Goat Maps vs Glassing Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Goat Maps
Navigate your outdoor adventures with confidence using this reliable and easy-to-use mapping application. It offers offline maps, advanced route planning, and custom topographic views, perfect for hiking, skiing, biking, and more. Explore off the grid without distractions.
- Offline Maps
- Record Tracks
- Advanced Route Planning
- Custom Topographic Maps
- Multiple Base Maps
- Worldwide Map Coverage
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Goat Maps is the next-generation navigation app designed for outdoor adventures. Built from the ground up in 2024, Goat Maps offers unmatched reliability and ease of use, perfect for all your adventures—whether hiking, backcountry skiing, kayaking, biking, or trail running. No distractions, just adventure: Goat Maps is designed by real people who use it daily. We prioritize function over frills, so you'll never deal with pop-ups, intrusive graphics, or unnecessary social features. Goat Maps combines cutting-edge technology with custom-designed maps to help you explore confidently, both on and off the grid. Download today and take your outdoor adventures to the next level! ▶ Key Features • Offline Maps: Navigate confidently without cell service. • Record Tracks: Track your trips and monitor your progress in detail. • Advanced Route Planning: Seamlessly mix snap-to-trail, straight-line, and hand-drawn sections. Plan multi-sport and off trail routes with ease. • Custom Topographic Maps: Designed for maximum readability, so you can focus on your adventure, not your screen. • Multiple Base Maps: Switch between Topo, Satellite, and Hybrid views to get the perspective you need. • World wide map coverage. ▶ Free Trial Many features can be used for free, but offline maps and route planning require a membership, but a 7 day free trial is available. ▶ Feedback For support, general questions or feature requests, contact us at support@goatmaps.com EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.goatmaps.com/privacy
Glassing Maps
This app offers offline backcountry navigation with detailed map layers and planning tools. It allows users to mark waypoints, record tracks, and plan routes without a cellular signal, all while conserving battery life. Saved data remains accessible even after a subscription ends.
- Offline map downloads
- Waypoint marking
- Route planning and following
- Track recording with battery optimization
- Multiple map layers (Topo, Satellite, Hybrid)
- Slope Angle Shading and Aspect views
- GPX/KML/KMZ import and export
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Glassing is an iOS-native backcountry navigation app with a refined design for quick, one-handed use. It sips battery and keeps every map layer and backcountry tool working offline. Download the grids for your trip and every available layer comes with them. Search, plan routes, record tracks and mark places without a signal. You know what’s available before you leave. DIRECTIONS Navigate calls each trail junction as you walk. Plan a Route finds the trailhead and the trails to anywhere you pick. Your iPhone and CarPlay guide the drive to the trailhead, turn by turn over highways and forest roads. Directions work offline in your downloaded maps. WAYPOINTS AND TRIPS Mark a place and choose its symbol with one hand. Keep track of camps, water sources and animal sightings without typing names or digging through menus. Your waypoints, tracks, routes and photos organize themselves into trips named for the place and month. A week in the Wallowas stays together instead of getting lost among hundreds of pins. RECORDING Start recording at the trailhead and put your phone away. Glassing saves battery by easing off GPS when you stop and picking up again when you move. Turn on Max detail when you want a more detailed track, like following a blood trail or backtracking for a dropped hat. ROUTES Follow trails with Snap to trail or draw your own route across open country. See distance and elevation gain as you draw, and drag a point to try another way. Plan and follow routes offline, with an alert if you wander off course. LAYERS Choose Topo, Satellite or Hybrid. Topo and Hybrid include shaded relief to help you read the terrain. Topo turns to a night map when your iPhone is in dark mode. Use Slope Angle Shading to spot steep hillsides and compare off-trail routes. Aspect shows which direction a hillside faces. Ownership shows public land and available private parcels. Cell Coverage shows where AT&T, T-Mobile or Verizon reports outdoor 5G or LTE service. Every available layer works in your downloaded grids without a signal. Check its source and data date in the legend. Slope shading does not show current avalanche danger, parcel boundaries do not establish access permission, and predicted cell coverage does not guarantee a connection. APPLE WATCH AND WEB Check your heading, see your next turn, mark a waypoint or control recording from your Apple Watch while your iPhone stays in your pocket. Plan on a larger screen at glassing.app/map, with 3D terrain to help you look over your route. Your saved places sync when you have a signal. BRING YOUR SAVED PLACES Import GPX, KML and KMZ files. Review suggested trips to organize what you bring over. Export your waypoints, tracks and routes as GPX any time, including after your subscription ends. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT No advertising, third-party analytics, public heatmaps or social feed. We don’t sell your data. Location metadata is removed from photos you share through Glassing. YOUR MAPS AND DATA STAY YOURS Getting signed out won’t take away the maps and places saved on your phone. If your subscription ends, you can still view your saved trips, use downloaded maps and export your waypoints, tracks and routes for free. WHAT IT COSTS $19.99 a year, with the first month free for new subscribers. Every map layer is free to browse. Subscribe to save waypoints, record tracks, and download and update maps. Downloaded maps stay usable after your subscription ends. COVERAGE Maps cover the lower 48. Ownership coverage varies by area. TERMS AND PRIVACY Terms of Use: https://glassing.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://glassing.app/privacy Made by one person in Portland, Oregon.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Goat Maps at freemium against Glassing Maps's subscription. Goat Maps also leads on ratings volume (51 vs 3) and iOS requirement (17.4 vs 26.0). Glassing Maps's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and review sentiment (100% vs 76%). 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. Goat Maps sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $29.99 per year and Glassing Maps sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Glassing Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Goat Maps has 51 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 76% of Goat Maps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Glassing Maps's.
Goat Maps ships an update every 3 weeks, Glassing Maps every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Goat Maps | Glassing Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (51 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 51 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.4 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 47 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Goat Maps, inc. | Glassing, LLC |
Customer experience
Goat Maps
Glassing Maps
Bugs and requests
Goat Maps
Reported bugs
1 issue- Inconsistent icon and waypoint syncing from other apps
Requested features
3 requests- Web-based route planning
- Expanded map layers (e.g., private land, geology)
- More detailed trail information (e.g., seasonal openings, surface type)
Glassing Maps
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Goat Maps
- Goat Maps Membership7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Glassing Maps
- Glassing Annual1 Month trial$19.991 Year







