GPS Utility vs Coordinates
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPS Utility
Easily convert between various geographical coordinate systems including DMS, DD, UTM, and MGRS. Get your current location in multiple formats and calculate distances between points. Integrates with Google Maps and other mapping services.
- Coordinate system conversion (DMS, DM, DD, UTM, MGRS)
- Real-time GPS location
- Spherical distance calculation
- Google Maps integration
- KM and Miles support
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GPS Utility helps you converts between all major geographical coordinate systems. Helpful for excursionists, navigators users (TomTom, garmin, etc.), GeoCaching lovers, and google maps enthusiasts. You can convert from and to: - DMS coordinates (Degrees Minutes Second) - DM coordinates (Degrees decimal Minutes) - DD coordinates (decimal Degrees) - UTM coordinates (Universal Transverse Mercator) - MGRS coordinates (Military Grid Reference System) Plus: - Get your local coordinate in all systems using internal iPhone GPS (3G only) - Get the spherical distance between 2 coordinates - Built-in Google Maps view and external Maps view - References (Wikipedia) - Real time GPS coordinates - KM and Miles supported Requests? New features? Contact us! Attention: the 17+ ratings is needed for publishing policies when including a web browser in any apps.
Coordinates
Easily convert between decimal degrees, degrees/decimal minutes, degrees-minutes-seconds, and UTM coordinates. Locate yourself with GPS, view your precision, and share your location. Save and export waypoints for your adventures.
- Multiple coordinate format conversion
- GPS location finding
- Current GPS precision display
- Copy/send location
- Show location on map
- Waypoint list and export
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Coordinates makes it a snap to convert between the three formats for latitude and longitude: decimal degrees, degrees and decimal minutes, and degrees-minutes-seconds, as well as UTM coordinates. Just tap the type of coordinates you have, enter them, and all four formats are instantly shown. Locate yourself with GPS with a tap of a button, which also shows your current GPS precision. You can also copy or send your location, show it on a map, and get a bearing and direction to coordinates, which is great when you're hiking or boating. Tap the list button to see a list of all your waypoints, and from that screen, you can export your waypoints.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GPS Utility at Free against Coordinates's $0.99. GPS Utility also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.3) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Coordinates's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 50%). On ratings volume, update cadence, 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
GPS Utility is free to download; Coordinates costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GPS Utility holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of GPS Utility's written reviews are positive against 60% of Coordinates's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GPS Utility ships an update every 4 months, Coordinates every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | GPS Utility | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.3 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimension | Hunt Mountain Software |
Customer experience
GPS Utility
Coordinates
In-app purchases
GPS Utility
No in-app purchases
Coordinates
No in-app purchases
