Comparison

My GPS Coordinates vs SW Maps

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

SW Maps

This app allows users to collect, present, and share geographic information. It supports recording points, lines, polygons, and associated data like photos and audio. High-accuracy GPS surveys are possible with external receivers, and data can be shared in various standard formats.

Highlights
  • Collect points, lines, and polygons
  • Attach custom attributes (text, photo, audio, video)
  • High-accuracy GPS surveys with external receivers
  • Offline map support
  • Export data in multiple formats (Shapefile, GeoPackage, CSV)
  • Create and share project templates
Features
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SW Maps is a free GIS and mobile mapping app for collecting, presenting and sharing geographic information. Whether you are conducting a full scale GNSS survey with high precision instruments, need to collect large amount of location based data using nothing but your phone, or just need to view a few shapefiles with labels over a background map on the go, SW Maps has it all covered. Record points, lines, polygons and even photos and have them displayed over your choice of background map, and attach custom attribute data to any feature. Attribute types include text, numbers, an option from a predefined set of choices, photos, audio clips and videos. Conduct high accuracy GPS surveys using external RTK capable receivers over Bluetooth LE. Draw features on the map by adding markers, and measure distance and area. Reuse the layers and attributes of a previous project for another survey, or create templates and share them with other users. Share the collected data with other users as Geopackages, KMZ or shapefiles, or export them to your device storage. Also share and export recorded data as Spreadsheets or CSV files. All data is recorded and exported in the standard WGS84 Geographic coordinate system (EPSG:4326). Features -Online Base maps: Apple Maps or Open Street Map -Support for multiple mbtiles and KML overlays -Shapefile and Geopackage layers, with attribute categorized styling. View shapefiles in any coordinate system supported by the PROJ.4 library. -Add multiple online WMTS, TMS, XYZ or WMS layers and cache tiles for offline use. -Connect to external GPS receivers using Bluetooth for high accuracy surveying using RTK with built-in NTRIP client. Also record data from external receiver for post processing. -Define multiple number of feature layers, each with a set of custom attributes Feature Types: Point, Line, Polygon Attribute Types:Text, Numeric, Drop down Options, Photos, Audio, Video Save as Template for re-use or sharing -Record GPS tracks, with distance measurement -Label features based on attribute values. -Import feature layers from templates or existing projects. -Share or export collected data as KMZ (with embedded photographs) , shapefiles, GeoJSON, Geopackage (GPKG), XLS/ODS spreadsheets or csv files. -Share templates or projects with other users -Supports use of GTX geoid files. To use custom geoids, prepare a GTX file with offsets in meters from WGS84. This product is made in Nepal and is FREE (no Ads). If you find this useful, please let your friends know that you have used a product from Nepal. Spare sometime to visit this wonderful country and know the Nepali people.

Screenshots

My GPS Coordinates4 screens
SW Maps4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SW Maps at 3.8 against My GPS Coordinates's 3.3. My GPS Coordinates's advantage is review sentiment (58% vs 30%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SW Maps holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 25 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 58% of My GPS Coordinates's written reviews are positive against 30% of SW Maps'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, SW Maps every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and August 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
My GPS Coordinates versus SW Maps: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy GPS CoordinatesSW Maps
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (63 ratings)3.8 (25 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.8% of reviews — better30.0% of reviews
Number of ratings63 — better25
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTappiAppsAviyaan Tech

Customer experience

My GPS Coordinates

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

SW Maps

All ratings25 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive30.0%
Neutral35.0%
Negative35.0%

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

SW Maps

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

My GPS Coordinates

No in-app purchases

None

SW Maps

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My GPS Coordinates free?
My GPS Coordinates is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SW Maps free?
SW Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My GPS Coordinates or SW Maps?
SW Maps is rated higher. My GPS Coordinates averages 3.3 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while SW Maps averages 3.8 from 25 ratings.
Do My GPS Coordinates or SW Maps have ads?
Neither My GPS Coordinates nor SW Maps shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My GPS Coordinates or SW Maps?
My GPS Coordinates ships an update every 3 months, and SW Maps every 2 months. Most recently, My GPS Coordinates was updated on September 23, 2026 and SW Maps on August 8, 2026.

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