Comparison

DashMate vs Poynterra Trekker

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

Head to head
About

DashMate

Instantly discover your current street address and zip code. Features include a compass, map view, and speedometer. Also allows searching for food and gas along your travel route.

Highlights
  • Current address and zip code lookup
  • Integrated compass
  • Map view
  • Speedometer
  • Food and gas search along route
Features
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Quickly find your street address and zip code! Other features: ◆ Compass ◆ Map ◆ Speedometer ◆ Food & gas search (directly in travel path)

About

Poynterra Trekker

This offline navigation app guides you to any location on Earth, even without an internet connection. It's ideal for remote adventures, offering GPS tracking, waypoint management, and an SOS emergency flasher. Enjoy audible navigation and easy data import/export for seamless trip planning.

Highlights
  • Offline GPS navigation
  • Waypoint management with folders
  • AudioPoynt™ audible navigation
  • SOS Emergency Flasher
  • Import KML, KMZ, CSV, GPX files
  • Export/Backup and Import/Restore data
  • Download Poynterra Collections
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Poynterra Trekker is a unique navigation app that points you to any location on earth (a waypoint) at any time, even when offline. If you’re an off-the-beaten-track trekker who needs would a GPS lifeline in remote, unconnected areas, this app is for you. Laying down GPS tracks is easy in ROAM and TRIP modes, ensuring easy return to previous waypoints. We've also added an SOS Emergency Flasher. If you’re a cruiseship traveler, you’ll find it fantastic for tracking distance and direction to foreign ports on the open seas and for sightseeing on remote islands. If you’re on a biking trip, you’ll love AudioPoynt™, which points you to your destination audibly even while your phone is off. All of this, and much more, functions without wifi or a cell connection! Besides navigation, Poynterra Trekker has amazing waypoint management features . Waypoints with descriptive info can be easily added to user-created folders and copied/moved between them. Waypoints and folders are easily exported and shared with others in a number of file formats. Powerful Export/BACKUP and Import/RESTORE functions make it easy to archive any data you create and reinstall it when needed. Archived files can be restored on any device running Poynterra Trekker and make switching phones (or opearting systems) super easy. The capability to import sets of waypoints directly into folders is one of Poynterra Trekker’s most powerful features and can take planning of your trekking and sightseeing to an entirely new level. Waypoint data can be in the form of KML/KMZ files created with Google My Maps, Google Earth or other sources, CSV files from spreadsheets, and GPX files from other location tracking devices. Folders exported as PYNZ files (our own format) by you or other Poynterra Trekker users can be imported without losing any of the original information. Poynterra Trekker can also download Poynterra Collections, ready-made, curated sets of waypoints. These are available on the app at Menu>Collections or by scanning a Collection’s unique QR code from printed materials or screen displays. At present, the number of Collections is small, but it will grow with time as we add not only our own content, but also Collections content from other creators. For complete information on Poynterra Trekker, visit https://mindsparkinc.com/apps/poynterra-trekker. Be sure to click on News & Musings on the site for helpful Poynterra Trekker application notes and more. ******************** Features in Airplane Mode - no internet! • flash visible Morse code SOS • with built-in Tutorial and HelpTool™, learn easily • create waypoint folders • add waypoints using GPS • edit waypoint info and copy/move between folders • show distance between any two waypoints • navigate by simple pointer • show speed, altitude and compass direction • start navigation RUN automatically at custom intervals • navigate via AudioPoynt™ while device is off and hidden • in TRIP mode, track progress and ETA to destination while saving data • in ROAM mode with no set destination, track location while saving data • in EquatorWatch™, track approach to equator! Additional features - with internet • download Poynterra Collections • share waypoints • export and import folders • import waypoints and folders in KML, KMZ, GPX, CSV and PYNZ formats • maps with street/terrain/satellite layers • add waypoint by tapping map • with GeoSearch, find coordinates with place name/address search • tap a single button to use Google Navigation to selected waypoint • with LinePoynt™, display map line in direction smartphone is pointing • triangulate the location of a distant landmark • share current location • view TRIP and ROAM maps, and share data

Screenshots

DashMate3 screens
Poynterra Trekker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: DashMate at none against Poynterra Trekker's 1. DashMate also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). Poynterra Trekker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly). On price, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Poynterra Trekker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DashMate asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poynterra Trekker holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of DashMate's written reviews are positive against 75% of Poynterra Trekker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DashMate ships an update monthly, Poynterra Trekker every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
DashMate versus Poynterra Trekker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDashMatePoynterra Trekker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings35 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrook Street GamesAndris Vizulis

Customer experience

DashMate

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Poynterra Trekker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

DashMate

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Poynterra Trekker

One-time1
  • Poynterra Trekker FULL$4.99

Questions

Is DashMate free?
DashMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poynterra Trekker free?
Poynterra Trekker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DashMate or Poynterra Trekker?
Poynterra Trekker is rated higher. DashMate averages 4.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Poynterra Trekker averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do DashMate or Poynterra Trekker have ads?
DashMate shows ads; Poynterra Trekker does not.
Which is updated more often, DashMate or Poynterra Trekker?
DashMate ships an update monthly, and Poynterra Trekker every 5 days. Most recently, DashMate was updated on October 24, 2026 and Poynterra Trekker on October 21, 2026.

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