Cairngorms Maps Offline vs OsmoTagger
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cairngorms Maps Offline
Navigate the Cairngorms region with detailed offline maps and GPS tracking. Plan routes, search for locations, and share your current position without needing a mobile signal. Includes contour lines, footpaths, and hill information.
- Offline Ordnance Survey maps
- Route and waypoint management
- Offline search functionality
- GPS position display
- Share current location
- Online Apple Maps integration
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From the producers of GB Maps (featured in Ordnance Survey's OS OpenData innovative application showcase) Beautifully detailed maps supplied by Ordnance Survey. Cairngorms Maps provides a useful offline (no mobile signal required) mapping reference and navigation aid whilst travelling throughout the Cairngorms by footpath, road, rail, canal, loch and river. Intuitive route and waypoint management features are implemented enabling creation, modification, deletion, import and export of routes. A powerful offline search facility can locate places, roads, post codes and hills within the region. Worldwide online Apple Maps (Standard, Satellite and Hybrid) with map features that users are used to are available on both offline and online maps as well as providing 3D buildings on Apple maps (where available). Maps 6 different levels of offline 2014/2015 Ordnance Survey map detail from national overview. (No data connection required) Progressively more detailed maps are automatically loaded as the map view is zoomed. The OS recommended viewing scales for the more detailed maps are approximately as follows: 1:1000,000 (The whole of GB is covered at this map scale) 1:250,000 1:50,000 1:25,000 The map region of the more detailed maps covers a rectangular region around the national park boundary (ref. http://jomosolutions.com/Maps) - Contours with height information and annotated height points. - Extensive footpaths from ©OpenStreetMap contributors - National Park boundary demarkation App - Route/Waypoint management - Offline search functionality with searchable locations (places, roads, post codes and hills). (For the place search a location's latitude and longitude is accurate to 0.1 of a minute of the centre point of the 1x1 km National Grid square in which the name falls) - Detailed hill information, including height, OS Grid Ref, latitude and longitude, region, parent, classification, drop and hill specific links to Streetmap, Geograph and Hill Bagging web sites - Display of current GPS position as OS Grid Reference or WGS84 latitude and longitude - "Share My Location" allowing users to share an image of their current location and location references. Buttons are provided to share location information by Facebook, Twitter, iMessage/SMS and e-mail - Online access to worldwide Apple Standard, Satellite and Hybrid maps - Apple 3D Buildings are displayed on Apple Standard maps - Apple maps contain Points of Interest - User location can be tracked with or without heading on all online and offline maps (GPS capable devices only) - Display of scale bar in either metric or imperial units - Display of current speed - Zoom, pan, rotation of all maps - Pitch of Apple Standard and Ordnance Survey maps - Selection of current location annotation for display of speed and location data - User setting for speed display in Miles per Hour (mph) or Kilometres per Hour (kph) - Selection of search result pin annotations to display location information - Collective deletion of search result annotation pins - A user guide is provided within the app information Further application details. The post code, place name and road name data was published by Ordnance Survey in 2014. Extracts from "The Database of British and Irish Hills" v14 published 22/04/2014 (ref. http://www.hills-database.co.uk/index.html ) No warranty The data is supplied by Apple, Ordnance Survey, contributors to OpenStreetMap and Database of British and Irish Hills. The Information is licensed 'as is' and the Information Provider and/or Licensor excludes all representations, warranties, obligations and liabilities in relation to the Information to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information Provider and/or Licensor are not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information and shall not be liable for any loss, injury or damage of any kind caused by its use. This app is not a substitute for a paper map and compass.
OsmoTagger
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OsmoTagger is an innovative open-source OpenStreetMap (OSM) editing app, licensed under GPLv3, that enables you to conveniently edit OSM maps right from your mobile device. With OsmoTagger, you can quickly download any map area, add new points, and edit tags for points, lines, and polygons without needing to remember specific tags for each object type, thanks to integrated JOSM presets. Key Features: - Efficient OSM map editing from your phone or tablet - Integrated JOSM presets for hassle-free point, line, and polygon tagging - Add and update points, lines, and polygons with custom tags - Easily download and edit specific map areas - Seamless syncing with OpenStreetMap database - Open-source and GPLv3 licensed – designed for cartographers and map enthusiasts Take your OSM editing experience to the next level with OsmoTagger. Get started today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: OsmoTagger at Free against Cairngorms Maps Offline's $1.99. OsmoTagger also leads on update cadence (every 7 months vs every 17 months). Cairngorms Maps Offline's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.2). On ads, in-app purchases 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
OsmoTagger is free to download; Cairngorms Maps Offline costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Cairngorms Maps Offline ships an update every 17 months, OsmoTagger every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Cairngorms Maps Offline | OsmoTagger |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 431 MB | 95 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | JOMO Solutions Ltd | Evgen Bodunov |
In-app purchases
Cairngorms Maps Offline
No in-app purchases
OsmoTagger
No in-app purchases
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