Max Peak vs Altimeter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Max Peak
Discover the highest point on your travel route using GPS. This app helps you identify maximum elevations during drives, bike rides, or hikes, making journeys more engaging for all ages. It logs maximums, displays them on a map, and offers backup options.
- Find highest peak on route
- Log maximum elevations
- View peaks on map
- Email peaks for backup
- Metric/imperial unit switching
- Sound/vibration alerts for new maximums
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Find out about the highest peak on your route while you drive, bike or hike (with the help of GPS). You can use this to entertain yourself or your kids to find the highest point on a otherwise boring journey. Features: - keeps a list of the maximums - opens the maximum peaks on the map - email the peaks for backup - switch between metric and imperial units - plays a sound or vibrates on a new maximum
Altimeter
This app uses your iPhone's GPS to display your current, maximum, and minimum altitude. It's ideal for hikers and travelers who need to know their elevation in various units and with adjustable scale magnification.
- GPS altitude display
- Current, max, and min altitude tracking
- Multiple unit options (m, ft, yd)
- Adjustable scale magnification
- Ideal for hiking and travel
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Altimeter applications. Receive iphone using GPS location to display the altitude. When hiking, when traveling, your use. I wonder altitude in the mountains, or you are wondering when the height of the terrain to use this application. Current altitude, maximum altitude, minimum altitude is displayed. The altimeter is 'm', 'ft', 'yd' units can be displayed. Depending on the altitude display tick marks on the scale of 10, 100 scale, 1000 scale, you can adjust the magnification of 10,000.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Altimeter at Free against Max Peak's $0.99. Altimeter also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 19 months). Max Peak's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On in-app purchases 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
Altimeter is free to download; Max Peak costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Altimeter holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Altimeter has 121 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Max Peak ships an update every 19 months, Altimeter every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Max Peak | Altimeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.7 (121 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 53.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 121 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piet Jonas | EONSOFT |
Customer experience
Max Peak
Altimeter
In-app purchases
Max Peak
No in-app purchases
Altimeter
No in-app purchases
