Comparison

Altimeter vs Pro Altimeter for Watch

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

Head to head
About

Altimeter

Instantly discover your location, altitude, direction, and atmospheric pressure on a map. Track your elevation changes while moving and share photos with embedded location and altitude data. Access information on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Real-time altitude and elevation tracking
  • GPS location, coordinates, and address
  • Atmospheric pressure monitoring
  • Detailed compass with direction tracking
  • Photo sharing with embedded location data
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
Read full description

While traveling with a vehicle (car, bicycle, etc.), while hiking or climbing, you can instantly discover your location and altitude, direction, geographic coordinate, address and atmospheric pressure on the map. While following your direction on a detailed compass screen, you can also monitor the change in altitude. You can share the photos you take with your loved ones, including your altitude, geographic coordinates and address information. Depending on the shooting angle, the compass direction is also included in the photos. DISCOVER YOUR HEIGHT FROM SEA ON THE MAP (Normal Mode) You can instantly discover the information of your location on the map - Altitude (elevation) above sea level - Open air (atmosphere) pressure - Latitude and longitude coordinates and address - Speed in motion - Direction with a detailed compass FOLLOW YOUR HEIGHT FROM SEA ON THE MAP ON THE MOVE (Track Mode on the Map) On the map when traveling in a vehicle (car, bike, etc.), hiking or climbing, you can instantly track your location and the change in information - Altitude (elevation) above sea level - Open air (atmosphere) pressure - Latitude and longitude coordinates and address - Speed in motion - Direction with a detailed compass FOLLOW YOUR HEIGHT FROM SEA ON THE COMPASS (Compass Mode) While traveling with a vehicle (car, bicycle, etc.), while taking a walk or climbing, you can instantly track your direction and the altitude of your current location SHARE YOUR PHOTO WITH YOUR LOVED ONES WITH HEIGHT AND DIRECTION INFORMATION (Sharing Mode) While traveling with a vehicle (car, bike, etc.), hiking or climbing, you can share the photos you have taken with this information - Height, pressure, coordinate and address information will be on the photo - Depending on the shooting angle, the compass direction will be added to the photo YOU CAN ACCESS ALTITUDE AND LOCATION INFORMATION FROM APPLE WATCH IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT CALCULATION METHOD AND ACCURACY - The coordinates of the altitude and location are calculated using the GPS signals of the device used - There may be differences in the measurement values ​​depending on the GPS signal quality of the device's location - Just below the height value, the accuracy value of the measurement is given instantly in meters - Compass accuracy may be affected by magnetic or environmental interference UNLOCK ALTIMETER PRO - Use Altimeter without ads - Unlock point elevation - Unlock weather information - Access all current and future Pro features SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS - Monthly: Renews every month. No free trial. - Annual: Renews every year. Eligible new subscribers receive a 7-day free trial. Prices are displayed in your local currency on the purchase screen and may vary by country or region. PAYMENT AND RENEWAL Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. If you begin an eligible annual free trial, it converts to a paid annual subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. TERMS AND PRIVACY Privacy Policy: https://fozoglu.github.io/altimeter/privacy.html Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Pro Altimeter for Watch

This app provides precise altitude readings using your Apple Watch's barometric pressure sensor. It offers multiple calibration methods, including GPS, manual entry, and airport data, ensuring accurate measurements for outdoor activities. The interface is designed for easy readability with customizable color schemes.

Highlights
  • Barometric pressure sensor utilization
  • GPS altitude display
  • Multiple calibration methods (GPS, manual, airport data)
  • Real-time accuracy estimates
  • Customizable color schemes
  • Calibration reminders
Features
Read full description

