Handy GPS vs UTM Geo Map
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Handy GPS
Navigate the outdoors with this comprehensive tool. Record waypoints, track logs, and find your way home using UTM or lat/lon coordinates. Supports offline maps and data export for planning and sharing.
- UTM and Lat/Lon coordinate support
- Waypoint recording and navigation
- Track log recording
- Offline map tile downloads
- KML/GPX file import and export
- Magnetic compass and elevation profile
- Sun and moon rise/set times
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The perfect companion for your next outdoor adventure. Seek, find, record and return home with Handy GPS. This app is a real navigation tool designed for outdoors sports like hiking, bushwalking, mountain biking, kayaking and trail riding. It allows you to work in UTM or lat/lon coordinates. Features: * View your current location in UTM or Lat/Lon formats. * Record and/or manually enter waypoints in UTM, Lat/Lon, or MGRS. * Goto a waypoint, with optional audio proximity alarm and spoken directions. * Record a track log. * Show your current location, waypoints and tracklogs on a map. * Export waypoints and tracklogs to a KML file for viewing in Google Earth, or to a GPX file. * Export waypoints to a comma delimited (CSV) text file. * Import KML or GPX files and view in the app. * Email your current location to a friend. * Odometer to keep track of how far you've gone. * Magnetic compass. * Elevation profile. * Compute sun and moon rise and set times. * Supports both metric and US/imperial units. * Supports datums WGS84, GDA94, AGD66 and AGD84. (Use WGS84 for NAD83) * Allows entry of parameters for a custom datum (e.g. ED50, SAD69, OSGB36, GDA2020 etc), as well as supporting affine parameters for local grid systems. * Can display your location a normal grid ref, an MGRS grid ref (WGS84 datum only), or as a UK Ordinance Survey (OS) grid ref. * Can download offline map tiles for use where there is no cellular coverage. * Can import pre-prepared state or country-level base maps from a zip file. * Optional walk timer. * Email your current waypoints and tracklogs as a KML file. * Take photos from within the app to be stored with the current session. Disclaimer: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. To save battery power you can close the app from the task manager. The developer accepts no responsibility for you getting lost while using this app.
UTM Geo Map
This app allows users to work with various coordinate systems including Latitude/Longitude, UTM, and MGRS. Save points with automatic address information, view them on a map, and navigate using GPS. Manage all saved points in a data list with new icon customization.
- Supports Latitude/Longitude, UTM, MGRS, DMS, Geohash, Plus Codes
- Save points with automatic address info
- Navigate using device GPS
- Manage saved points in a data list
- Add custom icons for saved points
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UTM Maps – Mgrs & Utm Map Easily work with Latitude/Longitude, UTM, MGRS, DMS, Geohash, and Plus Codes. Save points with automatic address info, view details on the map, and navigate in the field using your device’s GPS. Manage all saved points in a clear data list for quick access. New Feature :Add an icon for new records, making it easier for you to mark coordinate points. GLandUTM - UTM Geo Map Easy and reliable geo map.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: UTM Geo Map at Free against Handy GPS's $9.99. UTM Geo Map also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%) and ratings volume (93 vs 10). Handy GPS's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.7) and chart position (#133 vs unranked). On update cadence, 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
UTM Geo Map is free to download; Handy GPS costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Handy GPS holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UTM Geo Map has 93 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Handy GPS's written reviews are positive against 100% of UTM Geo Map's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Handy GPS ships an update every 5 weeks, UTM Geo Map every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Handy GPS | UTM Geo Map |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (10 ratings) — better | 4.7 (93 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 93 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #133 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anthony Dunk | 4Digsoft |
Customer experience
Handy GPS
UTM Geo Map
In-app purchases
Handy GPS
No in-app purchases
UTM Geo Map
No in-app purchases
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