Distance Calculator vs Free Map Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Distance Calculator
This utility app calculates traveled distance, speed, and altitude. It also includes a built-in compass, making it useful for individuals with active lifestyles.
- Calculate traveled distance
- Measure speed
- Track altitude
- Built-in compass
- Useful for active lifestyles
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Quality app that will be able to calculate traveled distance, speed and altitude. Also there is a built-in compass. This app will be useful to anyone who leads an active lifestyle.
Free Map Tools
This app offers a suite of map-based utilities for measuring distances, calculating areas, and visualizing radii. It can also determine travelable distances within a set time and find antipodal points on the globe. Useful for planning, analysis, and geographical exploration.
- Measure distance and area
- Plot radius around a point
- Calculate travelable distance/time
- Find distance between two locations
- Locate antipodal points
- Find zip/postcodes within a radius
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Free Map Tools is a collection of tools based on maps. These tools allow you to perform various functions for a wide range of applications. You can measure distances and areas. You can also send or share the map as an image to indicate the area, route or radius you have plotted. The Radius Around Point tool lets you plot a distance radius on a map. You specify the centre point, the radius and other features such as colour. You can then visualise the radius to see the area covered. The Measure Distance tool lets you plot a route on a map and find out the distance covered in various units. It also uses your GPS sensor to plot the route automatically. The Area Calculator Tool lets you draw an area on the map and find the measurement of the area enclosed. The Find How Far I Can Travel tool will show how far you can drive or walk within a set time. For example, how far can I get if I drive for 60 minutes from my current location. How Far is it Between allows you to find the road and crow-flies distance between 2 addresses. It also shows both routes on the map. The Map Tunnelling Tool allows you to find out where on the globe your antipodal point is. You can also find the antipode of any custom location. Country Specific Tools ———————————————- For the following countries: ∙USA ∙UK You can use the following tools: ∙The zip/postcodes found inside a radius ∙The distance between two zip/postcodes
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Free Map Tools at 4.0 against Distance Calculator's 1.0. Free Map Tools also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (61 vs 1). Distance Calculator's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Free Map Tools holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Free Map Tools has 61 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Distance Calculator's written reviews are positive against 68% of Free Map Tools's.
Distance Calculator ships an update every 3 months, Free Map Tools fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Distance Calculator | Free Map Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 4.0 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 67.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | margaret kovatch | GV Software Solutions Limited |
Customer experience
Distance Calculator
Free Map Tools
Bugs and requests
Distance Calculator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Free Map Tools
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes frequently
- Track My Route feature doesn't work
- Elevation tool is missing/not functional
- Radius map saving/emailing issue
- Inaccurate travel time estimates
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- Air miles feature not working
- No postcode input option
- App does not work on iPad
- Map radius tool is inaccurate
Requested features
13 requests- Calculate distance of each leg
- Add elevation tool
- Improve contrast for route saving
- List for saved routes
- Improve 'how far can I travel' algorithm for UK roads
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- Add German language option
- In-app purchase to remove ads
- Add sea level riser tool
- Show highways on map
- Track up vs top down map view
- Chevron blue arrow for direction
- ETA at truck driving speeds
- Population tool
In-app purchases
Distance Calculator
No in-app purchases
Free Map Tools
No in-app purchases
Questions
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