Comparison

NP Maps vs Yellowstone Pocket 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

Yellowstone Pocket Maps

Plan your next adventure with detailed offline maps and guides for national parks and outdoor areas. Discover points of interest, trails, and campgrounds, and navigate with GPS support. Stay informed with park alerts and weather forecasts, even without Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Offline map downloads
  • 200+ detailed maps
  • 3,300+ trails and trailheads
  • 140,000+ points of interest
  • GPS and GPX support
  • Weather forecasts
  • Park alerts and news
Features
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Be prepared! Plan your next trip to the Yellowstone national park area. Download maps and guides before you venture into the Wi-Fi free wilderness. Discover - 15+ national parks, state parks, monuments, forests - 200+ neatly folded maps by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Services, and other agencies. - Complete USGS 7.5 minutes topo maps coverage for Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. - Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM), Motor Vehicle Travel Maps (MVTM) and visitor maps for national forests. - 2,000+ campgrounds and campsites - 3,300+ trails and trailheads - 140,000+ points of interests Plan - Download maps, park brochures, and newspapers. These downloads are ready when you are offline and off the grid in the great outdoors. - Download arbitrary map sections as offline packs. - Photo galleries, panorama views. - Share links to parks and maps with friends Have fun - GPS and GPX support: record your hikes, import GPX routes, tracks and waypoints for your hiking trails. - Detailed national park information: alerts, news, visitor centers, campgrounds, driving directions, weather. - Open your favorite maps app to get a route to the selected park. - Current weather conditions, easy access to multi-day forecasts, sunrise and sunset times. - Push notifications for park alerts, park news, weather warnings So download maps and guides for: National Parks - Yellowstone National Park - Grand Teton National Park - John D Rockefeller Jr Memorial Parkway National Forests - Bridger-Teton - Caribout-Targhee - Custer - Gallatin - Shoshone Wildlife Refuges - Camp Creek - Grays Lake - National Elk Refuge Off-Road Areas - Beartooth - Jackson - West Yellowstone GPS - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/privacy

Screenshots

NP Maps4 screens
Yellowstone Pocket Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NP Maps at none against Yellowstone Pocket Maps's shown. NP Maps also leads on ratings volume (196 vs 24) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17). Yellowstone Pocket Maps's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Yellowstone Pocket Maps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 2 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Yellowstone Pocket Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NP Maps has 196 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NP Maps ships an update every 3 months, Yellowstone Pocket Maps every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
NP Maps versus Yellowstone Pocket Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNP MapsYellowstone Pocket Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (196 ratings)4.9 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings196 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDelcartes LLCAlex Gugel

Customer experience

NP Maps

All ratings196 ratings
Positive94.4%
Neutral2.0%
Negative3.6%
Written reviews16 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Yellowstone Pocket Maps

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

NP Maps

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

Yellowstone Pocket Maps

Subscriptions3
  • access all pro features$3.992 Months
  • access all pro features3 Days trial$5.493 Months
  • access all pro features$12.991 Year

Questions

Is NP Maps free?
NP Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Yellowstone Pocket Maps free?
Yellowstone Pocket Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NP Maps or Yellowstone Pocket Maps?
Yellowstone Pocket Maps is rated higher. NP Maps averages 4.6 out of 5 from 196 ratings, while Yellowstone Pocket Maps averages 4.9 from 24 ratings.
Do NP Maps or Yellowstone Pocket Maps have ads?
Yellowstone Pocket Maps shows ads; NP Maps does not.
Which is updated more often, NP Maps or Yellowstone Pocket Maps?
NP Maps ships an update every 3 months, and Yellowstone Pocket Maps every 2 months. Most recently, NP Maps was updated on October 29, 2026 and Yellowstone Pocket Maps on October 24, 2026.

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