Comparison

CarPin vs NomadTracks

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

Head to head
About

CarPin

Features
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Find Your Car & Save Any Location Stop wasting time searching for your car or trying to remember where that great restaurant was. This powerful location saver helps you pin any spot and find it back anywhere in the world. Whether you're traveling abroad, in a busy city, or parked in an unfamiliar area, this app ensures you always know where you've been. Core Features Save any location instantly — parking spots, hotels, restaurants, or anywhere worth remembering Add a personal hint to any saved location — "Level 3 near elevator", "great lunch spot", "hotel side entrance" Swipe right to copy your location to clipboard — paste it straight into Google Maps, Apple Maps, or Waze Swipe left to delete a saved location Works anywhere: perfect for travel, holidays, and city trips Clean, simple, and fast interface Perfect for Travel & Daily Use Forgot where you parked in a foreign city? Discovered a great restaurant you want to find again? Hotel entrance on an unfamiliar street? Rental car in an unknown location? This app acts as your personal location finder, helping you return to any saved spot without stress. Free & Upgrade Option Free version: save and recall one location Premium subscription: unlimited saved locations Subscription Details Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase Subscription automatically renews monthly unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period You can manage and cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings Why This App? Unlike complex navigation tools, this app focuses on one thing: helping you remember where you've been — fast, reliably, and with just enough context to get you back without stress. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.vitruvian.be/appprivacy.html

About

NomadTracks

Record, plan, and organize your outdoor adventures with precise GPS tracking. Mark points of interest, follow planned routes, and manage your data with robust import/export and sync options. Works offline and prioritizes your privacy.

Highlights
  • High-precision GPS recording
  • Points of Interest (POIs) with photos
  • Route planning and following
  • Track editing and organization
  • GPX/GeoJSON import/export
  • iCloud sync and backups
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Bring your own maps. Open a GeoPDF, a scanned topo sheet or a photo of a paper map, and watch your live GPS position move across it — offline, with no signal at all. YOUR OWN MAPS — WHAT WE DO BEST • GeoPDFs and georeferenced PDFs line themselves up the moment you import them • Photograph a paper map, drop a few control points, done — the fit accuracy is shown in metres (RMS) • Park handouts, alpine club sheets, lease boundaries, century-old survey sheets: all become maps you can walk on • As many maps as you want, free RECORDING • Precise GPS recording with real elevation — barometer-assisted where the device has one • Waypoints with category, colour, photo, address and notes • Enter a waypoint straight from lon/lat or UTM coordinates • Scale bar, compass and coordinates always on screen • Live stats keep running in the notification while you record FOLLOWING A TRACK • Follow any saved or imported track: distance to the line, distance left, turn cues • Stray off it and the app tells you with sound and vibration — the radius is yours to set per track • Ghostrider: race your own earlier run and watch live whether you are ahead • Drop a point by bearing and distance, then walk it in PLANNING ROUTES • Plan routes along real roads and trails — anyone can try it • Saving one, as a route or a track, is part of Pro IMPORT & EXPORT — YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS • GPX, GeoJSON and KML in — GPX, GeoJSON and bundles back out • Photos and metadata travel with them • Heart rate rides along inside the GPX (Garmin format; Strava and Komoot read it) YOUR LIBRARY • Folders for tracks, waypoints and your own maps • Elevation, speed, pace and heart-rate charts for every track • A 30-day recycle bin SYNC & BACKUP • iCloud sync across all your devices — free • Nextcloud over WebDAV — free • Synology NAS — free • Dropbox — with Pro • Backups are portable: carry your library between Android and iPhone WITH PRO • Google Maps: roadmap, terrain and high-resolution satellite imagery • OpenStreetMap in the OSM Bright and Stamen Terrain styles • Offline Maps: download map areas so your maps stay available offline • Road-Snapped Measuring: real driving, cycling and walking distances instead of straight lines • Dropbox sync, and saving the routes you plan NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS • Recording, your own maps, GPX import and export, waypoints, Nextcloud and Synology sync: all free, no sign-up • No ads, no third-party tracking • Your data stays on your device and in your own sync target — never on our servers FIELD WORK & SURVEYING • Take the official sheet with you: agency GeoPDF, parcel, block or concession map • Walk a parcel and keep the outline • Mark samples, boundary stones and corners as waypoints with photos and coordinates • The whole crew works from the same map — hand maps and waypoints over as a file FOR 25+ ACTIVITIES Hiking, trekking, mountain biking, trail running, overlanding, sailing, paddling, geocaching, ski touring and more — in metric, imperial or nautical units. APPLE WATCH • Record GPS, heart rate and elevation without your iPhone • Track navigation and Ghostrider on the wrist • Save recordings to Apple Health LANGUAGES English, Deutsch, Español, Italiano, Français, Português, Magyar, Bahasa Indonesia NOMADTRACKS PRO Unlocks Offline Maps, Road-Snapped Measuring, Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Dropbox sync and saving planned routes — plus every Pro feature we add later. Nextcloud and Synology stay free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel any time in App Store → Account → Subscriptions. ——— Privacy Policy: https://www.iubenda.com/privacy-policy/52648882/full-legal

Screenshots

CarPin4 screens
NomadTracks4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: CarPin at 13.0 against NomadTracks's 18.6. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. CarPin sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and NomadTracks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
CarPin versus NomadTracks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCarPinNomadTracks
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.4 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings—11 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGregory TombeurDonkeyCat GmbH

In-app purchases

1 purchases

CarPin

Subscriptions1
  • CarPin$2.991 Month
1 purchases

NomadTracks

Subscriptions1
  • One Month Pro Features$2.991 Month

Questions

Is CarPin free?
CarPin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NomadTracks free?
NomadTracks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do CarPin or NomadTracks have ads?
Neither CarPin nor NomadTracks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, CarPin or NomadTracks?
CarPin ships an update weekly, and NomadTracks weekly. Most recently, CarPin was updated on October 24, 2026 and NomadTracks on October 28, 2026.

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