NomadTracks vs Mapio.
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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
Mapio.
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Mapio turns your phone into the GPS you take to the field. Open a georeferenced map — PDF or GeoTIFF — and you will see yourself standing on it, in real time, with no signal needed. WHAT IT OPENS Georeferenced PDFs (TerraGo GeoPDF and ISO 32000 PDFs with georeferencing), and TIF, TIFF and GeoTIFF: the drone orthomosaic, the agronomist's image, the survey map. Both work the same, with the same tools. MEASURE Distance and area by tapping the screen, area by walking the field with GPS, and center pivots by center, radius and fraction of the circle. In hectares, acres, meters or feet — your choice. MARK Points with a name, a note and photos. Folders and tags so nothing gets lost between seasons. Export as GPX and CSV. SAVED FIELDS AND PIVOTS Save a field once and use it on every map you own. Import the ones you already have as KML, KMZ or shapefile, and export them to QGIS, Auravant or the planter monitor. ROTATIONAL GRAZING Split the field into equal strips, rotate the fence line and read the instant stocking rate in head per hectare and liveweight per hectare. Draw the laneway and mark the water point: every paddock with a way out to water, and how far the herd walks. SATELLITE ZONING Up to 5 years of Sentinel-2 imagery analyzed for your field, with the headland separated from the center and stability across seasons. Plus variable-rate prescriptions: several products per operation, the rate for each zone and the total to buy. WHAT NEEDS A SIGNAL AND WHAT DOES NOT Everyday use works offline: opening your maps, locating yourself, measuring, paddock planning, marking points and exporting. The online satellite basemap and satellite zoning need data, since zoning downloads Copernicus/Sentinel-2 imagery: run it before you head out and review it later, already downloaded. MAPIO PRO The free version includes opening maps, locating yourself, measuring, marking points, saving fields and the online satellite map. Mapio Pro adds satellite zoning, variable-rate prescriptions, grazing paddock planning, import and export, and an ad-free map. • Mapio Pro Monthly — 1 month — US$ 0.99 • Mapio Pro Yearly — 1 year — US$ 7.99 Auto-renewable subscription. Payment is charged to your App Store account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged within 24 hours prior to the renewal. You can manage or cancel it in your account settings after purchase. PRIVACY No accounts, no sign-up and no servers of ours. Your location is processed on the phone and never transmitted. The app's data is excluded from iCloud backup, so it is not uploaded to the cloud — the trade-off is that when you switch phones you have to import your maps again. The free version shows Google AdMob ads, and where the law requires it the app asks for your consent before the first one; you can change that answer in Settings. Privacy policy: https://sites.google.com/view/mapio-privacy Terms (Apple standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Sentinel-2 imagery from the Copernicus programme (EU/ESA). Street maps © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: NomadTracks at none against Mapio.'s shown. Mapio.'s advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. NomadTracks sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Mapio. sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NomadTracks ships an update every 5 days, Mapio. every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NomadTracks | Mapio. |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (6 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DonkeyCat GmbH | Nicolas Ahumada |
In-app purchases
NomadTracks
- One Month Pro Features$2.991 Month
Mapio.
- Mapio Pro Mensual$0.991 Month
- Mapio Pro Anual$7.991 Year





