Comparison

Guru Maps vs Fylde Maps Offline

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

Head to head
About

Guru Maps

Navigate the world without an internet connection using detailed offline maps and turn-by-turn GPS directions. Plan multi-stop routes, record your adventures, and discover millions of points of interest with rich 3D terrain views. Sync your data across devices for seamless exploration.

Highlights
  • Offline maps and navigation
  • Turn-by-turn voice directions
  • Multi-stop route planning
  • GPS track recording
  • 3D relief and terrain views
  • Offline search for places
  • Sync across devices
Features
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Explore the world offline with Guru Maps — detailed maps, turn-by-turn navigation, and GPS track recording that keep working when you have no signal. Download maps once and use them anywhere (powered by OpenStreetMap). Plan routes, record adventures, save favorite places, and sync everything across devices. OFFLINE MAPS • Download maps for countries or regions and use them fully offline. • Rich detail and millions of places. Monthly map updates. NAVIGATION THAT WORKS OFFLINE • Voice-guided, turn-by-turn directions with automatic rerouting. • Lane guidance for clearer driving in complex junctions. • Modes: car, bike, truck, walk, plus straight-line navigation (great for sailing or off-road). ROUTE PLANNING • Build multi-stop routes with custom waypoints. • Choose fastest or shortest route and save your plans. • Export routes to GPX/KML to share or back up. TRUE 3D RELIEF & TERRAIN • Preview hills and valleys in True 3D Relief. • High-detail terrain: contour lines, hillshade, and topographic overlays. • Elevation profiles and slope charts for smarter planning. GPS TRACK RECORDING • Record tracks with one tap (even in the background). • Live stats: speed, distance, time, altitude. • Analyze tracks with interactive graphs and export to GPX/KML. FAST OFFLINE SEARCH • Search by name, address, category, or coordinates — offline. • Instant results as you type, with multi-language support. POI & ORGANIZATION • Save places with custom pins and icons. • Organize everything into folders and share with friends. OPENING HOURS • See opening hours for places when available. SYNC ACROSS DEVICES • Sync and back up your markers, tracks, and collections with one Guru Maps account across iOS, macOS, and other platforms. CARPLAY • Use Guru Maps on Apple CarPlay with offline maps and voice directions. NO ADS. PRIVACY FIRST. • No advertising. Your location stays on your device. Power features: one-finger zoom, compass & scale, coordinate grids (MGRS/UTM), GeoJSON overlays, MBTiles/sqlitedb import, and more. Upgrade to Pro for: • Unlimited offline map downloads • Unlimited markers and GPS tracks • Pro map sources, including Satellite and specialist layers (cycling, outdoors, marine, ski, etc.) Choose monthly or yearly subscription (7-day free trial) — or a one-time lifetime purchase. Download Guru Maps and explore with confidence — anywhere, anytime. Terms of Service & Privacy Policy: https://gurumaps.app/terms_of_service Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Fylde Maps Offline

This app provides detailed offline Ordnance Survey maps for navigation and route planning within the Fylde region. It offers offline search, waypoint management, and GPS tracking, with the option to view worldwide online Apple maps.

