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

Track outdoor activities like hiking, biking, and running with detailed route recording and waypoint navigation. Explore offline with downloadable maps and various map layers. Share your real-time location with friends and access advanced measurement tools.

Highlights
  • Route tracking for outdoor activities
  • Offline map downloads
  • Waypoint navigation and storage
  • Real-time track sharing
  • Map measurement tools
  • GPX/KML export
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

Record your outdoor activities like hiking, cycling, or driving with live route tracking. Monitor speed, altitude, and create custom map markers. Share your recorded routes with friends in various export formats.

Highlights
  • Live route tracking on map
  • Record speed and altitude
  • Create custom map markers
  • Pause and resume recordings
  • Export routes in KML, GPX, CSV
  • Share recordings with friends
Features
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Record your hikes, runs, bike rides and journeys with GPS-Tracker Pro. View your routes on the map, explore your stats and share your trips. Features: • GPS recording in the background with pause, resume and Auto Pause • Distance, duration, moving and idle time • Speed, pace, altitude, elevation gain and descent • Interactive speed, altitude and pace charts • Standard, satellite and hybrid maps with speed-coloured routes • Follow-me mode on the map • All tracks on one map, coloured by track or tag • Tags, search and filters for your tracks • Markers with titles, notes, photos and colours • Rename and trim tracks • Import GPX, KML and GTP • Export GPX, KML, CSV and GTP, optionally with photos as ZIP • Share routes as map images • Full backup & restore of all your data • Widgets, Live Activities, Dynamic Island and Shortcuts • Adjustable GPS accuracy and distance filter • Alerts for inactivity and poor GPS signal, plus status reports Background GPS use may reduce battery life.

Screenshots

GPS Tracks4 screens
GPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GPS Tracks at 4.7 against GPS's 3.4. GPS Tracks also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 60%) and ratings volume (18K vs 18). GPS's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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 3 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 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS Tracks has 18K ratings behind it against 18, 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 60% of GPS's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Tracks ships an update weekly, GPS every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 14, 2026 and November 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
GPS Tracks versus GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS TracksGPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (18K ratings) — better3.4 (18 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better60.0% of reviews
Number of ratings18K — better18
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#64 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size125 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid MorneaultMarvin Wagner

Customer experience

GPS Tracks

All ratings17,831 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.4%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews1,437 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral3.7%
Negative10.9%

GPS

All ratings18 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%
Written reviews95 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral12.6%
Negative27.4%

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
3 purchases

GPS

One-time3
  • Small Coffee$0.99
  • Large Coffee$2.99
  • Pot of Coffee$4.99

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 3.4 from 18 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 weekly, and GPS every 2 weeks. Most recently, GPS Tracks was updated on November 14, 2026 and GPS on November 13, 2026.

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