Comparison

Altimeter & Barometer Pro vs Elevation Map

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

Head to head
About

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

Continuously record barometric pressure and altitude using your device's sensors. Visualize trends with interactive graphs, receive weather alerts, and track ascent/descent. Features a standalone Apple Watch app and a global pressure map.

Highlights
  • Continuous barometric pressure and altitude recording
  • Interactive trend graphs
  • Barometric pressure alerts
  • Standalone Apple Watch app
  • Global pressure map
  • Real-time wind analyzer
  • Weather station data and forecasts
Features
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Alti-Barometer Pro uses your iPhone’s or Watch’s sensor to automatically and continuously record your barometric pressure and altitude. Even while your iPhone is in standby or you're using other apps, Alti-Barometer will seamlessly process and record pressure data in the background. Using beautiful interactive graphs, our app shows you barometric pressure trends over hours and days to help you understand which way the weather may be headed. Our app supports a broad range ofl auto-updating widgets and Watch face complications. It also supports Apple’s Live Activities to let you see real-time pressure, altitude, and compass direction. And to make sure you don’t get caught off guard, the app’s Baro Alert capability automatically notifies you of large changes in barometric pressure. The Apple Watch is always a top priority for us, and the powerful Watch app can run completely independently from your iPhone and transforms your Watch into a true ABC (altimeter/barometer/compass) watch. And our Watch app includes a rich set of complications you can choose from to make your Watch face come alive.. Our BaroMap feature lets you see what’s happening around you by displaying pressure trends across the app’s global user community on an interactive map. And whenever you need a world-class high-precision altimeter, Alti-Barometer is ready. A true pressure-based altimeter, our app can keep track of even the smallest altitude changes with far greater precision than battery-draining GPS apps. In addition to altitude, Alti-Barometer displays vertical speed and keeps track of key stats such as total ascent and descent times and distances. And because it’s handy to know what direction you’re heading, Alti-Barometer displays a handy compass on the altimeter screens. The History feature automatically saves daily snapshots of your pressure and altitude data using Apple’s secure iCloud and lets you interactively explore historical data across weeks, months, or years. Want to see the pressure graph of that big storm last year? With our history capabilities, you can. We also made it easy to share a snapshots of baro or alto graphs through social media, email, or messaging with our one-tap share feature. Our exclusive real-time wind analyzer estimate local wind speed using only your device’s sensors - not internet required. Now you can know how hard the wind is blowing even in the middle of nowhere! Alti-Barometer also shows you weather conditions and forecasts using data from the global network of NOAA/ICAO weather stations - the same weather information that pilots use around the world to fly safely. It’s real weather from real weather stations. And our app has a full suite of weather condition and forecast notifications so you’re never surprised. And even the free version of our app is 100% ad-free to provide the best possible experience. If you need even more capabilities, the Premium Features upgrade unlocks iPhone widget support, CSV file data import and export, unlimited history, additional Watch functionality, extended recording time, extended altimeter run time, and much more. Although some features require internet connectivity, rest assured that Alti-Barometer can operate completely offline indefinitely and was designed to be a true wilderness and off-grid companion. So why all the features and capabilities that nobody else has? Because we’re weather nerds and outdoors enthusiasts, and we couldn’t find a real altimeter/barometer app that came anywhere close to our expectations. So we set out to build what we believe is now the world’s most advanced barometer/altimeter app on any platform, period. If you want the best, give our app a try. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do! Privacy policy: https://www.bogbridges.com/altibarometerproprivacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Elevation Map

This app calculates air pressure, temperature, and oxygen levels based on altitude, and provides mountain weather forecasts. It simulates the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve to help users understand blood oxygen saturation at different heights. Access global elevation data and visualize it with a color map.

