Nevada Pocket Maps vs ParksConnect
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Nevada Pocket Maps
Plan your outdoor adventures in Nevada with detailed maps and guides for parks, trails, and points of interest. Download content for offline use in remote areas and utilize GPS features for navigation and recording hikes. Stay informed with park alerts and weather forecasts.
- Offline park maps and guides
- 70+ parks, monuments, forests
- 200+ detailed maps
- 500+ campgrounds
- 900+ trails
- GPS and GPX support
- Weather forecasts and alerts
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Be prepared! Plan your next trip to one of the great Nevada parks. Download maps and guides before you venture into the WiFi free wilderness. Discover - 70+ national parks, state parks, monuments, forests - 200+ neatly folded maps by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Services, and other agencies. - Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM), Motor Vehicle Travel Maps (MVTM) and visitor maps for Nevada national forests. - Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) maps. - 500+ campgrounds and campsites - 900+ trails and trailheads - 31,000+ points of interests Plan - Download maps, park brochures, and newspapers. These downloads are ready when you are offline and off the grid in the great outdoors. - Download arbitrary map sections as offline packs. - Photo galleries, panorama views. - Share links to parks and maps with friends Have fun - GPS and GPX support: record your hikes, import GPX routes, tracks and waypoints for your hiking trails. - Detailed national park information: alerts, news, visitor centers, campgrounds, driving directions, weather. - Open your favorite maps app to get a route to the selected park. - Current weather conditions, easy access to multi-day forecasts, sunrise and sunset times. - Push notifications for park alerts, park news, weather warnings So download maps and guides for: Basin and Range Beaver Dam Berlin-Ichthyosaur Big Bend of the Colorado Black Rock Desert - High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails Cathedral Gorge Cave Lake Death Valley Desert Dry Valley Gold Butte Great Basin Humboldt-Toiyabe Inyo Kershaw-Ryan Lake Mead Lake Tahoe Red Rock Canyon Rye Patch Sheldon Sloan Canyon South Fork Spooner Lake & Backcountry Spring Mountain Ranch Spring Mountains Valley of Fire Ward Charcoal Ovens Washoe Lake Wild Horse There are additional useful information and brochures for: Anaho Island, Arrow Canyon, Eldorado, Ireteba Peaks, Jumbo Springs, La Madre Mountain, Lime Canyon, Million Hills, Mount Charleston, Mount Stirling, Muddy Mountains, North McCullough, Rainbow Mountain, Resting Springs, South McCullough, Spirit Mountain, Stillwater, Wee Thump Joshua Tree. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://icoat.de/pocketmaps/terms Privacy Policy: https://icoat.de/pocketmaps/privacy
ParksConnect
Explore the U.S. National Park System with this interactive travel guide. Access park maps, detailed descriptions, and photos to plan your next adventure. Discover both remote wilderness and historical sites.
- Interactive U.S. National Park System map
- Park descriptions and photos
- Offline access to official park maps
- Points of interest on maps
- Explore wilderness and historical sites
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ParksConnect presents this interactive travel guide to the U.S National Park System. With locations ranging from remote wilderness areas to historical sites, this app provides access to park maps, photos, descriptions, and more. Use the app to explore the National Park System and plan your next park visit. App features include: • Interactive map to the U.S National Park System • Park descriptions, photos, and image gallery • Offline access to official park maps with points of interest
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Nevada Pocket Maps at 4.8 against ParksConnect's 4.0. Nevada Pocket Maps also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (47 vs 4). ParksConnect's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Nevada Pocket Maps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 2 months and ParksConnect sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Nevada Pocket Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nevada Pocket Maps has 47 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.
Nevada Pocket Maps ships an update every 2 months, ParksConnect every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Nevada Pocket Maps | ParksConnect |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (47 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 478 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Gugel | ParksConnect |
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In-app purchases
Nevada Pocket Maps
- access all pro features$3.992 Months
- access all pro features3 Days trial$5.493 Months
- access all pro features$12.991 Year
ParksConnect
- ParksConnect Upgrade$4.99
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