Comparison

Maplet vs Kashta GPS

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

Head to head
About

Maplet

Organize saved locations, plan optimized multi-stop routes, and manage GPX files completely offline. This app offers advanced map markers with notes, photos, and voice memos, along with a route planner and GPS tools for navigation.

Highlights
  • Advanced map marker and pin log
  • Organize bookmarks into folders and tags
  • Plan multi-stop routes and track progress
  • Pro compass and GPS tools
  • Import and export GPX, KML, and CSV files
  • Works fully offline
  • No ads or tracking
Features
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Maplet is the ultimate Map Marker and Route Planner for smart travelers, field professionals, and outdoor explorers. Save and organize places, plan optimized multi-stop routes, and manage GPX files completely offline. Whether you are managing work sites, planning a massive road trip, or navigating off-grid, Maplet keeps your location data organized, private, and entirely in your control. Key Features: Advanced Map Marker & Pin Log • Save any waypoint or place with a custom title, notes, photos, and voice memos. • Automatically fetch the address, weather, distance, and exact coordinates (Lat/Long, UTM, MGRS). • Organize your bookmarks cleanly into folders, tags, and color-coded categories. • 360° Look Around: Preview destinations with immersive, interactive street-level views. Route Planner & Journey Tracking • Plan multi-stop routes for RV trips, delivery runs, or hiking trails. • Auto-optimize your stop order to find the fastest path and track your progress live. • Check off locations as you go—perfect for travel itineraries and waypoint lists. Pro Compass & GPS Tools • View a live compass overlay directly on the map to see your exact facing direction. • Live Compass Target: Track your saved locations, the Sun, Moon, Qibla, and your parked car together on a tactical radar. • Arrival Alerts: Get a push notification when you enter a 500m radius of a pinned bookmark. • Ideal for off-grid navigation, geocaching, and outdoor field work. Import, Export & GPX Manager • Universal Import: Seamlessly load GPX, KML, and CSV files into your folders. • Smart Paste: Instantly convert copied text coordinates (DMS, Decimal) into map pins. • Easy Export: Back up your folders as PDF reports or export GPX files for other GPS units. Open & Share Anywhere • Open your saved coordinates directly in Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, and 8+ other navigation apps. • Share offline-ready folders via private deep links (no account needed). • Convert shared map links from other apps instantly into Maplet pins. Private & Offline-First • Works fully offline with optional iCloud sync for cross-device backup. • No ads, no tracking, and no account required. Your data is yours. • Lightweight, fast, and optimized with battery-efficient Dark Mode. EULA: https://gemshi.com/Maplet/eula.html

About

Kashta GPS

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Kashta GPS is your desert companion from the moment you leave until you're back at camp. Everything is free, with no ads and no account. Works with no internet and no signal: • A big compass arrow to any point, with distance and arrival time • "Back to camp": Husni draws your trail and walks you back at night • Coordinates in every format (DD, DMS, DDM, UTM, MGRS). Paste any WhatsApp, Google Maps or Apple Maps link, or read coordinates from a photo • Offline maps: Kuwait built in, and download Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Jordan and Egypt whenever you like • 100,000+ Gulf places: hills, dunes, wadis, wells, rawdahs, villages, fuel • Track recording with GPX import/export, and multi-point routes Your group, even offline: • A radar showing nearby friends and where they are, without signal • Chat and voice messages between nearby phones • "I'm lost" and SOS calls that reach people near you • Desert Neighbours: a board for nearby camps to lend, meet up and find lost items (approximate location only) The whole trip: • Trip plan, who's coming, who brings what, ready-made packing lists • Expenses and settle-up with the fewest transfers, in KWD and every Gulf currency • Weather, wind, dust and 12-week rain history, with alerts • Tyre pressure for sand, what to do if you get stuck, and an emergency card for each country • Qibla and prayer times from your location, with athan alerts • Night sky and the Suhail finder, the traditional star seasons, and a coal timer Husni walks with you on every screen, and you unlock badges and new app icons the more you camp. Kashta GPS is not an emergency service. In an emergency, call your country's official number. Privacy: https://kashtagps.pages.dev/privacy · Terms: https://kashtagps.pages.dev/terms

Screenshots

Maplet4 screens
Kashta GPS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Kashta GPS at none against Maplet's 3. On price, ads, device support 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. Maplet sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Kashta GPS asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Maplet versus Kashta GPS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapletKashta GPS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size55 MB106 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperGemsheer ChalilAnas Alradwan

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Maplet

Subscriptions2
  • Maplet Pro: Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Maplet Pro: Yearly Access7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Maplet Lifetime Pro$39.99
None

Kashta GPS

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Maplet free?
Maplet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Kashta GPS free?
Kashta GPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Maplet or Kashta GPS have ads?
Neither Maplet nor Kashta GPS shows ads.

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