Elevation vs Back
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Back
This navigation tool uses your device's GPS to help you return to saved locations. Mark spots like parking or hotel locations and easily find your way back. Offers customizable display options and power-saving features.
- Save and return to marked locations
- Mark current location or enter coordinates
- Customizable user interface styles
- HUD for location information
- Power saving mode
- Unlimited preset destinations
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Using the GPS of your device, Back Track helps guide you back to any location you've marked. Any time you're somewhere you think you may need to return to, but you're not sure you'll be able to find your way back, simply save your position with Back Track by marking the location. Whether it's where you parked your car or the hotel you're staying at, you can be sure you'll be able to find the location again. When ready, select the saved location and start tracking. It's as easy as that! Features - Create and edit unlimited preset destinations. - Mark your current location or enter longitude and latitude coordinates manually. - Choose from a selection of user interface styles. - HUD for detailed information of your current and target locations. - The settings panel gives you full control over information displayed and measurement units used. - Includes a power saving mode to conserve battery life. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Back Track's accuracy is dependent on that of your device. For better results, keep your device away from magnets and electronics, and calibrate it if prompted to do so.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Elevation at 4.5 against Back's 3.6. Elevation also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 20 months) and ratings volume (5.4K vs 17). Back's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (41% vs 30%). On price, 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. Elevation sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.49 per month and Back sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Elevation holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Elevation has 5.4K ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 30% of Elevation's written reviews are positive against 41% of Back's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Elevation ships an update every 3 weeks, Back every 20 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Elevation | Back |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (5.4K ratings) — better | 3.6 (17 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 29.6% of reviews | 41.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5.4K — better | 17 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 20 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mapnitude Company Limited | Pilot X |
Customer experience
Elevation
Back
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
Back
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Elevation
- Plus Upgrade$4.491 Month
- Plus Upgrade$25.996 Months
- Plus Upgrade$48.991 Year
Back
- Remove Ads$0.99









