Comparison

GPX vs GPX Trail Tracker

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

Head to head
About

GPX

Easily import and view GPS eXchange format (GPX) files from various cloud services, local storage, or email. Customize map displays, colors, and units. Organize files into folders and create shareable charts with elevation or speed data.

Highlights
  • Import GPX from cloud, device, email, URL
  • Customizable map display (Apple Maps, Google Maps, OSM)
  • Color customization for tracks and waypoints
  • Organize files with folders and previews
  • Create and share elevation/speed charts
  • Send waypoints to Apple Maps
Features
Currently charting
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Import and view GPS eXchange format (GPX) files. GPX-Viewer offers a customizable display of GPX files exported from many GPS devices and other apps that create GPX files. Import GPX files from the Cloud (includes iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, etc), your local device, or by using iTunes file sharing, email, a URL, or your pasteboard. - Customize your map: Apple Maps, Google Maps, OpenStreetMaps, or use a custom map tile source URL - Color customization for waypoints, track points, routes and tracks - Hide or show the waypoints, track points, routes or tracks on the map - Choose units: Metric, imperial, or nautical - Organize and quick-view files: Create folders to better organize your GPX files, and preview the tracks of all files within a folder - Import GPX files to the current GPX file - Send the waypoints to Apple Maps - Keep device from sleeping: Option to disable screen auto-lock Create and share charts: - Y axis: Elevation or speed - X axis: Track points, distance, or time A sample GPX file is included. Download free GPX files from many web sites, such as http://www.poi-factory.com and https://www.hikingproject.com. We also have GPX Viewer and GPX Editor apps for Mac computers. Visit the Mac App Store or our website for more info.

About

GPX Trail Tracker

Record your journeys with this straightforward GPS tracker. It logs your travel data for driving, biking, or hiking, offering features like auto-stop and distance filtering. Export your recorded trips in GPX format for use in other applications.

Highlights
  • GPS trip tracking
  • Distance filter
  • Auto stop recording
  • Trip reminder
  • Track list and map view
  • GPX file export (wpt and trk)
  • Delete recorded tracks
Features
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GPX Tracker is a simple to use but powerful tool that helps you to track your ways. If you drive a car, biking or even outdoor on a walking or hiking tour, GPX Tracker will be tracing your geo data. Once developed as a creator for XCode compatible GPX formatted files, the feature list is growing but it is still as simple to use. Configuration GPX Tracker has a simple configuration interface. * Distance Filter - specifies the minimum distance between two way points in meters. * Auto Stop - If you ever forget to turn off the recorder, don't mind. GPX Tracker figures out whenever you stop traveling and stops tracing your trip to save energy. * Reminder - If this feature is turned on, you will receive a message whenever you stop by for a few minutes to remind you on stopping the track tracing. Trip Tracking The main screen has a start/stop button. Simply press this button once for tracing a new trip and a second time whenever you want to stop recording data. On the top of the screen, you will see the traveled miles or kilometers depending on your locale system configuration. With the menu bar item on the right side you can choose different user tracking modes for the maps. Tracks The Tracks screen provides a list of tracks recorded. The will show the date and time of recording, the duration of the trip and its distance. If you tap on one of the trips, it will be displayed on a map. From there on, you can press the menu bar item on the right side to choose an export format and send the generated file by email. Back in the Tracks screen, you can easily delete a recorded track by swiping the desired item from the right to the left. Track Export Formats There are two output formats available. * XCode compatible "wpt"-tag based GPX files. This format can be used for the iOS Simulator by added the generated gpx file to an XCode iOS Project. * Common GPX "trk"-tag based format. The track will consist of a collection of "trkpt" tags within a "trk" element. This format should be fine for any application that processes gpx tracks. GPX Tracker is free but ad supported. Please note: Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. GPS will be stopped automatically, as soon as you stop recording a track.

Screenshots

GPX4 screens
GPX Trail Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: GPX Trail Tracker at Free against GPX's $0.99. GPX Trail Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.4). GPX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (54% vs 42%). On rating, update cadence, ads 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

GPX Trail Tracker is free to download; GPX costs $0.99 up front. GPX Trail Tracker sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. GPX asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for GPX against 4.6 for GPX Trail Tracker. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GPX has 1.7K ratings behind it against 253, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 54% of GPX's written reviews are positive against 42% of GPX Trail Tracker's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPX ships an update every 5 weeks, GPX Trail Tracker every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
GPX versus GPX Trail Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPXGPX Trail Tracker
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.5 (1.7K ratings)4.6 (253 ratings) — better
Positive reviews54.5% of reviews — better42.4% of reviews
Number of ratings1.7K — better253
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#92 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch
Requires iOS12.49.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB14 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperKyle Modesittmurbit GmbH

Customer experience

GPX

All ratings1,667 ratings
Positive87.8%
Neutral3.7%
Negative8.5%
Written reviews123 reviews
Positive54.5%
Neutral4.9%
Negative40.7%

GPX Trail Tracker

All ratings253 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral5.5%
Negative5.5%
Written reviews33 reviews
Positive42.4%
Neutral6.1%
Negative51.5%

Bugs and requests

GPX

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Issues with importing GPX files
  • Permissions errors when accessing local files
  • Crashes when handling large data sets

Requested features

7 requests
  • Share menu integration
  • Integration with Files app
  • Timeline scrubbing functionality
  • Ability to change units (metric/imperial)
  • Support for more file formats (e.g., Strava GPX)
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  • Offline map caching
  • Turn-by-turn navigation

GPX Trail Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

GPX

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

GPX Trail Tracker

One-time1
  • Upgrade to Ads Free Version$3.99

Questions

Is GPX free?
GPX costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is GPX Trail Tracker free?
GPX Trail Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, GPX or GPX Trail Tracker?
GPX Trail Tracker is rated higher. GPX averages 4.5 out of 5 from 1.7K ratings, while GPX Trail Tracker averages 4.6 from 253 ratings.
Do GPX or GPX Trail Tracker have ads?
Neither GPX nor GPX Trail Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPX or GPX Trail Tracker?
GPX ships an update every 5 weeks, and GPX Trail Tracker every 2 months. Most recently, GPX was updated on October 16, 2026 and GPX Trail Tracker on October 14, 2026.

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