Comparison

GPS Coordinate Recorder vs Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.

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

Head to head
About

GPS Coordinate Recorder

Record, edit, and share your GPS coordinates with detailed descriptions. View locations on a map and export data in multiple formats. Includes tools to measure speed, distance, and altitude.

Highlights
  • Record GPS latitude and longitude
  • Edit location names and descriptions
  • View recorded locations on a map
  • Export location data in 7 formats
  • Share current location via SMS, email, or social media
  • Measure speed, distance, and altitude
Features
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GPS location recording and sharing application has the following main features: 1. Record the user's current location GPS latitude and longitude information. 2. Edit the recorded name of the location and description. 3. List View all recorded location information. 4. Marked on the map all recorded location information. 5. Export all the location information records by mail. 6. Support TXT, CSV, JSON, XLS, GPX, KML,XLS and UTM 7 kinds of export file format. 7. Via SMS or e-mail to the user's current location GPS latitude and longitude information to tell others. 8. Share current GPS location to facebook, twitter and so on. 9. Provide Speedometer,Odometer,Altimeter to measure the speed, distance and altitude. The application usage scenarios: 1. do remote monitoring system of the enterprise user, you can use the application to collect monitoring equipment location. 2. individual users like adventure travel, you can use the application record key locations traversed. Or feel free to share the tourist spots to others. 3. friends, weddings and other important moments are not familiar with the place given location friend. 4. traveling employees can share the position to the company. 5. out of the child, can put the position to share with parents. 6. lost, you can set the location to a friend, in order to locate a friend to help. 7. disaster relief, you can share your own location to the rescue personnel. 8. to a new environment, you can record residence, important sites, in order to avoid getting lost. 9. out when traveling by car, the recording stop location for tourism after finding the car. 10. friend or family can know your GPS location from facebook or Twitter. 11. measure running or walk speed and distance. 12. measure the altitude when climbing. 【Tips】: Automatically recording the GPS location and track will continue using the GPS service. When switching to the background, the GPS connection will still be maintained, which will consume more power than other operations. Continuous GPS operation in the background can affect battery life.

About

Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.

This navigation app offers a comprehensive suite of tools for land, air, and marine use. It includes a detailed map, compass, GPS coordinates, altitude, distance, speed tracking, and route planning. Advanced features like offline maps, GPS track recording, and sensor integration are available through an upgrade.

Highlights
  • GPS coordinates in 6 formats
  • Advanced waypoint editor
  • Speedometer with speed tracking
  • Offline map downloads
  • GPS track recording and sharing
  • Magnetic declination calculation
  • Sunset and sunrise times
Features
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Compass 55 is an offline-capable GPS map and navigation toolkit for hiking, off-road travel, fieldwork, aviation, and marine use—with a compass, waypoints, routes, coordinate tools, and video recording. + Advanced target/waypoint editor. Can be also used as a coordinates converter. You can use map to check or set waypoint location and add photo or audio note. + Share your location via email, text message, Facebook or Twitter. This includes UTM, MGRS and Latitude/Longitude (MENU>Share my location). + You can use UTM, MGRS or Lat/Long, just pick your preference in settings (Coordinate Format). + Speedometer. Shows you the speed and pace. Speedometer also gives you options to control average and max speed and pace counters (MENU > RESET and PAUSE/RESUME counters). + Compass. Instant reaction compass, no delays. Automatically pickups the direction based on magnetic or GPS course. If you mostly walk or drive, you can change this automatic mode in app settings > Compass or GPS course. NATO mils? Same place in settings to set. + Magnetic declination δ for the current location and any location on the map (via World Magnetic Model, WMM, no need for data/internet). + Sunset and sunrise. So you can plan your travel better. + Arrow pointing to your target waypoint. Distance and bearing to it. + Create/measure routes and areas. + Barometric Vertical Speed Indicator (VSI, IVSI) in both scale and graph forms. + Integration of bluetooth sensors: Cycling cadence, Heart rate, Cycling speed. + Video recording for action and fieldwork. Add real-time G-Cross, map, QR code, and pitch & roll overlays as needed, then replay your recordings. The basic version stores one video and exports a branded 15-second clip. All above belong to a basic version. PRO Pack upgrade will add following capabilities: + Recording and sharing GPS tracks. + Moving waypoints between folders. + Showing ETA to a target as this requires GPS tracking. + Native Google map with fantastic terrain map, amazing 3D and real night mode. + Adding own/custom tile map servers. + Downloading offline maps. Offline maps import in .sqlitedb, rmaps, mbtiles formats. Support for overzoom and underzoom - offline map is shown even for zoom levels that are not downloaded. + GPX import and export for waypoints, tracks and routes. + Google Earth KML support for waypoints and tracks import/export. KMZ support for waypoints and tracks export, waypoints import. + Ground overlays. Import KMZ ground overlay or draw your own on the map in the app and share as kmz files! + CSV import/export for waypoints. + Voice coach to tell you active track distance and duration, current speed and altitude without need to open the app. + Support for Siri shortcuts in IOS 12 for starting and stopping GPS tracks. + From version 4.2 - support for OSGB (including grid shifts) and SK 42 in the coordinates converter. + Unlimited saved videos and full-length exports of stamped or original video. + BACKGROUND MODE. App will work in background automatically when tracking. You can use other apps while Compass 55 does its job in the background! + PRIVACY. Compass 55 never shares your location data with 3rd parties or ad agencies. Location data is used solely for telling you direction to a target and recording GPS tracks and never leave the app unless you decide to share by means of a track export. It always lets you know when background mode is on and never runs in background unless the track is being recorded. ! You can use this app on your iPhone as well as on any cellular iPad. **App will not work properly on iPods and wifi only iPads as they don't have GPS (external GPS module is required). As quite a lot of us are using external GPS modules, app is available for wifi only iPads and iPods. ! Please note that as with all GPS apps, continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

