Comparison

Mgrs & Utm Map vs TacSync

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

Head to head
About

Mgrs & Utm Map

Navigate the outdoors with precision using GPS and multiple coordinate systems. Ideal for military, hikers, and outdoor enthusiasts, it displays your accurate position on various map layers and supports KML import/export.

Highlights
  • GPS, GALILEO, GLONASS support
  • Accurate position display
  • Multiple map layers
  • KML import/export
  • Outdoor activity helper
Features
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This application is GPS and coordinate systems helper especially for military personnel. It is also a complete helper for mountaineering, trekking and hiking, cross running, scouting, hunting, fishing, geocaching, off-road navigation and all other outdoor activities and sports. With satellite navigation systems such as GPS, GALILEO and GLONASS (GNSS) supported by your device and your sensors, you can see your most accurate position on different map layers. *Import/Export KML

About

TacSync

Features
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Put your whole airsoft team on one live map. See where everyone is, drop markers, draw plans and chat, in a private session only your team can see. Built for milsim games that run for hours: TacSync keeps sharing your position with the phone locked in your pocket, and reads new markers out in your headphones so you don't have to take it out. NO SETUP, NO SIGN-UP Create a session, show the QR code, and your team is on the map. No TAK server to run, no accounts to hand out. Sharing stops when the game ends. WHAT YOU GET • Live positions: every teammate on one map, updating every few seconds, in the foreground and with the phone locked • Markers, routes and zones: objectives, rally points, enemy sightings, patrol routes, boundaries and no-go zones everyone sees at once • Squad chat: text, photos and voice messages in one session chat. Every new marker is posted there, one tap from the map • Voice alerts: hear new markers, enemy sightings and injured teammates in your headphones, with direction and distance • Squads and status: split the session into squads and mark yourself hit so your team sees it • Briefing: pin the op briefing where every player can open it before and during the game • Overlays: photograph the organiser's printed or hand-drawn map and pin it onto the real one • Maps: satellite imagery, contour lines for the terrain and a live rain radar • Distance: measure to the objective, a teammate or any marker • Command post: run the game from a laptop at app.tac-nav.com with the whole team on one big screen SEE IT FIRST Tap "Start with a demo" on the home screen: three squads moving, markers going down and radio chatter in the chat, playing out live. Your own location isn't shared in the demo. BUILT FOR PATCHY SIGNAL TacSync needs mobile data to keep the team in sync, but fields drop in and out of coverage. A message or marker sent in a dead spot isn't lost: it waits on your phone and goes out the moment you're back in range. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Sessions are invite-only. Only the people who joined can see positions, markers and chat, enforced on the server, not just hidden in the app. After the game, everyone who played keeps the full record for the debrief. COOPERATIVE, NOT COMPETITIVE Everyone in a session is on the same side. No hit detection, no scoring: just shared awareness for your squad or your whole side.

Screenshots

Mgrs & Utm Map4 screens
TacSync4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: TacSync at none against Mgrs & Utm Map's 1. TacSync also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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

Both are free to download. Mgrs & Utm Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TacSync asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mgrs & Utm Map ships an update every 2 months, TacSync every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mgrs & Utm Map versus TacSync: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMgrs & Utm MapTacSync
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (2.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews54.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings2.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB87 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperVahid CataltasAdomas Alenovic

Bugs and requests

Mgrs & Utm Map

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Issues with importing and exporting KML files
  • Inability to plot grids and see coordinates
  • App constantly re-centers to user's location

Requested features

5 requests
  • Offline map support
  • Ability to rename and manage layers
  • Compass calibration and orientation options
  • Sharing and syncing of waypoints/markers
  • More map types and grid formats (e.g. British National Grid)

TacSync

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Mgrs & Utm Map

One-time1
  • Pro Features$24.99
None

TacSync

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mgrs & Utm Map free?
Mgrs & Utm Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TacSync free?
TacSync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mgrs & Utm Map or TacSync have ads?
Mgrs & Utm Map shows ads; TacSync does not.
Which is updated more often, Mgrs & Utm Map or TacSync?
Mgrs & Utm Map ships an update every 2 months, and TacSync every 3 days. Most recently, Mgrs & Utm Map was updated on October 20, 2026 and TacSync on October 18, 2026.

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