Syvänne vs Maptrails
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Syvänne
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You can use the Syvänne chartplotter to navigate to the best fishing spots. The maps contain map data from the Finnish Transport Agency and the National Land Survey of Finland for Finnish sea areas and lakes. The app is easy to use on boats. It shows your location on the map and as you move, speed and direction. You can also see your travel time. As a new feature, you can now also plan a route on the map. You will find the basin edges in your water area in the red hotspots marked on the map, where predatory fish often thrive. Hotspots are made by analyzing base shapes. See if you can find potential fishing spots in your nearby waters! Leaving markers on the map and measuring distances is easy in the app. The app will not share information about the marks you leave on the map with outsiders. The Syvänne chartplotter works even if you do something else with your phone while boating, like browsing the web. With the Syvänne chartplotter, you turn your Apple device into a navigation tool. Please always remember to keep official Traficom paper maps with you as the primary navigation tool on the water. The Syvänne chartplotter should not be used as the primary means of navigation. Please remember to always navigate safely on the waters. You can download the Syvänne chartplotter to your phone for free and try it out. The app tells you how long your free trial is. At the end of the free trial period, you will need to place an order.
Maptrails
Navigate the outdoors with a feature-rich map browser for hiking, hunting, and orienteering. Plan routes, measure distances, draw paths, and access various map styles. Offline map downloads and weather forecasts enhance your adventures.
- Offline map downloads
- Distance measurement and path drawing
- Topographic, nautical, and aerial maps
- Map marker syncing via iCloud
- Weather forecasts
- GPX file import/export
- Health app integration
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Maptrails is a modern map browser that packs an amazing experience for hiking, hunting, orienteering, or just enjoying your time outdoors. Only Maptrails offers full featured apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The app comes preconfigured with a large selection of built-in maps in topographic, nautical, and aerial imagery styles. Save places as map markers that sync between your devices over iCloud. It is easy and fun to measure distances and draw paths on the map, or use Look Around to see street level imagery at any address. Maptrails Pro one-time purchase unlocks a professional grade feature set. Add your own maps and data layers from standard APIs, and bring in GeoJSON, GPX, IMG, KML or Shapefile data. You can even draw notes directly on the map using touch or pencil! Maptrails makes it easy to plan your upcoming hike by letting you download map tiles for offline use, view up-to-date weather forecasts, or draw tracks on the map and save them to GPX files. During your hike, record the route to a GPX track or workout in Health app, and graph out its speed and altitude data. For hunters, integration with Oma Riista lets you import hunting areas using area code. Share your current GPS location with a private group of other Maptrails users. Build your own dog tracker by installing separate Beacon app to another device and pairing it with Maptrails. Its position can then be tracked on the map in Maptrails. Maptrails Pro one-time purchase unlocks full functionality • Use folders to organize tracks and markers • Attach images to markers from photo library • Track other devices with Beacon app installed • Import hunting areas from Oma Riista service • Get weather forecast for targeted location • Draw notes on map using touch or pencil • Import tile maps from web using browser • Download map areas for offline use • Share your GPS location with groups • Draw tracks on map and save as GPX files • Import GPX files and view them on map • View workout routes from Health app • Record workouts and export to GPX • Add Vector Tile, Tile Map, WMTS and WMS maps • Add GeoJSON, GPX, IMG, KML and Shapefile map layers • Get new features in future versions If some map available via open data APIs is not yet included, or you want to make your maps available in Maptrails, please email me at feedback@freshbits.fi. Also follow on Instagram at @KartastoApp. This app has been built by one developer as a hobby project during many evenings and weekends. Please be nice and take this into account when giving feedback. Icon symbol credit to Wolf Böse (Creative Commons).
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Maptrails at 5 against Syvänne's 3. Syvänne's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Syvänne sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Maptrails sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Syvänne ships an update weekly, Maptrails every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Syvänne | Maptrails |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 84.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fioni | Pasi Salenius |
In-app purchases
Syvänne
- PRO-1 (1 Month)$4.991 Month
- PRO-12 (1 Year)$29.491 Year
Maptrails
- Maptrails Pro$9.99
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