Comparison

Create Own Map vs GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer

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

Head to head
About

Create Own Map

Create custom offline maps of your surroundings to navigate easily. Mark important locations like home, parking, or favorite spots with custom icons. Ideal for those with poor direction or who dislike reading complex maps.

Highlights
  • Create custom offline maps
  • Navigate without internet
  • Drop and name location pins
  • Assign custom icons to pins
  • Track and draw routes
  • Save and open created maps
  • View street address with internet
Features
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This app helps you create a custom map of your neighborhood and navigate without the need for internet connection or any pre-downloaded map. This app is particularly useful for anybody who has a poor sense of direction, or who can not read maps with so many uninteresting street names and directions. Let's assume you have just moved into a new home and you don't want to get lost when traveling around. This app helps you find your way back home easily. Another practical use of this app is to find where you have parked your car, find your favorite restaurant, store, hotel, or a particular building in a neighborhood. What the app does is that it tracks you and draws your route constantly. You can drop a pin on any location that you are interested in. You can give the pin a name and assign it an icon using a variety of image options. In this way, you will have a clear view of the region you are interested in. You can follow the route to take you back to the departing point. You can save the created map. The next time you can open it and follow the route to take you to the location pins. If the internet connection is available too, then tapping the current location will show you the street address and the address is also saved with the location pins. In order to delete or rename a saved map, swipe the desired row in your map book and select the appropriate action. The premium version enables the save and open features.

About

GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer

Plan ultra-marathon routes with detailed elevation profiles and aid station waypoints. Calculate realistic split times based on terrain and export your course directly to your GPS watch for live tracking during races.

Highlights
  • Draw custom race routes
  • Set aid station and water source waypoints
  • Calculate grade-adjusted split times
  • Export routes to GPS watches
  • Live GPS position tracking on elevation profile
  • Import and customize official race courses
Features
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"How far to the next aid station?" That's the question at mile 62. GPX Trail Creator answers it before race day. Plan your exact route, set every aid station waypoint, preview every climb — then export directly to your GPS watch. ① PLAN YOUR RACE ROUTE Tap to draw your route. It auto-snaps to real trails. Add waypoints for every aid station, crew access point, and water source — each showing exact distance from start. See total elevation gain before you commit. ② GRADE-ADJUSTED SPLITS The pace calculator shows realistic split times at every segment based on actual gradient — not flat-road estimates. Know exactly where the hard miles are and plan your effort accordingly. ③ EXPORT TO YOUR GPS WATCH One-tap GPX export to Garmin, Coros, Suunto, and any GPX 1.1 device. Your full race route is on your wrist before your next training run. ④ LIVE POSITION ON RACE DAY Open your saved route during the race. Your GPS position appears live on the elevation profile. See exact distance to every aid station, and exactly how much climbing remains. ⑤ IMPORT FROM RACE DIRECTORS Get the official course GPX from your race director. Add your personal waypoints. Export your customized version back to your watch.

Screenshots

Create Own Map4 screens
GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer at 5.0 against Create Own Map's 1.3. GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 17 months). Create Own Map's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Create Own Map sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Create Own Map ships an update every 17 months, GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Create Own Map versus GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCreate Own MapGPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 17 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBita SobhaniRYAN KIM

Customer experience

Create Own Map

All ratings4 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%

GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Create Own Map

One-time1
  • Premium$1.99
3 purchases

GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$3.991 Month
  • GPX Trail Creator Premium$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$69.99

Questions

Is Create Own Map free?
Create Own Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer free?
GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Create Own Map or GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer?
GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer is rated higher. Create Own Map averages 1.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Create Own Map or GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer have ads?
Neither Create Own Map nor GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Create Own Map or GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer?
Create Own Map ships an update every 17 months, and GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer every 2 months. Most recently, Create Own Map was updated on October 24, 2026 and GPX Trail Creator & Map Viewer on October 25, 2026.

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