Locus Map Lite vs Mapio.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Locus Map Lite
Navigate your outdoor adventures with detailed global maps for hiking, biking, and skiing. Discover points of interest, record your activities, and plan custom routes. Works offline and syncs across devices, integrating with Apple Health.
- Global hiking and biking maps
- Points of Interest with Wikipedia photos
- Activity track recording
- Route planning
- Offline map support
- Sync across devices
- Apple Health integration
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Welcome to Locus Map Lite for iOS, your new companion for all your outdoor adventures! Whether you're a seasoned hiker, a weekend cyclist, passionate ski mountaineer or just someone who loves exploring the great outdoors, Locus Map Lite is designed to enhance your experience by providing user-friendly mapping tools right at your fingertips. Key features: - GLOBAL MAPS FOR HIKING AND BIKING: No matter where you are in the world, Locus Map Lite can display your location on a detailed hiking/biking or winter/ski maps. For a true view of the landscape, there is also the satellite map. Easily navigate your surroundings and discover new trails and paths. - POINTS OF INTERESTS: Enhance your exploration with a rich display of points of interest right on your map. Each one includes useful information, attractive landmarks are depicted on Wikipedia photos, and you can even add your photos so everybody always knows the current state of the place. From scenic overlooks to tourist attractions and facilities, Locus Map Lite helps you discover more. - ACTIVITY RECORDING: Capture every moment of your adventures with track recording. Whether you're cycling, hiking, or enjoying a leisurely trip, Locus Map Lite keeps track of your rides, workouts, and journeys. - ROUTE PLANNING - Plan your own routes directly in the app: pick an activity, drop waypoints, and you're ready to go. - GUIDANCE: Get direction to chosen location whether it is Geocache, LoPoint - point of interest from our maps, waypoint from your library or any other place on Earth manually chosen on map. Be alerted when you get there - more time to focus on the nature around you instead of the screen. - WORKS ONLINE AND OFFLINE: Download maps together with points of interest (POIs) of the desired country or region and hit the trail without worrying about losing internet connectivity. - SYNC ACROSS DEVICES: Seamlessly sync your data — tracks, routes, points — with other devices running Locus Map, even cross-platform, or with your web library. Your adventures are always accessible, no matter where you are or what device you use. - LOCAL LIBRARY MANAGEMENT: Manage your tracks, routes, and points with ease. Our local library management tools allow you to sort, move, and delete your data, making it easy to organize your outdoor activities. You can import or export any data via GPX files and also share your activities and interesting places with others. - SEARCH WORLDWIDE: Looking for a specific place or point of interest? Our global search capability lets you find locations anywhere in the world, enhancing your planning and on-the-go decisions. - INTEGRATION WITH APPLE HEALTH AND WATCHES: Keep track of your health and fitness goals. Locus Map Lite integrates with Apple Health so that you can download your activities from your watch to the library for in-app analysis or further planning. Join us in shaping the future: Locus Map Lite is just at the beginning and your input and support are invaluable as we continue to improve and expand its capabilities. We invite you to join us on our journey by sharing your feedback and suggestions for the development. Help us tailor Locus Map Lite to better meet the needs of our adventurous community. Whether you're trekking through mountains, cycling through the countryside, or exploring urban landscapes, Locus Map Lite is here to guide you every step of the way. Try it today and see where it takes you!
Mapio.
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Mapio turns your phone into a GPS for the field. Open a georeferenced map (PDF or GeoTIFF) and see yourself on it, in real time, with no signal. WHAT IT OPENS Georeferenced PDFs (TerraGo GeoPDF and ISO 32000 PDFs with georeferencing), and TIF, TIFF and GeoTIFF: the drone orthomosaic, the agronomist's image, the survey map. And your fields as KML, KMZ or shapefile (zip). Got one in WhatsApp, email or Files? Share it to Mapio. MEASURE Distance and area by tapping the screen or walking the field with GPS, and centre pivots by centre, radius and fraction of the circle. Share a measurement or your location for free, with a Google Maps link. MARK Points with a name, a note, photos and the colour you pick, on your maps or the online map. Export as GPX and CSV. ONLINE MAP OpenStreetMap and high-resolution satellite imagery with town names, roads and your GPS. Search a town or a farm, or paste coordinates (that works offline). With no data, what you already viewed still shows for up to 90 days. SAVED FIELDS AND PIVOTS Save a field once and use it on all your maps. Organise fields with folders and tags, and move or delete several at once. Import them for free, several files at a time (the fields from each file stay together in a folder named after it), and with Mapio Pro export them to QGIS, Auravant or the planter monitor. ROTATIONAL GRAZING Split the field into equal strips, rotate the fence line and read the instant stocking rate in head/ha and liveweight per hectare. Draw the laneway and mark the water point: every paddock with a way out to water, and how far the herd walks. SATELLITE ZONING Management zones from up to 5 years of Sentinel-2 imagery analysed for your field, with the headland separated from the centre and stability across seasons. Plus variable-rate prescriptions: several products per operation, the rate for each zone and the total to buy. FIELD ANALYSIS (PRO) Sentinel-2 indices by date (NDVI, EVI, NDRE, NDMI and 19 more), each with what it measures and its source. Water on one date, and the 1984-2021 Landsat history (JRC). Terrain from the Copernicus DEM: relative elevation and landscape position, with a test against 38 years of observed water. Each layer states its limits: terrain is a model and water on one day is not a flood risk. It all exports to QGIS. ONLINE AND OFFLINE Offline: opening your maps, locating yourself, measuring, paddock planning, marking points and exporting. Online: the satellite map the first time, place search, satellite zoning (do it before heading out) and field analysis, which downloads the imagery, terrain and water history every time you open it. MAPIO PRO The free version includes opening maps, locating yourself, measuring, marking points, saving and importing fields, and the online satellite map. Mapio Pro adds field analysis, satellite zoning, variable-rate prescriptions, grazing paddock planning, export and an ad-free map. • Mapio Pro Monthly — 1 month — US$ 0.99 • Mapio Pro Yearly — 1 year — US$ 7.99 Auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged within 24 hours prior to the renewal. You can manage or cancel it in your account settings after purchase. PRIVACY No accounts and no servers of ours. Your location is processed on the phone and only leaves if you share it. The app's data is excluded from iCloud backup, so when you switch phones you have to import your maps again. The free version shows Google AdMob ads, and where the law requires it the app asks for your consent before the first one; you can change that answer in Settings. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/mapio-privacy Terms (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Data: Copernicus (EU/ESA), ESA WorldCover, EC JRC/Google and © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Locus Map Lite at none against Mapio.'s shown. Mapio.'s advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Locus Map Lite sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Mapio. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Locus Map Lite ships an update every 3 weeks, Mapio. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Locus Map Lite | Mapio. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (8 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 57.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Asamm Software, s. r. o. | Nicolas Ahumada |
In-app purchases
Locus Map Lite
- Gold Monthly$2.991 Month
- Gold Annually14 Days trial$23.991 Year
Mapio.
- Mapio Pro Mensual$0.991 Month
- Mapio Pro Anual$7.991 Year








