Trail Treker vs Groomer Tracking Systems
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Trail Treker
Navigate offline with detailed maps and GPS tracking. Discover local points of interest and businesses, and record your own waypoints. Share your adventures with others.
- Offline map viewing
- GPS tracking and recording
- Customizable points of interest
- Local business discovery
- Map layering
- Sharing of saved positions and tracks
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Trail Treker is a map viewing tool for use with the Trail Treker map publishing service. Trail Treker works with clubs, tourism agencies and municipalities to make their maps work offline on end user smartphones. Once the map is loaded, you no longer need phone service; the GPS receiver in your phone will operate without phone service. In fact, we recommend that you place your phone in Airplane Mode if you are in an area with limited or partial phone service to conserve your battery. Trail Treker will also electronically, via GPS location, show local businesses and points of interest. You can store your own points of interest as well. Key points such as survival shelters, supplies, or emergency evacuation points may be shown on various maps. The Trail Treker app will allow you to download any member map. If you have a member map code, the map will be free. If not, the map will be an additional purchase. Continued use of GPS in the background can decrease battery life. FEATURES: Show Trail map overlaid on various Google maps (Standard Street, Terrain, Satellite) Show your position on top of any map. Record your position and tracks Record notes regarding position points Share your saved positions or tracks with others See local businesses on or near mapping area Filter local businesses by category Load and layer up to two maps concurrently and any number of tracks. Load any number of maps (storage space required)
Groomer Tracking Systems
This app provides snowmobilers with real-time trail grooming data and accurate trail maps. It highlights the last time trails were groomed and displays sponsor waypoints for amenities like food and lodging.
- Real-time grooming status
- Color-coded trail conditions
- Sponsor waypoint data
- Accurate GPS trail maps
- Base map of marked trails
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GTS Trails by Groomer Tracking Systems is a cutting edge app designed to offer the best trail information for Snowmobilers. With a base map encompassing many of the existing marked snowmobile trails, GTS Trails takes real time data from snow trail groomers to display when the trail was last groomed indicating where to likely find the smoothest trails. Along with data on trail grooming maintenance, GTS Trails also updates trail routing using GPS technology to provide the most up to date and accurate trail maps for snowmobilers. GTS Trails maps also provides trail sponsor waypoint data including restaurants and bars, fuel, lodging and parts/maintenance locations. GTS Trails by Groomer Tracking Systems initially focuses on the Wisconsin trail system with plans to expand to other regions. Key Features: - Displays Base Map for Snowmobile Trails - Displays Trails in different colors base on the last time the trail was groomed (Green = 24 Hrs, Yellow = 48 Hrs, Red = 72 Hrs) - Displays Sponsors Waypoints (Restaurants & Bars, Fuel, Lodging, Parts/Maintenance)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Groomer Tracking Systems at Free against Trail Treker's $3.99. Groomer Tracking Systems also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). Trail Treker's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (43% vs 7%). On ratings volume, ads, 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
Groomer Tracking Systems is free to download; Trail Treker costs $3.99 up front. Trail Treker sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Groomer Tracking Systems asks for nothing beyond the download.
Trail Treker holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 43% of Trail Treker's written reviews are positive against 7% of Groomer Tracking Systems's.
Trail Treker ships an update every 3 months, Groomer Tracking Systems every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 2, 2026.
| Parameter | Trail Treker | Groomer Tracking Systems |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $3.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) — better | 2.6 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.9% of reviews — better | 6.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #33 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 55 MB | 67 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Trail Treker, LLC | Groomer Tracking Systems, LLC |
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Trail Treker
Groomer Tracking Systems
In-app purchases
Trail Treker
- Bayfield County$1.99
- Sawyer County Snowmobile & ATV2 variants$1.99
- West Yellowstone$1.99
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- Birchwood ATV-Snowmobile Map$1.99
- Ashland County$1.99
- Washburn County$1.99
- Bayfield County ATV$1.99
- Washburn Cty Snow & ATV$1.99
- Sawyer County ATV ONLY Trails$1.99
Groomer Tracking Systems
No in-app purchases
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