Comparison

GPX View vs GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor

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

Head to head
About

GPX View

Easily import and view GPX files on a map, displaying routes and tracks. This versatile app enhances navigation by providing a comprehensive overview of your data.

Highlights
  • Import GPX files
  • View GPX files on map
  • Display routes
  • Display tracks
  • User-friendly interface
Features
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Our mobile application offers a range of features designed to enhance your user experience. One of the key features is the ability to import GPX files. This feature allows you to easily transfer data from other sources into the app. Additionally, you can view GPX files on the map. This includes routes and tracks, providing you with a comprehensive overview of your data. These features are designed to make the app more versatile and user-friendly, catering to your specific needs.

About

GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor

View, edit, and record GPX files with detailed track analysis, including elevation, speed, and heart rate. Plan routes, get turn-by-turn directions, and visualize terrain in 3D. Offers comprehensive editing tools to refine recordings.

Highlights
  • View GPX files with detailed charts and maps
  • Edit tracks, routes, and waypoints
  • Record new tracks with pause/resume functionality
  • Analyze climbs with ratings and shaded profiles
  • Get turn-by-turn spoken directions
  • Visualize terrain in 3D and flyover routes
  • Import/export from Apple Health and other apps
Features
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Open any GPX file and see everything in it: the track on the map, and its elevation, heart rate, speed, cadence, power and temperature on the chart below, with the distance, time, pace, climbing and splits. From any watch, bike computer or app. THE WHOLE FILE, ON THE MAP AND THE CHART Open a GPX from Files, iCloud Drive, Mail, Messages or AirDrop, recorded by Garmin, Wahoo, Coros, Suunto, Apple Watch, Strava or Komoot. The chart under the map shows the elevation or any series the file recorded: heart rate, speed, cadence, power, temperature. Slide along it and the map follows. The track is painted by grade: green on the flat, orange and red on the steep pitches, blue on the way down. Every track, route and waypoint in the file, with its peaks and valleys, on standard, satellite or hybrid maps. EVERY NUMBER Distance, moving and elapsed time, pace, average and top speed, elevation gain and loss, heart rate, and splits per mile or kilometer. Elevation gain reads true even on noisy GPS and watch recordings. EVERY CLIMB, BEFORE YOU GO Every climb on the route is found and rated from Category 4 to HC, with its length, gain and grade, and shaded on the chart. RECORD A TRACK One tap records your walk, run, hike or ride, with the time, distance, pace and climb as you go, Pause and Resume, and waypoints, on the Lock Screen too. End, and the GPX file is saved, ready to share or save to Apple Health. Nothing is lost if iOS closes the app. YOUR WORKOUTS AS GPX Open any ride, run or walk from Apple Health on the map, with its heart rate, cadence and power, and save it as a GPX file for Strava, Garmin or Komoot. A workout from WorkoutGPX opens in one tap. PRINT AND SHARE Print a route or save it as a PDF with its map, profile, splits and climbs, and a cue sheet with every turn and its street. Share a picture of the map and its chart. GPX files preview as a map in Files, Mail and Messages. WHEN YOU WANT MORE: GPX EXPLORE PRO See it in 3D: the ground under any track in satellite imagery or shaded relief, with its climbs on the hills. Fly the Route sends a camera along the track, and a flyover video of it is ready to share. Ride it, turn by turn: spoken directions with street names, a warning when you leave the route and the way back, and how far and how high to the top of each climb. The next turn is on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island. Draw a route: tap where it starts and where it goes, in straight lines or along the paths and roads. Every new point gets its height from a 30 m terrain model. Fix a recording: cut off the drive to the trailhead, delete the GPS spike across the lake, drag a point back onto the path. Crop, split, join, reverse, simplify, and plan times at your pace. Every change can be undone. YOUR FILE, KEPT WHOLE Saved as standard GPX 1.1 with everything the file had: metadata, waypoints, routes, segments, sensor data and each app's own extensions. GPX Explore is also on the Mac. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads, no tracking. Your files stay on your device, or in your own iCloud Drive if you choose that. Your location stays on your device: it records your tracks, guides you along a route, and shows you on the map if you turn that on. Street names come from Apple Maps; heights for new points and the ground for 3D come from our own elevation server, which gets only coordinates. Apple Health is read when you open a workout, and written only when you save one. Viewing, climbs, recording, your workouts, printing and sharing are free. GPX Explore Pro is one purchase, not a subscription, for your iPhone, iPad and Mac. In English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese and Traditional Chinese.

Screenshots

GPX View3 screens
GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor at 100% against GPX View's 0%. GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). GPX View's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (10 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. GPX View sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GPX View holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of GPX View's written reviews are positive against 100% of GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPX View ships an update every 3 weeks, GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
GPX View versus GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPX ViewGPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (10 ratings) — better4.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings10 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYaroslav BabenkoObjectGraph LLC

Customer experience

GPX View

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral33.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

GPX View

One-time1
  • GPX View$9.99
1 purchases

GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor

One-time1
  • GPX Explore Pro$9.99

Questions

Is GPX View free?
GPX View is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor free?
GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GPX View or GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor?
GPX View is rated higher. GPX View averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor averages 4.3 from 3 ratings.
Do GPX View or GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor have ads?
Neither GPX View nor GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPX View or GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor?
GPX View ships an update every 3 weeks, and GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor weekly. Most recently, GPX View was updated on November 3, 2026 and GPXExplore GPX Viewer & Editor on November 6, 2026.

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