Comparison

NSW Geology Maps vs Pitram Connect

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

Head to head
About

NSW Geology Maps

Access detailed geology maps and geophysical images offline. View rock types, their ages, and additional information by interacting directly with the map. Your location is always shown, with easy re-centering functionality.

Highlights
  • Offline map access
  • Interactive geology maps
  • Location tracking
  • Detailed rock information
  • Geophysical image viewing
Features
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View geology maps and airborne geophysical images produced by the Geological Survey of NSW (Australia). The maps and images are downloaded to your phone so that no mobile reception is required in the field. Your location is always indicated on the map, and the map can be re-centred to your current location at any time with just one touch. The simplified geology map displays 106 broad rock types and is interactive. When the screen is touched the name and age of the underlying rock type is displayed in a pop-up. When the pop-up is touched, additional information is displayed. A detailed geology map of the eastern part of NSW will soon be available. This will also be interactive and provide information on approximately 3,000 rock units. A useful tool for NSW geologists, engineers, farmers, environmental consultants and students and anyone interested in geology, landforms and soils. Note that when you first run the app, the simplified geology map of NSW is downloaded automatically, but you can pause or cancel this download at any time.

About

Pitram Connect

Features
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Designed by Micromine specialists, Pitram Connect offers mine sites seamless third party data integration through Pitram Restful Integration Services (PRIS), and will be available on your mobile device. Pitram Connect provides insight into your mine site at your fingertips. The mobile application will allow users to retrieve information about their assets (people, equipment, production, locations, time allocations) without directly impacting mine control personnel or having to be at a workstation. For example, a production supervisor would like to know the mines current production delivery to the production plant, quickly determine the status of a location, know the amount of time a truck has been on delay or which operator is on a piece of equipment. Pitram Connect saves time, reduces radio traffic and the likelihood of misinterpretation, allowing the mine controller to focus on maintaining data integrity without interruption. Designed to ensure connections can be made to Pitram over the mines wireless network or via a mobile carrier. This flexibility allows users to access mine information whilst offsite, waiting at the airport for a handover or for the dedicated personnel. Pitram Connect provides piece of mind and allows you the visibility that your mine is on track, whilst you are away from site. MICROMINE does not believe in locking or obfuscating data collected. As a result Pitram Specialists have developed Pitram Restful Integration Services (PRIS) to allow third party software applications to submit and retrieve Pitram data without needing direct access to the database. Based on current, industry standard integration technology, PRIS enables any organisation to more easily incorporate Pitram data into their Enterprise information systems. PRIS utilises the “Restful Service” web service technology and provides a means for any third party application, including mine design packages, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems, and corporate reporting systems, to extract data from Pitram. Through the use of this technology, systems are able to extract data from Pitram without the need for in-depth knowledge of how Pitram data is stored and without risking the integrity of the Pitram data. As an example, directly querying any systems database to extract information, on occasions the data extraction method may cause knock on problems throughout these systems. Slow responding systems when poorly designed/written queries are executed (VBA scripts from Excel) is a potential problem with most mining packages, PRIS is designed to eliminate these types of occurrences. PRIS is based on REST, any client application, on any platform, written in any programming language, may interact with services using simple URLs on top of HTTP. PRIS can also be used to submit data to Pitram in a safe and structured manner. Third party systems such as autonomous loading and hauling systems, conveyor systems or weighbridges can submit data to Pitram. This data is treated in the same manner as data recorded through the Pitram control room and is available for reporting immediately. Pitram Restful Integration Service (PRIS) handles all traffic to and from Pitram. The PRIS module enables data to be obtained via the mobile interface, so the need to bundle these modules will be required. PRIS utilises the latest API technology to ensure data is always retrieved regardless of internal Pitram data structures.

Screenshots

NSW Geology Maps4 screens
Pitram Connect4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: NSW Geology Maps at every 3 weeks against Pitram Connect's every 2 months. NSW Geology Maps also leads on iOS requirement (8.1 vs 15.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NSW Geology Maps ships an update every 3 weeks, Pitram Connect every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NSW Geology Maps versus Pitram Connect: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNSW Geology MapsPitram Connect
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews47.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGeological Survey of NSWMicromine Australia Pty Ltd

In-app purchases

None

NSW Geology Maps

No in-app purchases

None

Pitram Connect

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NSW Geology Maps free?
NSW Geology Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pitram Connect free?
Pitram Connect is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NSW Geology Maps or Pitram Connect have ads?
Neither NSW Geology Maps nor Pitram Connect shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NSW Geology Maps or Pitram Connect?
NSW Geology Maps ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pitram Connect every 2 months. Most recently, NSW Geology Maps was updated on November 1, 2026 and Pitram Connect on November 6, 2026.

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