Tiles vs DerbyOn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tiles
This app creates a private map of your explored locations using workout data, route files, and geotagged photos. It helps you visualize your journeys with detailed activity information, terrain, and achievements, all while keeping your location history private.
- Create private maps of explored locations
- Import Apple Health workouts
- Import GPX, FIT, CSV, and photo journeys
- Visualize activity details and terrain
- Unlock stamps and achievements
- Keep location history private
- No account or social feed required
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Your workout routes, together on one map. Tiles brings your existing runs, walks, hikes, and rides into a history you can explore. REVISIT A DAY OUT Open an activity for its route, distance, pace, elevation, and terrain where available. Search your archive, see what each outing added, and share the details you choose. GET TO KNOW YOUR PATTERNS Metrics brings together your activity calendar, progress, and exploration across cities and countries. Route Heat shows the paths you return to. Activity Replay lets you revisit how your map grew. FIND YOUR NEXT ADVENTURE Reveal explored tiles, spot gaps with Exploration Fog, and collect stamps and achievements as you discover new places. Add daily Photo Journeys from eligible geotagged photos. Choose Realistic, Mist, or Game fog and Outlined, Smooth, or Contours tiles. On your wrist, use the map and compass to explore nearby tiles, get walking directions to a selected unexplored tile where available, and check daily and weekly progress. START FREE, EXPLORE MORE WITH PRO The initial free import includes the past three calendar months of workout and Photo Journey history. New activities keep adding to your map. Tiles Pro includes GPX, FIT, TCX, supported CSV, and Strava ZIP imports. Preview routes, choose activities, and map CSV columns before importing. Pro also adds advanced map modes, Activity Replay, deeper metrics, and optional Background Tracking on your phone and watch. Offline watch discoveries sync later. A paid Annual subscription or Lifetime purchase permanently unlocks full available history. Annual Pro features require an active subscription; imported history stays yours. Connect Strava with Pro to sync recent route activities. YOUR DATA CHOICES Your history is stored on your devices, with optional private iCloud sync and backup. Both start enabled on fresh installs and can be turned off in Settings. Tiles has no ads or social feed. Tiles imports existing workouts; it does not record workouts. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://tiles.sinuk.dev/privacy.html
DerbyOn
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Make your next run a friendly competition. DerbyOn brings activity tracking and live multiplayer races together. Create a challenge, compete with friends, or head out on your own with Solo Mode. RACE WITH FRIENDS Create or join challenges, follow race progress, and see how you compare on the leaderboard. TRACK SOLO ACTIVITIES Record an activity without joining a challenge and follow your progress on the map. REVISIT YOUR ROUTES Open previous sessions and replay your routes. START WITH A CHALLENGE Create up to 3 challenges for free. Optional DerbyOn Pro subscriptions are available. Ready for your next run? Start a solo activity or create a challenge with friends. Privacy Policy: https://derbyon-app-store-docs.netlify.app/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
Tiles and DerbyOn are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Tiles sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and DerbyOn sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tiles ships an update every 2 weeks, DerbyOn fortnightly. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | Tiles | DerbyOn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 141 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Erik Handeland | Akhmadullo Shokirov |
In-app purchases
Tiles
- Terra Pro Monthly$1.991 Month
- Terra Pro Annual7 Days trial$9.991 Year
- Terra Pro Lifetime$24.99
DerbyOn
- DerbyOn Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- DerbyOn Pro Yearly$34.991 Year









