GPS & Maps vs GPS
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
Record your movements with GPS and share them in real-time via a web browser. Attach photos to your tracks and create public tracks for others to view. No special hardware is needed for live tracking.
- Real-time GPS track recording
- Remote viewing via web browser
- Shareable public tracks
- Attach photos to tracks
- No dedicated hardware required
- Live tracking for various activities
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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.]
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPS & Maps at 63% against GPS's 0%. GPS & Maps also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). GPS's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. GPS & Maps sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and GPS sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GPS & Maps ships an update monthly, GPS every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GPS & Maps | GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.3K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kraus und Karnath GbR 2Kit Consulting | hc-eng |
Customer experience
GPS & Maps
GPS
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
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
- 1 Month Subscription$4.99
- 1 Year Subscription$49.99









