TerraGuide vs GridDown Maps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TerraGuide
This offline emergency assistant uses on-device AI for guidance without internet. It offers offline maps, star navigation, and peer-to-peer chat for rescue coordination. Receive safety alerts for natural disasters and access community emergency response training.
- On-device AI guidance
- Offline maps and star navigation
- Offline Wifi/Bluetooth Mesh chat
- Safety alerts for emergencies
- Community emergency training
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TerraGuide is a rugged, fully offline emergency assistant combining: On-device AI — guides users even without internet Offline maps & star navigation — terrain-aware routing Offline Wifi/Bluetooth Mesh chat — peer-to-peer rescue coordination Safety Alerts for Earthquakes, Wildfires and Weather events Community Emergency Response Training- FEMA Grounded
GridDown Maps
This app provides detailed offline topographic maps of the United States, including streets, trails, and terrain data. It offers navigation tools like location tracking, compass, and route planning, functioning without any internet connection. It's designed for backcountry use and emergencies.
- Offline US state topographic maps
- Location tracking and compass
- Offline route planning
- GPX import/export
- Elevation profiles and viewshed analysis
- Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Maps
- Survival handbook
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GridDown is a topographic map of the United States that keeps working when nothing else does — no cell signal, no Wi-Fi, no internet at all. Download the states you want while you're online. After that, everything runs entirely on your phone: streets, Forest Service roads, trails, and terrain with hillshade and contours — plus the tools to navigate by them. Built for the backcountry and for emergencies, when "just check your phone" isn't an option. WHAT'S INSIDE • Offline maps of every US state — streets, trails, forest roads, terrain • Your location, a compass corrected to true north, and an MGRS / lat-long readout • "How do I get there" — an offline route overview along real roads • Drop pins, record tracks, import and export GPX • Elevation profiles, line-of-sight, and viewshed from real terrain data • Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Maps — which roads you may legally drive • A survival handbook (US Army FM 21-76) that works with no signal • Sun and moon times, a night-vision red mode, and a battery saver • Print a paper map with a real MGRS grid — a backup for your backup • Teammate positions over Meshtastic LoRa radio, with no cell towers PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your location never leaves your phone. No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. There are no servers — the whole point is that GridDown works when the grid is down.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: GridDown Maps at 15.4 against TerraGuide's 18.5. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TerraGuide against 5.0 for GridDown Maps. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
TerraGuide ships an update every 2 months, GridDown Maps every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TerraGuide | GridDown Maps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.5 | 15.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ANDESMAYA LLC | James Carey |
In-app purchases
TerraGuide
No in-app purchases
GridDown Maps
No in-app purchases






