Comparison

Poynterra Trekker vs GeoConvert

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

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About

Poynterra Trekker

This offline navigation app guides you to any location on Earth, even without an internet connection. It's ideal for remote adventures, offering GPS tracking, waypoint management, and an SOS emergency flasher. Enjoy audible navigation and easy data import/export for seamless trip planning.

Highlights
  • Offline GPS navigation
  • Waypoint management with folders
  • AudioPoynt™ audible navigation
  • SOS Emergency Flasher
  • Import KML, KMZ, CSV, GPX files
  • Export/Backup and Import/Restore data
  • Download Poynterra Collections
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Poynterra Trekker is a unique navigation app that points you to any location on earth (a waypoint) at any time, even when offline. If you’re an off-the-beaten-track trekker who needs would a GPS lifeline in remote, unconnected areas, this app is for you. Laying down GPS tracks is easy in ROAM and TRIP modes, ensuring easy return to previous waypoints. We've also added an SOS Emergency Flasher. If you’re a cruiseship traveler, you’ll find it fantastic for tracking distance and direction to foreign ports on the open seas and for sightseeing on remote islands. If you’re on a biking trip, you’ll love AudioPoynt™, which points you to your destination audibly even while your phone is off. All of this, and much more, functions without wifi or a cell connection! Besides navigation, Poynterra Trekker has amazing waypoint management features . Waypoints with descriptive info can be easily added to user-created folders and copied/moved between them. Waypoints and folders are easily exported and shared with others in a number of file formats. Powerful Export/BACKUP and Import/RESTORE functions make it easy to archive any data you create and reinstall it when needed. Archived files can be restored on any device running Poynterra Trekker and make switching phones (or opearting systems) super easy. The capability to import sets of waypoints directly into folders is one of Poynterra Trekker’s most powerful features and can take planning of your trekking and sightseeing to an entirely new level. Waypoint data can be in the form of KML/KMZ files created with Google My Maps, Google Earth or other sources, CSV files from spreadsheets, and GPX files from other location tracking devices. Folders exported as PYNZ files (our own format) by you or other Poynterra Trekker users can be imported without losing any of the original information. Poynterra Trekker can also download Poynterra Collections, ready-made, curated sets of waypoints. These are available on the app at Menu>Collections or by scanning a Collection’s unique QR code from printed materials or screen displays. At present, the number of Collections is small, but it will grow with time as we add not only our own content, but also Collections content from other creators. For complete information on Poynterra Trekker, visit https://mindsparkinc.com/apps/poynterra-trekker. Be sure to click on News & Musings on the site for helpful Poynterra Trekker application notes and more. ******************** Features in Airplane Mode - no internet! • flash visible Morse code SOS • with built-in Tutorial and HelpTool™, learn easily • create waypoint folders • add waypoints using GPS • edit waypoint info and copy/move between folders • show distance between any two waypoints • navigate by simple pointer • show speed, altitude and compass direction • start navigation RUN automatically at custom intervals • navigate via AudioPoynt™ while device is off and hidden • in TRIP mode, track progress and ETA to destination while saving data • in ROAM mode with no set destination, track location while saving data • in EquatorWatch™, track approach to equator! Additional features - with internet • download Poynterra Collections • share waypoints • export and import folders • import waypoints and folders in KML, KMZ, GPX, CSV and PYNZ formats • maps with street/terrain/satellite layers • add waypoint by tapping map • with GeoSearch, find coordinates with place name/address search • tap a single button to use Google Navigation to selected waypoint • with LinePoynt™, display map line in direction smartphone is pointing • triangulate the location of a distant landmark • share current location • view TRIP and ROAM maps, and share data

About

GeoConvert

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GeoConvert is a fast coordinate converter for field professionals. Open the app, enter a point and immediately see its coordinates in the main formats. CONVERT IN A FEW TAPS • Latitude/longitude: decimal degrees, degrees and decimal minutes, degrees/minutes/seconds. • UTM/UPS and MGRS in WGS84. • Optional Geohash output. • Input help, copy and share. WORK WITH YOUR POINTS • On-demand GPS and map selection with a crosshair. • Manual entry and favorites stored on your iPhone. • Geodesic distance and initial bearing relative to true, grid or magnetic north using manual declination. • Altitude difference when both points have an altitude. • QR codes to exchange a point with another device. • Open points in Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze or another compatible app. MAPS AND VISUAL GUIDES • Road, topographic, satellite and marine maps, subject to provider availability. • Aviation maps through an authorized HTTPS provider you configure. • On-demand Copernicus altitude and terrain profiles through a configured Open-Meteo provider; commercial access requires a customer key. • Six illustrated guides to formats, the MGRS grid, reference systems and magnetic declination. CLEAR AND SIMPLE Large buttons, eight color themes, light and dark modes, 27 languages. No GeoConvert account. Conversions, favorites and point-to-point calculations work offline. Maps, advertisements and altitude requests need internet. GeoConvert includes an AdMob banner. Advertising privacy choices are available in Settings when required. The current version converts WGS84 only. Other datums listed in the catalog are not yet selectable. The sampled terrain profile is not a trail route, and model altitude is not a survey measurement.

Screenshots

Poynterra Trekker4 screens
GeoConvert4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: GeoConvert at none against Poynterra Trekker's 1. Poynterra Trekker's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price 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. Poynterra Trekker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GeoConvert asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Poynterra Trekker versus GeoConvert: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPoynterra TrekkerGeoConvert
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size43 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndris VizulisNicolas Taufflieb

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Poynterra Trekker

One-time1
  • Poynterra Trekker FULL$4.99
None

GeoConvert

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Poynterra Trekker free?
Poynterra Trekker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GeoConvert free?
GeoConvert is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Poynterra Trekker or GeoConvert have ads?
GeoConvert shows ads; Poynterra Trekker does not.

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