Comparison

geoTools vs TopografiaApp

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

Head to head
About

geoTools

This app provides tools for geological, geophysical, engineering, and geographic work. It helps estimate geophysical quantities like Bouguer anomaly and magnetic declination, and offers a quick coordinate converter. It's designed for professionals and enthusiasts interested in Earth Sciences.

Highlights
  • Estimate geophysical quantities
  • Calculate Bouguer anomaly
  • Estimate magnetic declination
  • Quick coordinate converter
  • Geographic to UTM conversion
  • UTM to geographic conversion
  • Uses IGRF geomagnetic model
Features
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geoTools is a set of tools to use in geologic, geophysical, engineering and geographic work. It includes the estimation of important geophysical quantities, such as Bouguer anomaly, topography, magnetic declination, and so on, and a quick coordinate converter. The ideal companion for a geologist, a geophysicist, an engineer, a geographer, and to any person interested in the Earth Sciences. The easiest and more effective way to calculate the parameters associated to the Earth's gravity field and magnetic field. Convert coordinates from geographic to Universal Transverse Mercator and vice-versa with one touch, using different reference systems. Since 2018 the app uses the new IGRF geomagnetic model to estimate the magnetic parameters. All the tests we've made show very good results. PLEASE NOTICE: geoTools is free, no ads, no purchases, absolutely free! If you use it, please let a review to help us keep upgrading the app. It is simple, fast, and very important to us!

About

TopografiaApp

Features
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The Topography APP is an excellent application for georeferencing or land surveying, design of electrical networks, avenues, streets, subdivisions and studies in general. Export your surveys to DXF (Autocad), KML (Google Earth), CSV (MS Excel) without the slightest difficulty and the possibility of transmission by email of their withdrawals directly from the field to the office. In the Professional version you can mark up to 5000 points for surveys.

Screenshots

geoTools4 screens
TopografiaApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: TopografiaApp at every 2 weeks against geoTools's every 29 months. geoTools's advantage is iOS requirement (8.1 vs 16.4). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

geoTools ships an update every 29 months, TopografiaApp every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
geoTools versus TopografiaApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametergeoToolsTopografiaApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 29 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.1 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndre MolinaElton Silva

In-app purchases

None

geoTools

No in-app purchases

None

TopografiaApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is geoTools free?
geoTools is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TopografiaApp free?
TopografiaApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do geoTools or TopografiaApp have ads?
Neither geoTools nor TopografiaApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, geoTools or TopografiaApp?
geoTools ships an update every 29 months, and TopografiaApp every 2 weeks. Most recently, geoTools was updated on September 13, 2026 and TopografiaApp on September 8, 2026.

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