Comparison

Live Earth Camera vs GPS Maps

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

Head to head
About

Live Earth Camera

Explore the planet with a 3D globe, high-resolution satellite imagery, and street-level panoramas. Track flights, check traffic and air quality, and use the built-in compass. Live public webcams offer real-time views from around the world.

Highlights
  • 3D globe exploration
  • HD satellite imagery
  • Street-level panoramas
  • Live public webcams
  • GPS and compass
  • Real-time traffic updates
  • Flight tracking
  • Air quality readings
Features
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Explore the whole planet from your phone — from orbit down to the sidewalk. Spin a 3D globe, zoom into high-resolution satellite imagery of any address, then drop into street-level panoramas and look around. Along the way, check traffic, track flights overhead, read air quality, and find your bearing with a built-in compass. 3D GLOBE Start from space. Spin the globe, tilt it, and zoom smoothly down to a single street. Terrain and elevation are rendered in 3D, so mountains, coastlines and valleys keep their shape as you descend. HD SATELLITE IMAGERY High-resolution aerial and satellite imagery for locations worldwide. Zoom in on a neighborhood, follow a coastline, or look at terrain that no road map shows. Switch between satellite, terrain and standard map styles. STREET-LEVEL PANORAMAS Drop into a street and look around in 360°. Pan, tilt and move along the road to see what a place actually looks like at eye level — useful before a trip, a move, or a first visit. LIVE PUBLIC WEBCAMS Watch public webcam streams shared by their operators — beaches, city squares, mountain passes and harbors around the world. These are genuine live streams, updated continuously by the people who run them. GPS, COMPASS AND ROUTES See where you are, which way you are facing, and how to get somewhere. A built-in compass shows your heading, and route directions get you from your current location to any place you find on the map. TRAFFIC Color-coded traffic conditions on the map, so you can see where things are moving and where they are not before you leave. FLIGHT TRACKER See aircraft currently in the sky above an area, with route and altitude details for the flights you tap. AIR QUALITY Current air quality readings for locations around the world, so you know what the air is like before you head out. FAST AND LIGHT Maps load quickly and the app stays light on battery, so you can keep exploring without watching your charge drain. HOW THE IMAGERY WORKS Please read this before downloading, so you know exactly what you are getting. Satellite and aerial imagery in this app comes from mapping data providers and is captured periodically — not continuously. Depending on the location, the most recent image may be weeks, months or longer old. This is true of every consumer mapping app: no publicly available service shows a real-time satellite feed of a specific address, and this app does not either. Street-level panoramas are photographs taken at a point in time and are also not live. The one genuinely live part of the app is the public webcam section, where streams are provided in real time by the camera operators themselves. Camera availability depends on those operators and can change without notice. ABOUT THIS APP Live Earth Camera - GPS Map is an independent map and imagery viewer. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Google, Apple, or any mapping, satellite or imagery provider. Map, imagery, traffic, flight and air quality data are supplied by third-party providers, and coverage, accuracy and update frequency vary by location and by provider. This app does not provide surveillance of private property, does not show live imagery of any specific address, and cannot be used to observe people or places in real time. Subscription details, pricing and terms are shown in the app before any purchase is confirmed. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

GPS Maps

Plan efficient multi-stop trips with optimized routing and turn-by-turn spoken directions. Visualize your route with 360° street photos before you go. Find nearby points of interest and save them for later.

