Comparison

iocali vs GPS Maps

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

Head to head
About

iocali

Features
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we'll get you to your destination, but we won't navigate you. you remain in control. without being distracted by your screen, we just let you know if you are getting closer or further away from your destination, or a sharing friend. wander around, in the right direction. find each other. sure, if the app is open, we'll show the map, and your track, and inform you about your distance, and there are a few other cool features... but, we do suggest not to loose yourself in it... get out of your screen and just switch iocali into the background and let the sounds and vibrations guide you. how does it work? well, play around and figure it out. you'll probably make it work :) but for the guide-loving-nerds amongst us, some instructions here: first, you have to find your destination: just point on the map, use the search function, or accept a link from someone else. then, you might want to click the start-button. you'll hear and feel periodically if you're getting closer, or not. that's it, basically. still reading? ok... i'll go on... you can share your live location with another iocali user! how cool. to do this, press or long-press the little whale in the upper left corner. you get a link that you can share, using your favourite messaging app for example. if anyone accepts, you will see that as a number next to your share-button. if it is you who is following, you'll see a whale appearing in front of your share-button. want to stop sharing? click the share button again. want to stop following? click the whale in front. if you stop sharing no one can see your live location anymore. if you restart the sharing, they will. if you want a new sharing session (so no old follower can follow you), restart by holding the share button longer. it would be a good time to stop reading and just install and try it, won't you think? anyway, if you're still not convinced, we also offer the following. your destinations, tracks and sharing sessions will be saved, so you can navigate there or restart them again. in the list view. slide any saved location / track and you'll be able to open it with your navigation app to give you a real route planning, if you really need it. also you can export the track to a GPX file, if you like. press and hold an destination or track and you can give it a name you can recognise later on. iocali is highly configurable, check it out in the options screen. oh, if you do, do play with the 'game mode' (it's in the advanced options), which basically hides your destination (or you, if you share your live location). so, you have to use the sound and vibration in order to arrive. warning: this is a tiny app for cool people, who either like to find each other or any destination by wandering around, or who like to stare at logo of a falling whale (tell us on social media if you know where it is a reference to). It is NOT for people who need to navigate quickly from A to B. why not? because, we don't give you a route, we'll just tell you if you are getting closer, and if you are going into the right direction. oh, some privacy info: we do save your track, in a google database. but, we don't share any personal identifiable information with it. and, besides, we do offer you the option to be 'forgotten', because we do care for your privacy. however, for the app to work optimally, you should allow location tracking, and you should make sure it is set to 'always'. that is, if you want to use the app in the background, which is what makes iocali, iocali. we’re only saving your location if you are dropping a point on the map, when you are in 'sharing' mode, and/or when you in 'navigation' mode.

About

GPS Maps

Plan efficient multi-stop trips with optimized routing and turn-by-turn spoken directions. Visualize your route with 360° street photos before you go. Find nearby points of interest and save them for later.

Highlights
  • Multi-stop trip planning
  • Optimized route reordering
  • 360° street photo previews
  • Spoken turn-by-turn directions
  • Automatic stop check-off
  • Nearby place discovery
  • Live traffic layer
Features
Currently charting
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Plan a route with every stop in the right order — then look down the street before you ever drive it. GPS Maps turns a list of places into one efficient trip. Drop in your stops, let the planner reorder them, and follow spoken turn-by-turn directions from one to the next. Each stop checks itself off as you arrive, so you never touch the phone while you're driving. PLAN A TRIP WITH MULTIPLE STOPS • Add stops from search, straight off the map, or from your saved places • Tap Optimize and the app reorders them into the shortest trip • Drag any stop to override the order yourself • Distance and time for every leg and for the whole trip • Stops check off automatically when you arrive • Finished trips are kept in your history SEE THE STREET BEFORE YOU GO • Real ground-level photos taken along your route • Full 360° panoramas — drag to look around as if you were standing there • Preview a whole route photo by photo before you commit to it • Press and hold anywhere on the map to look around that spot • Coverage is community-contributed, so it is richest in cities and thinner on rural roads TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS • Spoken guidance before every turn, twice: early, then right at the turn • Automatic rerouting when you leave the route • Car, motorbike and walking modes • Live trip progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Distances in kilometers or miles FIND PLACES WORTH THE DETOUR • Nearby landmarks with photos and background, drawn from open encyclopedia data • One-tap categories: restaurants, cafés, gas, parking, hotels, pharmacies, ATMs, hospitals and more • Search by voice — in any of the 17 languages the app speaks • Save a place now, add it to a trip later THE MAP ITSELF • Standard, satellite, hybrid and 3D views • Live traffic layer • 3D buildings • Map rotates with your heading SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), French, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, German, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian and Vietnamese — interface, spoken directions and voice search. GPS MAP PREMIUM The free version covers 3 stops per trip and 3 street photo sessions a day. Premium lifts both limits. • Unlimited stops on every trip • Unlimited 360° street photo views • Every future Premium feature, included Plans and prices are shown in the app before you buy. Terms of Service: https://nguyenthithuhuongg.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://nguyenthithuhuongg.netlify.app/policy Read more about Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Add your first stop and see where the day takes you.

Screenshots

iocali4 screens
GPS Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iocali at none against GPS Maps's 2. iocali also leads on ads (none vs shown). GPS Maps's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks) and chart position (#45 vs unranked). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. GPS Maps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. iocali asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iocali ships an update every 3 weeks, GPS Maps weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iocali versus GPS Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriocaliGPS Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
Best chart rank—#45 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB54 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperD. DubbelhuisNguyen Thi Thu Huong

In-app purchases

None

iocali

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

GPS Maps

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month

Questions

Is iocali free?
iocali is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GPS Maps free?
GPS Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do iocali or GPS Maps have ads?
GPS Maps shows ads; iocali does not.
Which is updated more often, iocali or GPS Maps?
iocali ships an update every 3 weeks, and GPS Maps weekly. Most recently, iocali was updated on October 13, 2026 and GPS Maps on October 31, 2026.

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