Comparison

White Spots vs Gipfel

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

Head to head
About

White Spots

Explore the invisible electromagnetic spectrum around you in virtual reality or on a world map. Discover places off the grid and learn about the digital divide. Embark on a journey to the end of the internet.

Highlights
  • Virtual Reality network scanner
  • 360° immersive stories
  • Global connectivity map
  • Off-grid location exploration
  • Route planner to White Spots
  • Add new stories to the map
Features
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The White Spots App The White Spots App visualizes the invisible electromagnetic cloud that we live in and offers a way out. Use the App with Google cardboard to travel from the online to the offline world in Virtual Reality, or use the White Spots world map to travel to places off the grid near you. In VR mode, the network scanner shows the invisible digital signals around you in real time and takes you on a journey to the end of the Internet in immersive 360° stories. In Map mode, the White Spots world map shows the global divide between the connected and unconnected worlds. Browse the map to explore video stories about life off the grid or use the route planner to venture into uncharted territory yourself. The route planner finds a route to a White Spot near you and invites you to add new stories to the map. Download the App and join the global expedition to the end of the Internet! Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Gipfel

Features
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Gipfel is your handy tutor on your Handy, helping you practice German anywhere and anytime you want. -No adds -No login -No pawalls -Completely free Key features: Structured grammar explanations Reading exercises with True & False Cloze completion based on grammar, vocabulary and register Fully offline Offline Dictionary Offline listening exercises User can practice at any of A1, A2, B1 and B2 levels. Grammar exercises progress naturally from grammar explanation, spotting grammatical function to application and solidification. For practice, there many other cloze completion exercises with fill in the blanks option as well as “a,b,c,d selection” depending on the preferred difficulty. Those are of two kinds. First focuses on individual sentences the second is text reading. After a reading exercise users can learners can check their comprehension through True/False questions. The exercises focus on typical mistakes as well as grammar and vocabulary practice. Apart from those, there are also reading timed reading exercises focused on understanding from context. For listening there are diktat exercises, where user tries to catch a word in a spoken text. On device Text-to-Speech model is used, which makes the app small in size and offline. User can select one of four difficulties. There are also full text listening exercises. Vocabulary is an important part of learning new language. Apple provides high quality offline Oxford German and Duden-Wissensetz deutsche Sprache dictionaries to all iOS devices. (They can be downloaded in the Settings->General->Dictionary) Gipfel uses this feature and anytime you are not sure about a word, just tap the word and the dictionaries come for rescue. The unknown word is then stored to your Notebook, where you can explore it later. Your Notebook stores your words with the sentence for a context. Tapping a word reveals other sentences containing it as well as other close words in other sentences across the app. (In German, many words are derived by compounding or by adding a preposition.) User gets from that the idea of the word application in contexts. You can practice your words and sent them via e-mai, which is particularly handy, if you want to ask your real life teacher or a friend. Your Notebook also contains words where you made mistakes. For now, the app contains 354 exercises, most of whicha are grammar focused. In future, more reading exercises are comming.

Screenshots

White Spots2 screens
Gipfel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Gipfel at daily against White Spots's every 3 months. White Spots's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

White Spots ships an update every 3 months, Gipfel daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
White Spots versus Gipfel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhite SpotsGipfel
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (15 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews69.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings15 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size123 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRichard VijgenMatous Pikous

In-app purchases

None

White Spots

No in-app purchases

None

Gipfel

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is White Spots free?
White Spots is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gipfel free?
Gipfel is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do White Spots or Gipfel have ads?
Neither White Spots nor Gipfel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, White Spots or Gipfel?
White Spots ships an update every 3 months, and Gipfel daily. Most recently, White Spots was updated on October 24, 2026 and Gipfel on October 20, 2026.

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