Washington Pocket Maps vs WildSideWA
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Washington Pocket Maps
Plan your adventures in Washington's parks with offline maps and detailed guides. Discover over 90 locations, including campgrounds, trails, and points of interest. Enjoy GPS support, weather forecasts, and park alerts even without Wi-Fi.
- Offline map downloads
- 90+ parks, monuments, forests
- 1,700+ campgrounds
- 2,800+ trails
- GPS and GPX support
- Weather forecasts and alerts
- Park brochures and news
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Be prepared! Plan your next trip to one of the great Washington parks. Download maps and guides before you venture into the Wi-Fi free wilderness. Discover - 90+ national parks, state parks, monuments, forests - 180+ 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 Texas national forests. - 1,700+ campgrounds and campsites - 2,800+ trails and trailheads - 58,000+ 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: Chopaka Lake and Chopaka Mountain Columbia River Gorge Colville Ebey's Landing Fort Vancouver Gifford Pinchot Goat Rocks Idaho Panhandle Klondike Gold Rush Lake Chelan Lake Roosevelt Lewis & Clark Minidoka Mount Adams Mount Rainier Mount St Helens Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie Nez Perce North Cascades Okanogan Olympic Ross Lake San Juan Island Wenatchee Whitman Mission There are additional useful maps and brochures for many Washington state parks, Sno-Parks and mountain bike areas like Ahtanum, Albian Hill, Alpine Baldy, Blanchard, Blewett Pass, Bonaparte, Boulder Cave, Canyon Creek, Capitol, Cherry Valley, Clear Lake, Cougar, Crystal Springs, Deer Creek Nordic, Dockton, Duthie Hill, Echo Ridge, Elbe Hills and Tahoma, Elk Heights, Fishtrap, Green Mountain and Tahuya, Henry's Ridge, Kachess Ridge, Liberty, Middle Fork Snoqualmie, North Fork Chewelah Creek, North Mountain, Palmer Mountain and Split Rock, Paradise Valley, Raging River, Summit Ridge, Swan Creek, Teanaway, Twenty-Five Mile Creek, Twin Lakes, Walker Valley, Yacolt Burn LEGAL Terms of Use: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/privacy
WildSideWA
Discover events, attractions, dining, and lodging for Hood Canal and South Puget Sound. This guide offers tips for outdoor adventures like hiking, paddling, and exploring waterfalls. Plan your perfect road trip with insider information for an unforgettable visit.
- Event listings
- Attraction discovery
- Dining recommendations
- Lodging information
- Outdoor adventure tips
- Road trip planning
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Welcome to Washington's Wild Side Guide, showcasing what's happening, what to see and do, where to eat and sleep and tips and tricks to make the best out of your visit to Hood Canal and South Puget Sound. Embark on the ultimate road trip and find adventure on Hood Canal. Discover outdoor adventure, explore the Olympics and countless waterfalls and hikes and learn the best places to play and relax. An easy drive from Seattle or Portland, HOOD CANAL is a natural fjord that sits between the Puget Sound and Olympic Mountains in Mason County, Washington. The area hosts plenty of outdoor activities including paddling, hiking, SCUBA, racing and even skydiving. Visit for the solitude, oysters and waterfalls – return again and again for year round hiking trails, fantastic views and amazing people!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: WildSideWA at none against Washington Pocket Maps's 3. WildSideWA also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Washington Pocket Maps's advantage is ratings volume (30 vs 1). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Washington Pocket Maps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 2 months. WildSideWA asks for nothing beyond the download.
WildSideWA holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Washington Pocket Maps has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Washington Pocket Maps ships an update every 2 months, WildSideWA every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Washington Pocket Maps | WildSideWA |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (30 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Alex Gugel | Northwest Event Organizers |
Customer experience
Washington Pocket Maps
WildSideWA
In-app purchases
Washington 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
WildSideWA
No in-app purchases
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