Aroundwalk vs AboveSea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aroundwalk
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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.
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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Aroundwalk | AboveSea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | LION JUETTNER | Vitalii Fastovets |
In-app purchases
Aroundwalk
No in-app purchases
AboveSea
No in-app purchases







