GPS Utility vs GPX
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.
GPX
Create and manage geocaching waypoints with detailed notes, GPS coordinates, and photos. Plan trips by organizing places to visit, with integrated mapping and privacy-focused features.
- Waypoint creation with GPS coordinates
- Difficulty, Terrain, and clue rating
- Photo integration
- GPX import/export
- Interactive map with distance circles
- Travel planning for vacation spots
- Ad-free and no data collection
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GPX-Caching is primarily designed for geocaching cache setters. It allows you to create notes including the GPS coordinates of your location, rate the Difficulty, Terrain, and clues, add photos, and determine if your WPs are too close to each other or if you are too close to an existing WP. View your WPs on a real-time map with their names and coordinates. Show or hide distance circles. However, you can also use the app to manage places to visit during your vacation. Features: - DD, DM, or DMS coordinate formats. - Choose a color for each note. - Import and export in GPX format. - Merge notes. - Import PocketQuery from the official geocaching website. - Interactive map with showing/hiding notes. - Display the coordinates of each WP and the 161 m circles. - Color-coded distance circles: green: distance greater than 161m, red: waypoints are too close, orange: you are too close to a waypoint. - Take photos or import them from your library. - Alerts for 5 distances when traveling to a waypoint (configurable in the compass page). - Sort waypoints by chronology, name, or distance. For your vacation: - Prepare a Note with all the places to visit, including the necessary information (times, entrance fee, parking location via the dedicated toggle). - Hide/unhide visited waypoints via a swap. - Reach the location by clicking on the Maps link to use Apple Maps to get there (by car, on foot, etc.). - Hide the geocaching features to avoid cluttering the app during your vacation. - Languages: French and English. - Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and Mac Silicon. Privacy: - No ads. - No data collection. - No registration (neither by email nor locally). - No tracking. - No location tracking to track you. - No connection to a server to collect information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPX at 100% against GPS Utility's 50%. GPX also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). GPS Utility's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). On ads, in-app purchases and device support 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; GPX costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GPS Utility ships an update every 4 months, GPX every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS Utility | GPX |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimension | Laurent DURLIAT |
Customer experience
GPS Utility
GPX
In-app purchases
GPS Utility
No in-app purchases
GPX
No in-app purchases









