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 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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: GPS & Maps at 4.4 against GPS's 3.4. GPS & Maps also leads on ratings volume (2.3K vs 18) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). GPS's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. GPS & Maps sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and GPS sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
GPS & Maps holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPS & Maps has 2.3K ratings behind it against 18, 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 60% of GPS's.
GPS & Maps ships an update monthly, GPS every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.
| Parameter | GPS & Maps | GPS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (2.3K ratings) — better | 3.4 (18 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.9% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.3K — better | 18 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 32 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kraus und Karnath GbR 2Kit Consulting | Marvin Wagner |
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
- Small Coffee$0.99
- Large Coffee$2.99
- Pot of Coffee$4.99









