Florida Pocket Maps vs beacheo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Florida Pocket Maps
Plan your outdoor adventures with downloadable maps and guides for over 100 Florida parks. Access detailed information, offline navigation, weather forecasts, and trail recording features to enhance your exploration.
- Downloadable maps and guides
- Offline park access
- GPS and GPX support
- Detailed park information
- Weather forecasts
- Push notifications for alerts
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Be prepared! Plan your next trip to one of the great Florida parks. Download maps and guides before you venture into the Wi-Fi free wilderness. Discover - 100+ national parks, state parks, monuments, forests - 25+ neatly folded maps by the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, United States Forest Services, and other agencies. - 300+ campgrounds and campsites - 2,000+ trails and trailheads - 75,000+ 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: Big Cypress Big Talbot Island Bill Baggs Cape Biscayne Canaveral Collier-Seminole De Soto Dry Tortugas Everglades Fakahatchee Florida Panther Fort Caroline John Pennekamp Coral Reef Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Merrit Island Ocala San Felasco Hammock Timucuan Virgin Islands There are additional useful information and brochures for: Anastasia, Archie Carr, Bahia Honda, Big Lagoon, Big Shoals, Buck Island Reef, Bulow Creek, Caladesi Island, Castillo de San Marcos, Cayo Costa, Christiansted, Crystal River, De Leon Springs, Falling Waters, Florida Caverns, Fort Matanzas, Gulf Islands, Gullah/Geechee, Grayton Beach, Great White Heron, Hillsborough River, Honeymoon Island, Ichetucknee Springs, John D. MacArthur Beach, Kissimmee Prairie, Lovers Key, Lower Suwannee, Myakka River, Rainbow Springs, Salt River Bay, San Juan, Sebastian Inlet, Timucuan, Virgin Island Coral Reef, Weeki Wachee Springs and many more exiting parks. LEGAL Terms of Use: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/terms Privacy Policy: https://www.icoat.de/pocketmaps/privacy
beacheo
Plan your perfect beach day with comprehensive information on weather, tides, water temperature, parking, and amenities. This app provides detailed data for U.S. saltwater beaches, saving you time researching your ideal destination.
- Weather forecast and tides
- Water temperature and clarity
- Parking availability and fees
- Amenities (bathrooms, showers)
- Food and recreation options
- Lifeguard staffing and safety info
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beacheo™ — a better way to beach! Plan a trip to your favorite beach with the world's premier beach and leisure app! beacheo™ is a one-stop source for all the information you need for your day in the sun, from the weather forecast, tides and water temperature to parking availability, recreation options and food choices. We've put in the time to research your beach options so you don't have to and beacheo™ pulls information directly from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) database to offer the current conditions and forecast information for every salt water beach you'd want to visit in the United States. You'll never need to waste time wondering which beach best suits your needs. Features: - Links to beach websites (when applicable) - Accessibility info - Opening and closing times - Parking availability - Applicable prices and fees - Bathroom and outdoor shower availability - Food options - Sand quality - Water clarity - Lifeguard staffing - Chair and cabana rental availability - Recreational activities - Wave size - Swimming availability - Snorkeling quality Privacy policy: https://beacheo.com/privacy Terms and Conditions: https://beacheo.com/terms-and-conditions
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: beacheo at 95% against Florida Pocket Maps's 50%. beacheo also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and rating (4.9 vs 4.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Florida Pocket Maps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 2 months. beacheo asks for nothing beyond the download.
beacheo holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 135 and 246 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Florida Pocket Maps's written reviews are positive against 95% of beacheo's.
Florida Pocket Maps ships an update every 6 weeks, beacheo fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Florida Pocket Maps | beacheo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (135 ratings) | 4.9 (246 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 95.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 135 | 246 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Fortnightly — 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 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alex Gugel | beacheo LLC |
Customer experience
Florida Pocket Maps
beacheo
Bugs and requests
Florida Pocket Maps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
beacheo
Reported bugs
2 issues- App gets stuck on 'searching' screen
- Incompatibility issues on older devices
Requested features
3 requests- Add more beach locations, especially in Florida
- Improve weather/temperature accuracy
- Implement a dark mode option
In-app purchases
Florida 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
beacheo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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