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Altimeter+ vs Altimeter ∞ Current Altitude

An honest comparison based on real user reviews. Both are popular Altimeter apps — but which one do users complain about less?

Altimeter+

Main Weakness

Complete failure to persist unit settings - resets to meters every session despite users setting feet

"The Apple Watch compatibility will not save the feet measurement so it defaults to meters every time you open it. Frustrating!"
"Most general aviation and commercial aircraft use feet for elevation and not meters. This app allows you to change to feet but every time it leaves the screen and you have to come back to it you have to change it from meters back to feet."

Altimeter ∞ Current Altitude

Main Weakness

Completely non-functional with extreme inaccuracy (135 ft vs 8 ft actual, 29 ft vs 34,000 ft actual)

"My home is 8 MSL, however the app says 135 MSL"
"I'm using it mid flight with fly-fi Wi-Fi and getting only 29 feet when I'm at 34k feet"

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