Current Altitude vs altimeter professional
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Current Altitude
Track your current altitude and location with this GPS-powered utility. Save important spots, view coordinates in multiple formats, and easily share your position with others. Ideal for outdoor adventures and travel.
- GPS-powered location tracking
- Save and reference locations
- Multiple GPS format displays
- Share location and altitude
- Accurate altitude readings
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Your perfect companion for hiking, camping, climbing, flying, and everything else. - Powered by your device's GPS - Save your locations for future reference - Display your location in a variety of GPS formats - Share your location & altitude with friends Please make sure your device has a clear view of the sky for the most accurate reading.
altimeter professional
This app provides highly accurate altitude and position detection using GPS and barometric sensors. It features a graphical analog display with digital readings, tracks maximum altitude reached, and allows users to calibrate readings. You can also take and share photos with location data or send emergency SMS messages with GPS coordinates.
- Accurate altitude and position detection
- Analog and digital display
- Maximum altitude tracking
- Photo capture with altitude and location
- Emergency SMS with GPS coordinates
- Altitude calibration
- Meters or feet display
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Professional altimeter. Very accurate position and altitude detection. Through this Altimeter application you will be able to know the real height of where you are. Very accurate from a graphic point of view, it reproposes an analogue altimeter with digital measurement. It also stores the maximum height reached, very useful for hiking in the mountains. You can also view the quality and accuracy at any time. It uses both the GPS and the barometric sensor (for devices equipped) that can be activated by the options. You can see the altitude in meters or feet and calibrate the altitude from the settings panel. With the function take photos, you can take personalized photographs (with the altitude and the place where you are), share them with facebook, whatsapp, email etc. Possibility to send an SMS in case of need to a contact you have chosen with GPS coordinates and your position on the map.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Current Altitude at 4.8 against altimeter professional's 4.0. Current Altitude also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 20) and update cadence (every 12 months vs every 52 months). altimeter professional's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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. Current Altitude sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. altimeter professional asks for nothing beyond the download.
Current Altitude holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Current Altitude has 18K ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Current Altitude's written reviews are positive against 61% of altimeter professional's.
Current Altitude ships an update every 12 months, altimeter professional every 52 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Current Altitude | altimeter professional |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18K ratings) — better | 4.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.8% of reviews — better | 61.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months — better | Every 52 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 87 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hearn Apps, LLC | FFZ srl |
Customer experience
Current Altitude
altimeter professional
Bugs and requests
Current Altitude
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashing or not loading properly
- Elevation readings fluctuating wildly
- Incompatibility with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Dark mode option
- Ability to save/export elevation data
- More customization options
- Improved accuracy and precision
altimeter professional
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Current Altitude
- Ad Removal$4.99
altimeter professional
No in-app purchases
Questions
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