Comparison

Colorado Pocket Maps vs Summiter

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

Head to head
About

Colorado Pocket Maps

Plan your Colorado outdoor adventures with offline maps and detailed guides for parks, trails, and points of interest. Access weather forecasts, GPS tracking, and essential park information, even without Wi-Fi.

Highlights
  • Offline maps and guides for Colorado parks
  • 100+ national and state parks
  • 3,000+ campgrounds and campsites
  • 6,000+ trails and trailheads
  • GPS and GPX support for recording hikes
  • Detailed park information and weather forecasts
  • Push notifications for park alerts and weather warnings
Features
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Be prepared! Plan your next trip to one of the great Colorado parks. Download maps and guides before you venture into the Wi-Fi free wilderness. Discover - 100+ national parks, state parks, monuments, forests - 290+ 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 Colorado national forests. - 3,000+ campgrounds and campsites - 6,000+ trails and trailheads - 64,000+ 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: Arapaho Arkansas Headwaters Bangs Canyon Barr Lake Black Canyon of the Gunnison Bocco Mountain Boyed Lake Browns Canyon Bull Gulch Canyons of the Ancients Carbondale Castlewood Canyon Chatfield Cherry Creek Cheyenne Mountain Colorado Comanche Crawford Curecanti Dinosaur Dolores River Dominguez-Escalante Eagle Eldorado Canyon Eleven Mile Elkhead Reservoir Florissant Fossil Beds Golden Gate Canyon Grand Mesa Great Sand Dunes Gunnison Basin Gunnison Gorge Hack Lake Highline Lake Jackson Lake James M. Robb - Colorado River John Martin Reservoir King Mountain Lake Pueblo Lathrop Lory Mancos Montrose McInnis Canyons Mesa Verde Mueller Navajo New Castle North Sterlin Pawnee Perl Lake Phil's World Pike Pisgah Mountain Ridgway Rifle Falls Rio Grande Rocky Mountain Roosevelt Routt Roxborough San Isabel San Juan San Luis Valley St. Vrain Stagecoach State Forest Staunton Steamboat Lake Sweitzer Lake Sylvan Lake Trinidad Lake Uncompahgre Vega White River Yampa River There are additional useful information and brochures for many Colorado state parks. GPS - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/privacy

About

Summiter

Features
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Summiter is a travel application designed specifically for adventurers and mountain enthusiasts. With its advanced features and user-friendly interface, Summiter aims to enhance the experience of mountain exploration and tracking while providing a platform to connect with like-minded individuals.

Screenshots

Colorado Pocket Maps4 screens
Summiter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Summiter at none against Colorado Pocket Maps's 3. Summiter also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price 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. Colorado Pocket Maps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 2 months. Summiter asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Colorado Pocket Maps ships an update every 2 months, Summiter every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Colorado Pocket Maps versus Summiter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterColorado Pocket MapsSummiter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (174 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings174 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS1812.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB110 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAlex GugelSummiter LLC

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Colorado Pocket Maps

Subscriptions3
  • access all pro features$3.992 Months
  • access all pro features3 Days trial$5.493 Months
  • access all pro features$12.991 Year
None

Summiter

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Colorado Pocket Maps free?
Colorado Pocket Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Summiter free?
Summiter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Colorado Pocket Maps or Summiter have ads?
Colorado Pocket Maps shows ads; Summiter does not.
Which is updated more often, Colorado Pocket Maps or Summiter?
Colorado Pocket Maps ships an update every 2 months, and Summiter every 2 weeks. Most recently, Colorado Pocket Maps was updated on November 7, 2026 and Summiter on November 3, 2026.

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