Comparison

Elevation vs Altimeter

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Elevation

Easily find your current elevation, altitude, and height above sea level. This app allows you to check elevations by touching the map, entering an address, or using your device's GPS or barometer. It also provides valuable data for flood prediction and outdoor planning.

Highlights
  • Find current elevation and altitude
  • Check elevation by map touch or address input
  • Utilize GPS and barometer for altitude
  • Record and display GPS altitude path
  • Standalone barometer functionality
  • Support for UTM and MGRS coordinates
  • Export timestamp, altitude, pressure, and coordinates
Features
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Find your current elevation, altitude, and height above sea level easily with this altimeter/barometer app. ## Elevation Finder ## This app helps you observe the elevations of all locations on the surface of the earth by simply touch and move the map around, or input the address/location name. You can also find the elevation of your current location by using online database, built-in GPS, or barometer on your device. Elevation data benefits flood prevention, prediction of water levels in rivers, lakes, and seas, etc. Thus, knowing the elevation of places is very crucial if you are looking for a flood-free house, or planning for a hiking trip, and more. ## Cloud-based Altitude Data ## The easiest way to find altitude of any location on earth. By simply point on the screen, you can get the elevation data from a coordinate location point. “Range Mode” is available for altitude comparison (by graph and line) of each point between two selected locations. ## GPS Altitude Data ## Use built-in GPS on your device to determine the altitude of your current location. The altitude data of the area you walked-through will be recorded and displayed as a multicolored line on the map. The colors presented on the line indicate different heights. Precision indicators (horizontal resolution and vertical resolution) are displayed on the screen. ## Barometric Altitude Data ## Use built-in barometer on your device to determine the elevation of your current location. You can either measure the elevation from raw barometric data, or relative pressure from sea-level. Like GPS data, the result is displayed as a multicolored line. To get the most accurate data, it is recommended to adjust the sea level pressure and temperature prior to the measurement, and set the offset or calibration value if necessary. ## Standalone Barometer ## You can use this app as a standalone barometer. ## Air Pressure / Altitude Calculator ## Atmospheric pressure and/or altitude at your current location are calculated from known altitude, pressure of the location, temperature and/or sea level pressure. ## Support of Coordinate Formats ## This app not only displays regular latitude and longitude data, but also supports many coordinate systems such as, Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system and Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) and more. ## Export of Data ## From this app, you can export many useful information including timestamp, altitude, pressure, and coordinates. Subscription ------------- Elevation - Sea Level Map is completely free to use with all features. You can subscribe to this application to remove ads and reduce data retrieving delay by 50%. Device subscriptions are available in these plan and will renew automatically each month, six months or year, unless cancelled. (Per month) - $4.49 (Per six-months) - $25.99 (Per year) - $48.99 Pricing shown is for the United States store. Pricing in other stores will vary. Payment for subscriptions will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period Subscriptions may be managed by going to your iTunes Account Settings after purchase or by clicking the “Purchase / Manage Subscription. Auto-renewal may be turned off by going to Account Settings after purchase. Subscription cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period More information: https://mapnitude.com/elevation Privacy policy: https://mapnitude.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://mapnitude.com/terms-of-service

