Comparison

Maps & Outdoor Nav vs CycleLine

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

Head to head
About

Maps & Outdoor Nav

This app offers professional, privacy-focused navigation with versatile maps and precise GPS tools. It works entirely offline and without accounts, keeping your data local or synced via private iCloud. Ideal for outdoor activities like hiking, cycling, and boating.

Highlights
  • Privacy-focused GPS tools
  • Versatile offline maps
  • No account registration required
  • Specialized overlays for activities
  • Route planning and navigation
  • Activity tracking and Apple Health integration
  • Support for custom maps and GIS formats
Features
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One app for all your map activities – with total privacy. Mapki is the all-in-one navigation tool that replaces countless niche apps. From outdoor adventures and water sports to professional GIS tasks, Mapki combines precise GPS features, versatile maps, and smart routing into a single powerful experience. Best of all: It works entirely without accounts – no registration required. Your data stays strictly on your device or syncs securely via your private iCloud. For all outdoor enthusiasts: • Hikers & Alpinists: Use detailed maps, plan tours with elevation profiles, and stay informed in remote areas thanks to offline caching. • Cyclists & Mountain Bikers: Benefit from specialized cycling overlays and smart routing tailored for your journeys. • Athletes & Fitness Fans: Record your activities via GPS tracking and save them as workouts in Apple Health, complete with calorie calculation. • Explorers & World Travelers: Plan your next destinations, save special places with photos and notes, and capture your favorite memories along the way. • Sailors & Skippers: Nautical units, OpenSeaMap, and Man Overboard (MOB) button for safety on the water. • GIS Experts & Professionals: Full support for UTM and MGRS coordinates, GPX-Import/Export, plus integration of custom WMTS/WMS map servers for maximum flexibility. Free Features: • Maps: Apple Maps, OpenStreetMap, OpenTopoMap, and Public Transport map. • Overlays: Specialized layers for hiking, cycling, skiing, as well as OpenSeaMap. • Offline Use: Caching of preinstalled tile-based maps and overlays. • Route Planning: Add and edit waypoints. • Navigation: Find your way along waypoints. • Tracking: Record and analyze your outdoor activities. • POIs: Search and save places, coordinates, addresses, etc. • Content: Add photos and notes to places, routes and tracks. • Sorting and Filtering: By rating, favorites, color flags & more. • Measuring: Crosshair tool to measure distance and bearing. • Units: Support for metric, US, and nautical units. • Formats: Various coordinate representations including UTM and MGRS. • Connectivity: Import & export places, routes and tracks as GPX files. • Nautical Safety: Dedicated Man Overboard (MOB) button. • More Features: GPS accuracy display, dark mode for all tile-based maps. • User-Friendly: Colors assigned to functional areas help navigating the app. • All EU languages and many more ​​for your convenience (automatically translated; undergoing gradual review) • Language selection directly within the app – independent of the system language Additional PRO Features: • Custom Maps: Integrate any WMTS and WMS map tile server. • Custom Overlays: Add weather maps, drone no-fly zones or terrain reliefs etc. • Offline Use: Caching of all custom maps, overlays and reliefs. • Elevation: Altitude data for places and profiles for planned routes. • Smart Routing: Automatic routing for walking & hiking, cycling, or motorcycling & driving. • Advanced Navigation: Guidance along calculated routes. • Post-Processing: Trimming of GPS tracks. • Grouping: Combine places into lists and routes/tracks into multi-stage tours • Organization: Sort places, routes and tracks into collections. • Apple Health Integration: Save activities as workouts to Apple Health. • Fullscreen Dashboard: High-visibility display of all critical real-time values. The full-featured PRO version can be unlocked at any time within the app. The standard Apple Terms of Use apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

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CycleLine

Features
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CycleLine is bike navigation you can read on the handlebars: big turn cues, clear numbers, a calm display. Plan a ride, load a GPX or pick a cycle route nearby — then follow, don't scroll. WHO IT'S FOR For commuting, after-work loops and multi-day tours. For gravel, touring and road bikes. For everyone who wants a navigator that shows the way, not another social app. PLAN A ROUTE • Start, destination and stops by address or by dropping a pin on the map • Current location as start • Routing profiles for touring/cycle paths, gravel, road bike and more BRouter profiles • Alternatives A/B/C with distance, elevation gain and ride time • Pick a variant before you set off LOAD A ROUTE • Import a GPX and follow it right away • Saved rides in your library • Discover OSM cycle routes nearby — from your location or as a mapped stage • Demo route to try it out, no network routing needed WHILE RIDING • Large turn cue with distance, direction and street name • Voice guidance in the app language and haptics (adjustable distances) • Bike computer: speed, distance left, arrival, pause and stop • Track-up map that follows you • Off-route warning and automatic rerouting to your original destination • Change destination or stops on the way • Route back to the start • Live Activity on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Optional Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Control Center actions to start, stop and follow ELEVATION AND CLIMBS • Elevation profile of the whole ride, even before you start • Next climb with category, gradient and remaining ascent • See what's coming while you ride — not only once it gets steep PLACES ALONG THE ROUTE Put service points on the map when you need them: • Water, fountains, toilets • Bakery, restaurant, café, supermarket • Bike pump, bike shop, repair station, petrol station • Hut, hotel, picnic spot, shelter, swimming spot • ATM, pharmacy, hospital, defibrillator Medals for stopping at places — optional, no account. OFFLINE • Download map tiles along the loaded route • Keep navigating loaded GPX and demo routes without a connection • Voice guidance and turn-by-turn keep working Note: offline stores the base map. Planning new routes, alternatives, rerouting and fresh POIs need internet. LIBRARY AND AFTER THE RIDE • Save, load and export routes • Ride history with distance, time and elevation gain • Share GPX • Optionally save rides as cycling workouts in Apple Health PRIVACY No account. No ads. No tracking SDK. Location only for the map, guidance, widgets and Live Activity. "Always" access only when you start navigation — so voice guidance and the Live Activity keep running with the screen locked. MAPS AND DATA OpenStreetMap · OpenFreeMap · MapLibre · BRouter · Open-Meteo · Overpass CycleLine follows the sign — not the screen. Note: routing depends on the public BRouter service and your connection. OSM data can be incomplete. CycleLine does not replace traffic signs or your own attention on the road.

Screenshots

Maps & Outdoor Nav4 screens
CycleLine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Maps & Outdoor Nav at Free against CycleLine's $0.99. CycleLine's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs fortnightly). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Maps & Outdoor Nav is free to download; CycleLine costs $0.99 up front. Maps & Outdoor Nav sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. CycleLine asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Maps & Outdoor Nav ships an update fortnightly, CycleLine every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 4 level
Maps & Outdoor Nav versus CycleLine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMaps & Outdoor NavCycleLine
PriceFree — better$0.99
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size8 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoy SchulzStefan Schwinghammer

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Maps & Outdoor Nav

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Annual Subscription1 Month trial$12.991 Year
None

CycleLine

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Maps & Outdoor Nav free?
Maps & Outdoor Nav is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CycleLine free?
CycleLine costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Maps & Outdoor Nav or CycleLine have ads?
Neither Maps & Outdoor Nav nor CycleLine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Maps & Outdoor Nav or CycleLine?
Maps & Outdoor Nav ships an update fortnightly, and CycleLine every 4 days. Most recently, Maps & Outdoor Nav was updated on October 13, 2026 and CycleLine on October 24, 2026.

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