Comparison

Make My Trail vs ArrowToWaypoint

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

Head to head
About

Make My Trail

Record outdoor activities and convert them into interactive, shareable trails. Get distance-and-direction navigation to waypoints and receive arrival notifications. The app points the way along trails and toward your created waypoints.

Highlights
  • Record outdoor activities
  • Convert tracks to interactive trails
  • Shareable trails
  • Waypoint creation
  • Distance and direction navigation
  • Arrival notifications
Features
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Questions? Please click on CONTACT US on our support web site. We respond to all customer inquiries promptly. Make My Trail turns your iPhone or GPS-equipped iPad into a powerful tool for recording your outdoor activities and converting them into interactive trails that you can share, analyze, and follow again. Interactive trails are more than lines on a map. They change color as you traverse them, and trigger alerts if you wander too far off the trail. Tap interactive trails to select them and access trails features. Make My Trail also lets you create waypoints: providing you with distance-and-direction navigation assistance, or with a few taps you can access Maps turn-by-turn navigation to any waypoint you create. Make My Trail will notify you upon arrival at any waypoint you set - even if the app is minimized while recording your track. With Make My Trail you're not just a blue dot on the map: the app literally points the way along the trails and toward the waypoints that you create. Track recording continues when the app is minimized, which is much easier on the battery than recording with the app in the foreground. But... PLEASE NOTE: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

About

ArrowToWaypoint

This navigation app provides a simple arrow that always points directly to your chosen destination, eliminating the need for traditional maps. It functions offline and is optimized for outdoor use, allowing you to save and manage multiple waypoints.

Highlights
  • Directional arrow to destination
  • Offline functionality
  • Save and manage waypoints
  • Export waypoint data (CSV/GPX)
  • Optimized for outdoor visibility
  • Navigate back to saved locations
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With ArrowToWaypoint, you no longer need a map: A clear arrow always points straight to your destination. Whether you're standing in the forest, hiking off-trail, or driving through the desert. Or just want to find your parked car. * Works without internet, even when map apps fail. * Shows you the direction and distance to a target point. * Save your current location with a single tap and navigate back to it. * Find a target point on the integrated map. * Readable even in bright sunlight – optimized for outdoor use. * Save, edit, search, and manage any number of waypoints. * Save / open / export your waypoint collection (CSV or GPX) * Originally developed for personal use. * Continuously used, improved, and expanded by the developer.

Screenshots

Make My Trail4 screens
ArrowToWaypoint3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ArrowToWaypoint at 100% against Make My Trail's 0%. Make My Trail's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Make My Trail ships an update every 4 months, ArrowToWaypoint every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Make My Trail versus ArrowToWaypoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMake My TrailArrowToWaypoint
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital Confections LLC4neuro.com

Customer experience

Make My Trail

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

ArrowToWaypoint

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Make My Trail

No in-app purchases

None

ArrowToWaypoint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Make My Trail free?
Make My Trail is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ArrowToWaypoint free?
ArrowToWaypoint is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Make My Trail or ArrowToWaypoint have ads?
Neither Make My Trail nor ArrowToWaypoint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Make My Trail or ArrowToWaypoint?
Make My Trail ships an update every 4 months, and ArrowToWaypoint every 6 months. Most recently, Make My Trail was updated on September 30, 2026 and ArrowToWaypoint on September 29, 2026.

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