Comparison

Just My Location vs TargetNavigator

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

Head to head
About

Just My Location

Instantly view your current street address, coordinates, and elevation. Save locations to contacts, copy them for sharing, or use them as a starting point for directions and route planning. Supports loop routes for exploration.

Highlights
  • Current street address
  • Latitude and longitude
  • Elevation in meters and feet
  • Copy location details
  • Add location to Contacts
  • Build directions
  • Loop route planning
Features
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Get your current street address, latitude and longitude, and elevation in one clean screen. Save your location details to Contacts, copy them for sharing, or use them as the starting point for directions and simple route planning. The app also supports loop routes for walking or driving, making it useful when you want to explore and return to where you started. Features: • See your current address instantly • View latitude and longitude coordinates • View elevation in meters and feet • Copy your location details quickly • Add your current location to Contacts • Build directions from your current position • Switch between walking and driving modes • Create loop routes for out-and-back exploration • Review recent location history

About

TargetNavigator

Navigate to your chosen destination using a simple compass and bearing. This app provides real-time location data, weather, and celestial information. It also allows for saving custom locations, recording tracks, and exporting them as GPX files.

Highlights
  • Simple compass with bearing navigation
  • Real-time location, altitude, and speed
  • Target location weather and celestial data
  • Save and restore custom locations
  • Record and export tracks as GPX
  • Night mode and customizable display
  • Open Apple Maps for directions
Features
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TargetNavigator - Simple Compass - Use bearing to find your way to selected target location - Comes with night mode - Shows the current location, altitude, speed and slope angle indicator - Shows the target location, weather, temperature, air pressure, sunrise and sunset - Shows either metric or imperial units - Will store last target location and reload after new start, so you don't need to let it run but could also stop and re-run later - Tap on target location will center map on target location - Double tap on target location to enter target location coordinates manually - Tap on current location will center map on current location - Store custom locations on iCloud - Restore target locations from saved locations - Long press button to save current location as target location - Long press button to reverse geocode the current location (street address, zip, city, country, iso code, timezone, daylight saving and latitude, longitude) - Reverse geocoded address will be copied to clipboard so that one can paste it in another document, mail, message, etc. - Open Apple Maps to get directions to target location - Search for locations and move map to selected location - Show estimated time to target location when walking or taking the car - Show the the current position of the sun - Show sunrise and sunset time for current location or overlay the hours of the day (0-23) with their current locations - Visualize angle range of daylight, show blue and golden hours - Show current moon location - Save photos that contain the coordinates, date, time and direction of view - Record a track - Export a recorded track as GPX file - Import a formerly recorded track from the GPX file - Show track on map - Show information like distance, top speed and elevation for track - Show speed/distance diagram of track - Get information about sunrise/sunset, blue hours, golden hours and moon rise/set for the current location - Has live activity that shows current distance of recorded track and time, during recording - Indicate gps signal strength - Dim night mode to your needs - Choose a simple indicator if needed

Screenshots

Just My Location4 screens
TargetNavigator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Just My Location at 15.6 against TargetNavigator's 26.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Just My Location against 4.0 for TargetNavigator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Just My Location ships an update every 9 days, TargetNavigator fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Just My Location versus TargetNavigator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJust My LocationTargetNavigator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJim ZwicaGerrit Grunwald

Customer experience

Just My Location

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TargetNavigator

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Just My Location

No in-app purchases

None

TargetNavigator

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Just My Location free?
Just My Location is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TargetNavigator free?
TargetNavigator is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Just My Location or TargetNavigator?
Just My Location and TargetNavigator are both rated 4.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Just My Location or TargetNavigator have ads?
Neither Just My Location nor TargetNavigator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Just My Location or TargetNavigator?
Just My Location ships an update every 9 days, and TargetNavigator fortnightly. Most recently, Just My Location was updated on October 14, 2026 and TargetNavigator on October 27, 2026.

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