MilGPS

• Price: $12.99

Last verified 31 Jul 2026

4.8 5509 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5A rare treasure in many aspects of navigation

   I have used MilGPS in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa, since at least 2015. It is the only App where the developer communicated directly to me reference ideas and input! The fact that it easily handles Military Grid Reference System; Latitude & Longitude; Decimal Degrees; Decimal Minutes; etc is huge in the world of professional navigation. I used MilGPS in remote areas without Wifi or cell service but it works easier and better with cellular service. The ability to name places with a name I create and give various shapes and colors and a letter to saved points is most appreciated. I have nearly 800 places saved around the world and I have room to add more. It is highly “proprietary” so if you do not use it regularly you may have to deal with some frustration to accomplish a task. Some additional suggestions might include ability to air drop a point with another iPhone or even Garmin GPS like Rino; add some additional clip art images for terrain (hill top); civic (airplane; helicopter; boat; train; etc). The program is exceptionally worth the price. My company requires this on their cell phone when on foreign soil. I would give it 5 stars if it were not so proprietary… but if you work in the “field” versus in an office this is an exceptional value and easily worth thrice what I paid for it! When in the field this is our first choice for non-traditional map and compass navigation, especially with satellite images and grid scales superimposed.

   dxjager · 31 Jul 2026

2. 5/5Initial Impressions: Excellent

   Compared to the two GPS apps that I have used often (LandNav and Spyglass), MilGPS immidietly seems superior and best suited for my military training purposes. Readout is HUGE and responsive and I will probably stick with the default look. Maps come up quickly and it was easy to customize (Apple/Google are adequete, but more map choices would be great). Design layout could be slightly improved by having more intuitive button placements (e.g., Edit Screen is hiding in the Share menu, and cancel button was hard to find on one screen), and maybe a bug: Navigate → Share → Choose Destination Waypoint took me to Overlays (I'm probably missing something). Ideally, I would like a mini-app to quickly send an 8-digit grid to the clipboard and close, since I share locations often—every step out in the field counts. For my purposes, MilGPS makes sharing an 8-step process (i.e., Open → Share → Share Current Location → Message → Tap x2 in message field → Select All → Isolate MGRS grid → Tap ⌫). MilGPSs is more intuitive than LandNav, but it would be nice to simply 3D touch a readout and send custom data to the clipboard. Future updates perhaps? Not sure why it took me so long to find this in the App Store. Downloaded USNG first, and then found MilGPS via 'Also by This Developer' in the sidebar. Kudos to all those who helped develop this app, good job!

   ArchieJr · 31 Jul 2026

3. 5/5On MFing point

   I bought this app a few years ago, when I was still in the Army, back then I paid $10. I used it as secondary/backup/check-location-accuracy. Since it was on my phone, it couldn’t be my primary source. My primary source was a wrist Garmin GPS, I would (discreetly) open this app and check my position, both, my Garmin GPS and this app were always on point, may be 1-2 meters off but that’s nothing since we used a 10 meter margin of error. I’ve always loved the satellite image because it allowed us to plan better when picking routes of travel. For a one time payment, the accuracy it has and all the things you can do, $10 is a steal. Highly recommend this app, I have and keep doing it when the subject comes up.

   SGT11B · 31 Jul 2026

4. 4/5A solid App!

   I downloaded this and got going really fast. The active overlay and visible overlay took a bit to figure out but not a big hurdle. I used this to map location of items during a field test. Worked great. The challenge is using the files upon export. The icons used all translate to the basic point name. For example, I used green crosses for one position and orange triangles for a subsequent position. Google earth makes them all a single color pushpin once kml exported. GPX export rendered boxes. Luckily I named the point distinctly. Giving instructions on how to retain map attributes in the user guide would help tremendously. Otherwise note that all points will visually look the same upon export. This a a great app though. Excellent for on the ground recording and the accuracy is good enough! I’d definitely download and continue to use.

   Dmoorr61 · 31 Jul 2026

5. 4/5Small improvements

   This is absolutely a great App, ive been using the app for around 10 years and even after trying different apps that are similar i still end up coming back to this app. I use the app significantly while hiking but also during training in the military because the app is easier to use and more reliable than ATAK. A few things that i believe would improve it would be offline maps, topographic and google/apple maps. This would just make navigation easy with or without cell service. Being able to download even just sections of a map, topographic and google/apple maps, would be perfect and not take up as much space on the device. A significant issue that i have seen was when zooming in on the topographic maps the contour lines disappear when you zoom in close to an area. This makes it challenging to choose the best route or see what terrain youre getting into. Another nice to have feature would be the ability to make routes. Having this would make long distance navigation significantly easier. Thank you for your time and for making this incredibly reliable app, its been a huge asset both on hikes and also at work. Ian

   Jambroskilero · 31 Jul 2026

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