Comparison

GPS Tools® vs Hexplorer

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

Head to head
About

GPS Tools®

This comprehensive navigation app provides accurate GPS information, a speedometer, altimeter, compass, weather forecasts, and distance measurement tools. It's designed for travelers, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts, offering a wide range of utilities in a single, easy-to-use interface.

Highlights
  • Accurate GPS updates
  • Speedometer with alerts
  • Altimeter and Compass
  • Weather and forecast
  • Distance and area measurement
  • GPX file viewer
  • Location-based alarms
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Need accurate GPS information while travelling, hiking, driving, or exploring outdoors? GPS Tools is an all-in-one GPS and outdoor utility app with Speedometer, Altimeter, Compass, GPS Alarm, Weather & Forecast, Distance Measurement, Level Meter, Area Finder, GPS Time, GPX Viewer, Hiking tools, and more. KEY FEATURES • Fast and accurate GPS updates • Optimized for efficient battery usage • Easy-to-use and well-organized interface • Useful for hiking, trekking, travel, driving, and outdoor activities • Customizable GPS-based tools • Supports Metric and Imperial units LOCATION & GPS TOOLS • View your current location, coordinates, altitude, and address • Share location, address, coordinates, and location photos • Save your favourite places • Find locations and directions • Measure distance between places • Access useful GPS and sensor information SPEEDOMETER Use your iPhone as a GPS Speedometer. • View your current speed • Set speed limits and receive alerts • Record speed and trip details • Track travelled routes • Review trip information TREKKING & OUTDOOR TOOLS Useful for hiking, trekking, travelling, and outdoor activities. Access: • Altimeter • Compass • Weather & Forecast • Atmospheric Pressure • GPS Location • Distance and Elevation information • Trekking and route tracking tools GPX VIEWER Import GPX files and explore your trips. • View tracks, routes, elevation, and waypoints • Analyse route and track statistics • View speed and elevation graphs • Review travelled paths WEATHER & ENVIRONMENT Plan your activities with useful weather and environmental information. • Current weather • Weather forecast • Rain information • UV Index • Air Quality • Severe weather information GPS ALARM Set a location-based alarm and receive an alert when approaching your destination. Useful while travelling by bus, train, or other transport. AREA & DISTANCE Measure areas and distances using GPS. Useful for land, plots, outdoor spaces, travel distances, and location measurements. LEVEL METER Use your device sensors as a spirit level to check surface alignment. GPS TIME View GPS-based date and time information. SATELLITE INFORMATION View GPS satellite and signal information along with useful positioning data. WHY GPS TOOLS? GPS Tools brings GPS, navigation, weather, measurement, outdoor, and tracking utilities together in one app. Whether you are driving, hiking, trekking, travelling, or exploring new places, GPS Tools gives you quick access to useful information and tools. LOCATION USAGE GPS Tools uses your location while you are using the app for features including: • Speedometer • Weather & Forecast • Current Location and Address • Air Quality and UV Index • Compass and Direction tools • Satellite information • Weather Map • Altimeter and GPS-based utilities Some features may also use your location while the app is running in the background: • GPS Alarm – to monitor location and trigger destination alerts • Track & Find Device – to record device location when enabled • Trekking Pro – to record your travelled route during an activity Background location is used only when required for features you choose to enable. Download GPS Tools and access your essential GPS and outdoor tools in one app. Some features may not be available in all countries or regions. Website: https://gpstools.app Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gpstoolsapp Terms of Use: https://virtualmaze.com/omn/legal-terms.html Privacy Policy: https://gpstools.app/privacypolicy.html

About

Hexplorer

Features
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How much of the world have you actually explored? Hexplorer GPS turns your real-world adventures into a living map. As you move through the world, every street, trail, and neighbourhood you visit gets filled in — visualised as a glowing hexagonal grid overlaid on a satellite map. Watch your coverage grow over time and discover just how much (or how little) of your city you've actually seen. The urban explorer's best friend: Ever wandered a new city and wondered if you missed a street? Hexplorer makes it obvious. The hex grid shows you exactly where you've been and where you haven't — so you can systematically work your way through every block of a neighbourhood, industrial zone, or city centre without missing a single corner. Perfect for urban explorers who want to know they've truly covered a place, not just passed through it. Finally explore those forgotten places: You know that patch of woodland on the edge of town you've driven past a hundred times? Or that small forest tucked between fields that always looked interesting from the road? Hexplorer gives you the perfect reason — and the perfect tool — to go in and actually explore them. See your coverage fill in as you weave through the trees, and know for certain when you've covered every corner. Coverage that means something: Hexplorer uses the H3 hexagonal grid system to divide the entire planet into precise, equal-area cells. As you explore, cells light up based on how thoroughly you've covered them — from a brief pass-through to a fully explored area. Always tracking, even in the background: Keep Hexplorer running while you walk, cycle, drive, or hike. Background GPS tracking ensures no adventure goes unrecorded, so you can focus on exploring instead of managing the app. Plant your flags: Mark places that matter to you — favourite spots, places to revisit, hidden gems — with custom map flags. Colour-code and prioritise them so your most important pins always stand out. Your world, your map • Satellite map with live hexagon overlay • Multiple zoom levels for street-level or city-wide coverage • Detailed stats for any cell you tap • Export and import your exploration data Start exploring. Start covering the map.

Screenshots

GPS Tools®4 screens
Hexplorer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GPS Tools® at Free against Hexplorer's $0.99. GPS Tools® also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). Hexplorer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

GPS Tools® is free to download; Hexplorer costs $0.99 up front. GPS Tools® sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.49 per 6 months. Hexplorer asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
GPS Tools® versus Hexplorer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS Tools®Hexplorer
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating4.6 (340 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings340 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size127 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVirtualMazeEdwin Eefting

In-app purchases

10 purchases

GPS Tools®

Subscriptions3
  • Platinum Premium$2.496 Months
  • Weather Pro Premium$3.996 Months
  • GPS Tools PRO Yearly3 Days trial$17.991 Year
One-time7
  • Background Image - 2$0.99
  • Background Image - 8$0.99
  • Background Image - 14$0.99
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  • Special Ad Removal Offer$0.99
  • Background Image - 1$0.99
  • Compass Skin - 0$1.99
  • Special BG Customization Pack$2.99
None

Hexplorer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS Tools® free?
GPS Tools® is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Hexplorer free?
Hexplorer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do GPS Tools® or Hexplorer have ads?
Neither GPS Tools® nor Hexplorer shows ads.

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