GPS Stone vs TexaGPS™
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.
TexaGPS™
Share your iPhone's location data with devices that lack cellular or GPS capabilities. This app enables location tracking and recording, allowing you to replay routes or send location information to another device.
- GPS over tethering
- Location information recording
- Replay recorded locations
- Send location to other devices
- iPhone to iPad connectivity
- Location Tethering API
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GPS over tethering app. You can use Location information Even if your iPad not have cellular. You can use with This app and tethering. Just start with LOCAMO. 1.Start Personal Hotspot from Your iphone to your iPad without bluetooth. 2.Start this app on iPhone. 3.Start LOCAMO on your iPad. 3.Setting Use TexaGPS turn on on LOCAMO preference. Even if your iPad don’t have cellular & GPS, You can use high level location information automatically. Location information recording function. Record all core location informations. And replay location information and send location to LOCOMO. **RouteRR changed name to LOCOMO. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. ===for iPhone Developer ==== Location Tethering API. You can use Free. We will make TexaGPS client API for developer. This API can test core location simulate soon. You can test this version load location information by json format. http://IP_ADDRESS:12345/TexaGPS/result.json http://issho.dht.jp
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GPS Stone at 3.6 against TexaGPS™'s 1.0. GPS Stone also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). TexaGPS™'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 21 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model 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. TexaGPS™ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GPS Stone asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPS Stone holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Stone has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 42% of GPS Stone's written reviews are positive against 35% of TexaGPS™'s.
GPS Stone ships an update every 21 months, TexaGPS™ every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS Stone | TexaGPS™ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews — better | 35.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francois Lamboley | Tama |
Customer experience
GPS Stone
TexaGPS™
In-app purchases
GPS Stone
No in-app purchases
TexaGPS™
- GPS Playback recorder$9.99