Highlights
  • Multi-stop trip planning
  • Optimized route reordering
  • 360° street photo previews
  • Spoken turn-by-turn directions
  • Automatic stop check-off
  • Nearby place discovery
  • Live traffic layer
Features
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Plan a route with every stop in the right order — then look down the street before you ever drive it. GPS Maps turns a list of places into one efficient trip. Drop in your stops, let the planner reorder them, and follow spoken turn-by-turn directions from one to the next. Each stop checks itself off as you arrive, so you never touch the phone while you're driving. PLAN A TRIP WITH MULTIPLE STOPS • Add stops from search, straight off the map, or from your saved places • Tap Optimize and the app reorders them into the shortest trip • Drag any stop to override the order yourself • Distance and time for every leg and for the whole trip • Stops check off automatically when you arrive • Finished trips are kept in your history SEE THE STREET BEFORE YOU GO • Real ground-level photos taken along your route • Full 360° panoramas — drag to look around as if you were standing there • Preview a whole route photo by photo before you commit to it • Press and hold anywhere on the map to look around that spot • Coverage is community-contributed, so it is richest in cities and thinner on rural roads TURN-BY-TURN DIRECTIONS • Spoken guidance before every turn, twice: early, then right at the turn • Automatic rerouting when you leave the route • Car, motorbike and walking modes • Live trip progress on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Distances in kilometers or miles FIND PLACES WORTH THE DETOUR • Nearby landmarks with photos and background, drawn from open encyclopedia data • One-tap categories: restaurants, cafés, gas, parking, hotels, pharmacies, ATMs, hospitals and more • Search by voice — in any of the 17 languages the app speaks • Save a place now, add it to a trip later THE MAP ITSELF • Standard, satellite, hybrid and 3D views • Live traffic layer • 3D buildings • Map rotates with your heading SPEAKS YOUR LANGUAGE English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Hindi, Spanish, Portuguese (Brazil and Portugal), French, Arabic, Bengali, Russian, German, Japanese, Turkish, Korean, Indonesian and Vietnamese — interface, spoken directions and voice search. GPS MAP PREMIUM The free version covers 3 stops per trip and 3 street photo sessions a day. Premium lifts both limits. • Unlimited stops on every trip • Unlimited 360° street photo views • Every future Premium feature, included Plans and prices are shown in the app before you buy. Terms of Service: https://nguyenthithuhuongg.netlify.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://nguyenthithuhuongg.netlify.app/policy Read more about Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Add your first stop and see where the day takes you.

Screenshots

Live Earth Camera4 screens
GPS Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GPS Maps at 5.0 against Live Earth Camera's 4.2. GPS Maps also leads on chart position (#36 vs #210). Live Earth Camera's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (153 vs 3). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Live Earth Camera sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and GPS Maps sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

GPS Maps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Live Earth Camera has 153 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Live Earth Camera ships an update every 11 days, GPS Maps weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Live Earth Camera versus GPS Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterLive Earth CameraGPS Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (153 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews7.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings153 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#210#36 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.5 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size178 MB54 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperInfinityBridgeLimitedNguyen Thi Thu Huong

Customer experience

Live Earth Camera

All ratings114 ratings
Positive74.6%
Neutral3.5%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive7.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative84.6%

GPS Maps

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Live Earth Camera

Subscriptions6
  • Weekly$4.997 Days
  • GL Week PAYG7 Days trial$4.997 Days
  • GL Month$9.991 Month
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  • GL Year$19.991 Year
  • GL Year New$24.991 Year
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
2 purchases

GPS Maps

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$6.997 Days
  • Monthly3 Days trial$12.991 Month

Questions

Is Live Earth Camera free?
Live Earth Camera is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is GPS Maps free?
GPS Maps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Live Earth Camera or GPS Maps?
GPS Maps is rated higher. Live Earth Camera averages 4.2 out of 5 from 153 ratings, while GPS Maps averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Live Earth Camera or GPS Maps have ads?
GPS Maps shows ads; Live Earth Camera does not.
Which is updated more often, Live Earth Camera or GPS Maps?
Live Earth Camera ships an update every 11 days, and GPS Maps weekly. Most recently, Live Earth Camera was updated on November 13, 2026 and GPS Maps on November 10, 2026.
Which is more popular, Live Earth Camera or GPS Maps?
Live Earth Camera currently peaks at #210 in the App Store charts, and GPS Maps at #36. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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