Altimeter Elevation Watch vs LilyMaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Altimeter Elevation Watch
Track your elevation and altitude gain in real-time with this app. Designed for outdoor enthusiasts, it provides a precise altimeter directly on your Apple Watch face or iPhone home screen widget, allowing you to focus on your activity.
- Real-time altitude and elevation gain
- Apple Watch complication
- iPhone home screen widget
- Live Activity on iPhone
- Graphical daily profile
- Monthly and yearly analysis
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Track your current altitude and elevation gain at a glance, whether you’re hiking, climbing, mountain biking, or driving mountain roads. Altimeter – Elevation Widget & Watch Complication gives you a precise altimeter for your Apple Watch and iPhone. Keep your current altitude visible on your watch face, home screen, and iPhone Live Activity. The native CarPlay dashboard is a separate view designed for the drive, with current altitude, climb or descent per minute, grade, direction, peak, and gain. Try Siri with: “Siri, start Live Activity in Altimeter.” You can also ask: “Siri, what is my current altitude in Altimeter?” This app is designed for outdoor lovers and works as: • A complication for Apple Watch Series 4 or newer (watchOS 10.6 or later) • A home screen widget for your iPhone Features: • Real-time altitude and elevation gain • Complication for Apple Watch faces • Native CarPlay dashboard: current altitude, climb/descent per minute, grade, direction, peak, and gain • Live Activity on iPhone: current altitude, peak, and gain on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island • Home screen widget for quick altitude checks • Siri, Shortcuts & Spotlight: start Live Activity, ask for current altitude, save altitude readings, and get ready for the new Siri experience this fall • Graphical daily profile and gain timeline • Heatmap + flowline for monthly and yearly analysis • Background significant-location updates for efficient day profiles • HealthKit Flights Climbed support for more robust gain calculation • Switch between meters and feet Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
LilyMaps
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LilyMaps is a standalone offline map app for Apple Watch, built for sport-focused navigation, outdoor exploration, and low-power map viewing. Explore offline country and continental maps from your wrist, record routes, import GPX tracks, replay activities, and view useful outdoor points of interest without relying on a constant internet connection. Features: • Offline country and continental maps • Route recording • GPX import and display • Route replay • Multiple map styles • Contour lines and shaded contour lines. • Useful landmarks and outdoor POIs • Metric and imperial units • Battery-conscious rendering modes • Standalone Apple Watch experience LilyMaps does not track users or collect personal data. Your location and recorded routes stay on your device. This full version includes access to all available country and continental maps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Altimeter Elevation Watch at Free against LilyMaps's $9.99. Altimeter Elevation Watch also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). LilyMaps's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). 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
Altimeter Elevation Watch is free to download; LilyMaps costs $9.99 up front. Altimeter Elevation Watch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per year. LilyMaps asks for nothing beyond the download.
Altimeter Elevation Watch ships an update every 10 days, LilyMaps every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Altimeter Elevation Watch | LilyMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (69 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 32.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bernhard Hering | Fares Othman Taha Mehanna |
Bugs and requests
Altimeter Elevation Watch
Reported bugs
29 issues- CarPlay screen is black
- Elevation incorrect (50K feet off)
- Cannot get past 'Location Access for Altimeter' page
- App display language is a mix of German and English
- App takes over iPhone operation, requires deletion
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- Watch complications do not update automatically
- Watch complications crash
- Watch complications only display meters regardless of setting
- App does not download to watch
- Altitude does not change
- App does not work
- Not compatible with watch series 3 cellular
- Watch app does not work
- Cannot get it to read in feet on iPhone or Apple Watch
- Wrong altitude displayed
- Accuracy issues (changes while stationary)
- Settings reset, must be set again
- Watch app crashes
- Complication does not update
- Complication shows "Altimeter" instead of altitude
- Watch app crashes on opening
- App does not work on Series 3 watch
- App does not work on Series 4 watch
- Complication limited to 999 meters
- Units not changeable to feet on watch
- Complication does not work with certain watch faces
- Complication does not update as advertised
- Units change to meters when phone is not present
- App does not work while flying
Requested features
10 requests- French translation for options
- Basic widget for CarPlay
- Watch complication with large number for elevation
- Ability to set watch complications to feet
- Larger complication size for watch face
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- Elevation gain/loss on watch complication
- Use watch's barometer
- Graph of elevation changes on iPhone
- Option to select complication size
- Direction of travel indicator
LilyMaps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Altimeter Elevation Watch
- Support Development$12.991 Year
- Lifetime$34.99
LilyMaps
No in-app purchases






