Comparison

GPS Tracks vs GPS

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

GPS

Share your real-time GPS location and track path with photos. Ideal for adventures or business, allowing friends or teams to monitor movements via any web browser. Offers free public track creation and paid private/shared track options.

Highlights
  • Real-time GPS track sharing
  • Photo integration with tracks
  • Web browser remote viewing
  • Public track creation (free)
  • Private/shared track subscription
  • Background GPS monitoring
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Record your movement as a GPS track on your smartphone, and use GPS-Trk Net to view the track remotely in a web browser. Share your movements with GPS Live Tracking while touring, traveling, walking, flying, sailing, and more. Photos can also be attached to your tracks. GPS Live Tracking Start recording a GPS track on your smartphone, and people in other locations can watch your moving GPS track in a web browser on a smartphone, tablet, or PC. No dedicated receiver or tracking hardware is required. Public Tracks GPS-Trk Mini lets you create public tracks for free. Share your movement with the world, or let others view it using a shared URL. Use Cases • Motorcycle touring • Travel and walking • Hiking and trekking • Cycling • Aircraft and balloon flights • Sailing and boating • Events and races • Vehicle tracking • GPS Live Tracking of anything that moves GPS-Trk Net https://gpstrk.hc-eng.com About GPS-Trk GPS-Trk is GPS tracking software that has been continuously developed and updated since the beginning of the App Store in 2009. GPS-Trk Mini is a simplified version of the GPS-Trk tracking technology, focused on the features needed for GPS Live Tracking. Combined with GPS-Trk Net, your smartphone can be used as a GPS Live Tracker. [Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.]

Screenshots

GPS Tracks4 screens
GPS2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPS Tracks at 88% against GPS's 0%. GPS Tracks also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.0) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 5 months). On price, ads, 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 GPS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. 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 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Tracks has 18K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of GPS Tracks's written reviews are positive against 0% of GPS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Tracks ships an update fortnightly, GPS every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
GPS Tracks versus GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS TracksGPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18K ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews88.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18K — better1
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#66 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid Morneaulthc-eng

Customer experience

GPS Tracks

All ratings17,616 ratings
Positive93.8%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,119 reviews
Positive88.1%
Neutral3.3%
Negative8.6%

GPS

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

GPS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
2 purchases

GPS

One-time2
  • 1 Month Subscription$4.99
  • 1 Year Subscription$49.99

Questions

Is GPS Tracks free?
GPS Tracks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GPS free?
GPS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GPS Tracks or GPS?
GPS Tracks is rated higher. GPS Tracks averages 4.7 out of 5 from 18K ratings, while GPS averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do GPS Tracks or GPS have ads?
Neither GPS Tracks nor GPS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Tracks or GPS?
GPS Tracks ships an update fortnightly, and GPS every 5 months. Most recently, GPS Tracks was updated on September 25, 2026 and GPS on September 10, 2026.

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