Comparison

Geospike vs El Hierro Offline Map

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

Head to head
About

Geospike

Record your travels by creating location-based entries with photos and notes. Group these entries into trips and share them with friends and family, even while you're on the go. This app allows you to build a travel history and easily find your way back to memorable spots.

Highlights
  • Record locations with photos and notes
  • Create and group entries into trips
  • Share individual entries or entire trips
  • Build a travel history
  • Offline logging capability
  • Find your way back to logged places
Features
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Record your travels, share with friends, and find your way back to places you've been—all while building a travel history. With Geospike you can instantly record where you are, attaching photos and notes to your location, creating what we call a 'spike'. Geospike is a great way to capture and share moments on-the-go, from visiting landmarks to having coffee with your friends. There is no "checking-in" to predefined places and you can log a spike without an internet connection, making it especially great for places off the beaten path. Start a trip, and and the places you log will be grouped together on a trip map. You can share individual spikes, or the whole trip (even while it's in progress) so friends and family can follow your journey as you go. Whether you're traveling around the world or exploring your own neighborhood, Geospike is the perfect app for capturing and sharing your travels.

About

El Hierro Offline Map

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Customisable offline map from Openstreetmap with contour lines in which even the smallest paths and trails are shown. POIs are grouped into categories and can be displayed as layers. For example, you can display all restaurants, public transport lines, banks, hiking trails, charging stations and doctors on the map. The size and overlap of the icons can be adjusted to improve clarity. An integrated database allows you to search for POIs as well as a large number of streets, towns, villages, districts, etc. The search can be filtered by category and/or distance. For many POIs there is further information such as opening hours, address, disabled access, ... Notes or favourites can be created for each POI, a history list shows the most recently used POIs, content can be shared. A location function shows the current position, the app is ad-free and there is no tracking.

Screenshots

Geospike4 screens
El Hierro Offline Map4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Geospike at Free against El Hierro Offline Map's $3.99. Geospike also leads on device support (4 vs 2). El Hierro Offline Map's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence and iOS requirement 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

Geospike is free to download; El Hierro Offline Map costs $3.99 up front. Geospike sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. El Hierro Offline Map asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 19, 2026 and July 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Geospike versus El Hierro Offline Map: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeospikeEl Hierro Offline Map
PriceFree — better$3.99
Positive reviews65.3% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB28 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperGeospike Pty LtdJoerg Holz

Bugs and requests

Geospike

Reported bugs

37 issues
  • Trips function doesn't work
  • Syndication activations are broken (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr)
  • App crashes when opening/in the field
  • App not recognized login details after reinstall
  • Support page goes nowhere
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  • Cannot open app for months
  • App won't recognize login details
  • App not compatible with iOS 11
  • App crashes upon startup
  • Internet connection not available message when on WiFi
  • Sharing locations/journeys with public by default
  • App doesn't format well with iPads
  • Application outside view on iPads
  • Does not respond to text changes in some areas on iPads
  • Does not load on iOS 8.4
  • Cannot receive photographs or details of spikes
  • Website is useless
  • Cannot log past travels easily
  • Cannot copy text from app
  • Cannot see route within city
  • GPS is off a bit
  • Does not capture photos without internet
  • No spike with that number error
  • Unable to leave comments due to errors
  • Trip function did not connect dots of spikes
  • Total trip was 1 mile long
  • Some places recorded no position despite working without data
  • Account creation required for first spike without network
  • Camera opens automatically when wanting to record location
  • Map not at the top of description page
  • Saving point defaults to public feed
  • Creating private spike takes too many taps
  • App places Australian user in South Africa
  • Map cannot find results for Australia
  • App hangs when saving picture
  • App took user's info without permission
  • Consumes battery heavily

Requested features

11 requests
  • Update app for iOS 11 compatibility
  • Fix syndication features (Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr)
  • Allow entering past trips/states visited
  • Improve offline functionality
  • Add ability to create geo tags from existing photo library
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  • Allow tagging people from Facebook on spikes
  • Improve friend adding user-friendliness
  • Make interface simpler, minimal, and quicker
  • Allow dragging location to exact spot on map
  • Improve Twitter syndication
  • Clearer interface or guidelines regarding GPS Log relationship

El Hierro Offline Map

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Geospike

One-time3
  • Flag Customization$0.99
  • Special Promotion$4.99
  • Geospike PRO$5.99
None

El Hierro Offline Map

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Geospike free?
Geospike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is El Hierro Offline Map free?
El Hierro Offline Map costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Geospike or El Hierro Offline Map have ads?
Geospike shows ads; El Hierro Offline Map does not.
Which is updated more often, Geospike or El Hierro Offline Map?
Geospike ships an update every 3 months, and El Hierro Offline Map every 3 months. Most recently, Geospike was updated on September 19, 2026 and El Hierro Offline Map on July 16, 2026.

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