Geo Elevation vs Terrain Elevation Profile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Geo Elevation
Create detailed elevation profiles by drawing paths on a map. Visualize terrain changes, including mountains and coastlines, with interactive charts that sync to your map view. Ideal for planning outdoor activities or exploring topography.
- Draw paths on map for elevation profiles
- Interactive map and chart sync
- Multiple elevation data sources
- Comprehensive statistics (min/max elevation, gain)
- Flexible unit configuration
- Location search and current location support
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Draw a path and see its elevation profile. Draw an area and see the ground itself: its highest and lowest points, its slopes and contours, in 3D. Anywhere on Earth, with the numbers a planner needs. Can you see it from here? Draw a straight path between two places and turn on Line of Sight. The ground is drawn over the curve of the Earth, with the line from your eye to the far end: green while it clears, orange where the ground gets in the way, and the clearance in feet or meters. Below sea level, the sea is told from dry land, so Death Valley stays land. The view from any point. Draw a circle and turn on View from Center: what its center can see turns green and what the ground hides turns red, on the map and in 3D, with the share in view. Then Look: stand at the center at the true height of the ground and look around, in relief or satellite imagery, with a compass, a mini map and the land beyond as the skyline. Walk around and zoom in: the ground sharpens where you look. Paths that follow the trail. Add a few points and choose Walking, Cycling or Driving: each leg follows the real path or road. A second later the profile is there, one sample every 30 meters, with distance, climb and descent, average grade and the steepest hundred meters. Move along the chart and a ring on the map shows where you are. Areas that answer for the ground. Draw an area, a circle or a rectangle and Geo Elevation reads the ground inside it every 30 meters: lowest, highest and mean height, relief, mean and steepest slope, with the highest and lowest points marked on the map. Every path that crosses the area gets its own small profile; scrub along it and the ring follows on the map. Slope and contours. Color steep ground the way avalanche maps do, from the angle you choose, and draw contour lines at a spacing that suits the relief. On the map, and on the ground in 3D. The ground in 3D. Turn the area, raise the heights, scrub a path and watch the marker climb. Print it on paper as you turned it, or save it as an STL file for a 3D printer. Layers, as in a drawing app. Many shapes in one document, each in its own color; show, hide and reorder them. Undo and redo every step. Spot heights. Pick any point for the height of the ground there. In and out. Import GPX, KML and GeoJSON, and older Geo Elevation files. Export GPX with elevations, CSV, GeoJSON, an image or a PDF report. Quick Look shows a document's ground and profile in the Finder and in Files. Your units, your map. Kilometers or miles, meters or feet, hectares or acres; each document remembers its own. Standard, satellite, hybrid and 3D map styles. Documents are plain GeoJSON, in iCloud Drive if you want them on every device. One purchase for iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro. No account, no subscription. Elevation data comes from our own server, ASTER and Mapzen at 30 m, worldwide; the app needs an internet connection to fetch it. In English, German, French, Spanish and Japanese.
Terrain Elevation Profile
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Viewshed & Line of Sight is a terrain visibility analysis app that shows what can and cannot be seen from any location on Earth using elevation data. Plan, explore and analyze terrain with clear visual tools for visibility and line of sight. KEY FEATURES Viewshed analysis * Generate visibility maps from any location * Free up to 5 km radius * Premium up to 30 km radius Line of sight analysis * Check visibility between any two points up to 500 km * Identify whether terrain blocks or allows visibility Terrain profiles (premium) * View elevation changes between points * See peaks along a path * Export terrain profile to CSV Search and navigation * Search locations and coordinates * Explore locations worldwide instantly Export and data tools (premium) * Export viewshed maps * Export terrain profiles * Export CSV data for further analysis PREMIUM FEATURES * Higher resolution 30 m terrain data (limited to North America, EU without Greece and Finland, Japan and New Zealand) * Improved accuracy for visibility analysis * Extended viewshed range up to 30 km * Advanced terrain profile tools and exports USES CASES * Hiking and outdoor exploration * Radio and antenna planning * Telecom and network analysis * GIS and mapping projects * Photography and viewpoint scouting NOTE Results are based on digital elevation models and may not include buildings, vegetation or temporary obstacles.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Terrain Elevation Profile at Free against Geo Elevation's $4.99. Geo Elevation's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#43 vs unranked). On update cadence, ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Terrain Elevation Profile is free to download; Geo Elevation costs $4.99 up front. Terrain Elevation Profile sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Geo Elevation asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Geo Elevation | Terrain Elevation Profile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free β better |
| Positive reviews | 56.8% of reviews | β |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No β better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | β |
| Best chart rank | #43 β better | β |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro β better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 17.0 β better |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 56 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ObjectGraph LLC | Ivan Blajic |
In-app purchases
Geo Elevation
No in-app purchases
Terrain Elevation Profile
- Premium Version$4.99
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