SFQ vs Inukshuk
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SFQ
Plan and enhance your cross-country skiing adventures with this mobile tool. Access trail conditions, your location, and nearby services even without cellular data. Share your position and plan routes with friends when connected.
- Offline trail maps
- Real-time trail conditions
- Location tracking on trails
- Nearby services locator
- Itinerary planning and recording
- Position sharing with friends
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Are you planning to go cross-country skiing? Use SFQ's mobile app to help you plan and make the most out of your outing ! Enjoy an updated version of Ski de fond Québec's web based app directly in your smart phone. With or without access to cellular data, you can use the app's tools anywhere you are ! Use the app without data to see: ►Your position in the trails ►Services close by ►Trail conditions (based on the last time you had service or access to wifi) ►Your distance to a destination on the trails ►Itineraries previously recorded (or create new ones !) Use the app when in cell service range (or with access to wifi) to: ►Monitor trail conditions in real time ►Share your position with friends (no one else can see your position) ►Plan an itinerary and share it with your group Welcome to Ski de fond Québec's mobile environment and happy exploring ! Please note: ► Conitnual use of the GPS and position sharing can reduce battery life considerably. We recommend turing it off when not in use. Our privay policy: https://www.evtrails.com/fr/privacy-terms-and-conditions/ Terms of use: https://www.evtrails.com/fr/privacy-terms-and-conditions/
Inukshuk
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Inukshuk turns the maps you already trust into a live, offline navigator. Import a georeferenced PDF — a park map, a topographic sheet, a ski-hill plan — and Inukshuk draws your GPS position right on top of it. No signal, no data plan, no account. Everything happens on your phone. BRING YOUR OWN MAPS • Import georeferenced PDFs and see yourself on them, page by page. • Stack several maps at once and choose which pages are drawn. • Everything is rendered on the device — your map never leaves your phone. A FREE LIBRARY OF OFFICIAL TOPO SHEETS Search thousands of free government map sheets — USGS US Topo, Natural Resources Canada CanTopo and Geoscience Australia — and download them straight into a folder. Browse what is around you, by category, or by name. MAKE YOUR OWN MAP No sheet for where you are going? Draw a box on the map and Inukshuk composes a georeferenced PDF of it: contour lines, slope shading, marked trails, a graticule, and your own tracks and waypoints, at the scale and page size you pick. WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL • Download map regions for offline use — choose the area, the basemap (map, satellite or relief) and the level of detail. • "Locally downloaded only" mode keeps the app off the network entirely. • An OpenStreetMap base layer fills in wherever your imported map ends. RECORD YOUR TRAILS • Start a recording, pick the activity, and watch live distance, time, elevation gain and pace. • Recording keeps going with the screen off or the app in the background, and survives a restart. • Every outing is saved and can be shared as a standard GPX file. • Import GPX from friends, from the web, or straight from "Open with". READ THE TERRAIN IN 3D Open any saved trail in real 3D relief with your chosen basemap draped over the landscape. Add slope-angle shading, contour lines or elevation tint, scrub the camera along the route, trim a track, or export the whole trail as a PDF. ELEVATION PROFILES, NOTES AND PHOTOS Every trail gets an interactive elevation profile you can scrub point by point, coloured by gradient or by pace. Drop notes and photos anywhere along the route — the lookout, the tricky crossing, the last water — and they appear on the map, on the profile and in 3D. SEE WHERE YOU KEEP GOING A heatmap over your own tracks shows the ground you cover most, and repeat outings on the same trail are grouped so you can compare them. ORGANISE IT ALL Folders keep maps, trails and waypoints together by area or by trip; drag items between them and show a whole folder on the map in one tap. A dashboard charts your last week, quarter or year, with a calendar of every outing. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • No account, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics, no advertising identifier, no tracking. • Your maps, trails and notes are stored on your device and are never uploaded — sharing is always something you choose to do. • Map tiles are fetched from OpenStreetMap and other map providers as you pan, the way any map app works; nothing sent identifies you. • Export everything you have as a single zip whenever you want, and delete anything in one tap. Free and open source under the MIT licence — read the code, file an issue, send a patch. Metric or imperial, light or dark, three visual styles. Built for hikers, skiers, paddlers, hunters and anyone whose map matters more than their signal. Source code and issue tracker: https://github.com/MVXTechnologies/inukshuk Privacy policy: https://inukshuk.mvxtechnologies.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Inukshuk at every 4 days against SFQ's every 3 weeks. SFQ's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SFQ ships an update every 3 weeks, Inukshuk every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SFQ | Inukshuk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 216 MB | 109 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | MapGears inc. | Marc-Andre Vigneault |
In-app purchases
SFQ
No in-app purchases
Inukshuk
No in-app purchases









