Altimeter vs Altimeter Elevation Watch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Altimeter
Determine your current altitude and save important locations to navigate back to them later. This app supports multiple coordinate systems and can be used on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It prioritizes battery saving by only using GPS when the app is active.
- Current altitude measurement
- Save and navigate to locations
- Multiple coordinate systems
- Share location and altitude
- Apple Watch support
- Battery-saving GPS usage
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Have you climbed to the top of a mountain and want to know your current elevation? Or are you out and about and wondering how far you still have to go? Altimeter shows you your elevation. It’s also conveniently available on your Apple Watch! What if you want to mark points along your route so you can find them again later? No problem! With Altimeter, you can name and tag locations with an icon and navigate back to them later. This works on your iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Altimeter is free, ad-free, and doesn’t track you in any way. Some features are available only to supporters, but anyone can try them for free for a few days. The basic features are freely available and will remain so. If you have questions or comments, you can submit a support request within the app. Features - Elevation in meters or feet with high accuracy - Locations in multiple coordinate systems (International, Swiss, UTM, MGRS) - Save locations as waypoints for later and organize them into folders. - With Augmented Navigation, you can see exactly where your destination is right in the camera view. - The Radar view shows you all waypoints in your vicinity, even in 3D. - Share your waypoints even without an internet connection. - The combined view shows you elevation and location at a glance. - Light/Dark Mode, color or monochrome - iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch Altimeter uses your device’s GPS chip to determine your elevation and location. To maximize battery life, the chip is only activated when the app is open on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch. This means there is no background activity, and your location is not stored. Note Accuracy depends on GPS satellite reception. Reception is limited indoors. Continuous use of GPS can significantly reduce battery life. Privacy Policy: https://altimeter.22of8.ch/en/privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://altimeter.22of8.ch/en/terms-of-use.html
Altimeter Elevation Watch
Track your elevation and altitude gain in real-time with this app. Designed for outdoor enthusiasts, it provides a precise altimeter directly on your Apple Watch face or iPhone home screen widget, allowing you to focus on your activity.
- Real-time altitude and elevation gain
- Apple Watch complication
- iPhone home screen widget
- Live Activity on iPhone
- Graphical daily profile
- Monthly and yearly analysis
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Track your current altitude and elevation gain at a glance, whether you’re hiking, climbing, mountain biking, or driving mountain roads. Altimeter – Elevation Widget & Watch Complication gives you a precise altimeter for your Apple Watch and iPhone. Keep your current altitude visible on your watch face, home screen, and iPhone Live Activity. The native CarPlay dashboard is a separate view designed for the drive, with current altitude, climb or descent per minute, grade, direction, peak, and gain. Try Siri with: “Siri, start Live Activity in Altimeter.” You can also ask: “Siri, what is my current altitude in Altimeter?” This app is designed for outdoor lovers and works as: • A complication for Apple Watch Series 4 or newer (watchOS 10.6 or later) • A home screen widget for your iPhone Features: • Real-time altitude and elevation gain • Complication for Apple Watch faces • Native CarPlay dashboard: current altitude, climb/descent per minute, grade, direction, peak, and gain • Live Activity on iPhone: current altitude, peak, and gain on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home screen widget for quick altitude checks • Siri, Shortcuts & Spotlight: start Live Activity, ask for current altitude, save altitude readings, and get ready for the new Siri experience this fall • Graphical daily profile and gain timeline • Heatmap + flowline for monthly and yearly analysis • Background significant-location updates for efficient day profiles • HealthKit Flights Climbed support for more robust gain calculation • Switch between meters and feet Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Altimeter at 96% against Altimeter Elevation Watch's 33%. Altimeter also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Altimeter Elevation Watch's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (69 vs 21). 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
Both are free to download. Altimeter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and Altimeter Elevation Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Altimeter holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 69 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Altimeter's written reviews are positive against 33% of Altimeter Elevation Watch's.
Altimeter ships an update every 3 months, Altimeter Elevation Watch every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Altimeter | Altimeter Elevation Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (21 ratings) — better | 4.3 (69 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.2% of reviews — better | 32.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 69 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 22of8 GmbH | Bernhard Hering |
Customer experience
Altimeter
Altimeter Elevation Watch
Bugs and requests
Altimeter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Altimeter Elevation Watch
Reported bugs
29 issues- CarPlay screen is black
- Elevation incorrect (50K feet off)
- Cannot get past 'Location Access for Altimeter' page
- App display language is a mix of German and English
- App takes over iPhone operation, requires deletion
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- Watch complications do not update automatically
- Watch complications crash
- Watch complications only display meters regardless of setting
- App does not download to watch
- Altitude does not change
- App does not work
- Not compatible with watch series 3 cellular
- Watch app does not work
- Cannot get it to read in feet on iPhone or Apple Watch
- Wrong altitude displayed
- Accuracy issues (changes while stationary)
- Settings reset, must be set again
- Watch app crashes
- Complication does not update
- Complication shows "Altimeter" instead of altitude
- Watch app crashes on opening
- App does not work on Series 3 watch
- App does not work on Series 4 watch
- Complication limited to 999 meters
- Units not changeable to feet on watch
- Complication does not work with certain watch faces
- Complication does not update as advertised
- Units change to meters when phone is not present
- App does not work while flying
Requested features
10 requests- French translation for options
- Basic widget for CarPlay
- Watch complication with large number for elevation
- Ability to set watch complications to feet
- Larger complication size for watch face
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- Elevation gain/loss on watch complication
- Use watch's barometer
- Graph of elevation changes on iPhone
- Option to select complication size
- Direction of travel indicator
In-app purchases
Altimeter
- Supporter$1.991 Year
- Generous tip$1.99
- Massive tip$3.99
- Amazing tip$8.99
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- Buy me a Mac$599.99
Altimeter Elevation Watch
- Support Development$12.991 Year
- Lifetime$34.99
Questions
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