Global Position vs Bathroom Scout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Global Position
This app transforms your device into a precision navigation tool. It offers multiple coordinate formats, a compass, altimeter, speedometer, and a live world daylight map. Calculations are performed on-device, ensuring functionality even without a mobile data signal.
- Multiple coordinate and grid formats (MGRS, UTM)
- Integrated compass, altimeter, and speedometer
- Live world daylight map and Celestial View
- HUD mode for windscreen display
- On-device calculations for offline use
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- Siri and Shortcuts integration
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Turn your iPhone into a precision navigation instrument: every major coordinate and grid format, a compass, altimeter, speedometer, HUD mode, a live world daylight map and the new Celestial View. Coordinates, grid references and astronomy are calculated on your device, so they keep working without a mobile-data signal. COORDINATES IN EVERY FORMAT - Latitude and longitude in decimal degrees, DD-MM, DMS or radians - Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) - Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) - Universal Polar Stereographic (UPS), shown automatically near the poles where UTM and MGRS are undefined Get a complete MGRS reference even on a ridge with no mobile signal. NAVIGATION TOOLS - Compass with true and magnetic headings side by side - Altimeter with a four-minute trend graph and session maximum - Speedometer in m/s, km/h, ft/s, mph or knots - HUD mode: rotate to landscape for a mirrored windscreen display that keeps the screen awake - G-force gauge with gravity excluded, plus maximum G-force and speed records - Flashlight for reading a map after dark SUN, MOON AND SKY Swipe across the astronomy card: - Solar Times: sunrise, sunset, day length and a daylight arc - World Time Zone Map: live daylight, civil, nautical and astronomical twilight and night, the points where the Sun and Moon are overhead, and the local time in 15 world cities - Celestial View (new): the Earth from space, lit by the Sun, with the Moon on its orbit and your position marked. Look down on either pole, or from the side to see the Earth's 23.4° tilt. Read the Sun's and Moon's elevation and bearing from where you stand. - Moon Status: phase, next full and new moon, distance and days into the lunar cycle WIDGETS (NEW) Position, Sun, Moon and Celestial View widgets for the Home Screen, with Position, Sun and Moon on the Lock Screen too: your coordinates and grid reference, the next sunrise or sunset with a countdown, today's moon phase, or the Earth, Sun and Moon from the viewpoint you choose. SIRI AND SHORTCUTS (NEW) Ask "Where am I in Global Position?" or "When is sunset in Global Position?". Hear your coordinates, altitude, the next sunrise or sunset, the moon phase or where the Sun and Moon are, copy your coordinates or share your location. Every action also works in the Shortcuts app. KNOW HOW GOOD YOUR FIX IS See the measured accuracy of your fix in metres, colour-coded Good, Fair or Poor, so you know whether to trust it. Choose how hard the GPS works: High, Medium or Low to save battery. SHARE YOUR POSITION One tap sends an Apple Maps link that opens on any phone or computer, with your address, coordinates, grid reference, altitude, accuracy and the local time of the fix. LOCATION AND MAP - Automatic address lookup when online - Standard, satellite and hybrid maps - Follow your location, or your location and heading MAKE IT YOURS Light, dark or system appearance; metres or feet; your choice of speed unit. AVAILABLE IN 24 LANGUAGES Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian and Vietnamese. Grid references stay in standard notation in every language, so your screen matches your paper map and everyone else's radio call. BUILT FOR THE FIELD Made for hikers, sailors, pilots, surveyors, field researchers, search-and-rescue teams, off-road drivers and travellers: anyone for whom knowing exactly where they are is not optional. On iPad, GPS positioning requires a Wi-Fi + Cellular model. Download Global Position and always know your position.
Bathroom Scout
Locate over 3.3 million public and private restrooms globally. View nearby facilities on a map, utilize Street View for location inspection, and get turn-by-turn directions. Users can also add new locations and rate existing ones.
- Global restroom database
- Map view of nearby toilets
- Street View integration
- Turn-by-turn navigation
- User-submitted locations
- GPX download
- Dark mode
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Using Bathroom Scout you can easily find more than 3,500,000 bathrooms and restrooms worldwide! This includes public toilets as well as restrooms in restaurants and other facilities. Please consider that it might be necessary to use the service of a facility in order to access the bathroom, and decide for yourself which bathroom is most convenient for you. Our features include: * Displaying nearby toilets on the map * Inspecting the location near a toilet using Street View (if imagery available) * Satellite view * Open toilet location in Apple Maps for turn by turn navigation * No advertisement * Waterfall sound * Adding new locations by yourself and rate existing locations * GPX download * Dark mode We would be happy to receive any other of your feedback by mail or via the 'feedback' button from the application menu. If you enjoy using our application we would also appreciate your rating!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Global Position at Free against Bathroom Scout's $0.99. Global Position also leads on rating (4.7 vs 1.4) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 8 months). Bathroom Scout's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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
Global Position is free to download; Bathroom Scout costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Global Position holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Global Position's written reviews are positive against 57% of Bathroom Scout's.
Global Position ships an update every 6 weeks, Bathroom Scout every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Global Position | Bathroom Scout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better | 1.4 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews — better | 56.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nik Psaragathos | Christof Lange |
Customer experience
Global Position
Bathroom Scout
In-app purchases
Global Position
No in-app purchases
Bathroom Scout
No in-app purchases
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