GPS vs Faindit
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPS
This app provides detailed location data including speed, altitude, and coordinates. It offers various map views and tracks your journey statistics. Customize settings for units, display, and background operation.
- Current heading, course, speed, coordinates, altitude
- Street, topographic, and satellite maps
- Cached maps for offline viewing
- Trace statistics (time, distance, altitude, speed)
- Customizable coordinate and unit formats
- Background tracing and automatic pausing
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"GPS" gives you access to your iPhone's GPS functionality and more. The simple display shows your current: - Heading (where a compass is available). - Course - Speed or Speed Average - Coordinates - Altitude Street and Topographic maps are available along with aerial or satellite photos. Once viewed maps will also be held cached for a day. And trace statistics including: - Time and Distance - Minimum and Maximum Altitude - Average and Maximum speed. Via the settings you can: - Choose between Latitude & Longitude formats and UTM coordinates. - Choose between meters or feet and formats. - Choosing Speed or Average Speed. - Keep your iPhone awake. - Trace while GPS is in the background. - Automatically pause when you stop. - Shutdown when the battery started getting low. more features are on the way... www.onwhat.net/gps
Faindit
Easily mark and navigate to saved locations like your car's parking spot or specific points of interest. Visualize your route with an arrow or map, showing distance and direction based on your phone's orientation. Share destinations with others via links and import them effortlessly.
- Mark saved destinations
- Arrow or map visualization
- Distance and direction indicator
- Share destinations via links
- Import destinations from links
- Tracks phone orientation
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Faindit guides you with a clear and precise visualization to your previously saved destinations, places, certain point in a park or where you parked your car. Through an arrow, or, if you prefer, a map, Faindit marks where is your destination and distance from it, taking into account your location and phone orientation. Share your destinations with anyone you want to just by sending Faindit links through any instant messenger, mail or SMS. Import destinations only by clicking Faindit links!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Faindit at Free against GPS's $0.99. Faindit also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 11 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). GPS's advantage is rating (2.4 vs 2.0) and chart position (#168 vs unranked). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Faindit is free to download; GPS costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GPS holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
GPS ships an update every 11 months, Faindit every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS | Faindit |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (7 ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #168 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Void Stop Pty Ltd | Carlos García Torres |
Customer experience
GPS
Faindit
Bugs and requests
GPS
Reported bugs
15 issues- Phone screen goes black with waterproof case
- Maps blank/unavailable
- OpenCycle maps no longer loading
- MPH does not work
- Speed takes long to update and jumps around
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- Average speed greater than max speed
- Update in standby only works briefly
- Coordinates aren't close
- Elevation inaccurate
- Map is horrible
- Gray lines instead of map
- Location doesn't change when moving
- Screen refresh incomplete
- Version not developed for iPhone message
- Crashes phone
Requested features
20 requests- Ability to choose projection (e.g., UTM)
- Substitute other maps
- Facility for feedback/contributions
- Type notes with GPS coordinates
- Save location details as a picture
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- Retina graphics
- More recent SDK technologies
- Red display for night vision
- Trail line follow on map
- Tracking function on map
- Coordinate format selector
- Optional history recording
- More descriptive 'Sleeping' preference name
- Display 'Satellite Signal Not Received' instead of inaccurate coordinates
- Lose the serif typeface
- Integrate compass headings
- Type in GPS coordinates and find a location
- Compass or similar for direction
- Waypoints and other typical outdoors use
- Access to better maps
Faindit
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GPS
No in-app purchases
Faindit
No in-app purchases
