Comparison

GPS vs GeoTracker Lite

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

Head to head
About

GPS

Record your outdoor activities like hiking, cycling, or driving with live route tracking. Monitor speed, altitude, and create custom map markers. Share your recorded routes with friends in various export formats.

Highlights
  • Live route tracking on map
  • Record speed and altitude
  • Create custom map markers
  • Pause and resume recordings
  • Export routes in KML, GPX, CSV
  • Share recordings with friends
Features
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Record your hikes, runs, bike rides and journeys with GPS-Tracker Pro. View your routes on the map, explore your stats and share your trips. All features: • GPS recording in the background • Pause and resume recording • Auto Pause when you stop moving • Distance, duration, moving time and idle time • Current, average and maximum speed, plus pace • Altitude, elevation gain and descent • Interactive speed, altitude and pace charts by time or distance • Standard, satellite and hybrid maps • Route colours based on speed • View all tracks together on one map • Markers with titles, notes and photos • Move markers on the map and change their colours • Search, rename and trim the beginning or end of tracks • Import GPX, KML and GTP files • Export as GPX, KML, CSV and GTP, optionally with photos in a ZIP • Share routes as map images with optional trip details • Widgets, Live Activities and Dynamic Island on supported devices • Adjustable GPS accuracy and distance filter • Inactivity alerts, poor GPS signal alerts and regular status reports Background GPS use may reduce battery life.

About

GeoTracker Lite

Track your location, speed, altitude, and weather with this ad-free GPS app. It allows for route guidance, data export, and detailed track analysis. Create custom reports and import/export your tracking data.

Highlights
  • GPS location, speed, altitude tracking
  • Real-time weather information
  • Route guidance and reference paths
  • Track playback at multiple speeds
  • Export tracks to KMZ, GPX, XLSX
  • Create PDF reports with statistics and charts
  • Import/export track data and backups
Features
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*** This version of GeoTracker can record up to 10 minutes or 10 kilometers per track, whichever comes first. GeoTracker Lite is an ad-free, no-registration GPS+Weather Tracking App with many useful features: - Records your location, speed, altitude, heading, acceleration, g-force (if available) and atmospheric pressure (if available) - Retrieves, displays and records current weather information (internet connection required) - Plays recorded tracks at 1x, 2x, 4x, 8x and 16x speeds - Get suggested routes/directions and use them as reference paths for your current activity - Pause/Continue Tracking - Exports recorded track data to KMZ, GPX and XLSX files - Create PDF Reports with Track Statistics, Marker/Bookmark Details and Charts - Import tracks from external files - Import/Create tracks from GPX files - View recorded track details: Distance Travelled, Moving duration, Avg/Max Speeds, Min/Max Acceleration, Min/Max Slope and more - Time charts: Distance, Speed, Altitude, Acceleration, G-Force (if available), Pressure (if available) - Customize Distance, Speed, Acceleration, Altitude, Temperature and Pressure units - Import/Export Backups from/to ZIP files

Screenshots

GPS4 screens
GeoTracker Lite4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: GeoTracker Lite at 4.4 against GPS's 3.4. GeoTracker Lite also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (269 vs 17). GPS's advantage is review sentiment (60% vs 23%). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

GeoTracker Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GeoTracker Lite has 269 ratings behind it against 17, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 60% of GPS's written reviews are positive against 23% of GeoTracker Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

GPS ships an update every 2 months, GeoTracker Lite every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
GPS versus GeoTracker Lite: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGPSGeoTracker Lite
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (17 ratings)4.4 (269 ratings) — better
Positive reviews59.6% of reviews — better23.1% of reviews
Number of ratings17269 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB106 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarvin WagnerDaniel Medeiros

Customer experience

GPS

All ratings17 ratings
Positive52.9%
Neutral23.5%
Negative23.5%
Written reviews94 reviews
Positive59.6%
Neutral12.8%
Negative27.7%

GeoTracker Lite

All ratings265 ratings
Positive83.8%
Neutral3.8%
Negative12.5%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral7.7%
Negative69.2%

In-app purchases

None

GPS

No in-app purchases

None

GeoTracker Lite

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is GPS free?
GPS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is GeoTracker Lite free?
GeoTracker Lite is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, GPS or GeoTracker Lite?
GeoTracker Lite is rated higher. GPS averages 3.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while GeoTracker Lite averages 4.4 from 269 ratings.
Do GPS or GeoTracker Lite have ads?
Neither GPS nor GeoTracker Lite shows ads.
Which is updated more often, GPS or GeoTracker Lite?
GPS ships an update every 2 months, and GeoTracker Lite every 2 weeks. Most recently, GPS was updated on October 24, 2026 and GeoTracker Lite on October 24, 2026.

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