topoXpress vs Survey Help
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
topoXpress
This application provides robust GIS and surveying tools for field data collection and analysis. It supports both online and offline operations with a wide range of spatial data formats and powerful visualization functions. Designed for professionals, it facilitates collaborative mapping and extensive GNSS receiver integration.
- Multiplatform GIS and surveying functionality
- Handles large spatial datasets (raster/vector)
- Online and offline data operation
- Powerful GIS visualization functions
- Productive data collection tools
- Collaborative mapping via cloud service
- Extensive GNSS receiver support
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topoXpress provides the following features: • Multiplatform design: the same software with the same rich functionality for both GIS data collectors and Surveyors on iOS & macOS. • Handling and displaying large spatial datasets (raster and vector). • Responsive and intuitive user interface: easy to learn and use, automatic adjustment to different screen sizes, orientations, and resolutions of mobile (iPhone, iPad) and desktop devices. • Online and offline operation: online data sources (Cloud storage, TMS, WMS, KML), offline raster datasets (jpeg, ecw, ers, tiff, png, lan, bil, ENVI bsq), offline vector datasets (shp, dxf, map, GeoJSON, mif, txt, crd, dat, dbf, tab, mid). • Powerful GIS visualization functions: thematic mapping, transparency, labeling, query, layer groups, vector symbols, line types, fill types, event mapping. • Productive data collection: templates, surveying, stakeout, CoGo (Coordinate Geometry), forms, lists, calculated fields, GIS editing functions, sampling tool, and more. • Collaborative mapping for professional users through the topoXpress cloud service. • Extensive support of GNSS receivers through TCP port & Bluetooth, projection systems, geoids, shift grids. Bluetooth Rangefinder support for CoGo tasks. The app can be used in many different sectors: • Field data collection and inspection • Land Surveying • Topographic mapping • Forestry • Farm mapping • Utility mapping and inspection • Archeology *** NOTE: topoXpress offers all specified GIS functions free of charge. However, loading more than 10.000 records, saving and exporting your job can be done through our cloud service. Please visit our website for further details: https://topoXpress.com **NOTE ON BATTERY USAGE: The app may dramatically decrease battery life during the use with large spatial datasets. The app supports optional background location services, which can may cause a faster battery drain than usual.
Survey Help
This app helps you find specific locations by calculating your distance to up to four pre-set points. It continuously updates your proximity as you move, making it useful for locating geotagged spots. You can save and retrieve sets of locations for later use.
- Input up to four GPS locations
- Real-time distance updates
- Locate geotagged spots
- Save and retrieve location sets
- Input from current location
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This iPhone app allows the input of up to four locations (latitude and longitude) and provides the user's distance from each location. As the user moves the distance to the selected location updates regularly. If you have a geotag location this app could help you find the location. Four locations maximum. Locations can be entered from current location. Sets of four locations can be stored on the device for later retrieval.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: topoXpress at 4.0 against Survey Help's 3.0. topoXpress also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 14 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. Survey Help sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. topoXpress asks for nothing beyond the download.
topoXpress holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively.
topoXpress ships an update every 5 weeks, Survey Help every 14 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | topoXpress | Survey Help |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.5 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TopoLynx GIS & Mapping Ltd | David Bourne |
Customer experience
topoXpress
Survey Help
In-app purchases
topoXpress
No in-app purchases
Survey Help
- Load External Location Sets$0.99








