Comparison

Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro vs Wherigo®

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

Head to head
About

Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro

This app provides a comprehensive toolkit for geocaching enthusiasts. It offers advanced waypoint management, complex coordinate calculations, and various encryption/decryption tools to assist in finding caches. Designed for offline use, it ensures functionality even without internet access.

Highlights
  • Waypoint management and mapping
  • Coordinate projection and calculation
  • Distance and bearing calculations
  • Roman numeral conversion
  • Text to number conversion
  • Geocache encryption/decryption
Features
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The iGCT PRO app is a toolkit that focuses on typical tasks performed during geocaching. Tasks like making a projection from a waypoint, determining a new waypoint using two other waypoints, determining the distance to these waypoints, calculating the value of a Roman numeral, and averaging waypoints are examples of what the toolkit can accomplish. Imagine it’s lovely weather and you are walking in a beautiful surrounding. Walking with an intention, because you are geocaching and searching for caches. Picture you are at waypoint 3 of a multi cache and you’re asked to go to waypoint 4, which is 300 meter from this waypoint and 700 meter from the previous waypoint. Now what? Go home? Imagine you have a skilful toolkit with you to find your way. Imagine you have iGCT PRO, because you want to be ready for all these kind of challenges. Buy it now for a fixed low price (no in-app purchase necessary), since you never know if you have internet access the moment you need it most! The choice is yours. Complete feature list: List of waypoints ================= - Averaging a number of GPS readings for accurate coordinates - Manage a list of named waypoints - Search/filter list of waypoints - Show overview map with all (filtered) waypoints - Manually add a new waypoint - Edit latitude, longitude in WGS84, degrees, DMS, UTM, Dutch/Swiss XY - What3words - Compass navigation to selected waypoint Calculations ============ - Project new waypoint using distance/bearing - Distance/bearing between two known waypoints - Cross two wp/bearing lines - Cross wp/bearing line with circle around other wp - Cross two circles around 2 waypoints - Determine wp with same distance to 3 other waypoints - Cross two lines, each line connects two waypoints Text to number ============== - Calculate the sum of the character values in one or more words, the sum of all digits in this sum and finally sum the digits once more to typically arrive at one digit. - Choose between a=1, b=2 etc., the inverse a=26, b=25 etc. or the phone numbering abc=2, def=3 etc. En/Decrypt =============== Various encryption and decryption methods typically used in geocache descriptions: - Rotate characters by N positions - Caesar (Rot13) - Morse - Vigenere Numbers ======= Convert between these number systems: - Roman - Decimal (base 10) - Binary (base 2) - Hexadecimal (base 16)

About

Wherigo®

Embark on GPS-enabled real-world adventures. Navigate to physical locations to interact with virtual objects and characters. Download and play free cartridges at your own pace.

Highlights
  • GPS-enabled adventures
  • Interact with virtual objects
  • Navigate to physical locations
  • Download free cartridges
  • Cartridges do not expire
Features
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Play Wherigo™ cartridges on your iPhone! Wherigo™ cartridges are GPS-enabled adventures in the real world. Use GPS technology to guide you to physical locations and interact with virtual objects and characters. Download cartridges for free from the official Wherigo™ web site right from the app and play at your leisure. Note that cartridges are retained for as long as you need them and do not expire. Time estimates given on the web site and in the cartridge description are for expected playing time. 1) With newer devices, you can download cartridges with your computer and drag and drop to the Wherigo app folder in iTunes. 2) You can also drag and drop .gws files to upload with your browser if you have trouble uploading from the app. 3) Be sure to select "PocketPC" as the device when downloading cartridges for best results, although any device should work.

Screenshots

Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro4 screens
Wherigo®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Wherigo® at Free against Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro's $1.99. Wherigo® also leads on rating (4.5 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (989 vs 3). Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro's advantage is review sentiment (67% vs 42%). On update cadence, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Wherigo® is free to download; Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Wherigo® holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Wherigo® has 989 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro's written reviews are positive against 42% of Wherigo®'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro versus Wherigo®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGeocaching Toolkit iGCT ProWherigo®
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.3 (3 ratings)4.5 (989 ratings) — better
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews — better42.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3989 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.011.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBtStSoftGroundspeak Inc.

Customer experience

Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative20.0%

Wherigo®

All ratings989 ratings
Positive87.3%
Neutral4.6%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive42.1%
Neutral5.3%
Negative52.6%

Bugs and requests

Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Wherigo®

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Inability to download cartridges
  • Cartridges not showing up
  • App freezing and crashing
  • Login/authentication problems

Requested features

4 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved Wherigo support
  • Better integration with Geocaching
  • Save state functionality

In-app purchases

None

Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Wherigo®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro free?
Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Wherigo® free?
Wherigo® is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro or Wherigo®?
Wherigo® is rated higher. Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro averages 3.3 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Wherigo® averages 4.5 from 989 ratings.
Do Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro or Wherigo® have ads?
Neither Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro nor Wherigo® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro or Wherigo®?
Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro ships an update every 4 months, and Wherigo® every 4 months. Most recently, Geocaching Toolkit iGCT Pro was updated on September 22, 2026 and Wherigo® on September 22, 2026.

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