Comparison

GPS Log vs PackMate

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

PackMate

Create personalized packing checklists for any journey. Organize items by trip, track your packing progress visually, and receive timely departure reminders. Access your lists offline and reuse past trips with ease.

Highlights
  • Trip-based packing checklists
  • Smart item grouping
  • Packing progress visualization
  • Departure time reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • History and re-packing
  • Home screen widget
Features
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PackMate is the simplest way to pack for any trip — build a checklist, tick things off, and walk out the door knowing you forgot nothing. Organize every trip by type, group your items the way you think, and watch your packing progress fill up as you go. Set a departure time and let PackMate remind you before you leave. FEATURES • Trip-based packing lists — a fresh checklist for every trip • Smart grouping — organize items into categories that make sense to you • Progress at a glance — see how close you are to fully packed • Departure time & reminders — get nudged before you head out, with a default reminder you can tune • Sort your way — order trips by creation date or departure time • History — keep past trips and re-pack them in one tap • Home Screen widget — your packing progress, always visible • Fully offline — everything is stored on your device, no account, no tracking Pack smart, forget nothing.

Screenshots

GPS Log4 screens
PackMate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PackMate at Free against GPS Log's $9.90. PackMate also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). GPS Log's advantage is ratings volume (12 vs 1) 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

PackMate 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

PackMate holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Log has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Log ships an update every 4 months, PackMate every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GPS Log versus PackMate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS LogPackMate
Price$9.90Free — better
Rating4.8 (12 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB7 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperGeospike Pty Ltd燚 张

Customer experience

GPS Log

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

PackMate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

GPS Log

No in-app purchases

None

PackMate

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS Log free?
GPS Log costs $9.90, with no in-app purchases.
Is PackMate free?
PackMate is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GPS Log or PackMate?
PackMate is rated higher. GPS Log averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while PackMate averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do GPS Log or PackMate have ads?
Neither GPS Log nor PackMate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Log or PackMate?
GPS Log ships an update every 4 months, and PackMate every 5 weeks. Most recently, GPS Log was updated on November 13, 2026 and PackMate on November 10, 2026.

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