TopoRec vs Gold Prospector App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TopoRec
Explore historical and modern maps with this powerful viewer. Discover locations, record tracks, edit areas, and import/export data. Ideal for historians, archaeologists, and outdoor enthusiasts.
- View historical and modern online maps
- Capture and edit points, areas, and tracks
- Import and export data (GPX compatible)
- Filter maps by type and scale
- Create custom lines and areas
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TopoRec – The powerful map viewer for historical & modern maps Explore the world through maps! TopoRec gives you access to both historical and current map data. Discover locations, collect position data, edit areas, record tracks, and export or import your data – all in one app. Perfect for: • Historians & archaeologists • Metal detector enthusiasts • Map lovers & outdoor explorers • History buffs with a curiosity for the past Features at a glance: • View online maps (historical & modern) • Capture & edit points, areas, and tracks • Import & export data (incl. GPX) • Filter maps by type and scale • Create your own lines and areas • Internet connection required Free use with time limitation: All features can be used free and without restrictions for a short time. After approx. 2 minutes per session, a Premium subscription is required to continue without limitations. TopoRec Premium – Your benefits: • Unlimited access to all features • Exclusive extras & new updates • Priority support Subscription info: The annual subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Auto-renewal can be turned off at any time in the account settings. Legal information: • End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ • Privacy Policy: https://toporec.com/privacy_policy/datenschutzerklaerung.html Rediscover maps – with TopoRec!
Gold Prospector App
This app uses AI and LiDAR to analyze terrain for gold potential, offering detailed maps, prospecting guides, and a community forum. It helps users identify promising locations and track their finds.
- AI terrain analysis for gold potential
- AI prospecting guide (GoldBot)
- 1-meter LiDAR hillshade mapping
- Customizable maps with data layers
- GPS trail tracking and find logging
- In-app guides and community forum
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Read the land. Strike gold. Gold Prospector is the all-in-one app for recreational gold prospectors and metal detectorists. Built by a lifelong prospector, it brings together AI, GIS mapping, LiDAR, historic topos and more! — FEATURES — OFFLINE MAPS Download areas before you go and use them with no service, even in airplane mode. LiDAR, historic topo, roads and trails, claims, public lands, property lines, 3D terrain, and all the other layers come with it. Log finds and record tracks with no signal. NATIVE LIDAR™ Our newest addition to the map. Custom half-meter LiDAR with six looks built for different ground: Polaris, Polaris Ridge, Nova, Eclipse, Zenith and Horizon. Adjust each one to your eye, tilt it in 3D, and take it offline. Available in California now, with more states coming. SITESCAN™ Place a square on any spot and scan it into a 3D model. Four analyses read the ground: Workings finds old pits, trenches and tailings; Flow Path shows where runoff carries gold and where it settles; Drift traces where material moves downhill; Traps ranks the spots where moving water drops its load. Tap a result to see why, drop pins, and save scans to come back to. Available where Native LiDAR™ exists. 1-METER LIDAR HILLSHADE USGS 3DEP shading that reveals what the ground remembers: placer cuts, hydraulic pits, tailings, benches, and old water races, even under a century of brush. Ultra 1m covers California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona, with more states coming. PAY STREAK ZONES Modeled gold potential zones built from stream geochemistry, geology, and the density of historic mines, so the best ground stands out. HISTORIC MINES & RAILROADS Every recorded mine, prospect, and placer working nationwide, plus pre-1911 rail grades and the stops that served the camps. GOLD TRAPS Creek bends and steep gullies near known gold occurrences. The places moving water slows down and drops what it was carrying. STREAMS, RIVERS & LAKES Every waterway in the lower 48. Line weight follows actual flow, and the map tells you which run year-round and which only after rain. HISTORIC TOPO MAPS Scanned USGS topos from 1879 to 1940, overlaid on the modern world with an opacity slider. HISTORIC MAP BUILDER Over 350,000 town and city maps from the late 1800s through 1930, placed on the modern map. GHOST TOWNS 43,000+ abandoned towns, camps, and forts. Tap one to research its history. COIN & RELIC ID Photograph a coin, button, buckle, or nail for an instant ID — type, mint years, material, and history. AI TERRAIN ANALYSIS Snap a photo of any creek or hillside and let the AI score its gold potential. DATA LAYERS, 2D AND 3D Each layer has its own opacity control and info button. Native LiDAR™ Ultra 1m LiDAR Historic Topo, 1879 to 1940 Historic Maps, 350,000+ sheets Historic Sites — battlefields, mills, camps, towns Historic Railroads Historic Mines Ghost Towns Recent Burns, with severity Streams & Rivers, with flow and seasonality Lakes & Ponds Gold Traps Pay Streak Zones Active Mining Claims — updated daily Closed Mining Claims Public Lands, with unit names and access Designations & Wilderness State & Local Lands Property Lines, with owner names where available Geochemistry Rock Types Mineral Deposits Magnetic Anomaly Modern USGS Topo Roads & Trails My Pins & Find Log Basemaps: Satellite, Outdoors, Topo, and Dark. TRACK EVERY TRIP & FIND Record tracks colored by pace with distance, elevation gain, and finds along the way. Log finds with photos, weight, date, and notes, and drop pins for relics, coins, camps, and waypoints. TIPS & GUIDES Guides covering geology, equipment, technique, and history, plus prospecting news and live gold prices. — FREE & PRO — Free forever: the map and basemaps, 3D terrain, GPS, pins and find log, trail tracking, tips and guides, and the community feed. Pro unlocks: every data layer above. https://goldprospector.app https://goldprospector.app/privacy https://goldprospector.app/terms
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Gold Prospector App at 6 against TopoRec's 1. Gold Prospector App also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 90%). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. TopoRec sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $17.99 per year and Gold Prospector App sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TopoRec against 5.0 for Gold Prospector App. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gold Prospector App has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of TopoRec's written reviews are positive against 100% of Gold Prospector App's.
TopoRec ships an update every 9 days, Gold Prospector App weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TopoRec | Gold Prospector App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 84 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Enrico Hoffmann | Jordan Setnor |
Customer experience
TopoRec
Gold Prospector App
In-app purchases
TopoRec
- Premium3 Days trial$17.991 Year
Gold Prospector App
- Gold Prospector Pro$8.991 Month
- Gold Prospector Pro$89.991 Year
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