Comparison

GPS Tracks vs Offline Map Navigation

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

Head to head
About

GPS Tracks

This app allows users to track outdoor activities like hiking, biking, and running. It enables navigation to waypoints, storage of favorite destinations, and offers advanced features for route planning and data export with a subscription.

Highlights
  • Track hiking, biking, running, and walking routes
  • Navigate to saved waypoints
  • Store and manage favorite destinations
  • Offline map downloads
  • Export tracks and waypoints (GPX, KML, CSV)
  • Real-time track sharing
  • Apple Watch app for direct activity tracking
Features
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"One of the better GPS apps for sporting enthusiasts for the iPhone..." - Bryan Wolfe, AppAdvice.com Do you want to track your hiking, biking, walking, running? Do you want to track your outdoor activities? Do you need to navigate to waypoints? Do you want to store your favorite destinations? Explore anywhere, without limits with GPS Tracks. It is an ideal app for offline hiking, running, walking, cycling, and any other route tracking activity. It is a perfect companion for traveling, hunting, fishing, and other navigational activities where you need to store specific waypoints. Use Applications - • Great for hiking offline, running, walking, and biking to track your route! • Great for photographers who need to track location data for their pictures! • Great for hunters and fishermen who need to store specific locations! • Great for golfing to find the distance to the pin! • Great for military navigational applications! Features Upgrade to GPS Tracks Pro & Premium (requires subscription) • Download maps for offline use • Use Street, Terrain, Topo, Satellite, USGS, NOAA nautical charts, FAA charts, and many other alternate map sources • Add map overlays of local trails or area boundaries from images, files, or directly from your camera • Use custom Map Tile Server URLs • Export tracks and waypoints to GPX, KML, KMZ, or CSV • Print Maps in PDF • GPS Tracks Live - real-time track sharing with friends which allows you to see your friends tracks live on the map • Use the Range Finder • Create a track pacesetter or goal to improve your time on a given track • Weather at waypoints • Elevation profiles for tracks • Create routes manually by tracing the map or dropping pins • GPS Tracks uses WGS84 datum, over 220 datums available with the subscription • Subscription syncs via iCloud to other devices Track • Record your track for any activity • Save your favorite waypoints • Take GPS static observations to average current location for more accurate waypoints • Easily navigate to waypoints with the waypoint guide on the compass • Add a vector as a waypoint with angle and distance • Convert between four sets of coordinates (Decimal, DMS, MGRS, UTM) anytime Measure (requires subscription) • The Range Finder allows you to measure distance, elevation and angle between any two points on the map • Map measuring tools allow you to measure area and distance on the map • Draw or drop pins to measure Apple Watch App • Track your activity directly with your Apple Watch without your iPhone • Will save your workouts to the Health app from the watch (only the watch app uses HealthKit) Connect • iCloud syncing (will sync between Mac, iPad, and iPhone version) • Import from Dropbox, iCloud Drive, or the local device storage • Send a waypoint to the Apple, Google, or Waze app for driving directions • Import tracks and coordinates in a GPX, KML, BIN, CSV, or NMEA format Live Activities & Widgets • Live Activity for tracking and navigating waypoints • Lock Screen & Home Screen widget for distance today and current location • Home Screen widget for last track and add new waypoint There are many other great features. Privacy Policy and Terms of Use - http://www.dmsoftwaresolutions.com/privacyPolicyTermsOfUse.html Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

Offline Map Navigation

Navigate and find directions anywhere, even without an internet connection. Get turn-by-turn instructions, discover nearby points of interest, and plan optimized routes for various modes of transport. Save favorite locations and share trip plans with others.

Highlights
  • Offline map downloads
  • Turn-by-turn navigation
  • Route planning for car, bike, walk
  • Nearby points of interest search
  • Voice guidance
  • Automatic rerouting
  • Shareable route instructions
Features
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Search, Get Directions & Navigate anywhere even without internet connection • Turn-by-turn route instructions & real-time navigation • Find directions for car, motorbike, bicycle or walk modes • Add way-points and get optimised route • Find nearby Hotels, Restaurants, Hospitals, ATM, Banks, Public and Shopping places even in offline • Shows accurate driving route and voice guidance • Automatic rerouting during navigation • Find compass direction to a location on map • Alternative route suggestions • Shareable route instructions • Save your favourite locations for quick access • Fast GPS update • Clear day and night map styles • Downloadable offline maps • All features work in both online and offline mode Why ‘Offline Map Navigation’? • Save money on roaming charges with offline maps • Plan your travel more effectively by saving locations to visit as way-points and finding optimized path • Share your trip plan with friends and family • Multi language support --------------------------------------- Upgrade to Premium Subscription to access ad free app and unlimited offline map downloads ($29.99 annually / $4.99 monthly ): - Download unlimited maps without worrying credits - Delete unnecessary maps to increase space on your device - Enjoy the app without ads. Price may vary by location. Subscriptions will be charged to your credit card through your iTunes account. Your subscription will automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. To end a subscription, disable auto-renewal and allow the current period to end. It will not be possible to immediately cancel a subscription. Refunds are not available for unused portions of a subscription. Privacy Policy: https://virtualmaze.com/omn/privacypolicy.html Terms of Use: https://virtualmaze.com/omn/legal-terms.html -----------------------------------