GPS Coordinate Recorder4 screens
Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. at 4.7 against GPS Coordinate Recorder's 3.2. Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 52%) and ratings volume (1.6K vs 9). GPS Coordinate Recorder's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. GPS Coordinate Recorder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. has 1.6K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 52% of GPS Coordinate Recorder's written reviews are positive against 91% of Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS Coordinate Recorder ships an update every 6 weeks, Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GPS Coordinate Recorder versus Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPS Coordinate RecorderCompass 55. Map & GPS kit.
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (9 ratings)4.7 (1.6K ratings) — better
Positive reviews51.5% of reviews90.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings91.6K — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size34 MB89 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer建武 张Kalimex-Consulting s.r.o. @Blocoware & Stanislav Dvoychenko

Customer experience

GPS Coordinate Recorder

All ratings9 ratings
Positive55.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative44.4%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive51.5%
Neutral6.1%
Negative42.4%

Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.

All ratings1,545 ratings
Positive93.7%
Neutral3.8%
Negative2.5%
Written reviews400 reviews
Positive90.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative4.0%

Bugs and requests

GPS Coordinate Recorder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Issues with GPX file import and tracking
  • Occasional crashes or freezes
  • Inaccurate GPS positioning in some cases

Requested features

6 requests
  • Ability to download and cache more map types
  • Option to show map grid coordinates
  • Elevation profile for planned routes
  • Apple Watch app support
  • Faster map updates
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  • More coordinate system options (e.g., PZ-90)

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GPS Coordinate Recorder

One-time1
  • Export the Recorded GPS Location Data via e-Mail$4.99
3 purchases

Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.

Subscriptions2
  • Pro pack.$1.991 Month
  • Pro pack.$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro pack$14.99

Questions

Is GPS Coordinate Recorder free?
GPS Coordinate Recorder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. free?
Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GPS Coordinate Recorder or Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.?
Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. is rated higher. GPS Coordinate Recorder averages 3.2 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. averages 4.7 from 1.6K ratings.
Do GPS Coordinate Recorder or Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. have ads?
Neither GPS Coordinate Recorder nor Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS Coordinate Recorder or Compass 55. Map & GPS kit.?
GPS Coordinate Recorder ships an update every 6 weeks, and Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. monthly. Most recently, GPS Coordinate Recorder was updated on November 1, 2026 and Compass 55. Map & GPS kit. on November 11, 2026.

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