GPS vs PredictWind Race Tracker
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
PredictWind Race Tracker
This app enables yacht race participants to send GPS tracking data for live viewing by spectators or event organizers. You can also set up personal tracking and share a link for friends to follow your progress in real-time. The app offers race replay functionality for strategy evaluation.
- Live GPS tracking for races
- Spectator viewing mode
- Personal tracking with shareable link
- Real-time progress updates
- Race replay for strategy analysis
- Safety monitoring for organizers
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The PredictWind Race Tracker App allows competitors to send GPS tracking data, or spectators to watch the yacht race. You can also setup your own personal tracking, and share a web link with friends to watch your progress in real time. Benefits • Friends can watch your progress in real time • Safety - so event organizers can monitor your progress • Replay the race - evaluate your race strategy! Please email us at support@predictwind.com to get your yacht race activated. For installation instructions please visit www.predictwind.com/tracker The data usage for the App is approximately 1 MB for a race day. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: PredictWind Race Tracker at 78% against GPS's 26%. PredictWind Race Tracker also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 11 months). GPS's advantage is rating (2.4 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 2). On ads 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
PredictWind Race Tracker is free to download; GPS costs $0.99 up front. PredictWind Race Tracker sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. GPS asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPS holds the better App Store score, 2.4 against 1.0. 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. Written reviews complicate that: 26% of GPS's written reviews are positive against 78% of PredictWind Race Tracker's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GPS ships an update every 11 months, PredictWind Race Tracker every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 26, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS | PredictWind Race Tracker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.6% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #198 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Void Stop Pty Ltd | PredictWind Limited |
Customer experience
GPS
PredictWind Race Tracker
In-app purchases
GPS
No in-app purchases
PredictWind Race Tracker
- Unlimited Tracking for 12 months$2.99
- Unlimited Tracking for 3 months$2.99
Questions
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