Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS vs Positive Altitude
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS
This app provides real-time GPS elevation tracking for your current location. It's ideal for outdoor activities, travel, or simply satisfying your curiosity about altitude. The app is designed for simplicity and accuracy, working offline with minimal battery consumption.
- Current altitude display
- GPS accuracy indicator
- Clean, easy-to-read interface
- Offline functionality
- Minimal battery usage
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Know your exact elevation, anywhere. Altimeter ∞ shows your real-time GPS altitude in feet or meters with a live accuracy indicator — no signup, no clutter. Built for hikers, climbers, skiers, cyclists, drone pilots, paragliders, and travelers who need a fast, dependable altitude reader. Features: • Live GPS altitude in meters or feet • One-tap unit toggle • GPS accuracy display • Works offline once located • Minimal battery use • Clean, glanceable interface Optional Premium removes ads with a monthly or lifetime in-app purchase. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/alti-meter/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Positive Altitude
Instantly check your current elevation, speed, and direction of travel. This utility app also displays your rate of ascent or descent and GPS signal accuracy. It's designed for easy readability in various outdoor and travel scenarios.
- Real-time elevation and altitude
- Speed and direction tracking
- Rate of ascent/descent
- GPS signal accuracy display
- Large, high-contrast font
- Works on airplanes
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Positive Altitude is the best way to instantly check your elevation, altitude, speed, and direction whether hiking, climbing, or flying! This is the ONLY altimeter App that also includes your rate of ascent and descent as well as the accuracy of your GPS signal. How high are you? How fast are you climbing or falling? Large fonts and bright contrast make it easy to read or share with your seat mate. Positive Altitude works on airplanes! You may need to hold your phone near the window to get an initial GPS sync. Note: Positive Altitude uses your phone's GPS and will not work in Airplane mode.
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Verdict
Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS and Positive Altitude both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Positive Altitude's written reviews are positive against 54% of Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS's. Positive Altitude also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS's advantage is update cadence (every 11 days vs every 10 months) and ratings volume (1K vs 9). On price, rating 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. Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Positive Altitude asks for nothing beyond the download.
Positive Altitude holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS has 1K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS's written reviews are positive against 100% of Positive Altitude's.
Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS ships an update every 11 days, Positive Altitude every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS | Positive Altitude |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1K ratings) | 4.8 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 10 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fawkes Wei | Arutunian LLC |
Customer experience
Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS
Positive Altitude
In-app purchases
Altimeter ∞ Elevation GPS
- Monthly$1.991 Month
- Yearly$7.991 Year
- Lifetime$7.99
Positive Altitude
No in-app purchases
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