Comparison

My GPS Coordinates vs Touch GIS

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

Head to head
About

My GPS Coordinates

Share your precise GPS location with others through various messaging and social media platforms. Recipients get a link to a map displaying your position. Supports multiple coordinate formats and map providers.

Highlights
  • Share location via email, text, social media
  • Multiple coordinate formats (Degrees, UTM, MGRS)
  • Supports various map providers (Apple, Google, Bing)
  • Copy coordinates and map URLs to clipboard
  • Light/dark theme options
  • Autofill for email and text messages
Features
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Easily share your GPS location via email, text messaging, Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc. The recipient receives a link to an online map with your position on it. Please note that GPS does not work well under a roof. For best results, use outdoors. Coordinate formats include: - Degrees - Degrees, Minutes - Degrees, Minutes, Seconds - UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) - MGRS (Military Grid Reference System) Share with any of the following map providers: - Apple Maps - Google Maps™ - Bing Maps™ - OpenStreetMap® - Yandex.Maps - HERE.com - Custom URL Other features: - Copy coordinates to clipboard. (To paste elsewhere) - Copy map URL to clipboard. - Choose between light or dark theme. - Set email or emails to autofill when composing mail. - Set phone number to autofill when composing text message. - Create custom map URLs. Please refer to the help webpage for more information and examples. Note that it usually takes several seconds for the satellite GPS receiver to warm up and provide accurate position data. During this time, it's possible to share an old location or an inaccurate location reported by cellular tower triangulation. This is why the 'last location age' and 'accuracy' readouts exist. Red means bad. Please also note that choosing the correct coordinate format is very important. Minutes and seconds are base 60, not base 100. For example, 2.50 degrees is 2 degrees and 30 minutes. The datum used is WGS-84. Please visit the web page for more details.

About

Touch GIS

This professional tool simplifies field data collection and mapping. It allows users to create and customize data forms, collect various data types offline, and export them to standard GIS formats. Professionals across diverse fields utilize it to enhance their fieldwork.

Highlights
  • Create Points, Lines, Polygons, Circles
  • Customizable attribute forms
  • Offline map tile saving
  • Export to industry standard formats
  • Attach photos to locations
  • Clinometer tool for orientation
  • Add custom base maps and overlays
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Touch GIS is the most intuitive professional field data collection and mapping tool. It's a super-powered field notebook enabling you to collect any kind of data, in any environment, online or offline, and transfer it easily to your preferred desktop GIS. We believe your data collection tools should amplify your capabilities, not limit them, which is why we focus on keeping your forms and attributes totally customizable in the field. Join thousands of professionals utilizing Touch GIS as their mobile GIS app to enhance their field work in geologic mapping, ecological mapping, civil engineering, mineral exploration and mining, natural resource management, landscape architecture, and more. FEATURES - Easily capture new Points, Lines, Polygons, and Circles in the field. - Quickly and accurately draw new lines and polygons with free draw mode and vertex snapping. - Adjust feature class attribute forms in the field at any time. - Get multiple perspectives by switching between basemaps in the field. - Download basemaps for offline use. - Export to many industry standard formats. - Snap, mark up, and attach photos to locations. - Measure planar and linear feature orientation using our clinometer tool with strike/dip, dip/dip direction, or trend/plunge formats. - Add custom base maps with WMS/WMTS. - Add raster images like Geospatial PDFS or GeoTiffs and other overlays to your map to see your location in context. - Add team members so your whole team has access. Supported file types: - Shapefiles - KML and KMZ - Geospatial PDF / GeoPDF - GeoPackage (GPKG) - GeoJSON - GPX - CSV - World File - Geotiff - JPG - PNG Customizable attribute types: - Description - Date & Time - Photos - List Of Values - Checkbox - Address - Number - Website - Phone Number - Attitude / Orientation for Geologic features Pre-loaded feature classes supporting many different use-cases: - Forestry - Geology - Real Estate - Stream Surveys - Water Infrastructure - Wetlands management - Create your own fully customizable data attribute forms, and update them in the field as needed. Terms of Service: https://www.touchgis.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://www.touchgis.app/privacy

Screenshots

My GPS Coordinates4 screens
Touch GIS4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Touch GIS at 4.0 against My GPS Coordinates's 3.3. Touch GIS also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). My GPS Coordinates's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. Touch GIS sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $29.99 per month. My GPS Coordinates asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Touch GIS holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 32 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of My GPS Coordinates's written reviews are positive against 50% of Touch GIS's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

My GPS Coordinates ships an update every 3 months, Touch GIS every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My GPS Coordinates versus Touch GIS: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy GPS CoordinatesTouch GIS
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (63 ratings)4.0 (32 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.8% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings63 — better32
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB79 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTappiAppsTouchGIS

Customer experience

My GPS Coordinates

All ratings63 ratings
Positive54.0%
Neutral7.9%
Negative38.1%
Written reviews102 reviews
Positive57.8%
Neutral9.8%
Negative32.4%

Touch GIS

All ratings32 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral9.4%
Negative21.9%
Written reviews30 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral13.3%
Negative36.7%

Bugs and requests

My GPS Coordinates

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • Does not work half the time
  • Fails to do anything most of the time
  • Inaccuracy
  • Showing UTM S instead of N
  • iPad Pro unsupported
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  • Only accurate to 541 feet
  • 50 meter deviation
  • Accuracy is wrong
  • Coordinates constantly change
  • Streaming ad
  • App disables home button
  • GPS shuts down with messages
  • Cannot turn off app without phone restart
  • Strobe light pop-up
  • Location jumps erratically
  • Email 'To' autofill not working
  • App crashes on settings
  • Screen becomes unresponsive
  • Coordinates contrary to known coordinates
  • App does not detect GPS

Requested features

12 requests
  • Selectable snapshots
  • Selectable layout
  • Rotate layout frame
  • Scale snapshots independently
  • Apple Watch support
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  • Screen rotation
  • Dark mode
  • Advanced analytics
  • Default email address setting
  • Date/time stamp in email body
  • Marine VHF coordinate format
  • iPad version

Touch GIS

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My GPS Coordinates

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Touch GIS

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Subscription (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Pro License (Annual)$299.991 Year

Questions

Is My GPS Coordinates free?
My GPS Coordinates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touch GIS free?
Touch GIS is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, My GPS Coordinates or Touch GIS?
Touch GIS is rated higher. My GPS Coordinates averages 3.3 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while Touch GIS averages 4.0 from 32 ratings.
Do My GPS Coordinates or Touch GIS have ads?
Neither My GPS Coordinates nor Touch GIS shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My GPS Coordinates or Touch GIS?
My GPS Coordinates ships an update every 3 months, and Touch GIS every 3 weeks. Most recently, My GPS Coordinates was updated on October 23, 2026 and Touch GIS on October 23, 2026.

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