No BS GPS vs TargetNavigator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
No BS GPS
This standalone watch application displays your current GPS coordinates in multiple formats, including DD, DDM, DMS, MGRS, and UTM. It also shows altitude and GPS accuracy, with options for feet or meters. Ideal for military, hunters, fishers, and geocachers needing quick access to location data.
- Standalone watch app
- Multiple coordinate formats (DD, DDM, DMS, MGRS, UTM)
- Displays altitude and GPS accuracy
- Units selectable (feet/meters)
- Pause and freeze GPS coordinates
- Large print display
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No BS GPS is a standalone watch app (no iPhone needed) that simply just shows your current GPS coordinates in a variety of formats in large print. Coordinate formats available include: Decimal Degress (DD) Degrees, Decimal Minutes (DDM) Degrees, Minutes, Seconds (DMS) Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Universal Transverse Mercador (UTM) This app also shows your current altitude/elevation and your watch GPS's current horizontal and vertical accuracy. Accuracy and altitude can be displayed in feet or meters. If you're a member of the military who needs to immediately know their coordinates with no hassle, you will also find it handy that you can pause the GPS and freeze your currently displayed coordinates. Hunters and fishers, keep track of the GPS coordinates of your favorite hunting and fishing spots. Geocachers, use this app to easily locate your geocaches. Apple Watches use the WGS 84 reference frame datum. See https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/cllocationcoordinate2d
TargetNavigator
Navigate to your chosen destination using a simple compass and bearing. This app provides real-time location data, weather, and celestial information. It also allows for saving custom locations, recording tracks, and exporting them as GPX files.
- Simple compass with bearing navigation
- Real-time location, altitude, and speed
- Target location weather and celestial data
- Save and restore custom locations
- Record and export tracks as GPX
- Night mode and customizable display
- Open Apple Maps for directions
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TargetNavigator - Simple Compass - Use bearing to find your way to selected target location - Comes with night mode - Shows the current location, altitude, speed and slope angle indicator - Shows the target location, weather, temperature, air pressure, sunrise and sunset - Shows either metric or imperial units - Will store last target location and reload after new start, so you don't need to let it run but could also stop and re-run later - Tap on target location will center map on target location - Double tap on target location to enter target location coordinates manually - Tap on current location will center map on current location - Store custom locations on iCloud - Restore target locations from saved locations - Long press button to save current location as target location - Long press button to reverse geocode the current location (street address, zip, city, country, iso code, timezone, daylight saving and latitude, longitude) - Reverse geocoded address will be copied to clipboard so that one can paste it in another document, mail, message, etc. - Open Apple Maps to get directions to target location - Search for locations and move map to selected location - Show estimated time to target location when walking or taking the car - Show the the current position of the sun - Show sunrise and sunset time for current location or overlay the hours of the day (0-23) with their current locations - Visualize angle range of daylight, show blue and golden hours - Show current moon location - Save photos that contain the coordinates, date, time and direction of view - Record a track - Export a recorded track as GPX file - Import a formerly recorded track from the GPX file - Show track on map - Show information like distance, top speed and elevation for track - Show speed/distance diagram of track - Get information about sunrise/sunset, blue hours, golden hours and moon rise/set for the current location - Has live activity that shows current distance of recorded track and time, during recording - Indicate gps signal strength - Dim night mode to your needs - Choose a simple indicator if needed
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TargetNavigator at Free against No BS GPS's $0.99. TargetNavigator also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 48 months). No BS GPS's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
TargetNavigator is free to download; No BS GPS costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for No BS GPS against 4.0 for TargetNavigator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.
No BS GPS ships an update every 48 months, TargetNavigator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | No BS GPS | TargetNavigator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (4 ratings) | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 48 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Crushtronic LLC | Gerrit Grunwald |
Customer experience
No BS GPS
TargetNavigator
In-app purchases
No BS GPS
No in-app purchases
TargetNavigator
No in-app purchases
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