Highlights
  • Offline Ordnance Survey maps
  • Route and waypoint management
  • Offline search functionality
  • GPS position display
  • Share current location
  • Worldwide online Apple maps
Features
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From the producers of GB Maps (featured in Ordnance Survey's OS OpenData innovative application showcase) Beautifully detailed maps supplied by Ordnance Survey. Fylde Maps provides a useful offline mapping reference and navigation aid whilst travelling throughout the Fylde by roadside, road, rail, canal, lake and river.  Intuitive route and waypoint management features are implemented enabling creation, modification, deletion, import and export of routes. A powerful offline search facility can locate places, roads, post codes and hills within the region. It also provides worldwide online Apple maps (Standard, Satellite and Hybrid). Map features that you are used to with Apple maps are available on both offline and online maps as well as providing 3D buildings on Apple maps (where available). Map features: 7 different levels of offline 2014/5 Ordnance Survey map detail from national overview to street view within the region. (No data connection required) Progressively more detailed maps are automatically loaded as the map view is zoomed. The OS recommended viewing scales for the more detailed maps are approximately as follows: 1:1000,000 (whole of GB) 1:250,000 1:50,000 1:25,000 1:10,000 (Roads/streets are labelled) The map region of the more detailed maps covers a rectangular region around the Fylde region, The following locations, which are outside of the Fylde are included : The Wyre District, Preston, Garstang & Beacon Fell. (ref. http://jomosolutions.com/Maps) App features: - Route/Waypoint management - Offline search functionality with searchable locations (places, roads, post codes and hills). (For the place search a location's latitude and longitude is accurate to 0.1 of a minute of the centre point of the 1x1 km National Grid square in which the name falls) - Detailed hill information, including height, OS Grid Ref, latitude and longitude, region, parent, classification, drop and hill specific links to Streetmap, Geograph and Hill Bagging web sites - Display of current GPS position as OS Grid Reference or WGS84 latitude and longitude - "Share My Location" allowing users to share an image of their current location and location references. Buttons are provided to share location information by Facebook, Twitter, iMessage/SMS and e-mail - Online access to worldwide Apple Standard, Satellite and Hybrid maps - Apple 3D Buildings are displayed on Apple Standard maps - Apple maps contain Points of Interest - User location can be tracked with or without heading on all online and offline maps (GPS capable devices only) - Display of scale bar in either metric or imperial units - Display of current speed - Zoom, pan, rotation of all maps - Pitch of Apple Standard and Ordnance Survey maps - Selection of current location annotation for display of speed and location data - User setting for speed display in Miles per Hour (mph) or Kilometres per Hour (kph) - Selection of search result pin annotations to display location information - Collective deletion of search result annotation pins - A user guide is provided within the app information The OS search data was published by Ordnance Survey in 2014. Extracts from "The Database of British and Irish Hills" v14 published 22/04/2014 (ref. http://www.hills-database.co.uk/index.html ) No warranty The data is supplied by Apple, Ordnance Survey, contributors to OpenStreetMap and Database of British and Irish Hills. The Information is licensed 'as is' and the Information Provider and/or Licensor excludes all representations, warranties, obligations and liabilities in relation to the Information to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information Provider and/or Licensor are not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by its use. This app is not a substitute for a paper map and compass.

Screenshots

Guru Maps4 screens
Fylde Maps Offline4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fylde Maps Offline at none against Guru Maps's 6. Fylde Maps Offline also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 76%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Guru Maps's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 10 months) and chart position (#182 vs unranked). On price 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Guru Maps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Fylde Maps Offline asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guru Maps ships an update every 10 days, Fylde Maps Offline every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Guru Maps versus Fylde Maps Offline: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuru MapsFylde Maps Offline
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (3K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 10 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#182 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.08.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEvgen BodunovJOMO Solutions Ltd

Customer experience

Guru Maps

All ratings2,975 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral2.9%
Negative4.8%
Written reviews409 reviews
Positive76.0%
Neutral7.1%
Negative16.9%

Fylde Maps Offline

Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Guru Maps

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes after recent updates
  • GPS not working reliably offline
  • Incorrect map data in some areas
  • Syncing issues between devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Route planning and turn-by-turn navigation
  • Elevation/terrain data display
  • Ability to add custom waypoints and annotations
  • Improved search functionality
  • Easier map download and import process

Fylde Maps Offline

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Guru Maps

Subscriptions2
  • Guru Maps Pro Monthly7 Days trial$2.991 Month
  • Guru Maps Pro Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time4
  • One-Time Purchase$27.00
  • One-Time Purchase$40.49
  • One-Time Purchase$54.00
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  • One-Time Purchase$89.99
None

Fylde Maps Offline

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guru Maps free?
Guru Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Fylde Maps Offline free?
Fylde Maps Offline is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guru Maps or Fylde Maps Offline have ads?
Neither Guru Maps nor Fylde Maps Offline shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guru Maps or Fylde Maps Offline?
Guru Maps ships an update every 10 days, and Fylde Maps Offline every 10 months. Most recently, Guru Maps was updated on October 27, 2026 and Fylde Maps Offline on October 15, 2026.

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