MGRS GPS vs Grid
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MGRS GPS
Easily view your MGRS coordinates on your iPhone or iPad. Share your location via text, email, or social media. Capture and manage waypoints across your devices.
- View MGRS location
- Share location via tweet, email, SMS, iMessage
- Capture waypoints
- View and edit waypoints on iPad
- Universal app support
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MGRS GPS allows you to see your MGRS location on your iPhone or iPad. In addition, you can tweet, email, SMS on iPhone, or iMessage your location to your friends. Since the app is universal you can capture waypoints with your iPhone and then view and change them on your iPad.
Grid
This app provides accurate location data in MGRS/USNG and lat/lon formats, along with altitude, course, and speed. It features a satellite map, a coordinate converter, and options to adjust grid accuracy and units. Location updates can be toggled to conserve battery.
- MGRS/USNG and lat/lon coordinates
- Altitude, course, and speed display
- Satellite map view
- Coordinate converter (DMS, MGRS, UTM)
- Adjustable grid accuracy
- Toggleable location updates
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Grid Nav gives you accurate location data in angular geographic coordinates and in Military Grid Reference System (MGRS)/USNG format. Perfect for Land Nav. Simple to use without a bunch of clutter to get in your way so you can get the information you need quickly. Completely re-written from Grid Nav2 to provide the latest in accuracy & power savings. Features: - easily get your current coordinates in lat/lon and MGRS format as well as altitude, course, and speed - the ability to turn on & off location updates to save battery - satellite map of your location - a converter to change between degrees or degrees, minutes, seconds (DMS) and MGRS & UTM - change between ft/mph and m/kph - change the displayed grid accuracy (8, 10, or 12 digit grid) ***Privacy Information*** Absolutely NO user data is taken, stored or transmitted by this application (unlike the other “nav” apps you have on your phone right now)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Grid at 3.7 against MGRS GPS's 3.0. Grid also leads on update cadence (every 5 months vs every 10 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). MGRS GPS's advantage is review sentiment (28% vs 0%) and chart position (#105 vs unranked). On price, 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
MGRS GPS costs $0.99 and Grid $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Grid holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 28% of MGRS GPS's written reviews are positive against 0% of Grid's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
MGRS GPS ships an update every 10 months, Grid every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MGRS GPS | Grid |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 3.0 (5 ratings) | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 27.8% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 10 months | Every 5 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #105 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 16 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Modular Machines LLC | Matt Kaili |
Customer experience
MGRS GPS
Grid
In-app purchases
MGRS GPS
No in-app purchases
Grid
No in-app purchases
