Maptrails vs OtaMaps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maptrails
Navigate the outdoors with a feature-rich map browser for hiking, hunting, and orienteering. Plan routes, measure distances, draw paths, and access various map styles. Offline map downloads and weather forecasts enhance your adventures.
- Offline map downloads
- Distance measurement and path drawing
- Topographic, nautical, and aerial maps
- Map marker syncing via iCloud
- Weather forecasts
- GPX file import/export
- Health app integration
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Maptrails is a modern map browser that packs an amazing experience for hiking, hunting, orienteering, or just enjoying your time outdoors. Only Maptrails offers full featured apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The app comes preconfigured with a large selection of built-in maps in topographic, nautical, and aerial imagery styles. Save places as map markers that sync between your devices over iCloud. It is easy and fun to measure distances and draw paths on the map, or use Look Around to see street level imagery at any address. Maptrails Pro one-time purchase unlocks a professional grade feature set. Add your own maps and data layers from standard APIs, and bring in GeoJSON, GPX, IMG, KML or Shapefile data. You can even draw notes directly on the map using touch or pencil! Maptrails makes it easy to plan your upcoming hike by letting you download map tiles for offline use, view up-to-date weather forecasts, or draw tracks on the map and save them to GPX files. During your hike, record the route to a GPX track or workout in Health app, and graph out its speed and altitude data. For hunters, integration with Oma Riista lets you import hunting areas using area code. Share your current GPS location with a private group of other Maptrails users. Build your own dog tracker by installing separate Beacon app to another device and pairing it with Maptrails. Its position can then be tracked on the map in Maptrails. Maptrails Pro one-time purchase unlocks full functionality • Use folders to organize tracks and markers • Attach images to markers from photo library • Track other devices with Beacon app installed • Import hunting areas from Oma Riista service • Get weather forecast for targeted location • Draw notes on map using touch or pencil • Import tile maps from web using browser • Download map areas for offline use • Share your GPS location with groups • Draw tracks on map and save as GPX files • Import GPX files and view them on map • View workout routes from Health app • Record workouts and export to GPX • Add Vector Tile, Tile Map, WMTS and WMS maps • Add GeoJSON, GPX, IMG, KML and Shapefile map layers • Get new features in future versions If some map available via open data APIs is not yet included, or you want to make your maps available in Maptrails, please email me at feedback@freshbits.fi. Also follow on Instagram at @KartastoApp. This app has been built by one developer as a hobby project during many evenings and weekends. Please be nice and take this into account when giving feedback. Icon symbol credit to Wolf Böse (Creative Commons).
OtaMaps
Navigate your school campus with ease. Find classrooms, friends, and hangouts in real-time. Uses Bluetooth beacons for precise indoor location tracking.
- Indoor navigation
- Friend location sharing
- Real-time indoor positioning
- Room search by name/number
- BLE technology
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Tiedä missä olet ja missä kaverisi ovat. OtaMaps on sisätilanavigointisovellus, suunniteltu erityisesti Otaniemen lukion opiskelijoille ja henkilökunnalle. Etsit sitten oikeaa luokkaa, kavereitasi tai paikkaa hengailuun, OtaMaps auttaa sinua liikkumaan koulussa. Ominaisuudet: • Sisätilanavigointi Etsi helposti luokkahuoneet, opettajien tilat, vessat ja muut tilat – kartalla ja haettavissa. • Kaverien etsintä Jaa sijaintisi kavereidesi kanssa ja näe, missä he ovat reaaliajassa (täydellinen ryhmätöihin, ruokataukoihin tai vain löytääksesi kaverit käytäviltä). • Reaaliaikainen paikannus BLE-teknologialla Sovellus näyttää sijaintisi sisätiloissa käyttämällä Bluetooth-majakoita (BLE), jotka on asennettu ympäri koulua. • Huonehaku Hae huoneen numerolla tai nimellä ja saat nopeimman reitin perille. OtaMaps auttaa sinua liikkumaan koulussa nopeammin, varmemmin ja yhdessä kavereidesi kanssa.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OtaMaps at none against Maptrails's 1. Maptrails's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 1) and device support (5 vs 2). 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
Both are free to download. Maptrails sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OtaMaps asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Maptrails against 5.0 for OtaMaps. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Maptrails has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Maptrails ships an update every 9 days, OtaMaps every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 9, 2026.
| Parameter | Maptrails | OtaMaps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Pasi Salenius | OtaMaps ry |
Customer experience
Maptrails
OtaMaps
In-app purchases
Maptrails
- Maptrails Pro$9.99
OtaMaps
No in-app purchases







