings.
Do NP Maps or NP Maps have ads?
Neither NP Maps nor NP Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NP Maps or NP Maps?
NP Maps ships an update every 3 months, and NP Maps every 3 months. Most recently, NP Maps was updated on August 25, 2026 and NP Maps on September 20, 2026.

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