GPS Tracks vs WayLog
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
WayLog
This app records your routes for various activities like walking, running, cycling, and driving. You can view your path on a map, track metrics like distance and speed, and organize your journeys with tags. It offers hands-free control and Apple Watch support.
- Record routes for walking, running, cycling, driving
- View route on map during recording
- Track distance, speed, and altitude with graphs
- Organize routes with tags and search functionality
- Hands-free control via Siri, Shortcuts, or NFC tags
- Apple Watch and CarPlay support
- Export/import routes in GPX format
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Turn your moves into a log you can look back on. WayLog is a GPS tracker that records your routes for walking, running, cycling, and driving with a single tap. Record with Apple Watch alone. Start/stop hands-free with Siri, Shortcuts, or NFC tags. Also supports information display with CarPlay. Key features • View your route on a map (even while recording) • Review distance, speed, and altitude with graphs • Organize with tags, and search by address, date/time, title, or tag • Automatically saves your step count when you finish recording • Automatically adds start/end locations, distance, average speed, and more to your calendar • Export/import routes in GPX format
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GPS Tracks at none against WayLog's shown. GPS Tracks also leads on ratings volume (18K vs 23) and review sentiment (88% vs 63%). WayLog's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7). 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
Both are free to download. GPS Tracks sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per year and WayLog sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
WayLog holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Tracks has 18K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of GPS Tracks's written reviews are positive against 63% of WayLog's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
GPS Tracks ships an update fortnightly, WayLog every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS Tracks | WayLog |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (18K ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.1% of reviews — better | 63.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 18K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #65 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 107 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Morneault | Tsuneki Kamura |
Customer experience
GPS Tracks
WayLog
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
WayLog
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GPS Tracks
- GPS Tracks Pro7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- GPS Tracks Premium$49.991 Year
- Datum Add-On Pack$2.99
WayLog
- Pro Version(Monthly Payment)1 Month trial$2.991 Month
- Pro Version(Outlight Purchase)$34.99