Pro Altimeter for Watch is the newest Watch app from Hunter Research, developer of the popular outdoors app Theodolite. Pro Altimeter uses the high-fidelity barometric pressure sensor in the Apple Watch to measure and compute altitude. Although this is a Watch app, it has the same features, capabilities, and accuracy as the Pro Altimeter app for iPhone and iPad, just in a smaller form factor on your wrist! Pro Altimeter has a dead simple interface. Barometric altitude and GPS altitude are displayed in large easy to read numbers, with available units of feet or meters, and realtime accuracy estimates from the hardware. At bottom are calibration and settings buttons. The display offers highly-readable color schemes of luminescent green on black, white on black, and midnight red on black. Proper calibration is necessary to measure altitude from barometric pressure (this is why a pilot "dials in" the cockpit altimeter before taking off). Pro Altimeter offers numerous methods for calibration -- choose the easiest and most convenient: 1. Use GPS altitude. This method correlates the measured local barometric pressure with the altitude measured by GPS. This method can be used when your device has a clear line of sight to the sky and a reliable GPS fix with good accuracy that you trust. 2. Manually enter altitude in feet or meters. This method correlates the measured local barometric pressure with known altitude from landmarks, elevation benchmarks, trail markers, topo maps, land surveys, etc. 3. Manually enter pressure. If you have a weather station, weather report, or METAR report with equivalent sea level pressure for a nearby location, this can be used to correlate local barometric pressure to altitude. Pressure can be entered with units of inches Hg, kPa, or mb. 4. Check local airports. With the tap of a button, Pro Altimeter will locate the five closest airports within 100 miles (160km) of your present location anywhere in the world, and pull in METAR data. From that list of five, pick the airport of your choice and Pro Altimeter will import pressure data for calibration. Once calibrated, Pro Altimeter keeps track of the time since its last calibration. Because weather and local barometric pressure change over time, the app will warn you when 6 hours have elapsed since the last calibration by flashing the "CAL" button. You should calibrate as frequently as practical -- for example, on a hike, calibrate whenever you pass a trail marker or elevation benchmark, or hourly. But at a minimum, calibrate at least every 6 hours or whenever weather changes in your area. Pro Altimeter runs on all Apple Watch models running watchOS 9.6 or later.

Screenshots

Altimeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Altimeter at Free against Pro Altimeter for Watch's $0.99. Altimeter also leads on ratings volume (1.3K vs 4) and rating (4.6 vs 4.3). Pro Altimeter for Watch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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

Altimeter is free to download; Pro Altimeter for Watch costs $0.99 up front. Altimeter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Pro Altimeter for Watch asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Altimeter holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altimeter has 1.3K ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Altimeter's written reviews are positive against 38% of Pro Altimeter for Watch's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Altimeter ships an update every 7 months, Pro Altimeter for Watch every 6 months. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.

Scorecard9 real differences · 1 level
Altimeter versus Pro Altimeter for Watch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAltimeterPro Altimeter for Watch
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better4.3 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews53.7% of reviews — better37.5% of reviews
Number of ratings1.3K — better4
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 6 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.515.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size84 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFurkan OzogluCraig Hunter

Customer experience

Altimeter

All ratings1,272 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral9.0%
Negative37.3%

Pro Altimeter for Watch

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive37.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

Altimeter

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Accuracy is not very good
  • Not stable, altitude figure is constantly adjusting
  • Only shows metric on Apple Watch

Requested features

2 requests
  • Show compass on watch
  • Better altitude accuracy

Pro Altimeter for Watch

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Altimeter

Subscriptions2
  • Altimeter Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Altimeter Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
None

Pro Altimeter for Watch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Altimeter free?
Altimeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pro Altimeter for Watch free?
Pro Altimeter for Watch costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Altimeter or Pro Altimeter for Watch?
Altimeter is rated higher. Altimeter averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.3K ratings, while Pro Altimeter for Watch averages 4.3 from 4 ratings.
Do Altimeter or Pro Altimeter for Watch have ads?
Altimeter shows ads; Pro Altimeter for Watch does not.
Which is updated more often, Altimeter or Pro Altimeter for Watch?
Altimeter ships an update every 7 months, and Pro Altimeter for Watch every 6 months. Most recently, Altimeter was updated on September 21, 2026 and Pro Altimeter for Watch on September 21, 2026.

Other comparisons