Comparison

GPS Log vs Nemo Places

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GPS Log

Record your travels and adventures with location-first logging. Add photos, text, and tags to saved entries, view them on a map, and share your experiences with friends. Works offline and conserves battery.

Highlights
  • Location logging
  • Add photos and text
  • Tagging entries
  • Map view with directions
  • Offline functionality
  • Battery saving mode
  • Share travel maps
Features
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GPS Log is a location-first way to record your adventures. Whether you're backpacking overseas, or exploring your local neighborhood, GPS Log gives you everything you need to capture your travels, share your favorite places with your friends, and find your way back again! How it works: 1. GPS Log gets your location from your device in seconds. 2. You add photos, text, and tags (if you like). 3. Later, browse the list of saved log entries or search by text and tags. 4. Easily view logged locations on a map and get directions to return. 5. Connect with your friends by sharing single records (what we call spikes), trip maps and lifetime travel maps using our own website Geospike, and on social media. Try 'GPS Log' risk free with the 'GPS Log LITE' version. Traveling around the world and want to remember where you went? Or, going to a new coffee shop in your neighborhood? Use GPS Log to record all your adventures, great and small. GPS Log works with no data connection, great when you're far from civilization, or roaming. GPS Log preserves your battery life. Unlike some tracking tools, with GPS Log you power it up when you want to log a location - then you power it down immediately. Saving your precious battery. Log the cities you visit, rate the restaurants in your city, geotag your photographs, remember where you parked your car, or where you went out. Record the mountain, river, or run you conquered, and much much more. With GPS Log, you can log just about anything. NOTE: GPS Log works best on devices with actual GPS receivers such as the iPhone, and iPads with Cellular Data. Locations obtained on other devices may be less accurate. If you experience any issues using GPS Log, PLEASE use the links on GPS Log's Settings screen to contact us by email. When issues are left as reviews, we are unable to contact you to help.

About

Nemo Places

Create and share custom maps of your favorite locations with notes, photos, and time-bound pins. Organize spots with emoji categories and import/export data from various formats. Your places are private by design, with no accounts or tracking required.

Highlights
  • Save places with notes and emoji categories
  • Time-bound pins for temporary events
  • Automatic photo integration from device
  • Shareable map links for web and iOS
  • Import/export Google My Maps, GeoJSON, KML, KMZ
  • Private by design, no accounts needed
  • Full VoiceOver and Voice Control support
Features
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Save the places you love. Share a map that stays current. Build a personal map of favorite cafés, weekend plans and places worth coming back to. Share the places you choose with a link, or follow a friend's map right alongside your own. SHARE ONCE, KEEP IT CURRENT Choose "Share and keep updated" to create a link that follows your edits. Add a place, change a note or remove a spot, and anyone who opens the link sees the latest version. They can explore it without installing Nemo. You pick which places go out, and you can stop sharing anytime. FOLLOW A FRIEND'S MAP Keep a friend's shared map on yours. Their places appear next to your own, clearly marked, and refresh as they make changes. Get directions, or save your own copy of the ones you love. SAVE A PLACE IN SECONDS Long-press anywhere on the map to save a place. Add a name, notes and an emoji category: coffee, parks, bookstores, date spots, or whatever matters to you. FIND YOUR NEXT STOP The Visible places list shows how far each place is from you. Nothing saved in view? "Show nearest saved place" takes you to the closest one. Long-press a place in the list for Directions. On iPad in landscape and on the Mac, keep the list pinned as a sidebar that follows the map while you explore. PLANS THAT EXPIRE Give a place an expiration date for pop-ups, festivals or weekly markets. An orange clock badge marks it until it expires and hides on its own. PHOTOS FROM THIS PLACE Open a saved place to see photos you took nearby, from your own Photos library. Photos stay on your device and are never included in shared maps. SEND A COPY, TOO Send a snapshot link that anyone can explore or forward. Friends who use Nemo can save a copy of your places to their own map. IMPORT & EXPORT Bring in places from Google My Maps, GeoJSON, KML or KMZ files, and export yours anytime. ON iPHONE, iPAD AND MAC Works without an account. Optional sign-in syncs your places across your devices. No ads and no cross-app tracking. ACCESSIBILITY VoiceOver and Voice Control support. Respects Reduce Motion and Reduce Transparency.

Screenshots

GPS Log4 screens
Nemo Places4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Nemo Places at Free against GPS Log's $9.90. Nemo Places also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). GPS Log's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 3) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Nemo Places is free to download; GPS Log costs $9.90 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Nemo Places holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 12 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of GPS Log's written reviews are positive against 100% of Nemo Places's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Log ships an update every 4 months, Nemo Places every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 21, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
GPS Log versus Nemo Places: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS LogNemo Places
Price$9.90Free — better
Rating4.8 (12 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings12 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeospike Pty LtdGuillermo Kardolus

Customer experience

GPS Log

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive79.7%
Neutral11.4%
Negative8.9%

Nemo Places

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GPS Log

No in-app purchases

None

Nemo Places

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS Log free?
GPS Log costs $9.90, with no in-app purchases.
Is Nemo Places free?
Nemo Places is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GPS Log or Nemo Places?
Nemo Places is rated higher. GPS Log averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Nemo Places averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do GPS Log or Nemo Places have ads?
Neither GPS Log nor Nemo Places shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Log or Nemo Places?
GPS Log ships an update every 4 months, and Nemo Places every 3 days. Most recently, GPS Log was updated on October 21, 2026 and Nemo Places on October 21, 2026.

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