Comparison

Topo Maker vs MDfieldmapperPro

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

Head to head
About

Topo Maker

Design and customize climbing routes with detailed on-site mapping. Explore new lines and share your projects with the climbing community to enhance your adventures.

Highlights
  • On-site topo design
  • Route customization
  • Detailed mapping
  • Share projects with community
  • Climbing route exploration
Features
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Seamlessly design and customize your topos right at the climbing site or crag. Our app empowers climbers to bring their vision to life with ease, providing accurate and detailed mapping capabilities. Explore new lines and share your topo projects with the climbing community. Elevate your climbing experience with on-site mapping for enhanced accuracy and precision. Take your climbing adventures to new heights and make every ascent a masterpiece with our intuitive and portable climbing topo app.

About

MDfieldmapperPro

This app transforms metal detecting into a precise survey. It uses your iPhone's LiDAR and motion sensors to create a live 3D map of your detector's path and the ground. Track coil position, height, and signal response for detailed analysis and documentation.

Highlights
  • Live 3D coil path mapping
  • Coil height tracking via LiDAR
  • Signal response analysis
  • Local data storage
  • Survey data export (SQLite, point clouds)
  • Wired audio detector connection
Features
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MD Field Mapper Pro turns metal detecting into real survey work. Using your iPhone’s LiDAR, motion sensors, and a wired audio connection to your detector, it builds a live 3D map of your coil path and the ground beneath it. See where you’ve swung, how high the coil was, and how the signal changed along each pass. The app tracks your sweep path in a local map view, with every point tagged by coil position, coil height, and audio response. A dedicated profile view shows an oscilloscope-style trace of signal versus distance, so you can spot repeatable hits and noisy zones as you move. Coil height is estimated from LiDAR geometry, helping you keep sweeps consistent across the survey area. MD Field Mapper Pro is designed for use with a wired audio connection from your detector’s control unit to the iPhone. The app focuses on clean, cable-only input for the most reliable signal capture and timing. No cloud connection is required in the field; all data is stored locally on your device until you choose to export it. When you’re done, MD Field Mapper Pro can export a complete survey package, including the SQLite database, control points, sweep lines, and LiDAR-derived point clouds. These exports can be reviewed later on your computer or shared for further analysis, mapping, or archiving. Whether you’re scouting a new permission, revisiting a productive site, or documenting finds for research, MD Field Mapper Pro helps you treat every hunt like a survey line—not just a walk.

Screenshots

Topo Maker4 screens
MDfieldmapperPro2 screens

Verdict

The call

Topo Maker and MDfieldmapperPro are too close to call on the numbers: across 8 compared parameters — price, rating, ratings volume and ads among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Topo Maker against 5.0 for MDfieldmapperPro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Topo Maker versus MDfieldmapperPro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTopo MakerMDfieldmapperPro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.2 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperValentin WalkerRichard Morgan

Customer experience

Topo Maker

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

MDfieldmapperPro

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Topo Maker

No in-app purchases

None

MDfieldmapperPro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Topo Maker free?
Topo Maker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MDfieldmapperPro free?
MDfieldmapperPro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Topo Maker or MDfieldmapperPro?
Topo Maker and MDfieldmapperPro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Topo Maker or MDfieldmapperPro have ads?
Neither Topo Maker nor MDfieldmapperPro shows ads.

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