GPS Stone vs GPS Map
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.
GPS Map
Easily search for and save your favorite places using addresses or GPS coordinates. Share locations with others or send them to various map applications. Offers map overlays from Google and OpenStreetMap.
- Search locations by address or coordinates
- Bookmark favorite places
- Send locations to other map apps
- Share locations with others
- Google map overlays
- OpenStreetMap overlays
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With "GPS Map" you can search and bookmark your favorite locations. Search locations via address or GPS coordinates and save them. Send them to several map apps or share them with others. Map overlays from Google and OpenStreetMap are available. Have fun!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GPS Map at 4.2 against GPS Stone's 3.6. GPS Map also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 42%) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 21 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GPS Map holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Map has 36 ratings behind it against 7, 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 72% of GPS Map's.
GPS Stone ships an update every 21 months, GPS Map every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS Stone | GPS Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (7 ratings) | 4.2 (36 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 42.3% of reviews | 72.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 36 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 21 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 6.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Francois Lamboley | n3rds |
Customer experience
GPS Stone
GPS Map
In-app purchases
GPS Stone
No in-app purchases
GPS Map
No in-app purchases
