Comparison

LakeLevels vs Texas Pocket Maps

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

Head to head
About

LakeLevels

This app provides current water levels for popular Texas lakes, helping boaters plan their trips. It also offers lake wind speed forecasts for sailors.

Highlights
  • Current water levels for Texas lakes
  • Wind speed forecasts for lakes
  • Boating planning tool
  • Sailing weather information
Features
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Worried about getting your boat out this weekend on a Texas lake? This handy little application provides the current water level for popular Texas lakes. Also includes a lake wind speed forecast for sailors and a history view so you can see previous water levels over the years.

About

Texas Pocket Maps

Plan your outdoor adventures in Texas parks with downloadable maps and guides. Access detailed information on parks, trails, and points of interest, even without Wi-Fi. Features GPS support for recording hikes and sharing locations.

Highlights
  • Downloadable park maps and guides
  • Offline access to 110+ parks
  • 800+ campgrounds and campsites
  • 1,800+ trails and trailheads
  • GPS and GPX support for hikes
  • Detailed park information and alerts
Features
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Be prepared! Plan your next trip to one of the great Texas parks. Download maps and guides before you venture into the Wi-Fi free wilderness. Discover - 110+ national parks, state parks, monuments, forests - 90+ neatly folded maps by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Services, and other agencies. - Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM), Motor Vehicle Travel Maps (MVTM) and visitor maps for Texas national forests. - 800+ campgrounds and campsites - 1,800+ trails and trailheads - 130,000+ 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: - Abilene, Alibates Flint Quarries, Amistad, Anahuac, Angelina, Aransas, Atlanta, Attwater Prairie Chicken - Balcones Canyonlands, Balmorhea, Bastrop, Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley, Big Bend, Big Bend Ranch, Big Bogggy, Big Spring, Big Thicket, Blanco, Bonham, Brazoria, Brazos Bend, Buescher, Buffalo Lake - Caddo, Caddo Lake, Caprock Canyons, Carlsbad Caverns, Cedar Hill, Chamizal, Chickasaw, Choke Canyon, Cleburne, Colorado Bend, Cooper Lake, Copper Breaks - Daingerfield, Davis Mountains, Davy Crockett, Devils River, Devil's Sinkhole, Dinosuar Valley - Eisenhower, El Camino Real de los Tejas, El Camino Real de Tierra Dentro, Enchanted Rock, Estero Llano Grande - Fairfield Lake, Falcon, Fort Davis, Fort Parker, Franklin Mountains - Garner, Government Canyon, Grulla, Guadalupe Mountains - Hagerman, Hill Country, Hueco Tanks, Huntsville - Inks Lake - Kickapoo Cavern - Laguna Atascosa, Lake Bob Sandlin, Lake Brownwood, Lake Colorado City, Lake Meredith, Lake Mineral Wells, Lake Tawakoni, Lake Whitney, Longhorn Cavern, Lost Maples, Lower Rio Grande Valley, Lyndon B Johnson - Martin Creek Lake, McFaddin, Mission Tejas, Monahans Sandhills, Muleshoe, Mustang Island - Neches River - Padre Island, Palo Alto Battlefield, Palo Duro Canyon, Pedernales Falls, Posssum Kingdom, President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home, Purtis Creek, - Ray Roberts Lake, Resaca de la Palma, Rio Grande - Sabine, Sam Houston, San Angelo, San Antonio Missions, San Bernard, Santa Ana, Sea Rim, Somerville Lake, South Llano River - Texas Point, Trinity River - Waco Mammoth, Washita Battlefield, White Sands LEGAL Terms of Use: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/privacy

Screenshots

LakeLevels4 screens
Texas Pocket Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Texas Pocket Maps at 4.6 against LakeLevels's 3.0. Texas Pocket Maps also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (89 vs 20). LakeLevels's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Texas Pocket Maps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 2 months. LakeLevels asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Texas Pocket Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 89 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of LakeLevels's written reviews are positive against 0% of Texas Pocket Maps's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

LakeLevels ships an update every 5 months, Texas Pocket Maps every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
LakeLevels versus Texas Pocket Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLakeLevelsTexas Pocket Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (20 ratings)4.6 (89 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2089 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better17
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChaos Software Group, Inc.Alex Gugel

Customer experience

LakeLevels

All ratings20 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral5.0%
Negative45.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative60.0%

Texas Pocket Maps

All ratings89 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral3.4%
Negative6.7%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

LakeLevels

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Texas 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 LakeLevels free?
LakeLevels is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Texas Pocket Maps free?
Texas Pocket Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, LakeLevels or Texas Pocket Maps?
Texas Pocket Maps is rated higher. LakeLevels averages 3.0 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while Texas Pocket Maps averages 4.6 from 89 ratings.
Do LakeLevels or Texas Pocket Maps have ads?
Texas Pocket Maps shows ads; LakeLevels does not.
Which is updated more often, LakeLevels or Texas Pocket Maps?
LakeLevels ships an update every 5 months, and Texas Pocket Maps every 2 months. Most recently, LakeLevels was updated on October 24, 2026 and Texas Pocket Maps on October 24, 2026.

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