Comparison

Aroundwalk vs AboveSea

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

Head to head
About

Aroundwalk

Features
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Aroundwalk turns everyday walks into a map of the places you have explored. As you walk, the map around your route is gradually revealed—turning familiar streets and spontaneous detours into a personal record of your city. No start button, no account, and no clutter: just walk and watch your world open up. Your exploration history stays on your device. Aroundwalk uses location and motion activity to detect walks and keep revealing your map, even when the screen is locked.

About

AboveSea

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Explore approximate terrain elevation above sea level and the depth of seas and oceans. Move the map: the number under the crosshair shows the elevation of the selected point on land or the depth of the sea floor. FEATURES • Terrain elevation and sea depths on the map • Mountains and valleys in 3D • Compare two points: elevation difference and straight-line distance • Search for cities, addresses and coordinates, including degrees, minutes and seconds • View your current altitude from iPhone location services on a separate screen • Save your own places on your iPhone • Meters or feet, light or dark appearance DATA ACCURACY Map elevation comes from a terrain model; sea depths come from bathymetric data. Values are approximate. When zoomed out, values are rounded or the app asks you to zoom in. Narrow summits may be smoothed in the model. Your current altitude from location services is shown separately and can differ from the surface elevation, for example on a bridge or on an upper floor of a building. PRIVACY No registration or advertising. Saved places stay on your iPhone. You can browse the map without granting location access. AboveSea is a reference tool. Do not use it as a surveying instrument, an aviation altimeter or a tool for emergency navigation. Map data © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap contributors. Sea depths: GEBCO Compilation Group (2026) GEBCO 2026 Grid.

Screenshots

Aroundwalk3 screens
AboveSea4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Aroundwalk at 15.0 against AboveSea's 17.0. On price, ads, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Aroundwalk versus AboveSea: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAroundwalkAboveSea
PriceFreeFree
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLION JUETTNERVitalii Fastovets

In-app purchases

None

Aroundwalk

No in-app purchases

None

AboveSea

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aroundwalk free?
Aroundwalk is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is AboveSea free?
AboveSea is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Aroundwalk or AboveSea have ads?
Neither Aroundwalk nor AboveSea shows ads.

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