Comparison

GPS Info + vs Spool

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

Head to head
About

GPS Info +

Access detailed GPS information directly from your device. View all the location data your iPhone or iPad reports. Understand your current position with comprehensive GPS metrics.

Highlights
  • View all GPS data
  • Device location metrics
  • iPhone and iPad compatible
  • Detailed GPS information
Features
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Get to know all GPS data reported by your iPhone/iPad.

About

Spool

Manage your 3D printing filament inventory with detailed tracking of materials, costs, and stock levels. Log print details, monitor printer maintenance, and gain insights into your printing habits. Integrates with Bambu Lab printers for automatic data logging.

Highlights
  • Filament spool tracking
  • Cost and weight logging
  • Low-stock warnings
  • Print logging and analysis
  • Bambu Lab printer integration
  • Printer maintenance schedules
  • NFC/QR code spool tagging
Features
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You have 40 spools. You're about to start a 12-hour print. How much PETG do you actually have? Spool is precision filament inventory for 3D printing enthusiasts. Track what you have, what things cost, and what's running low. Built by a maker who got tired of guessing. TRACK YOUR COLLECTION Lightning-fast spool entry with auto-fill from screenshots and product URLs. Material, brand, colour, weight, cost, purchase date, storage. Real remaining-weight tracking down to the gram. Low-stock warnings before you find out mid-print. THE HUB Tap the centre tab and a glass command centre opens over any screen. Every major action (add spool, log print, scan SpoolTag, analytics, printers) is two taps away. PRINT LOG & PRINT STORY Every print captures 24 process fields. 20 decoded automatically from your Bambu data: nozzle, layer height, infill, walls, speeds, temperatures, plate, adhesion, supports. Rate every print with 11 failure types, down to the exact layer. Tap any print and a full-screen story opens: costs, telemetry, spool gauges, and every previous attempt side by side. 19 insight cards surface temperature sweet spots, speed ceilings, drying impact, personal bests, and failure patterns. BAMBU LAB INTEGRATION Bambu printers log prints automatically via Bambu Cloud. Free for everyone, no manual entry. AMS multi-material tracked correctly. Smart spool matching learns and auto-selects on future imports. CATEGORIES 17 built-in, unlimited custom. Spool suggests one for every print and learns every override. Category Insights show success rates, costs, and trends so you see which kinds of prints are worth your filament. PRINTER MAINTENANCE Schedules from manufacturer guides for Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality, Anycubic, Elegoo, Artillery, Flashforge, Sovol, AnkerMake, Qidi Tech, RatRig, and Voron. A live health score per printer. Overdue tasks turn red. Complete one and watch it climb. SPOOLTAG Tap your iPhone to an NFC-tagged spool and everything opens instantly. QR codes work from any camera app. Scan, log print, spool pre-selected. Label Studio designs and prints labels to Dymo, Brother, sticker sheets, or A4. AR Inventory overlays live data above every tagged spool, with Searchlight filtering by brand, material, colour, or status. ANALYTICS & INTELLIGENCE Five dashboards: Pulse, Economics, Energy, Material, and Hardware. Add your electricity rate once and every print shows its true cost, materials and energy combined, to the penny. Nozzle breakdowns, plate comparisons, quality-weighted grades, and variant-aware palettes for matte and silk filaments. WORKSHOP MANAGEMENT Six storage types (shelf, dryer, AMS, box, airtight case, vacuum bag) with humidity and seal date tracking. Shopping list and batch management for multi-packs. START FREE 20 spools, 2 printers, 4 storage locations. 30 days of analytics. Bambu Cloud sync, SpoolTag, AR Inventory, Print Story, Categories, and Printer Maintenance included. No card required. Live counters show where you stand against your limits. GO PRO, £4.99/month or £49.99/year Unlimited spools, printers, and storage. Lifetime analytics. CSV import. Label Studio with thermal exports and sticker sheets. Print Queue for batch production. Plus: full cross-print insight tray, category customisation, maintenance notifications, Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, and Live Activities. The annual plan works out at £4.16/month and pays for itself in the waste it helps you avoid. SPOOL PACKS Not ready to subscribe? A one-time Spool Pack permanently adds 10 slots to your free account. SUBSCRIPTION & PURCHASE INFO Spool offers a one-time Spool Pack and two auto-renewing subscriptions: Spool Pro Monthly and Yearly. Payment charged to iTunes Account at confirmation. Auto-renews unless cancelled 24 hours before the period ends. Manage in Account Settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lance-studio.com/privacy.html

Screenshots

GPS Info +1 screens
Spool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GPS Info + at none against Spool's 3. GPS Info + also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.1). Spool's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Spool sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. GPS Info + asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GPS Info + against 5.0 for Spool. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and July 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GPS Info + versus Spool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS Info +Spool
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings14 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better26.1
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVijay AnandLucas Melo

Customer experience

GPS Info +

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Spool

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GPS Info +

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Spool

Subscriptions2
  • Spool Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Spool Pro Yearly$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • +10 Spool Capacity$0.99

Questions

Is GPS Info + free?
GPS Info + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Spool free?
Spool is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GPS Info + or Spool?
GPS Info + and Spool are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 4 ratings respectively.
Do GPS Info + or Spool have ads?
Neither GPS Info + nor Spool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Info + or Spool?
GPS Info + ships an update every 2 weeks, and Spool every 2 weeks. Most recently, GPS Info + was updated on August 25, 2026 and Spool on July 24, 2026.

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