Comparison

Useful Local Navigation HD vs Keep@Place

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

Head to head
About

Useful Local Navigation HD

Quickly discover nearby restaurants, shops, and attractions using AR and map views. Save favorite searches and places, and get directions via popular mapping apps. Supports offline map downloads.

Highlights
  • Augmented Reality (AR) view for directions
  • Search nearby places by keyword or category
  • Save favorite searches and locations
  • Offline OSM map downloads
  • Route guidance via Apple Maps or Google Maps
  • Import KML/KMZ files
Features
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Useful Local Navigation HD is optimized for iPad and helps you quickly find nearby places, including restaurants, shops, and sightseeing spots, around your current location or any point you choose on the map. Hold up your iPad and use the AR view to understand direction at a glance, even in unfamiliar areas. Over 500,000 downloads across the Useful Local Navigation series. With Useful Local Navigation HD, you can: - Find places quickly by tapping keywords in the list menu. - Save frequently used keywords as Favorite Search Words. - Set a search center point (orange marker) or use your current location (blue marker). - Sort search results by straight-line distance from the selected center point. - Move and set the search center from a selected destination using "@#" in the search box. - Use Google Place Search for high-quality place results. - Search by Google Place categories with Category Search, regardless of language. - Save Favorite Places by long-pressing a list item or long-pressing on the map. - Register your current location or search center point quickly with the Reg button. - Open detailed information for shops and facilities from the Detail button. - Start route guidance to your destination with the Navi button via Apple Maps, Google Maps app, or Google Maps web. Features: - A linked three-pane interface with AR view, map view, and place list. - AR direction guidance makes it easier to understand where results are located. - Move the map by typing "@placename" or "@address" in the search box. - Supports the URL scheme: aroundunavi:// - Footprints (pink location history markers) help you retrace your route and avoid getting lost. - Import KML or KMZ files from the web and view their spots offline after import. - Share your current location, search center point, or destination by email with map links, address information, and app launch URL. - Download and display offline OSM maps. Notes: - Recommended in areas with 3G, 4G, 5G, or Wi-Fi coverage. - GPS location may be difficult to obtain in some environments, such as indoors. - Compass direction may be less accurate in some situations, such as inside trains or cars. - Continued GPS use can increase battery consumption.

About

Keep@Place

Features
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If you keeping a place or store you checked with a TV or magazine, This app is that will notify you when you went nearby. When I went to a place I usually do not go for travel or business trip, I do not know where I wanted to go is nearby. I didn't know the land, so I didn't notice it and I couldn't go there. Let's keep the place so that there is no such thing. If you keep it, you can forget it later! If you went unknown place, app will notify nearby keeping place. ---------------------- # Keep place ---------------------- - Touch and hold the map to register its location - Information such as tags, notes, and URLs can be registered in places - Automatically sort areas of registered locations - Easily search registered locations with region or tag - Can register media such as magazines and TV where the registration place was introduced ---------------------- # Notification ---------------------- - Notice by notification when approaching the registered place (Geofencing function) - Notification ON / OFF can be set for each place - Only notification can be set to OFF only today (Skip today function) - You can set notification ON / OFF for each tag - Tag ON / OFF can be set from Apple Watch * Note - It will not be notified if it is set to Airplane mode. - Depending on the specification of the location information service, it may not always be notified immediately when you approach the target location - The place searched by the peripheral search function is not notified ---------------------- # Navigation ---------------------- - Show route from current position - Display function in order of route (Step display function) - Navigation can be linked with Map App ---------------------- # Other functions ---------------------- - Synchronize data with multiple iPhones and iPads with iCloud - Display lookaround --------------- # About subscriptions and paid features --------------- Please refer to the following for the terms and conditions for using subscriptions and paid functions. 1. Privacy Policy: https://gsoft.jp/privacypolicy/ 2. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Keep@Place4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Useful Local Navigation HD at none against Keep@Place's 7. Useful Local Navigation HD also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months). Keep@Place's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Keep@Place sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Useful Local Navigation HD asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Useful Local Navigation HD ships an update monthly, Keep@Place every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences Β· 5 level
Useful Local Navigation HD versus Keep@Place: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUseful Local Navigation HDKeep@Place
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews40.0% of reviewsβ€”
Update frequencyMonthly β€” betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo β€” betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedβ€”
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch β€” better
Requires iOS15.6 β€” better16.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size143 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkatapu.netG-SOFT

In-app purchases

None

Useful Local Navigation HD

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Keep@Place

One-time7
  • Support developer (3 candies)$0.29
  • Support developer (chocolate)$0.49
  • Hide ads$1.99
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  • Support developer (ice cream)$1.99
  • Support developer (Coffee)$2.99
  • Support developer (lunch)$5.99
  • Sprt dev. (a little nice tea)$14.99

Questions

Is Useful Local Navigation HD free?
Useful Local Navigation HD is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Keep@Place free?
Keep@Place is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Useful Local Navigation HD or Keep@Place have ads?
Both Useful Local Navigation HD and Keep@Place show ads.
Which is updated more often, Useful Local Navigation HD or Keep@Place?
Useful Local Navigation HD ships an update monthly, and Keep@Place every 4 months. Most recently, Useful Local Navigation HD was updated on November 6, 2026 and Keep@Place on November 2, 2026.

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