Iris Tactics vs Tactical MAP PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Iris Tactics
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IRIS Tactics is a smartphone application for commanders in the field, designed to operate with IRIS Core. Unblur is a company providing SaaS solutions for fast, safe, and simple decision-making during incidents and events. Unblur has developed IRIS Core - a complete and adaptable tool that integrates the latest technologies such as wearables, sensors, drones, GIS, and artificial intelligence for the public and private sectors. Our tech has been built to gather situational awareness from several sources of data, provide a sharing platform between all users and exploit the data in post incident. This is applicable to any organization facing an emergency. Ranging from Fire Services to search & rescue, infrastructure safety, ports and airports, events, police etc. IRIS Core & Tactics support fire and rescue teams with a clear picture of what is happening at the scene of an incident. Providing a fully interactive map with geographical layers, blueprints, tactical drawings, risks, points of interest and annotations. Our solution creates a shared common operational picture with all stakeholders (e.g. other agencies, strategic teams, control room etc.), enabling operational risk assessments, briefing forms, compliance to standard operational procedures and post-incident audit collaboration.
Tactical MAP PRO
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TACTICAL MAP PRO PROFESSIONAL TACTICAL GPS NAVIGATION Tactical NAVIGATION is a professional field tool offering GPS navigation and map management at military standards. It meets all your needs in a single application for off-road drivers, mountaineers, military personnel, search and rescue teams, hunters, radio amateurs, and aviators. Works without internet. Your data stays on your device. Ad-free. MULTI-LANGUAGE SUPPORT Worldwide support with 32 languages: Turkish, English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Norwegian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Lithuanian, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Ukrainian Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, Thai, Filipino (Tagalog) Arabic, Persian, Russian, Azerbaijani, Kazakh, Uzbek Afrikaans ONE-TIME PURCHASE, FULL ACCESS – NO SUBSCRIPTIONS! There are no monthly or yearly subscription fees, no in-app purchases, and no hidden costs. Pay just once and get lifetime access to all advanced professional features—like offline maps, MGRS, and tactical tools—that other apps lock behind a paywall. 1. LOCATION Your GPS location in 5 different coordinate formats simultaneously: - MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) 1 meter precision - UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) - USNG (US National Grid) - QTH (Maidenhead Locator for radio amateurs) - BNG (British National Grid) - LAT/LON (decimal degrees) 2. MAP Switch between 6 different map layers: - OpenStreetMap (street) - Satellite (high resolution) - Topographic (with contour lines) - Hybrid (satellite + names) 3. TARGETS Bulk import: GPX, KML, KMZ, CSV, MGRS text format. Each target is marked with a red pin, tap to start navigation. Target name, coordinate, description, and category (green/yellow/red/blue tag) can be edited. 4. TRACKS Start track recording with a single touch. Works even when the screen is off (foreground service). Pause / Resume / Stop. Automatically calculated statistics: - Distance traveled - Average and maximum speed - Total ascent and descent - Elevation profile graph The track is colored on the map according to speed (green-slow, red-fast). Export as GPX or view on the map. 5. COMPASS Military style digital compass. Absolute and relative direction (bearing) to the active target in real time. The compass automatically locks to the active route, deviation warnings appear. 6. TOOLS - COORDINATE CONVERTER LAT/LON MGRS UTM USNG QTH mutual conversion - AREA CALCULATOR draw polygon on map - DISTANCE MEASURER distance and bearing between two points - OFFLINE MAP DOWNLOADER select region, download 7. WEATHER Detailed 7-day weather forecast based on your location. 8. LOAD MAP (OFFLINE MAP) - MBTiles Most common offline format, fast, single file - GeoPackage (.gpkg) OGC standard, SQLite based - GeoTIFF (.tif/.tiff) Satellite/aerial photo (Avenza, ArcGIS, QGIS) - GeoPDF (.pdf) USGS topography, FAA aviation, NOAA maritime, military maps 9. ROUTES Saved route management center. Load GPX/KML file, draw manually, or paste text. Multiple routes are displayed on the map at the same time, automatic color palette. Route editing: move point, delete, add waypoint, split/merge segment. START MISSION compass locks to the route, track recording opens automatically, ETA is calculated. 10. AREAS Area measurement by drawing polygons on the map. Perimeter calculation. View multiple areas at the same time, separate with color palette. Ideal for agriculture, land, hunting ground, mission area planning. Export as GPX/KML. 11. BRIEFING Freehand drawing tool on map for field briefings. Visually mark attack directions, safe zones, critical points, and roads. Color palette (10+ colors), thickness selector (3 levels). Draw with one finger, pan/zoom map with two fingers. Show/hide multiple briefings at the same time, name, delete, share with teammates. PRIVACY & SECURITY Your location data is stored ONLY on your device Not sent to any server Not shared with any third party Ad-free, no advertising network
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Iris Tactics at Free against Tactical MAP PRO's $4.99. Tactical MAP PRO's advantage is device support. On in-app purchases 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
Iris Tactics is free to download; Tactical MAP PRO costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Iris Tactics | Tactical MAP PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.4 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Unblur SL | mustafa pistofoglu |
In-app purchases
Iris Tactics
No in-app purchases
Tactical MAP PRO
No in-app purchases
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