Comparison

South West Coast Path+ vs Cathedral Tracker

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

Head to head
About

South West Coast Path+

This app helps you plan, track, and document your journey along England's 630-mile National Trail. It features an interactive map, progress tracking, and a detailed guide to points of interest. Create a personal hiking diary and sync your data across devices for offline access.

Highlights
  • Interactive trail map with GPX overlay
  • Progress tracking and segment distances
  • Detailed guide to points of interest
  • Personal hiking diary with notes
  • Cloud sync across devices
  • Offline map and guide access
Features
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Explore England’s iconic 630-mile National Trail with this essential app for walkers and hikers. Whether you’re tackling the full trail or enjoying a coastal day hike, this app helps you plan, track, and document your journey along the South West Coast Path. Key features: - Interactive trail map with full GPX route overlay - Track your progress and view segment distances - Manual distance input for flexible tracking - Detailed guide to towns, villages, beaches, and points of interest - Trail stats including distance, elevation, and quick facts - Personal hiking diary with notes, dates, and location tags - Cloud sync to keep your entries across devices - Offline access to maps and guide content - Metric and imperial unit support - Secure user login for data storage Perfect for hikers, walkers, and outdoor adventurers exploring Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, and Dorset. Whether you're starting in Minehead or finishing in Poole, this app is your ideal trail companion. Download now and start your South West Coast Path adventure.

About

Cathedral Tracker

Features
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Explore Britain’s cathedrals like a modern pilgrim. Cathedral Tracker helps you discover, visit and track cathedrals across the UK, whether you’re a walker, heritage enthusiast, history lover, pilgrim or determined completionist. From individual cathedral visits to longer journeys and pilgrimage routes, Cathedral Tracker gives you the tools to plan your adventures and keep a personal record of the places you’ve explored. EXPLORE UK CATHEDRALS • Discover cathedrals across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland • Explore locations on an interactive map • Colour-coded markers show visited and unvisited cathedrals • Filter the map to show all, visited or unvisited locations • Quickly find your nearest unvisited cathedral • Browse detailed cathedral information • Open cathedral websites and Wikipedia pages for further information TRACK YOUR VISITS Build your own personal record as you explore. • Mark cathedrals as visited • Record visit dates • Add personal notes and ratings • Add cathedrals to your favourites • Attach photos from your visits • See your progress grow over time PILGRIMAGE ROUTES Explore established pilgrimage routes across Britain. Browse a growing collection of pilgrimage and long-distance routes linking cathedrals, churches, historic sites and landscapes. Use the interactive route maps to explore each journey and discover the places along the way. Whether you intend to walk an entire pilgrimage or simply explore sections during your travels, Cathedral Tracker makes these historic journeys easier to discover. STATS & ACHIEVEMENTS Turn exploring Britain’s cathedrals into a challenge. Track: • Total cathedrals visited and remaining • Overall completion percentage • Visits by year and month • Progress by denomination • Progress by UK nation • Favourite and top-rated cathedrals • Achievements as you reach new milestones PLAN YOUR NEXT TRIP Use Cathedral Tracker to help decide where to go next. • Find your closest unvisited cathedral • Save cathedrals as favourites • Build multi-stop routes • Optimise routes between locations • Open planned journeys in Google Maps Ideal for cathedral road trips, walking adventures, holidays and pilgrimage journeys. EXPORT YOUR JOURNEY Your cathedral visits form a personal travel record. Export your progress to CSV so you can keep, analyse or share your cathedral journey outside the app. BUILT FOR REAL EXPLORATION Cathedral Tracker is designed for people who actually get out and visit these places. • Fast and lightweight • Designed to remain useful when travelling • No account required • No social tracking • Visit information remains on your device Whether you’re ticking off a lifelong goal, following an ancient pilgrimage route, planning a cathedral road trip or simply exploring Britain’s extraordinary architectural and religious heritage, Cathedral Tracker helps you discover what’s out there and remember where you’ve been. Walk it. Track it. Complete it. PREMIUM FEATURES Cathedral Tracker includes optional Premium access, available as a one-time purchase. Premium unlocks additional tools including: • Pilgrimage Routes • Multi-stop Route Planner • Route optimisation • Advanced statistics • Achievements • Nearest Unvisited • Cathedral website and Wikipedia links • Visit notes and additional visit details • Photo features • CSV progress export The core cathedral database, map and cathedral exploration features remain free to use. PRIVACY Cathedral Tracker does not require an account. Location access is used only for location-based features such as finding nearby cathedrals and calculating distances. Visit logs, photos, notes and other personal tracking information are stored locally on your device.

Screenshots

South West Coast Path+4 screens
Cathedral Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: South West Coast Path+ at every 3 weeks against Cathedral Tracker's every 5 months. Cathedral Tracker's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. South West Coast Path+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Cathedral Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

South West Coast Path+ ships an update every 3 weeks, Cathedral Tracker every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
South West Coast Path+ versus Cathedral Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSouth West Coast Path+Cathedral Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNatasha WilsonStuart Cox

In-app purchases

1 purchases

South West Coast Path+

One-time1
  • One-Time Unlock$4.99
1 purchases

Cathedral Tracker

One-time1
  • Premium Features Unlock$2.99

Questions

Is South West Coast Path+ free?
South West Coast Path+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cathedral Tracker free?
Cathedral Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do South West Coast Path+ or Cathedral Tracker have ads?
Neither South West Coast Path+ nor Cathedral Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, South West Coast Path+ or Cathedral Tracker?
South West Coast Path+ ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cathedral Tracker every 5 months. Most recently, South West Coast Path+ was updated on October 28, 2026 and Cathedral Tracker on October 5, 2026.

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