Comparison

Pathy vs Tiles

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

Head to head
About

Pathy

Visualize your outdoor workout history on a beautiful, interactive map. Discover new areas, track your progress, and relive your adventures. Requires an Apple Watch for GPS data.

Highlights
  • Visualize workout history on a map
  • Discover unexplored areas
  • Track coverage of cities and trails
  • View photos and details from workouts
  • Filter routes by activity and date
  • Syncs with Apple Watch workouts
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Pathy transforms your Apple Watch outdoor workout history into a beautiful, interactive map of all your adventures. See all your outdoor walks, hikes, runs, and bike rides together in one place. Built by an independent developer, and designed to enhance your outdoor adventures, Pathy transforms both daily workouts and worldwide travels into opportunities for discovery, helping you explore more of your world. From discovering new areas in your own neighborhood to exploring new cities, as well as reliving your past outdoor adventures, Pathy makes it easy to track, reflect, and explore. Watch your personal map evolve as you move through the world—one route at a time. DISCOVER & EXPLORE • Visualize your complete outdoor workout history on a single map • Find unexplored areas in your neighborhood • Break free from familiar routes with visual guidance • Track your coverage of cities, neighborhoods, trails and parks • Make the most of time spent traveling by charting new paths everyday POWERFUL FEATURES • View photos and details from every workout • Filter routes by activity type and date • Search and navigate to any location • Select routes to see distance, duration, and location info • Automatically syncs with your Apple Watch workouts PERFECT FOR • Daily walks and neighborhood exploration • Hiking and trail adventures • Global travels and city sightseeing • Running and cycling route tracking • Enjoying a visual history of your journeys PATHY PRO Unlock the full potential of your outdoor workout history: • Load unlimited routes • Experience your routes in a stunning 3D globe view • Access detailed workout statistics • Choose from 10 custom color themes • Remove ads Note: Pathy requires an Apple Watch for recording outdoor workouts with GPS data. If you've already been tracking outdoor workouts for years – great! All that past data will load into Pathy.

About

Tiles

This app creates a private map of your explored locations using workout data, route files, and geotagged photos. It helps you visualize your journeys with detailed activity information, terrain, and achievements, all while keeping your location history private.

Highlights
  • Create private maps of explored locations
  • Import Apple Health workouts
  • Import GPX, FIT, CSV, and photo journeys
  • Visualize activity details and terrain
  • Unlock stamps and achievements
  • Keep location history private
  • No account or social feed required
Features
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Your workout routes, together on one map. Tiles brings your existing runs, walks, hikes, and rides into a history you can explore. REVISIT A DAY OUT Open an activity for its route, distance, pace, elevation, and terrain where available. Search your archive, see what each outing added, and share the details you choose. GET TO KNOW YOUR PATTERNS Metrics brings together your activity calendar, progress, and exploration across cities and countries. Route Heat shows the paths you return to. Activity Replay lets you revisit how your map grew. FIND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE Reveal explored tiles, spot gaps with Exploration Fog, and collect stamps and achievements as you discover new places. Add daily Photo Journeys from eligible geotagged photos. Choose Realistic, Mist, or Game fog and Outlined, Smooth, or Contours tiles. On your wrist, use the map and compass to explore nearby tiles, get walking directions to a selected unexplored tile where available, and check daily and weekly progress. START FREE, EXPLORE MORE WITH PRO The initial free import includes the past three calendar months of workout and Photo Journey history. New activities keep adding to your map. Tiles Pro includes GPX, FIT, TCX, supported CSV, and Strava ZIP imports. Preview routes, choose activities, and map CSV columns before importing. Pro also adds advanced map modes, Activity Replay, deeper metrics, and optional Background Tracking on your phone and watch. Offline watch discoveries sync later. A paid Annual subscription or Lifetime purchase permanently unlocks full available history. Annual Pro features require an active subscription; imported history stays yours. Connect Strava with Pro to sync recent route activities. YOUR DATA CHOICES Your history is stored on your devices, with optional private iCloud sync and backup. Both start enabled on fresh installs and can be turned off in Settings. Tiles has no ads or social feed. Tiles imports existing workouts; it does not record workouts. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tiles.sinuk.dev/privacy.html

Screenshots

Pathy4 screens
Tiles4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Tiles at none against Pathy's shown. Tiles also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 5 months). Pathy's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Pathy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tiles 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Pathy against 5.0 for Tiles. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 7 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pathy ships an update every 5 months, Tiles every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pathy versus Tiles: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPathyTiles
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings37 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS16.4 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB141 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZakkariah RobertsErik Handeland

Customer experience

Pathy

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tiles

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Pathy

One-time1
  • Pathy Pro$19.99
3 purchases

Tiles

Subscriptions2
  • Terra Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Terra Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Terra Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Pathy free?
Pathy is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tiles free?
Tiles is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pathy or Tiles?
Pathy and Tiles are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 7 ratings respectively.
Do Pathy or Tiles have ads?
Pathy shows ads; Tiles does not.
Which is updated more often, Pathy or Tiles?
Pathy ships an update every 5 months, and Tiles every 2 weeks. Most recently, Pathy was updated on October 11, 2026 and Tiles on October 19, 2026.

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