GPS & Maps vs GPS status+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GPS & Maps
This app provides precise location tracking, altitude, and speed measurements for various outdoor activities. Save and display waypoints on a map, utilize a compass, and access different map data sources. An integrated flashlight aids in low-light conditions.
- Precise GPS tracking
- Altitude and speed logging
- Waypoint saving and display
- Integrated compass
- Multiple coordinate formats
- Map widgets
- Flashlight functionality
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GPS & Maps is a simple, yet powerful GPS app for supporting navigation and outdoor activities like geocaching, sailing, skating, trekking, biking or traveling by airplane. It measures your position, height and acceleration with accuracy information and in different units like feet, meter, miles and kilometers. Your highest altitude and speed will also be logged. You can show and save your current position or other waypoints on a map and pick one of the following formats to view your coordinates: - GPS Coordinates (Latitude/Longitude) - Decimal Degrees - Degrees/Minutes/Seconds - UTM: Universal Transverse Mercator - MGRS: Military Grid Reference System GPS & Maps is a must have for geocachers, due to the easy switching between coordinates and map. The integrated flashlight enables users like geocachers to find targets even in dark environments without having to use a separate device. Via in-app purchase you can add some useful features to GPS & Maps: - Premium Edition: Unlock all of the following features. - Waypoints: Save your current location as a marker on the map. Add new locations like geo caches to the map by entering GPS coordinates. Pick different colors for waypoints. Export waypoints via e-mail. Show or hide saved waypoints on the map. - Map Widgets: The draggable Map Widgets show your location, altitude, speed, address and GPS accuracy directly on the map. You can change the widget transparency and textcolor in the settings to optimize readability on different map tiles and map data sources like Google Maps or Open Street Map. - Compass: The compass shows your heading relative to magnetic north or true north (configurable in the settings) and your current location coordinates. It also shows additional information like street, city and country. If you buy Compass and Map Widgets the Compass will also be displays as a widget on the map. - Open Street Map: This feature enhances the map with additional map data from Open Street Map. - Google Maps: This feature enhances the map with additional map data from Google Maps. The map modes 'standard', 'satellite', 'hybrid' and 'terrain' can be selected in the options menu. - iCloud Backup & Restore Please keep in mind that the accuracy of your position and acceleration always depends on the intensity of the available GPS signal. Compass and heading information are only available on devices with magnetometer.
GPS status+
This app displays your current location on a map, along with detailed GPS information like speed, latitude, longitude, and altitude. It's designed to provide users with comprehensive data about their position.
- Display current location on map
- Show GPS information
- Latitude display
- Longitude display
- Altitude display
- Speed display
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Provides GPS information(map,speed,latitude,longitude,and altitude) * Display your current location on map
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GPS & Maps at 4.4 against GPS status+'s 1.0. GPS & Maps also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (2.3K vs 1). GPS status+'s advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and ads (none vs shown). 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. GPS & Maps sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. GPS status+ asks for nothing beyond the download.
GPS & Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS & Maps has 2.3K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of GPS & Maps's written reviews are positive against 50% of GPS status+'s.
GPS & Maps ships an update monthly, GPS status+ every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS & Maps | GPS status+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.3K ratings) — better | 1.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kraus und Karnath GbR 2Kit Consulting | yuan hung Huang |
Customer experience
GPS & Maps
GPS status+
Bugs and requests
GPS & Maps
Reported bugs
4 issues- App crashes on launch
- Waypoints drop in wrong location
- Compass not working
- Coordinates are inaccurate
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to draw lines between waypoints
- Ability to add notes to waypoints
- Ability to add photos to waypoints
- Dark mode option
- Ability to enter coordinates manually
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- Ability to measure distance between points
GPS status+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
GPS & Maps
- Smart Compass$0.99
- Map Widgets$0.99
- Open Street Map$0.99
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- Google Maps$0.99
- POI / Waypoints$0.99
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Premium Editon$4.99
GPS status+
No in-app purchases
Questions
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