Comparison

Every Door vs Glassing Maps

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

Head to head
About

Every Door

Easily update local map data by adding or verifying businesses, benches, and street lamps. This app simplifies the process of keeping your town's map information current and accurate.

Highlights
  • Add and verify shops in malls
  • Update map data for your town
  • Micromapping for benches and street lamps
  • Add building attributes and entrances
  • Automatic merging into building contours
  • Uses iD editor presets and data
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This editor does not make you think. Just go to a mall, and start Every Door. You'll see mapped shops around you: tap on the checkmark for any that are still there, and add shops that are not on the map. That's the entire process: you can keep your entire town up-to-date thanks to this simple editor. There is also a micromapping mode for verifying and adding benches and street lamps. And an entrance mode for adding building attributes and entrances — which are merged automatically into building contours. Every Door uses presets and other data from iD editor.

About

Glassing Maps

This app offers offline backcountry navigation with detailed map layers and planning tools. It allows users to mark waypoints, record tracks, and plan routes without a cellular signal, all while conserving battery life. Saved data remains accessible even after a subscription ends.

Highlights
  • Offline map downloads
  • Waypoint marking
  • Route planning and following
  • Track recording with battery optimization
  • Multiple map layers (Topo, Satellite, Hybrid)
  • Slope Angle Shading and Aspect views
  • GPX/KML/KMZ import and export
Features
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Glassing is an iOS-native backcountry navigation app with a refined design for quick, one-handed use. It sips battery and keeps every map layer and backcountry tool working offline. Download the grids for your trip and every available layer comes with them. Search, plan routes, record tracks and mark places without a signal. You know what’s available before you leave. DIRECTIONS Navigate calls each trail junction as you walk. Plan a Route finds the trailhead and the trails to anywhere you pick. Your iPhone and CarPlay guide the drive to the trailhead, turn by turn over highways and forest roads. Directions work offline in your downloaded maps. WAYPOINTS AND TRIPS Mark a place and choose its symbol with one hand. Keep track of camps, water sources and animal sightings without typing names or digging through menus. Your waypoints, tracks, routes and photos organize themselves into trips named for the place and month. A week in the Wallowas stays together instead of getting lost among hundreds of pins. RECORDING Start recording at the trailhead and put your phone away. Glassing saves battery by easing off GPS when you stop and picking up again when you move. Turn on Max detail when you want a more detailed track, like following a blood trail or backtracking for a dropped hat. ROUTES Follow trails with Snap to trail or draw your own route across open country. See distance and elevation gain as you draw, and drag a point to try another way. Plan and follow routes offline, with an alert if you wander off course. LAYERS Choose Topo, Satellite or Hybrid. Topo and Hybrid include shaded relief to help you read the terrain. Topo turns to a night map when your iPhone is in dark mode. Use Slope Angle Shading to spot steep hillsides and compare off-trail routes. Aspect shows which direction a hillside faces. Ownership shows public land and available private parcels. Cell Coverage shows where AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon reports outdoor 5G or LTE service. Every available layer works in your downloaded grids without a signal. Check its source and data date in the legend. Slope shading does not show current avalanche danger, parcel boundaries do not establish access permission, and predicted cell coverage does not guarantee a connection. APPLE WATCH AND WEB Check your heading, see your next turn, mark a waypoint or control recording from your Apple Watch while your iPhone stays in your pocket. Plan on a larger screen at glassing.app/map, with 3D terrain to help you look over your route. Your saved places sync when you have a signal. BRING YOUR SAVED PLACES Import GPX, KML and KMZ files. Review suggested trips to organize what you bring over. Export your waypoints, tracks and routes as GPX any time, including after your subscription ends. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No advertising, third-party analytics, public heatmaps or social feed. We don’t sell your data. Location metadata is removed from photos you share through Glassing. YOUR MAPS AND DATA STAY YOURS Getting signed out won’t take away the maps and places saved on your phone. If your subscription ends, you can still view your saved trips, use downloaded maps and export your waypoints, tracks and routes for free. WHAT IT COSTS $19.99 a year, with the first month free for new subscribers. Every map layer is free to browse. Subscribe to save waypoints, record tracks, and download and update maps. Downloaded maps stay usable after your subscription ends. COVERAGE Maps cover the lower 48. Ownership coverage varies by area. TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://glassing.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://glassing.app/privacy Made by one person in Portland, Oregon.

Screenshots

Every Door4 screens
Glassing Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Every Door at none against Glassing Maps's 1. Every Door also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). Glassing Maps's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Glassing Maps sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Every Door asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Every Door against 5.0 for Glassing Maps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Every Door ships an update every 3 months, Glassing Maps every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Every Door versus Glassing Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEvery DoorGlassing Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings8 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB47 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvatudKaart OUGlassing, LLC

Customer experience

Every Door

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Glassing Maps

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Every Door

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Glassing Maps

Subscriptions1
  • Glassing Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Every Door free?
Every Door is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Glassing Maps free?
Glassing Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Every Door or Glassing Maps?
Every Door and Glassing Maps are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 3 ratings respectively.
Do Every Door or Glassing Maps have ads?
Neither Every Door nor Glassing Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Every Door or Glassing Maps?
Every Door ships an update every 3 months, and Glassing Maps every 9 days. Most recently, Every Door was updated on October 2, 2026 and Glassing Maps on October 15, 2026.

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