GPS Stone vs Map Tracks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPS Stone
Record and export your trips in GPX format for detailed analysis and photo tagging. Track your journey in real-time with speed, altitude, and distance data. Review past activities like cycling, driving, or trekking.
- Record and date trips
- Live path tracking on map
- Auto-restart recording
- View speed, altitude, distance
- Export trips in GPX format
- Send GPX via email
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GPS Stone records and exports all your trips to your main computer for geo-tagging/photo-tagging or trip management. Follow your trip on the map in real time, or use the detailed view with the current speed, average speed, altitude, traveled distance, position accuracy, direction, and more! Once back home, review where you have been at a given time, and for how long. It also works for sport activities, cycling, car, trekking… Additionally, GPS Stone can export the trip you've recorded in the standard GPX format. See your trip on Google Earth, or compatible software such as Atom GPS for PC or HoudaGeo for Mac. ----------------------------------------------- GPS Stone Trip Recorder can: • Record and date your trip • Show live path on the map • Auto-restart recording after a phone call • View your instant, max, and average speed • Compass • Delete and rename any trip • Units: mph or km/h • Send GPX by mail Note: This application use background mode, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Map Tracks
Record your journeys and activities with detailed tracking of speed, distance, and direction. Store and review past trips, and export your data in various formats for use on other devices or applications. Ideal for cycling, running, and driving.
- Track speed and distance
- Store and review past trips
- Export trips as GPX, KML, GeoJson
- Log exercises and travel
- View current and average speed
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Use Map Tracks to log your exercises and traveling. With it, you can see your current and average speed, direction and distance travelled. Perfect for driving, bike riding and running. Features - Keep track on your speed and distance travelled - Store previous trips and review them later - Export your trips as GPX, KML or GeoJson to load them on your computer or other apps Map Tracks uses the GPS in the background to log your trips. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. If you are experiencing any problems or have questions/suggestions, please contact info@cfront.se
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPS Stone at 42% against Map Tracks's 0%. GPS Stone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Map Tracks's advantage is rating (3.9 vs 3.6) and update cadence (every 10 months vs every 21 months). On price, ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Map Tracks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GPS Stone asks for nothing beyond the download.
Map Tracks holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 10 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 42% of GPS Stone's written reviews are positive against 0% of Map Tracks's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GPS Stone ships an update every 21 months, Map Tracks every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS Stone | Map Tracks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) | 3.9 (10 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 10 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francois Lamboley | Christoffer Sjoeberg |
Customer experience
GPS Stone
Map Tracks
In-app purchases
GPS Stone
No in-app purchases
Map Tracks
- Ad free$1.99
