Comparison

GPS Location vs POI Toolbox

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

GPS Location

This app displays your current location, date, and time on a scrollable map. Share your precise coordinates via SMS, email, or social media, with optional screenshots for visual context. It's ideal for pinpointing locations for various activities or simply exploring the world map.

Highlights
  • Current location display
  • Date and time to the second
  • Scrollable map interface
  • Share coordinates via SMS, email, social media
  • Screenshot attachment for shared locations
  • Accurate crosshairs for pinpointing
  • Multiple coordinate formats (DD-MM-SS.S, DD-MM.MMM, DD.DDDDD)
Features
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GPS Location shows your current location, date & time to the second along with a scrollable map. Share your coordinates over SMS (text message), email, Twitter, Facebook or Weibo! If you share over email, Twitter or Facebook, GPS Location also attaches a screenshot so you can easily remember what the surrounding area looked like. You can copy your coordinates & locate anything you can find on the map with accurate crosshairs. Have a telescope that needs your coordinates & the current time? Need to know the coordinates for your hunting stand? Going on a trek and need to find your lat/long? Want to scroll around the world and see where your favorite landmarks are? GPS Location is what you need. After launch, the map automatically centers on your location. Coordinates of the map's center are shown in three formats (DD-MM-SS.S, DD-MM.MMM and DD.DDDDD). Elevation is shown feet & meters. Your phone's time is shown in Greenwich Mean Time (aka Zulu time). To recenter the map on your location, just hit the crosshairs button. iPod touches and wifi-only iPads do not have GPSs. These devices will not be as accurate. The iOS GPSs output in the WGS84 datum. GPS Location display coordinates in WGS84. If you have any problems or suggestions, please email us at support@acceleroto.com.

About

POI Toolbox

Easily manage and organize your points of interest. Mark locations, add details, and import/export data in various formats. Create smart folders for efficient tracking of numerous places.

Highlights
  • Mark and manage points of interest
  • Import POI files (GPX, KML)
  • Export POI collections (GPX)
  • Create smart folders
  • Assign tags to POIs
  • Edit POI names and descriptions
Features
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Manage your POIs. Whether you want to mark interesting places to explore by bike or collect all the locations for table tennis in your city, POI Toolbox will help you. Get located and create each POI individually or import an existing POI file (in GPX or KML format). You can also extract single points of a GPX tracking as POIs. Change names and descriptions of your POIs and assign tags. Create smart folders in no time to keep track of thousands of POIs. Export desired folders as GPX-formatted POI collections, which you can later install on your GPS or share with your friends.

Screenshots

GPS Location4 screens
POI Toolbox4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: POI Toolbox at Free against GPS Location's $0.99. POI Toolbox also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 4 months). GPS Location's advantage is review sentiment (76% vs 56%) and ratings volume (19 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

POI Toolbox is free to download; GPS Location costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

POI Toolbox holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Location has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 76% of GPS Location's written reviews are positive against 56% of POI Toolbox's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Location ships an update every 4 months, POI Toolbox every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
GPS Location versus POI Toolbox: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS LocationPOI Toolbox
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating3.9 (19 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.9% of reviews — better55.6% of reviews
Number of ratings19 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAccelerotoKLAUS HAFNER

Customer experience

GPS Location

All ratings20 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral15.0%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews108 reviews
Positive75.9%
Neutral10.2%
Negative13.9%

POI Toolbox

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

None

GPS Location

No in-app purchases

None

POI Toolbox

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS Location free?
GPS Location costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is POI Toolbox free?
POI Toolbox is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GPS Location or POI Toolbox?
POI Toolbox is rated higher. GPS Location averages 3.9 out of 5 from 19 ratings, while POI Toolbox averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do GPS Location or POI Toolbox have ads?
Neither GPS Location nor POI Toolbox shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Location or POI Toolbox?
GPS Location ships an update every 4 months, and POI Toolbox every 4 weeks. Most recently, GPS Location was updated on November 6, 2026 and POI Toolbox on November 3, 2026.

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