GPS vs Coordinates
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
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 rating: Coordinates at 3.3 against GPS's 2.4. Coordinates also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 26%). GPS's advantage is monetization model (free vs paid) and chart position (#198 vs unranked). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 costs $0.99 and Coordinates $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Coordinates holds the better App Store score, 3.3 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 26% of GPS's written reviews are positive against 60% of Coordinates's.
GPS ships an update every 11 months, Coordinates every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.4 (7 ratings) | 3.3 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Void Stop Pty Ltd | Hunt Mountain Software |
Customer experience
GPS
Coordinates
In-app purchases
GPS
No in-app purchases
Coordinates
No in-app purchases
