Comparison

Routes vs MapifyIt Maps

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

Head to head
About

Routes

This app provides detailed offline maps and advanced route tracking for hiking and running. It offers real-time progress updates, navigation assistance, and integration with fitness platforms. Enjoy extended battery life and a user-friendly interface for your outdoor adventures.

Highlights
  • Unlimited worldwide offline map data
  • Detailed topographic maps
  • AI-powered route tracking
  • Automatic off-route alerts
  • Live heart rate display
  • HealthKit integration
  • Strava integration
Features
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Single Track Routes, the best offline routing and mapping app for Apple Watch and iPhone. Now with live maps right on your phone's lock screen, and workout recording with no watch required! The most detailed maps on Watch, best battery life, most intuitive UI, and unlimited offline maps all in one package. BEAUTIFUL & DETAILED OFFLINE TRAIL MAPS Routes uses the best trail and park maps available, with contour lines and emphasis on trails, rendered at full-fidelity on your lock screen and Watch. • Unlimited worldwide offline map data. • Parks, trails, potable water sources, streams, lakes, topographic lines, roads, informational markers, and more. • Maps for all routes automatically downloaded for offline use. • Tiles automatically synced to connected watches upon choosing a route. • If you connect to Strava, we'll automatically cache offline maps for locations where you do activities, no route required. ADVANCED ROUTE TRACKING AND RENDERING Routes processes your route and tracks your progress using artificial intelligence techniques, helping you navigate courses with overlapping or repeated segments, and reflecting your progress live on the track as well as on an elevation profile. • Automatic alerts if you stray off your chosen route. • Future Window highlights the upcoming route, showing the way through intersections and highlighting what's coming up over the next half mile (800m). • Quantized grade coloring, so that you can tell how steep the track is at a glance. • Automatic out & back detection, rendering out & back segments as side-by-side tracks with their own grade coloring. WEATHER ALONG YOUR ROUTE Whether you're planning where to go for today's hike or run, or planning a great adventure through the Alps, Routes has you covered with detailed 10-day weather forecasts. Just pick your pace on flat land and Routes will automatically adjust it for grade and calculate what weather you can expect along the way. AND SO MUCH MORE We've poured attention into every detail! • All-day battery life, measured at 24+ hours on Apple Watch Ultra. • Innovative live heart rate and heart rate zone display in a single compact complication. • Deep integration with HealthKit for automatic heart rate zones and detailed workout recording. • Live heart rate data from AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch, or other compatible headphones and accessories. • Support for the Action Button on Apple Watch Ultra. • Strava integration for automatically uploading workouts to your account, downloading routes from the Strava Route Builder, and pre-caching offline tiles for areas that you do activities in. Privacy Policy: https://singletrackapps.com/routes/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

MapifyIt Maps

Features
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MapifyIt Maps is a powerful GIS, navigation, and spatial-planning platform for professionals who need more than a basic map. Plan routes across challenging terrain, analyze accessibility, create spatial data, navigate with voice guidance, and manage GIS files—all from your mobile device. KEY FEATURES INTELLIGENT ROUTING & NAVIGATION Plan terrain-aware and multi-stop routes based on elevation and topography. Follow clear on-map maneuvers with turn-by-turn voice guidance, route progress, and intelligent rerouting when your journey changes. ISOCHRONE ANALYSIS Visualize how far you can travel from any location within a selected time or distance. Quickly evaluate accessibility, coverage, response areas, and reachable destinations. PROFESSIONAL DRAWING TOOLS Create precise spatial data directly on the map. Plot points, draw lines, define polygons, select features, and build detailed plans using intuitive field-ready tools. GIS DATA COMPATIBILITY Import and export GeoJSON, KML, and XML files for use across mobile and desktop GIS workflows. Move projects between tools while keeping control of your spatial data. GLOBAL SEARCH & COORDINATE TOOLS Find addresses, landmarks, places, and coordinates quickly. Select locations directly from the map, build routes with multiple waypoints, and share precise coordinates with others. FIELD-READY POSITIONING Monitor location accuracy while exploring or navigating. MapifyIt Maps provides compass support, device-calibration guidance, and satellite information where supported by the device. HIGH-PERFORMANCE MAPPING Explore detailed maps, complex vector data, terrain, and large spatial layers through a responsive interface designed for demanding mapping workflows. BUILT FOR iOS Enjoy a polished experience with Dark Mode, haptic feedback, high-resolution displays, voice-guided navigation, and timely navigation updates. YOUR DATA, YOUR CONTROL Create, manage, and export your surveys, routes, drawings, and plans using local or supported sharing workflows. Whether you are conducting field surveys, planning access routes, evaluating service coverage, managing spatial assets, or navigating unfamiliar terrain, MapifyIt Maps gives you the tools to understand and work with the world around you.

Screenshots

Routes4 screens
MapifyIt Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MapifyIt Maps at none against Routes's 1. MapifyIt Maps also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Routes sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $3.99 per year. MapifyIt Maps asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Routes ships an update every 5 weeks, MapifyIt Maps every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Routes versus MapifyIt Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoutesMapifyIt Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size58 MB295 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSingle Track AppsMapifyit LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Routes

Subscriptions1
  • Trail Pass7 Days trial$3.991 Year
None

MapifyIt Maps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Routes free?
Routes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MapifyIt Maps free?
MapifyIt Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Routes or MapifyIt Maps have ads?
Neither Routes nor MapifyIt Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Routes or MapifyIt Maps?
Routes ships an update every 5 weeks, and MapifyIt Maps every 3 days. Most recently, Routes was updated on October 30, 2026 and MapifyIt Maps on November 5, 2026.

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