GPS Utility vs COOts
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.
COOts
This navigation app converts position coordinates and provides distance and orientation to targets. It utilizes the UTM/MGRS system, a standard used by the U.S. Army and NATO forces, based on the WGS84 datum.
- Position coordinate conversion
- Distance and orientation to target
- UTM/MGRS system support
- WGS84 datum utilization
- Military-grade navigation standards
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・COOts is an app that interconversion the position coordinates. ・The distance and orientation to the target to support the action of the user. ・The headquarters of the U.S.Army Engineer has devised a UTM/MGRS. ・UTM/MGRS position indication system is used in such U.S.Army NATO JSDF. ・COOts are using WGS84 to datum.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: COOts at 100% against GPS Utility's 50%. COOts also leads on iOS requirement (6.1 vs 12.0). GPS Utility's advantage is rating (3.7 vs 3.5). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GPS Utility holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.5. 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 100% of COOts's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | GPS Utility | COOts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dimension | ishii yuuta |
Customer experience
GPS Utility
COOts
In-app purchases
GPS Utility
No in-app purchases
COOts
No in-app purchases
