Comparison

NomadTracks vs Mapio.

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

Head to head
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

About

Mapio.

Features
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Mapio turns your phone into a GPS for the field. Open a georeferenced map (PDF or GeoTIFF) and see yourself on it, in real time, with no signal. 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. And your fields as KML, KMZ or shapefile (zip). Got one in WhatsApp, email or Files? Share it to Mapio. MEASURE Distance and area by tapping the screen or walking the field with GPS, and centre pivots by centre, radius and fraction of the circle. Share a measurement or your location for free, with a Google Maps link. MARK Points with a name, a note, photos and the colour you pick, on your maps or the online map. Export as GPX and CSV. ONLINE MAP OpenStreetMap and high-resolution satellite imagery with town names, roads and your GPS. Search a town or a farm, or paste coordinates (that works offline). With no data, what you already viewed still shows for up to 90 days. SAVED FIELDS AND PIVOTS Save a field once and use it on all your maps. Organise fields with folders and tags, and move or delete several at once. Import them for free, several files at a time (the fields from each file stay together in a folder named after it), and with Mapio Pro 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/ha 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 Management zones from up to 5 years of Sentinel-2 imagery analysed for your field, with the headland separated from the centre and stability across seasons. Plus variable-rate prescriptions: several products per operation, the rate for each zone and the total to buy. FIELD ANALYSIS (PRO) Sentinel-2 indices by date (NDVI, EVI, NDRE, NDMI and 19 more), each with what it measures and its source. Water on one date, and the 1984-2021 Landsat history (JRC). Terrain from the Copernicus DEM: relative elevation and landscape position, with a test against 38 years of observed water. Each layer states its limits: terrain is a model and water on one day is not a flood risk. It all exports to QGIS. ONLINE AND OFFLINE Offline: opening your maps, locating yourself, measuring, paddock planning, marking points and exporting. Online: the satellite map the first time, place search, satellite zoning (do it before heading out) and field analysis, which downloads the imagery, terrain and water history every time you open it. MAPIO PRO The free version includes opening maps, locating yourself, measuring, marking points, saving and importing fields, and the online satellite map. Mapio Pro adds field analysis, satellite zoning, variable-rate prescriptions, grazing paddock planning, 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 and no servers of ours. Your location is processed on the phone and only leaves if you share it. The app's data is excluded from iCloud backup, so 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/ Data: Copernicus (EU/ESA), ESA WorldCover, EC JRC/Google and © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Screenshots

NomadTracks4 screens
Mapio.4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: NomadTracks at none against Mapio.'s shown. Mapio.'s advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NomadTracks ships an update every 6 days, Mapio. every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NomadTracks versus Mapio.: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNomadTracksMapio.
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (7 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDonkeyCat GmbHNicolas Ahumada

In-app purchases

1 purchases

NomadTracks

Subscriptions1
  • One Month Pro Features$2.991 Month
2 purchases

Mapio.

Subscriptions2
  • Mapio Pro Mensual$0.991 Month
  • Mapio Pro Anual$7.991 Year

Questions

Is NomadTracks free?
NomadTracks is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mapio. free?
Mapio. is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NomadTracks or Mapio. have ads?
Mapio. shows ads; NomadTracks does not.
Which is updated more often, NomadTracks or Mapio.?
NomadTracks ships an update every 6 days, and Mapio. every 5 days. Most recently, NomadTracks was updated on October 20, 2026 and Mapio. on October 18, 2026.

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