Highlights
  • Altitude-based air pressure and temperature calculation
  • Oxygen content and partial pressure prediction
  • Blood oxygen saturation simulation
  • Global elevation data query
  • Mountain weather forecasts
  • Elevation color map visualization
Features
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As the altitude increases, the air becomes thinner, the temperature decreases, the air pressure decreases, the boiling point of water decreases, the oxygen content in the air decreases, and the oxygen partial pressure decreases. When we climb higher mountains or go to high altitude areas, this knowledge is what we need to know. Elevation Map-Mountain Weather app uses the relationship between altitude and air pressure, air temperature, and oxygen, and uses altitude to calculate air pressure, air temperature, and oxygen or calculate altitude by air pressure. At last, the app provide mountain weather forecast for 7178 mountains in the world. According to the oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve, healthy people can maintain normal blood oxygen saturation at an altitude of 3000 meters or even 4000 meters and 5000 meters. However, when the pH drops, the body temperature rises or other reasons will reduce the oxygen affinity, the blood oxygen saturation will drop to an abnormal range at this altitude, causing hypoxia. The app simulates the dissociation curve to help users analyze the influence of body temperature and PH on blood oxygen saturation, and predict blood oxygen saturation at different altitudes. The Elevation Map-Mountain Weather app provides global elevation data, which can be queried on the map or by input longitude and latitude value. Under the query results, you can set the sea level temperature and air pressure to calculate the air pressure, air temperature, boiling point, oxygen content, oxygen partial pressure, and blood oxygen saturation at the elevation. An elevation color map is also provided to visualize global elevation distribution. The Elevation Map-Mountain Weather app is divided into the following five parts: 1. Current: Combining GPS, device barometer, and real-time weather at the current location, get the current location's altitude, air pressure, water boiling point, oxygen content and blood oxygen. 2. Map: Move the map to get the elevation of any location, and calculate the air pressure, air temperature, boiling point, oxygen content, blood oxygen of the location given the sea level air pressure temperature combined with the altitude 3. Tools: The tool part mainly has 6 functions: 1. Elevation search 2. Altitude list 3. Altitude calculate 4. Oxygen-hemoglobin dissociation curve 5. Blood oxygen log 6. Elevation Color Map 4. Mountain Favorite mountain and mountain weather forecast at different elevation。 Disclaimer:(Mountain weather forecast) This application is not dedicated to predicting various sudden weather disasters in mountainous areas. It mainly informs about meteorological factors that always exist and change with altitude, such as temperature, air pressure, humidity, oxygen content, etc. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE APP BE LIABLE FOR ANY CONSEQUENTIAL, SPECIAL, LOST PROFITS, INDIRECT OR OTHER DAMAGES. When conducting such activities, please choose a more accurate, more specific, and more comprehensive forecast plan 5. Settings 【Pro】 1.Mountain weather forecast 2.unlock all tools Purchase rules: [Month Pro] Purchase a monthly member for $ 2.99 / month and renew it automatically every month. [Annual Pro] 19.99 $ / year to purchase annual annual membership and automatically renew it annually. Purchase Notes: 1. The account will be automatically renewed and deducted the corresponding fee 1 day before the expiration. 2. If you need to cancel the renewal, please cancel in your personal iTunes account at least 1 day in advance. 3. After purchase, users can manage or turn off automatic renewal in personal account settings. Terms of Services : https://www.astronomyobserver.net/h5/elevation/user/en Privacy policy: https://www.astronomyobserver.net/h5/elevation/privacy/en

Screenshots

Altimeter & Barometer Pro4 screens
Elevation Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Altimeter & Barometer Pro at every 6 days against Elevation Map's every 6 weeks. Altimeter & Barometer Pro also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 67%) and ratings volume (536 vs 23). Elevation Map's advantage is iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Altimeter & Barometer Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per year and Elevation Map sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Altimeter & Barometer Pro against 4.7 for Elevation Map. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altimeter & Barometer Pro has 536 ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Altimeter & Barometer Pro's written reviews are positive against 67% of Elevation Map's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Altimeter & Barometer Pro ships an update every 6 days, Elevation Map every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Altimeter & Barometer Pro versus Elevation Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAltimeter & Barometer ProElevation Map
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (536 ratings)4.7 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings536 — better23
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBog Bridges LLC雪平 王

Customer experience

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

All ratings536 ratings
Positive90.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative5.2%
Written reviews103 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral3.9%
Negative11.7%

Elevation Map

All ratings23 ratings
Positive91.3%
Neutral8.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

Bugs and requests

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Wind estimator feature not working properly
  • Pressure data reset issue for some users
  • Apple Watch connectivity problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Longer historical data graphs
  • Customizable pressure drop alerts
  • Metric unit support
  • Outdoor temperature in complications

Elevation Map

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Altimeter & Barometer Pro

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Features14 Days trial$7.991 Year
One-time1
  • Alti-Barometer customer trialFree
3 purchases

Elevation Map

Subscriptions2
  • Month Pro$2.991 Month
  • Annual Pro$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$49.99

Questions

Is Altimeter & Barometer Pro free?
Altimeter & Barometer Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elevation Map free?
Elevation Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Altimeter & Barometer Pro or Elevation Map?
Elevation Map is rated higher. Altimeter & Barometer Pro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 536 ratings, while Elevation Map averages 4.7 from 23 ratings.
Do Altimeter & Barometer Pro or Elevation Map have ads?
Neither Altimeter & Barometer Pro nor Elevation Map shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Altimeter & Barometer Pro or Elevation Map?
Altimeter & Barometer Pro ships an update every 6 days, and Elevation Map every 6 weeks. Most recently, Altimeter & Barometer Pro was updated on September 27, 2026 and Elevation Map on September 14, 2026.

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