Comparison

topoXpress vs FX Smart

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

FX Smart

Features
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FX Smart - The easiest surveying app With the simplest GNSS surveying app FX Smart you capture your data quality-assured and logged. Capture points, lines and areas directly in the locality including the required attributes of the corresponding objects. FX Smart is the new assistant in smartphone GNSS surveying. FX Smart is available for your smartphones and tablets, quality assured and efficient! See for yourself: - Quality-assured data acquisition and intuitive operation - Logging of GNSS metadata of the survey - Bring your own device - smartphone / tablet - GNSS using for everyone in the centimeter range - Direct connection to the ArcGIS platform and other platforms - Automatic data flow via WebMaps and Feature Services - Sharing and collaboration of your data via the platform - Easy to use and quick to get started

Screenshots

topoXpress4 screens
FX Smart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FX Smart at 15.0 against topoXpress's 17.5. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

topoXpress ships an update every 5 weeks, FX Smart monthly. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
topoXpress versus FX Smart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametertopoXpressFX Smart
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.515.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB185 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTopoLynx GIS & Mapping LtdFrox GmbH

In-app purchases

None

topoXpress

No in-app purchases

None

FX Smart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is topoXpress free?
topoXpress is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FX Smart free?
FX Smart is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do topoXpress or FX Smart have ads?
Neither topoXpress nor FX Smart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, topoXpress or FX Smart?
topoXpress ships an update every 5 weeks, and FX Smart monthly. Most recently, topoXpress was updated on June 4, 2026 and FX Smart on September 24, 2026.

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