Comparison

OruxMaps vs Snow Guru

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

Head to head
About

OruxMaps

Record and analyze outdoor activities with various online and offline maps. Track routes, use sensors, and share your live position. Includes advanced GIS tools for calculations and utilities like a compass and dashboard.

Highlights
  • Record routes with online/offline maps
  • Integrate with heart rate and bike sensors
  • Upload activities to Strava/SICAMI
  • Analyze activity data with graphs
  • Follow routes with alerts
  • Live position sharing
  • GIS tools for calculations
Features
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Enjoy your outdoor activities. The app allows you to record your routes using different types of maps, both online and offline. NEW: Peak visualization, using augmented reality or a synthetic view. Supported offline map formats: Mapsforge .map, Garmin .img, Rmap .rmap, GeoPDF .pdf, GeoTIFF .tif, MBTiles .mbtiles Keep your data private. No registration required, and no uploading of your data anywhere if you don't want to. Use different sensors in your activities (heart rate monitor, cadence/speed/power on a bike). Upload your activities to important sites like Strava or SICAMI. Analyze your activities, obtaining graphs, average and maximum data, etc. Follow routes, with alerts when you move away from the path or when you approach points of interest. Search for routes using an online service, which will allow you to find paths anywhere. It includes a powerful GIS tool for complex distance calculations, bearings, intersections, coordinate conversions, and more. Share your live position with your friends and hiking companions, or with family so they can follow your trail. It includes numerous utilities: - Dashboard - Compass - Artificial horizon - GIS tool Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Snow Guru

Features
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Snow Guru is a backcountry avalanche-safety companion for ski touring and splitboarding. It helps you plan tours, run field checklists, and keep core safety tools on your phone. Everything you enter stays on this device. What you can do: • Tour planning, gear, drive, on-trail, and post-trip checklists • ALPTRUTh decision checks before you travel • Snow identification, snow tests, avalanche rescue, and CPR guides • A personal trip logbook and optional victory pics stored locally Snow Guru does not replace professional avalanche training, certified instruction, or official avalanche forecasts. You are responsible for your own decisions in avalanche terrain. Privacy: https://mysnowguru.com/privacy-policy Terms: https://mysnowguru.com/terms-and-conditions Support: support@mysnowguru.com

Screenshots

OruxMaps4 screens
Snow Guru4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Snow Guru at none against OruxMaps's 6. OruxMaps's advantage is device support (4 vs 2). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. OruxMaps sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Snow Guru asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

OruxMaps ships an update monthly, Snow Guru every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
OruxMaps versus Snow Guru: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOruxMapsSnow Guru
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size114 MB22 MB
Age rating17+12+
Developerjose Vazquez AraujoRyan McFadyen

In-app purchases

6 purchases

OruxMaps

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$0.991 Month
  • Yearly Premium$9.991 Year
One-time4
  • Buy me a coffee$1.99
  • Small contribution$2.99
  • Medium contribution$4.99
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  • Large contribution$9.99
None

Snow Guru

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is OruxMaps free?
OruxMaps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Snow Guru free?
Snow Guru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do OruxMaps or Snow Guru have ads?
Neither OruxMaps nor Snow Guru shows ads.
Which is updated more often, OruxMaps or Snow Guru?
OruxMaps ships an update monthly, and Snow Guru every 2 weeks. Most recently, OruxMaps was updated on October 25, 2026 and Snow Guru on October 25, 2026.

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