About

Altimeter

Instantly discover your location, altitude, direction, and atmospheric pressure on a map. Track your elevation changes while moving and share photos with embedded location and altitude data. Access information on your Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • Real-time altitude and elevation tracking
  • GPS location, coordinates, and address
  • Atmospheric pressure monitoring
  • Detailed compass with direction tracking
  • Photo sharing with embedded location data
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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While traveling with a vehicle (car, bicycle, etc.), while hiking or climbing, you can instantly discover your location and altitude, direction, geographic coordinate, address and atmospheric pressure on the map. While following your direction on a detailed compass screen, you can also monitor the change in altitude. You can share the photos you take with your loved ones, including your altitude, geographic coordinates and address information. Depending on the shooting angle, the compass direction is also included in the photos. DISCOVER YOUR HEIGHT FROM SEA ON THE MAP (Normal Mode) You can instantly discover the information of your location on the map - Altitude (elevation) above sea level - Open air (atmosphere) pressure - Latitude and longitude coordinates and address - Speed in motion - Direction with a detailed compass FOLLOW YOUR HEIGHT FROM SEA ON THE MAP ON THE MOVE (Track Mode on the Map) On the map when traveling in a vehicle (car, bike, etc.), hiking or climbing, you can instantly track your location and the change in information - Altitude (elevation) above sea level - Open air (atmosphere) pressure - Latitude and longitude coordinates and address - Speed in motion - Direction with a detailed compass FOLLOW YOUR HEIGHT FROM SEA ON THE COMPASS (Compass Mode) While traveling with a vehicle (car, bicycle, etc.), while taking a walk or climbing, you can instantly track your direction and the altitude of your current location SHARE YOUR PHOTO WITH YOUR LOVED ONES WITH HEIGHT AND DIRECTION INFORMATION (Sharing Mode) While traveling with a vehicle (car, bike, etc.), hiking or climbing, you can share the photos you have taken with this information - Height, pressure, coordinate and address information will be on the photo - Depending on the shooting angle, the compass direction will be added to the photo YOU CAN ACCESS ALTITUDE AND LOCATION INFORMATION FROM APPLE WATCH IMPORTANT REMINDER ABOUT CALCULATION METHOD AND ACCURACY - The coordinates of the altitude and location are calculated using the GPS signals of the device used - There may be differences in the measurement values ​​depending on the GPS signal quality of the device's location - Just below the height value, the accuracy value of the measurement is given instantly in meters - Compass accuracy may be affected by magnetic or environmental interference UNLOCK ALTIMETER PRO - Use Altimeter without ads - Unlock point elevation - Unlock weather information - Access all current and future Pro features SUBSCRIPTION OPTIONS - Monthly: Renews every month. No free trial. - Annual: Renews every year. Eligible new subscribers receive a 7-day free trial. Prices are displayed in your local currency on the purchase screen and may vary by country or region. PAYMENT AND RENEWAL Payment is charged to your Apple Account when the purchase is confirmed. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends. If you begin an eligible annual free trial, it converts to a paid annual subscription unless canceled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. TERMS AND PRIVACY Privacy Policy: https://fozoglu.github.io/altimeter/privacy.html Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Elevation4 screens
Altimeter4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Elevation at every 3 weeks against Altimeter's every 7 months. Elevation also leads on ratings volume (5.4K vs 1.3K) and device support (4 vs 1). Altimeter's advantage is review sentiment (54% vs 30%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Elevation sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and Altimeter sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Elevation against 4.6 for Altimeter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5.4K and 1.3K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 30% of Elevation's written reviews are positive against 54% of Altimeter's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Elevation ships an update every 3 weeks, Altimeter every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Elevation versus Altimeter: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterElevationAltimeter
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (5.4K ratings)4.6 (1.3K ratings) — better
Positive reviews29.6% of reviews53.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings5.4K — better1.3K
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 7 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.5
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB84 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMapnitude Company LimitedFurkan Ozoglu

Customer experience

Elevation

All ratings5,396 ratings
Positive88.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative6.6%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive29.6%
Neutral8.1%
Negative62.2%

Altimeter

All ratings1,272 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral3.9%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive53.7%
Neutral9.0%
Negative37.3%

User reviews

Elevation

From 5.4K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Works great
  • 👍 Helpful for research
  • 👍 Useful for tracking elevation during storms
  • 👍 Easy to use

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes on opening
  • 🐛 Elevation readings are inaccurate
  • 🐛 Doesn't work consistently
  • 💰 Too many ads
  • 🤔 Confusing user interface

Altimeter

From 1.3K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Super splitter
  • 👍 Simple app, that delivers
  • 👍 Interesting when bushwalking
  • 👍 Consistent and reliable

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Can't even navigate with this spam filled app
  • 🔍 Far too many ads and requests to review before getting to use the app
  • 🔍 I can't even start using this before an ad pops up and I can't close it
  • 🔍 Too noisy with continuous adds
  • 🔍 Loud and obnoxious

Bugs and requests

Elevation

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Elevation readings not working
  • App freezes or crashes frequently
  • Inconsistent behavior across locations

Requested features

3 requests
  • Add search functionality
  • Display elevation in feet instead of meters
  • Improve accuracy of elevation readings

Altimeter

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Accuracy is not very good
  • Not stable, altitude figure is constantly adjusting
  • Only shows metric on Apple Watch

Requested features

2 requests
  • Show compass on watch
  • Better altitude accuracy

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Elevation

Subscriptions3
  • Plus Upgrade$4.491 Month
  • Plus Upgrade$25.996 Months
  • Plus Upgrade$48.991 Year
3 purchases

Altimeter

Subscriptions2
  • Altimeter Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • Altimeter Pro Annual7 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Elevation free?
Elevation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Altimeter free?
Altimeter is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Elevation or Altimeter?
Altimeter is rated higher. Elevation averages 4.5 out of 5 from 5.4K ratings, while Altimeter averages 4.6 from 1.3K ratings.
Do Elevation or Altimeter have ads?
Both Elevation and Altimeter show ads.
Which is updated more often, Elevation or Altimeter?
Elevation ships an update every 3 weeks, and Altimeter every 7 months. Most recently, Elevation was updated on September 24, 2026 and Altimeter on September 21, 2026.

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