iGadget vs Open Location
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iGadget
This app provides a collection of retro-styled analog gadgets for your iPhone and Apple Watch. It includes tools like an altimeter, barometer, compass, ruler, and magnifying glass, offering practical utility with a vintage aesthetic.
- Altimeter
- Barometer
- Compass
- Magnifying Glass
- Ruler
- Speedometer
- Thermometer
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Think of it as your “Electronic Toolbox”. The iGadget App for iPhone and Apple Watch features a variety of useful and entertaining gadgets, each with a delightfully “retro” analog appearance. Currently, the iGadget App supports the following Gadgets: • Altimeter • Barometer • Compass* • Hygrometer • Magnifying Glass* • Metronome* • Rain Gauge* • Ruler* • Speedometer • Spirit Level* • Sundial • Telescope* • Thermometer • Vertical Speed Indicator • VU Meter • Weather Vane * Indicates Gadgets supported by iPhone only. Altimeter - The Altimeter Gadget displays your altitude as either a standard aviation Altimeter, or as a ‘digital’ gauge, both of which are calibrated in either meters or feet. Barometer - Displays the atmospheric pressure at your current location, with readout in hPa, mmHg and inHg. Compass - We all want to know where we’re going, don’t we? Now your iPhone can show you at a glance your current compass heading. Just like a ship’s compass, the entire dial of the Compass Gadget rotates, so the North arrow always points to magnetic North. Hygrometer - Displays the humidity level (%) at your current location. Magnifying Glass - Use the iPhone's camera to view small objects and text at 10x magnification. Metronome - Select a frequency between "Grave" (42 beats per minute) and "Prestissimo" (208 beats per minute). Rain Gauge - View the cumulative rainfall in your current location for the last hour, last day or last week. Ruler - Have you ever needed to measure something, but couldn’t lay your hands on a ruler? Just use your iPhone! This Gadget displays a ruler, precisely calibrated to the size of your iPhone’s screen. Yet another reason to love the larger screen-size of your iPhone 6/6s/7 Plus! Speedometer - View your current speed using one of several classic automobile or motorcycle speedometers. Spirit Level - Use your iPhone as a (relatively inaccurate!) Spirit Level, to measure the level of your desk, for example. Sundial - An electronic sundial which automatically rotates the Sundial’s face so that it is orientated to the equator, whether you are in the Northern or Southern hemisphere. During daylight hours, the Sundial Gadget displays the shadow cast by the electronic ‘gnomon’ (that’s the name for the pointy thing on a Sundial). So you can use the sun’s shadow to read the time of day at your current location, even if it’s cloudy/raining. Just don’t expect it to tell you the time after sunset! Telescope - Displays the camera image magnified 2x, 5x or 10x. Thermometer - Displays the ambient temperature for your current location, based on local weather reports. Calibrated in degrees Centigrade and Fahrenheit. Vertical Speed Indicator - Displays your vertical speed, as per a standard aviation VSI gauge. Calibrated in thousands of feet per minute or thousands of meters per minute. VU Meter - Displays the ambient noise level, as detected by the microphone of your iPhone or Apple Watch. Weather Vane - Displays the wind speed and direction at your current location. The vane's needle points into the wind, while the wind's strength is indicated by the speed at which the anemometer spins. Configurability On the iPhone, use the Gadget Gallery to select a specific Gadget. Alternatively, swipe right or left to step through the list of supported Gadgets. You can also select your preferred language, units, source of weather data (currently only OpenWeatherMap), Altimeter (analog or 'digital') and Speedometer. The 'Favourites' button allows you to register your Favourite Gadgets and step between them instantly. On Apple Watch, the main menu allows you to select which of the supported Gadgets you wish to view. All relevant Settings (e.g. language, units) are automatically transferred from your iPhone to your Apple Watch.
Open Location
Seamlessly share locations between your favorite map and navigation apps. Easily send points of interest, contacts, or geo-tagged media to apps like Google Maps, Uber, or Outdooractive. Combine your existing navigation tools in novel ways.
- Share locations between different map apps
- Supports various data types (contacts, photos, GPX, KML)
- Integrates with numerous navigation and map services
- Streamlined iOS share extension
- Combines existing apps in new ways
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Map Switcher App in form of a streamlined iOS-share-extension. There are many good apps for navigation and map display. Unfortunately, it's currently not possible to exchange locations between different map apps. However, most apps offer the option to share a location. And that's precisely where this app comes in. You share a location and then select the "OPEN LOCATION" action provided by this app. EXAMPLE USAGE: I found a point of interest on Google Maps or Yelp. I share it via the "OPEN LOCATION..." action. Then I choose e.g. 'TomTom', because this might be my favorite app for car navigation. Or I could choose 'UBER' to order a ride. Or maybe 'Outdooractive' to hike to this location. Et cetera, etc... Everyone should be able to find good use of combining his/her existing apps with each other in new ways. SUPPORTED DATA TYPES: - contacts (vCard) - geo-tagged photos & movies - geo: links - GPX waypoints - ICS / ICAL events - KML placemarks - Plus Codes - textual coordinates - Wikipedia pages SUPPORTED APPS: - Apple Maps - Citymapper - CoMaps - Direkto - Google Earth - Google Maps - Guru Maps - here - Komoot - Lyft - Magic Earth - MapOut - maps.me - Organic Maps - OsmAnd Maps - Outdooractive - Pocket Earth - Scenic Motorcycle Navigation - Sygic - TomTom Go - UBER - Waze - What3Words - Wigemo - Yelp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Open Location at 94% against iGadget's 0%. Open Location also leads on price (Free vs $2.99). iGadget's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
Open Location is free to download; iGadget costs $2.99 up front. Open Location sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iGadget asks for nothing beyond the download.
iGadget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of iGadget's written reviews are positive against 94% of Open Location's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iGadget ships an update every 6 weeks, Open Location every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iGadget | Open Location |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 94.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Paul Manson | Michael Hoereth |
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