Alpine Quest vs NomadTracks

Tactical GPS is the Swiss Army knife of navigation — everything you need in one app. Plan routes, navigate cross-country, record tracks, analyze terrain and share your map with your team — online or fully offline, with the precision of a purpose-built instrument. Made for soldiers, SAR teams, hikers, hunters and anyone who reads maps. Designed and built natively for iPhone and iPad. No cross-platform compromises. Just a fast, precise tactical navigation experience. OFFLINE NAVIGATION — NEW • Get routes with no signal: download routing data with your map regions (often just a few MB) — car, walking, hiking, cycling, MTB and river routes, calculated on your device • Navigate to any pin along a real route — by car, on foot, hiking, trekking, MTB or by river • Missed points are skipped automatically; Rejoin and Re-route bring you back on course • Navigation continues with the screen locked — distance, bearing and ETA on your Lock Screen, alert on arrival • Heading-up, course-up or north-up map rotation, with auto re-follow after you pan away • Connection lost? Switch to your downloaded offline map in one tap PLAN, NAVIGATE, TRACK • Plan routes and areas directly on the map, online or offline • Elevation profiles with slope colors, ascent/descent and estimated time • Navigate point-to-point or along a route — live distance, bearing, ETA, back azimuth and elevation delta • Record tracks with activities, laps, auto-pause and a Lock Screen Live Activity, then replay them on the map • Set up geofences and proximity alerts on any pin • Organize everything in layers, folders and tags — keep missions, trips and training areas separate MAPS, ONLINE OR OFFLINE • Download map regions, satellite imagery included, for fully offline use • Add your own maps: WMS/WMTS, MBTiles, GeoTIFF, GeoPDF and AlpineQuest — stacked, with per-layer opacity • 3D terrain view, live contour lines and hillshading • MGRS, UTM, Lat/Lon or CK-42 grid overlay on every basemap • Overlays for trails, cycling, ski slopes and sea marks • Night-vision mode: red or green monochrome display across the entire app FIELD & TERRAIN TOOLS • Viewshed and line-of-sight analysis • Range rings, radial ruler, bearings and point projections • Distance and area measurement with per-segment labels • NATO (APP-6) map symbols and custom pin icons • Elevation and depth readings anywhere on the map • On-position weather forecasts, sun and moon position • Print maps to PDF at a chosen scale PRECISION POSITIONING • MGRS / UTM / USNG / Lat-Lon / CK-42 or any EPSG code, plus British, Irish, Swedish, Finnish, New Zealand, Indian and other national grids • Dozens of map datums with proper transformations • True, magnetic or grid north reference • External Bluetooth GNSS receivers, with NTRIP corrections for RTK precision • Import GPX, KML/KMZ, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, Shapefile, CSV, AlpineQuest and more SHARE & SYNC • Share a map layer with your team over iCloud: everyone sees pins, routes and shapes update live, attachments included. Invite-only, no accounts. • Connect to a TAK server for real-time position, chat and data, with built-in certificate enrollment • Export to GPX, KML/KMZ, GeoJSON, GeoPackage, CSV or DXF • Back up everything into one file and restore it on any device PERFECT FOR • Land navigation and route planning • Hiking, cycling and off-road exploration • SAR and field operations • Outdoor training and navigation exercises Note: Route navigation, additional maps, unlimited overlays and layers, special tools, tracking, iCloud layer sharing and export features require a PRO upgrade.

Bring your own maps. Open a GeoPDF, a scanned topo sheet or a photo of a paper map, and watch your live GPS position move across it — offline, with no signal at all. YOUR OWN MAPS — WHAT WE DO BEST • GeoPDFs and georeferenced PDFs line themselves up the moment you import them • Photograph a paper map, drop a few control points, done — the fit accuracy is shown in metres (RMS) • Park handouts, alpine club sheets, lease boundaries, century-old survey sheets: all become maps you can walk on • As many maps as you want, free RECORDING • Precise GPS recording with real elevation — barometer-assisted where the device has one • Waypoints with category, colour, photo, address and notes • Enter a waypoint straight from lon/lat or UTM coordinates • Scale bar, compass and coordinates always on screen • Live stats keep running in the notification while you record FOLLOWING A TRACK • Follow any saved or imported track: distance to the line, distance left, turn cues • Stray off it and the app tells you with sound and vibration — the radius is yours to set per track • Ghostrider: race your own earlier run and watch live whether you are ahead • Drop a point by bearing and distance, then walk it in PLANNING ROUTES • Plan routes along real roads and trails — anyone can try it • Saving one, as a route or a track, is part of Pro IMPORT & EXPORT — YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • GPX, GeoJSON and KML in — GPX, GeoJSON and bundles back out • Photos and metadata travel with them • Heart rate rides along inside the GPX (Garmin format; Strava and Komoot read it) YOUR LIBRARY • Folders for tracks, waypoints and your own maps • Elevation, speed, pace and heart-rate charts for every track • A 30-day recycle bin SYNC & BACKUP • iCloud sync across all your devices — free • Nextcloud over WebDAV — free • Synology NAS — free • Dropbox — with Pro • Backups are portable: carry your library between Android and iPhone WITH PRO • Google Maps: roadmap, terrain and high-resolution satellite imagery • OpenStreetMap in the OSM Bright and Stamen Terrain styles • Offline Maps: download map areas so your maps stay available offline • Road-Snapped Measuring: real driving, cycling and walking distances instead of straight lines • Dropbox sync, and saving the routes you plan NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS • Recording, your own maps, GPX import and export, waypoints, Nextcloud and Synology sync: all free, no sign-up • No ads, no third-party tracking • Your data stays on your device and in your own sync target — never on our servers FIELD WORK & SURVEYING • Take the official sheet with you: agency GeoPDF, parcel, block or concession map • Walk a parcel and keep the outline • Mark samples, boundary stones and corners as waypoints with photos and coordinates • The whole crew works from the same map — hand maps and waypoints over as a file FOR 25+ ACTIVITIES Hiking, trekking, mountain biking, trail running, overlanding, sailing, paddling, geocaching, ski touring and more — in metric, imperial or nautical units. APPLE WATCH • Record GPS, heart rate and elevation without your iPhone • Track navigation and Ghostrider on the wrist • Save recordings to Apple Health LANGUAGES English, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Français, Português, Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia NOMADTRACKS PRO Unlocks Offline Maps, Road-Snapped Measuring, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Dropbox sync and saving planned routes — plus every Pro feature we add later. Nextcloud and Synology stay free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in App Store → Account → Subscriptions. ——— Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/52648882/full-legal