Geo Bucket vs DumpMart
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Geo Bucket
This app allows you to store geocaches and maps offline, eliminating roaming charges. Easily populate your map with caches and access detailed descriptions, hints, and logging options. Supports multiple download methods for convenience.
- Offline cache storage
- Live map population
- Pocket query downloads
- Individual cache downloads
- Detailed cache descriptions
- No internet required for caching
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Using application is simple, just install the application, login, and press the Live button in top right corner of My Map to populate map with caches and you are ready to go geocaching. With Geo Bucket you can store geocaches and maps to your iDevice and you dont have to worry about roaming charges. The application has a My Map view where the downloaded caches are shown. Click a cache and there will be two actions available in the description. The i button on the left shows details of the cache and the > arrow on the right give you menu for different options. There are multiple ways to get cache descriptions to the application. -Easy and fast way is press the Live button in top right corner of My Map view. - You can also download geocache descriptions via pocket queries using PQ button in the top left corner of My Map view or drag and drop Pocket query files from iTunes. - You can download individual cache descriptions directly from Groundspeak Geocache web site with the Safari web browser or the embedded web browser. - You can click the pocket query zip file in the mail application and open the zip directly to the application. Geo Bucket can be used with a free Groundspeak Geocache account or a premium account. - With Free account you can download 3 full cache descriptions and 10 000 lite descriptions in 24 hours. -With free account Live button can download only Traditional caches. - With premium account you can download 6000 full cache descriptions in a day and 10 000 Lite cache descriptions of any cache type. From the web download the free account you can use only LOC files, which contain only the cache location information. The Pocket queries and the single cache GXP file contains much more information about the cache, e.g. difficulty, terrain, last logged comments, hint for the cache. The cache descriptions are stored in the iPad/iPhone flash memory and you can go caching without internet connection. You can freely use Pocket Queries and Live data to same location without any worries about duplicates. Detailed instructions are available on the support page at http://www.facebook.com/GeoBucket (Just press the support link) The Groundspeak Geocache icons and Powered by Live are copyrighted by Groundspeak, Inc. Used with permission. Note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
DumpMart
Discover and share locations for dumpster diving. Connect with a community of enthusiasts to find and post your scavenging spots.
- Find dumpster diving spots
- Share dumpster diving locations
- Community-driven
- Post your finds
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Do you like to dumpster dive? Find, post and share locations of your dumpster diving finds with DumpMart.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: DumpMart at 100% against Geo Bucket's 48%. DumpMart also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). Geo Bucket's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.2) and ratings volume (84 vs 5). On price 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
Both are free to download. Geo Bucket sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DumpMart asks for nothing beyond the download.
Geo Bucket holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Geo Bucket has 84 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 48% of Geo Bucket's written reviews are positive against 100% of DumpMart's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Geo Bucket ships an update every 2 months, DumpMart every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geo Bucket | DumpMart |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (84 ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 47.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 84 — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 10.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 38 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matti Mustonen | Greg Herrmann |
Customer experience
Geo Bucket
DumpMart
Bugs and requests
Geo Bucket
Reported bugs
4 issues- Map filters not working correctly
- Unable to log caches due to duplicate IDs
- Caches not showing as archived on the map
- Geocaching links opening in the app by default
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to log finds directly in the app
- Folder system to organize cached locations
- Improved compass and distance tracking features
- Option to customize cache details and log templates
DumpMart
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Geo Bucket
- remove advertisements from Geo Bucket$3.99
DumpMart
No in-app purchases
