Paintball Commander vs HUD Nav
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Paintball Commander
Track teammates in real-time during paintball or airsoft games using GPS. Gain a significant advantage by seeing team members on a map. Supports game and team creation, password protection, and referee monitoring.
- Real-time GPS tracking
- Create and manage games/teams
- Password-protected teams
- View team members on map
- Monitor multiple teams
- Referee mode
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Paintball Commander turns your phone into the team's tactical map. Everyone on your team sees each other live, on satellite imagery, while you play - and the referees see everyone. That's free. No ads, and no bought advantages: who you see on the map depends on your team and your role, never on what you paid. • Live team map - your team in real time, and your position keeps being shared with the screen off • Draw the field - zones, boundaries and objectives. Saving them, so your team or everyone sees them, is Premium • Measure as you draw - distance, perimeter and area appear while you place the points • Referee mode - a neutral role that sees every team at once • Games and teams in seconds - invite by link or QR code, set who may invite, revoke anytime • Your own track - see where you actually went, free for the last 60 minutes • Follow along in a browser - the live map, your game history, and track export as GPX, KML or GeoJSON BEFORE THE GAME Create a game, draw the field, and share one link or QR code. Whoever scans it joins the right team without typing anything. You decide who else may invite, and any invitation can be revoked. DURING THE GAME The map shows every teammate as they move, with the newest positions marked as fresh and older ones drawn hollow, so you can tell what you are looking at. Set your own state in the game and the rest of the team sees it on the map. You choose how long you share your position when you join, and the app warns you before that time runs out. AFTER THE GAME Your game history and the tracks are on the website, and every track exports as GPX, KML or GeoJSON for whatever map tool you already use. FOR AIRSOFT, MILSIM AND HUNTING It works the same wherever a team needs to see itself on a map. A hunting party uses it the same way: everyone sees each other in real time, and stands, boundaries and drives are drawn on the map. Seeing your party costs nothing. Map positions are an aid. They never replace hunting safety rules, positive target identification or direct communication. Same app since 2012 - season after season of keeping a team visible to itself on real fields, with patchy coverage and a battery that has to last the day. PREMIUM Free to play, with the whole live map included, and your own track for the last 60 minutes. Premium adds saving the map objects you draw, your own track for the whole game, seeing where your teammates have been, and more frequent position updates. Premium is an auto-renewing subscription that runs monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase, and it renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel it in your account settings after purchase. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://paintballcommander.com/privacypolicy.php
HUD Nav
This navigation app transforms your device into a head-up display for your car, reflecting directions and distances onto your windshield. Drive safer by keeping your eyes on the road, with customizable display modes and voice guidance.
- Head-up display for windshield reflection
- Turn-by-turn directions and distance
- Customizable HUD information modes
- Voice instructions with language choice
- Motorcycle mode for bright conditions
- Save and organize favorite locations
- Integrates with Apple Maps routes
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Transform your iPhone and iPad into a head-up display for any car with HUD Nav - Turn by turn Head up display navigation. Look for a location, chose a route and place your iPhone/iPad on the dashboard — you’ll see the directions, distances, and other information, reflected on your windshield. Drive safer and keep your eyes on the road, and know in advance what’s ahead. Features: - Watch the direction and distance to the next turn, right on the windshield - HUD interfaces with clear, simple and non-distracting information that you understand immediately - Double tap the HUD to change the information displayed. 6 different modes are available: + Direction and distance to the next turn + Direction, road/street name, and distance to the next turn + Direction and distance to the next turn, remaining distance to destination and expected time arrival (ETA) + Detailed direction, road/street name, and distance to the next turn + Map, direction and distance to the next turn + Map, direction, road/street name, and distance to the next turn - Get voice instructions and drive with a co-pilot - Choose the voice that guides you (available in some languages) - Motorcycle mode: the HUD is not mirrored so you can use the app while riding your bike, or driving in bright conditions - Save places and locations in the Historic to quickly drive to them later. Edit your historic and rename places/locations, organize them or delete them - Works with Apple Maps app: send routes from Maps to the app, and drive them with the app HUD Note! - On a clear day or bright conditions, the device screen brightness is typically insufficient to give a decent reflection for HUD mode. In that situation, you can use the app in motorcycle mode with the phone fixed with some mount. At night, in dusk, or in dull weather the reflection is normally well-discernible. - When driving, make sure that your iPhone or iPad is well fixed in some mount or on some sticky pad, and doesn't prevent you from clearly seeing the road. Continued use of GPS running in the background can quickly drain your device battery. Note that the app uses the same "route search engine" as the Maps app. However, as not all the iOS features are available in all countries, you can check the list of features available for your country at https://www.apple.com/ae/ios/feature-availability/. If you face any problems or find any bugs, please email us at support@seb-appstore.com or report the bug right from the app. We appreciate your feedback! Check out our other iPhone and iPad apps at www.seb-appstore.com, with hundreds of discounted and free apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Paintball Commander at 88% against HUD Nav's 30%. Paintball Commander also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (5.0 vs 4.3). HUD Nav's advantage is chart position (#78 vs unranked). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads 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
Paintball Commander is free to download; HUD Nav costs $2.99 up front. HUD Nav sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Paintball Commander asks for nothing beyond the download.
Paintball Commander holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Paintball Commander's written reviews are positive against 30% of HUD Nav's.
Paintball Commander ships an update monthly, HUD Nav every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Paintball Commander | HUD Nav |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #78 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ComplexIT | Sebastien BUET |
Customer experience
Paintball Commander
HUD Nav
In-app purchases
Paintball Commander
No in-app purchases
HUD Nav
- Maps HUD$1.99
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