Tread® vs Glamis Guide
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tread®
Track friends, sync navigation data, and plan routes with this powersport navigator companion app. It allows for seamless data transfer and provides smart notifications and live weather updates.
- Track up to 20 friends on map
- Sync waypoints, tracks, and routes
- Plan routes with custom preferences
- Import and export GPX files
- Smart notifications
- Live weather updates
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Roam the unknown with the Tread® app. It lets you track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator by using the Group Ride Mobile feature and syncs waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across devices. Easily plan routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device. Users can import and export GPX files and get access to smart notifications and live weather. • Track up to 20 friends on the map of your smartphone and Tread® device by using the Group Ride Mobile1 feature • Wirelessly sync waypoints, tracks, routes and collections across your compatible smartphone and Tread® powersport navigator • Easily calculate faster time or adventurous routes on your smartphone with the same maps, vehicle profiles and route preferences you have on your Tread device • Import and export GPX files to try out new routes or revisit favorite rides • Keep your phone safely stowed away, and still get important messages and alerts via smart notifications2 on your Tread® device display when it’s paired with the Tread® app • Use the app to access live weather updates, viewable on your Tread® navigator’s display
Glamis Guide
Navigate the Imperial Sand Dunes with this offline map app. It provides aerial imagery, named locations, and direct navigation to any chosen spot, even without cell service. Access detailed information about over 80 places and manage your saved locations.
- Fully offline aerial imagery
- Direct heading and distance navigation
- 80+ named places with details
- Search and filter points of interest
- Siri integration and Lock Screen Live Activity
- Native iOS development
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The Imperial Sand Dunes are 40 miles of sand with no roads, no landmarks that stay put, and almost no cell service. Glamis Guide is the map that works out there. Everything is stored on your phone before you leave. Aerial imagery, every named spot, every photo. Put it in airplane mode and nothing changes. FULLY OFFLINE High-resolution NAIP aerial imagery lives on your device. No download prompts at the ramp, no spinning tiles at the top of a hill, no dependency on a signal that isn't coming. NO ROADS. NO TURNS. JUST A HEADING. Pick any spot and Glamis Guide draws a straight line to it. Live distance, live compass bearing, and a heading tape under the banner. Out here there are no turns to give you, so it gives you the only two things that matter: how far, and which way. 80+ PLACES THAT MATTER Camps, hills, washes, vendors, and landmarks. Flagpole, Oldsmobile Hill, Sunset Hill, Sand Drags, China Wall, Swingset. Each one has a custom symbol, a full-bleed photo, elevation, coordinates you can copy, and a description covering both what it is now and how it got its name. ONE PANEL FOR EVERYTHING Search the whole dune in a couple of characters. Filter to camps, vendors, or points of interest. See what's nearby right now, what you visited last, current weather on the dune, and your saved spots - all in one place. COLLECTIONS Curated sets like Glamis Essentials: the spots every rider should hit at least once. HANDS ON THE BARS Ask Siri to open a spot or start navigating without touching the screen. A Lock Screen Live Activity keeps your bearing and distance to camp glanceable without unlocking. BUILT NATIVE Not a website in a wrapper. SwiftUI and MapKit, built for direct sunlight, gloved hands, and a phone bouncing in a bar mount. No account. No ads. No tracking.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Glamis Guide at 100% against Tread®'s 63%. Glamis Guide also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5). Tread®'s advantage is ratings volume (437 vs 9). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Glamis Guide holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tread® has 437 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Tread®'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Glamis Guide's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tread® | Glamis Guide |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (437 ratings) | 5.0 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 437 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.5 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 288 MB | 144 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Garmin | Andy Eveland |
Customer experience
Tread®
Glamis Guide
Bugs and requests
Tread®
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to save/load routes on mobile app
- Inconsistent behavior when importing routes
- Frequent disconnections between app and device
- Lack of metric units and other regional support
Requested features
5 requests- Web/desktop app for route planning
- Improved offline map coverage
- Collaborative route planning features
- Better organization and folder structure
- Larger text/UI options for accessibility
Glamis Guide
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tread®
No in-app purchases
Glamis Guide
No in-app purchases