Screenshots

GPS Tracks4 screens
Offline Map Navigation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPS Tracks at 85% against Offline Map Navigation's 14%. GPS Tracks also leads on ads (none vs shown) and rating (4.7 vs 4.3). Offline Map Navigation's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GPS Tracks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year and Offline Map Navigation sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GPS Tracks holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Tracks has 18K ratings behind it against 314, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of GPS Tracks's written reviews are positive against 14% of Offline Map Navigation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
GPS Tracks versus Offline Map Navigation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS TracksOffline Map Navigation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18K ratings) — better4.3 (314 ratings)
Positive reviews85.4% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings18K — better314
Update frequencyFortnightlyFortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#70 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid MorneaultVirtualMaze

Customer experience

GPS Tracks

All ratings17,647 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,424 reviews
Positive85.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative10.9%

Offline Map Navigation

All ratings314 ratings
Positive81.5%
Neutral8.9%
Negative9.6%
Written reviews35 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral8.6%
Negative77.1%

User reviews

GPS Tracks

From 18K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Accurate GPS tracking
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 💡 Versatile features for various activities
  • 🚀 Responsive customer support
  • 👍 Reliable and consistent performance

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes or glitches
  • 🔋 Battery drain issues
  • 🔒 Concerns about privacy and data security
  • 👎 Offline maps not fully functional

Offline Map Navigation

From 314 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Good when internet is available
  • 👍 Detailed maps
  • 👍 Works offline for some users
  • 👍 Helpful for navigation needs

Room to improve

  • ❌ Does not work offline
  • ❌ Frequent crashes
  • ❌ Errors during operation
  • ❌ Not intuitive
  • ❌ Difficult to unsubscribe

Bugs and requests

GPS Tracks

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Tracks disappearing after updates
  • GPS coordinates not always accurate
  • Difficulty deleting unwanted waypoints

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to edit waypoint names
  • Improved map synchronization across devices
  • Integration with popular fitness apps
  • Landscape map view option
  • Automatic activity tracking without user interaction

Offline Map Navigation

Reported bugs

11 issues
  • App crashes repeatedly
  • App gets stuck in menu
  • Map download errors
  • Search bar malfunctions
  • App crashes when downloading offline maps
Show 6 more
  • App requires internet connection for offline features
  • App crashes when trying to find route offline
  • App doesn't open downloaded maps
  • App doesn't load route when offline
  • App doesn't pick up current location
  • App becomes unstable and shuts down

Requested features

3 requests
  • Option to cancel today's route
  • Improved offline functionality
  • Better user interface

In-app purchases

3 purchases

GPS Tracks

Subscriptions2
  • GPS Tracks Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • GPS Tracks Premium$49.991 Year
One-time1
  • Datum Add-On Pack$2.99
6 purchases

Offline Map Navigation

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Premium$4.991 Month
  • Annual Premium3 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Annual Premium2 variants$29.991 Year
One-time3
  • 100 Credits Pack$1.99
  • 200 Credits Pack$2.99
  • 300 Credits Pack$3.99

Questions

Is GPS Tracks free?
GPS Tracks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Offline Map Navigation free?
Offline Map Navigation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GPS Tracks or Offline Map Navigation?
GPS Tracks is rated higher. GPS Tracks averages 4.7 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while Offline Map Navigation averages 4.3 from 314 ratings.
Do GPS Tracks or Offline Map Navigation have ads?
Offline Map Navigation shows ads; GPS Tracks does not.
Which is updated more often, GPS Tracks or Offline Map Navigation?
GPS Tracks ships an update fortnightly, and Offline Map Navigation fortnightly. Most recently, GPS Tracks was updated on October 20, 2026 and Offline Map Navigation on October 18, 2026.

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