Current Altitude vs Positive Altitude
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.
Positive Altitude
Instantly check your current elevation, speed, and direction of travel. This utility app also displays your rate of ascent or descent and GPS signal accuracy. It's designed for easy readability in various outdoor and travel scenarios.
- Real-time elevation and altitude
- Speed and direction tracking
- Rate of ascent/descent
- GPS signal accuracy display
- Large, high-contrast font
- Works on airplanes
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Positive Altitude is the best way to instantly check your elevation, altitude, speed, and direction whether hiking, climbing, or flying! This is the ONLY altimeter App that also includes your rate of ascent and descent as well as the accuracy of your GPS signal. How high are you? How fast are you climbing or falling? Large fonts and bright contrast make it easy to read or share with your seat mate. Positive Altitude works on airplanes! You may need to hold your phone near the window to get an initial GPS sync. Note: Positive Altitude uses your phone's GPS and will not work in Airplane mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Positive Altitude at none against Current Altitude's 1. Positive Altitude also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 72%). Current Altitude's advantage is ratings volume (18K vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence 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. Positive Altitude asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Current Altitude against 4.8 for Positive Altitude. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Current Altitude has 18K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of Current Altitude's written reviews are positive against 100% of Positive Altitude's.
Current Altitude ships an update every 14 months, Positive Altitude every 10 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Current Altitude | Positive Altitude |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (18K ratings) — better | 4.8 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 14 months | Every 10 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hearn Apps, LLC | Arutunian LLC |
Customer experience
Current Altitude
Positive Altitude
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
Positive Altitude
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Current Altitude
- Ad Removal$4.99
Positive Altitude
No in-app purchases
Questions
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