Comparison

GPS Log LITE vs Backtrack Magazine

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

Head to head
About

GPS Log LITE

Record your travels by logging locations with photos, text, and tags. Easily revisit saved entries on a map, get directions, and share your adventures with friends. Works offline and conserves battery.

Highlights
  • Log locations with photos and text
  • Add tags for easy searching
  • View logged locations on a map
  • Get directions back to saved locations
  • Share trips and locations with friends
  • Offline functionality
  • Battery-saving design
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. 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

Backtrack Magazine

Explore British railway history from its origins to recent decades. This app offers detailed articles on locomotives, lines, and the social impact of railways, enhanced with rich historical imagery. Purchase current and back issues, or subscribe for continuous access.

Highlights
  • British railway history coverage
  • Locomotive and rolling stock details
  • Social, political, and financial aspects
  • Pictorial content with color and B&W photos
  • Purchase current and back issues
  • Subscription options available
  • Cross-platform purchase protection
Features
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Backtrack was first published in 1987 with the aim of presenting British railway history. At first quarterly and then bi-monthly, Backtrack went monthly in 1995 and has gone from strength to strength, justifying its founder’s identification of a niche in the railway publishing market for a high quality historical journal. Backtrack’s remit is to cover all aspects of railway history throughout Britain and Ireland, from its earliest days in the era of horse-drawn tramroads up to around ten years back from the present. Locomotives (whether steam, diesel or electric) and rolling stock feature prominently, but Backtrack also looks at the history of particular lines as well as considering the social, political, financial, engineering and labour aspects of railway history. Topics such as stations, bridges, signalling, biographies, train services and staff recollections therefore regularly appear in the magazine. A strong pictorial content is an important feature of Backtrack and in addition to archive black and white photographs each issue contains quality historical colour coverage of the railway scene, all reproduced to the highest standards. ---------------------------------------------- This is a free app download. Within the app users can purchase the current issue and back issues. Subscriptions are also available within the application. A subscription will start from the latest regular issue at the time of purchase. -The subscription will renew automatically unless cancelled more than 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period, for the same duration and at the current subscription rate for the product. -You may turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions through your Account Settings, however you are not able to cancel the current subscription during its active period. -Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase and any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when a subscription to that publication is purchased. -If a subscription offers a free trial, at the end of the trial period, you will be charged the full price of the subscription. You may cancel a subscription during its free trial period via the subscription settings on your iTunes account. This must be done 24 hours before the end of the subscription period to avoid being charged. Users can register for/ login to a pocketmags account in-app. This will protect their issues in the case of a lost device and allow browsing of purchases on multiple platforms. Existing pocketmags users can retrieve their purchases by logging into their account. We recommend loading the app for the first time in a wi-fi area so that all issue data is retrieved. If your app will not load past the splash page after a first install or an update, please delete and reinstall the app from the App Store Help and frequently asked questions can be accessed in-app and on pocketmags. If you have any problems at all please do not hesitate to contact us: help@pocketmags.com -------------------- You can find our privacy policy here: http://www.pocketmags.com/privacy.aspx You can find our terms and conditions here: http://www.pocketmags.com/terms.aspx

Screenshots

GPS Log LITE4 screens
Backtrack Magazine1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Backtrack Magazine at 5.0 against GPS Log LITE's 4.2. Backtrack Magazine also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 68%) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 15.6). GPS Log LITE's advantage is update cadence (every 4 months vs every 12 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. GPS Log LITE sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Backtrack Magazine sells 14 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per 6 months. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Backtrack Magazine holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 68% of GPS Log LITE's written reviews are positive against 100% of Backtrack Magazine's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Log LITE ships an update every 4 months, Backtrack Magazine every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GPS Log LITE versus Backtrack Magazine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS Log LITEBacktrack Magazine
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews67.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 12 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.611.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeospike Pty LtdWarners Group Publications PLC

Customer experience

GPS Log LITE

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive67.9%
Neutral14.3%
Negative17.9%

Backtrack Magazine

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GPS Log LITE

One-time1
  • GPS Log Premium$9.90
14 purchases

Backtrack Magazine

Subscriptions2
  • Backtrack Magazine$29.996 Months
  • Backtrack Auto Renewable Subscription1 Month trial$59.991 Year
One-time12
  • October 2013 (id:796035)$5.99
  • May 2013 (id:795989)$5.99
  • April 2013 (id:796124)$5.99
Show 9 more
  • October 2014 (id:795885)$5.99
  • September 14 (id:795946)$5.99
  • August 14 (id:795679)$5.99
  • June 14 (id:796061)$5.99
  • November 2016 (id:791583)$5.99
  • January 2017 (id:791587)$5.99
  • May 2017 (id:790236)$5.99
  • March 2018 (id:790256)$5.99
  • February 2020 (id:785765)$5.99

Questions

Is GPS Log LITE free?
GPS Log LITE is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Backtrack Magazine free?
Backtrack Magazine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GPS Log LITE or Backtrack Magazine?
Backtrack Magazine is rated higher. GPS Log LITE averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while Backtrack Magazine averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do GPS Log LITE or Backtrack Magazine have ads?
Neither GPS Log LITE nor Backtrack Magazine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Log LITE or Backtrack Magazine?
GPS Log LITE ships an update every 4 months, and Backtrack Magazine every 12 months. Most recently, GPS Log LITE was updated on October 20, 2026 and Backtrack Magazine on October 23, 2026.

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