Oceanodesy vs GPS Format Converter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Oceanodesy
This utility app converts between geodetic and grid coordinate systems. It supports various units for latitude, longitude, and grid coordinates, along with multiple datums and projections for accurate geospatial transformations.
- Geodetic to grid coordinate conversion
- Grid to geodetic coordinate conversion
- Multiple latitude/longitude formats (DD, DMM, DMS)
- Multiple grid coordinate units (US Feet, Intl Feet, Meters)
- Support for multiple datums (WGS84, NAD27, NAD83, etc.)
- Support for multiple projections (UTM, SPCS27, SPCS83)
- Store and export projected coordinates
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Oceanodesy projects and inverses between geodetic coordinates (latitude and longitude) and grid coordinates (easting and northing). Latitude and longitude coordinates are accepted and displayed in Decimal Degrees (DD.dd), Decimal Minutes (DD MM.mm), and Decimal Seconds (DD MM SS.ss). Grid coordinates are accepted and displayed in US Feet, International Feet, and Meters. Projected coordinates can be stored for later reference or export. Available Datums: - World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS84) - North American Datum 1927 (NAD27) - North American Datum 1983 (NAD83) - Sistema de Referencia Geocentrico para las AmericaS 2000 (SIRGAS2000) - Indian 1975 Datum - Hartebeesthoek 1994 Datum - European Datum 1950 Available Projections: - Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) - State Plane Coordinate System 1927 (SPCS27) - State Plane Coordinate System 1983 (SPCS83)
GPS Format Converter
Easily convert GPS coordinates between Degrees, Minutes, Seconds, Decimal Minutes, Decimal Degrees, and UTM formats. Share your current location or copy converted coordinates to the clipboard. Open locations directly in popular map applications.
- Convert between DMS, DMM, DD, and UTM
- Get current location in all formats
- Share location with one click
- Copy coordinates to clipboard
- Open coordinates in Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Waze
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EASILY AND QUICKLY convert between three different GPS coordinate formats and UTM: - Degrees, Minutes and Seconds DDD° MM' SS.SSS" - Degrees and Decimal Minutes DDD° MM.MMMMM' - Decimal Degrees DDD.DDDDDDD° - Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) Zone, Easting, Northing SHARE your location with a click of a button. EASILY copy each format to the clipboard. Get your current location in all formats with a click of a button. Open up the coordinates in Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Oceanodesy at Free against GPS Format Converter's $0.99. Oceanodesy also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (8.1 vs 18.6). GPS Format Converter's advantage is review sentiment (81% vs 73%). On rating, ratings volume, 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
Oceanodesy is free to download; GPS Format Converter costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Oceanodesy against 4.5 for GPS Format Converter. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of Oceanodesy's written reviews are positive against 81% of GPS Format Converter's.
Oceanodesy ships an update every 4 weeks, GPS Format Converter every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Oceanodesy | GPS Format Converter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $0.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.7% of reviews | 81.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 5 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oceaneering International, Inc. | Bitwire Technologies Limited |
Customer experience
Oceanodesy
GPS Format Converter
In-app purchases
Oceanodesy
No in-app purchases
GPS Format Converter
No in-app purchases
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