Mt. Fuji vs PlotZone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mt. Fuji
This app provides hikers with an offline GPS trail map for climbing Mt. Fuji. It offers route selection, mountain hut information, and voice notifications for deviations. Users can also record their hikes, earn certificates, and access useful climbing information.
- Offline trail map with GPS
- Route selection for Mt. Fuji
- Mountain hut and lodge information
- GPS hike logging and history
- Voice notifications for wrong way
- Climbing Certificate of Mt. Fuji
- Latest Mt. Fuji conditions
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Mt. Fuji App is a hiking trail map application that can be used as a GPS for climbing, hiking, trekking, trail running, and other outdoor activities. It utilizes data such as maps, routes, and place names that can be used for climbing Mt. Fuji, and allows you to check your current location with GPS even in the mountains where the Internet connection is not available. Features (1) Offline trail map Mt. Fuji trail maps can be used offline. Even in the mountains where there is no internet connection, you can use the signal from GPS satellites to locate your current location and display the map. (2) Easy preparation You can start hiking by simply selecting your trail route from the four routes commonly used for climbing Mt. Fuji. (3) Mountain hut/lodge information You can also make reservations by phone or through the website for huts located along your planned route. (4) Leave history of your hike When you start climbing a mountain, you can store a GPS log of your hike using GPS. Even if you are on airplane mode or out of range, if the sky is open, you can store a GPS log using satellite signals. After you finished your hike, you can get your own Climbing Certificate of Mt. Fuji. (5) Voice notification of wrong way When you deviate from the planned route, you will be notified by voice. You can also use the speech function that periodically notifies you of the current time and elevation after you start climbing. (6) Easy to keep a record of your hike You can easily create a record of your hike using the GPS logs and photos you took while climbing! You can also export the GPS log or post it directly to Yamareco (in Japanese only). (7) Latest Mt. Fuji conditions By signing in YamaReco, you can check other people's Mt. Fuji records and check the current mountain conditions. Knowing the current mountain conditions can help you prepare appropriately. (8) Useful Information The app includes information such as downhill bus timetable, mountain insurance, equipment, access, and related links useful for climbing Mt. Fuji. Notes When keeping a GPS log, the GPS function is used continuously in the background, which may drain the battery faster than apps that do not use GPS. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Please be sure to bring a paper map, compass, spare batteries, and power cable with you when climbing mountains. To use some of the functions of this application, you will need to register as a user with YamaReco. How to use the application https://sites.google.com/view/fuji-ios-en/
PlotZone
This navigation tool allows users to plot points, draw zones, and measure distances with various coordinate formats and geodetic datums. It supports importing and exporting data in multiple formats and displays live position with bearing and distance calculations.
- Plot points and zones
- Measure bearing and distance
- Multiple coordinate formats (MGRS, UTM, etc.)
- Import/Export data (KML, GPX, CSV)
- Live position tracking
- Offline map support
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Type it, draw it, measure it, export it. Nothing is collected, and nothing leaves your phone. Built for drone pilots, glider and free-flight pilots, search and rescue teams, surveyors and military personnel. ONE-TIME PURCHASE Bought once, yours for good. No subscription, no in-app purchase, no sign-up, no password. MISSIONS Group your points and zones by operation. Each point carries a name, its coordinates, a radius in meters, feet or nautical miles, and a color. Drag it on the map. One tap undoes it if you got it wrong. Duplicate a whole mission to build a variant without typing it again. BULL'S EYE Pick one point as the reference. PlotZone gives the bearing and distance from it to every other point, and draws rings every 10 NM out to 120 NM, with radials every 30°. The reference travels inside the exported file, so whoever receives the mission reads the same bearings you do. COORDINATES Five formats, both ways: decimal degrees, degrees-minutes-seconds, degrees-decimal-minutes, MGRS and UTM. Tap the map to read a position, tap a result to copy it. Five geodetic datums to choose from: WGS84, NAD27, ED50, OSGB36 and AGD66. Every coordinate is read and typed in the one you pick. ZONES Type the vertices in your usual coordinate format, or draw the polygon with your finger. Adjust each vertex, watch its area and perimeter as you go, then save the zone into a mission to keep it. AIRSPACE Load your working area from your own files, whether they hold a georeferenced chart or plain outlines. PlotZone reads KMZ, KML, OpenAir and GeoJSON. Outlines, markers and names come in on a single load. Show several areas at once, set their opacity, turn each on and off with one tap. MGRS GRID Draw the MGRS grid at 1 km or 100 m, labeled the way a military map is: grid zone, 100 km square, and the principal digits of every line, read right then up. At a grid zone junction the grid switches zones with you. The GARS grid overlays the same way, at 30' or 15', with its designators. YOUR LIVE POSITION Your position is followed live, with its accuracy, in the format you chose. Tap a point, or any spot, and the top of the screen gives the bearing and distance from where you stand, updated as you walk, with a line drawn to it. TRUE OR MAGNETIC Bearings in true north, as on a map, or in magnetic north, as on a compass. The declination is the one where you stand: the device reports it, or you set it by hand. Nothing is downloaded. MEASURE Two taps, on the map or on points you have plotted, give the bearing and the distance between them, at the top of the screen. IMPORT AND EXPORT Export a mission to back it up or pass it on, and import it back with nothing lost. Eight formats: PlotZone (.json), a plain-text brief, CSV for a spreadsheet, GPX for a handheld GPS, KML and KMZ for Google Earth, GeoJSON for mapping tools, OpenAir for flight computers. BASE MAPS Three maps from Apple: satellite, hybrid and standard. Their imagery needs a connection the first time an area is shown. You can also import your own map in MBTiles: its tiles are copied to the device and drawn over Apple's, so your sector stays readable with no network at all. ACCESSIBILITY Every control is named for VoiceOver, symbols included. PRIVACY PlotZone does not collect, store or transmit any personal data. Your missions are saved on your device alone. Your GPS position is used only to draw you on the map. It is never transmitted or shared. No account, no tracker, no analytics, no advertising. Available in English, French, Spanish, German, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese and Chinese. DISCLAIMER Coordinate conversions and distance calculations are provided for guidance. Always check your data against an official source before any critical use. PlotZone is not a certified navigation instrument.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Mt. Fuji at Free against PlotZone's $8.99. Mt. Fuji also leads on ratings volume (94 vs 1). PlotZone's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 74%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 weeks). 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
Mt. Fuji is free to download; PlotZone costs $8.99 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 — 5.0 for Mt. Fuji against 5.0 for PlotZone. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mt. Fuji has 94 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Mt. Fuji's written reviews are positive against 100% of PlotZone's.
Mt. Fuji ships an update every 4 weeks, PlotZone every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mt. Fuji | PlotZone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (94 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 74.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 94 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 110 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YAMARECO INC. | Cedric Provost |
Customer experience
Mt. Fuji
PlotZone
In-app purchases
Mt. Fuji
No in-app purchases
PlotZone
No in-app purchases






