Comparison

Altimeter vs HUGO Tracker and Navigation

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Current altitude measurement
  • Save and navigate to locations
  • Multiple coordinate systems
  • Share location and altitude
  • Apple Watch support
  • Battery-saving GPS usage
Features
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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

About

HUGO Tracker and Navigation

Features
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HUGO Tracker is for anyone who likes to move — on an electric scooter, on a bike, on a motorcycle or on foot. It is not just about counting kilometres: it is a place where riders get to see each other. Plan a route, let the app navigate you along it and save the ride when you are done. Eleven ways to move Scooter, bike, e-bike, motorcycle, enduro, car, running, walking, unicycle, e-skateboard and Onewheel®. On first launch you pick what you ride and the app narrows everything down to yours. Ride more than one thing? Switch with a single tap. Record your ride Switch on the tracker and the app keeps your route, speed, elevation and energy use. Before you set off you choose what you are on; running and walking need no machine at all. If the measured speed does not match your choice, the app asks when you save — it never changes it for you. Navigate along a route Plan a route by tapping the map, pull one in from Mapy.com or from a GPX file — then ride it. Navigation speaks out loud, calls turns ahead of time and tells you when you have left the route. The planner has profiles for road, gravel and mountain bike, can avoid a stretch you would rather skip, and says up front how much of the route runs on roads and how much on cycle paths or dirt tracks. Save your home address once and you are one tap from riding home. Not sure where to go? Loop around here offers three loops that bring you back to where you started. A map that works without a signal The map covers Europe from Iceland to the Canary Islands, the USA, Canada and Mexico, as well as the Dominican Republic and Haiti. You can plan a route across several countries. Frame the area you are heading to on the map and download it to your phone, so navigation keeps working where there is no network. In Czechia and Poland it shows chargers, workshops, viewpoints and other places worth a stop. The routing profile follows whatever you are riding. Show where you have been Share routes, photos and videos on the wall. Others comment, like and add their own. Turn a good ride into a video. The wall filters by category, so you see what you actually care about. Put your ride share card on your own photo, with the route coloured by speed. Post a machine, a meetup or a challenge to the wall too, always with your own text. Keep your machine in shape The garage holds your machines, their mileage and their service history. When something needs doing, you arrange it with a workshop right in the app. Pair a smart battery (JK, Daly, JBD or ANT BMS) and see its power and the voltage of every cell. Do not ride alone Meetups, group rides and challenges. All of it carries a category, and in Community you will find "who rode the most" leaderboards for each category separately. And when it is time for a break There is an arcade with dozens of games for while you charge. HUGO Tracker is free to download and use — ride recording, the map with its route planner and navigation, the community, meetups, challenges and games are open to everyone. Want more? A HUGO PRO or HUGO ULTRA subscription adds voice navigation, offline maps, GPX route import and export, battery range estimates, smart battery connection, an unlimited garage and ride videos of up to two minutes in Full HD. HUGO ULTRA also gives you videos without a watermark and Fleet for rental shops. The subscription renews automatically and you can cancel it any time in your App Store account settings. Onewheel® is a trademark of Future Motion, Inc. Terms of Use: https://hugobike.app/vop.html

Screenshots

Altimeter4 screens
HUGO Tracker and Navigation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HUGO Tracker and Navigation at every 5 days against Altimeter's every 3 months. HUGO Tracker and Navigation also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). 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. Altimeter sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per year and HUGO Tracker and Navigation sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Altimeter ships an update every 3 months, HUGO Tracker and Navigation every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Altimeter versus HUGO Tracker and Navigation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAltimeterHUGO Tracker and Navigation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (21 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews96.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings21 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB59 MB
Age rating4+12+
Developer22of8 GmbHHUGO Bike s.r.o.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Altimeter

Subscriptions1
  • Supporter$1.991 Year
One-time4
  • Generous tip$1.99
  • Massive tip$3.99
  • Amazing tip$8.99
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  • Buy me a Mac$599.99
7 purchases

HUGO Tracker and Navigation

Subscriptions2
  • HUGO PRO Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • HUGO ULTRA Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
One-time5
  • 2 900 Hugáče$0.99
  • 8 690 Hugáče$2.99
  • 17 880 Hugáče$5.99
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  • 38 870 Hugáče$9.99
  • 83 860 Hugáče$22.99

Questions

Is Altimeter free?
Altimeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is HUGO Tracker and Navigation free?
HUGO Tracker and Navigation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Altimeter or HUGO Tracker and Navigation have ads?
Neither Altimeter nor HUGO Tracker and Navigation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Altimeter or HUGO Tracker and Navigation?
Altimeter ships an update every 3 months, and HUGO Tracker and Navigation every 5 days. Most recently, Altimeter was updated on October 30, 2026 and HUGO Tracker and Navigation on October 29, 2026.

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