---
title: "GPS 2 IP - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "Do you need GPS NMEA location data for your computer or other device - maybe to use some mapping or navigation software? Until now, you couldn't get external access to the GPS inside your iPhone or iP"
---

# GPS 2 IP — United States
> Wireless NMEA Navigation Data

![GPS 2 IP App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple221/v4/87/94/12/87941275-8d14-051e-d55e-85f3029574b0/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [Angus Oliver](https://apptail.io/developer/angus-oliver-IVV)
**Category:** Navigation
**Rating:** 4.4/5 (13 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.capsicumdreams.gps2ip
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 5.8 (released 2026-02-01)
**Original Release:** 2010-12-16
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id408625926)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/united-states)

## GPS 2 IP Description
Do you need GPS NMEA location data for your computer or other device - maybe to use some mapping or navigation software?
Until now, you couldn't get external access to the GPS inside your iPhone or iPad, but now with GPS2IP you can stream the information in realtime to solve your requirements.

BEWARE - GPS2IP is *not* able to be used for the Apple turn-by-turn navigation app, or Google Maps, or most car navigation programs.
It is designed for enthusiasts, or more sophisticated navigation software that can use an external wireless GPS unit. If you aren't sure what NMEA is, please check the website before buying.
This is a rather special piece of software, and must be used in the right system. PLEASE CHECK THE WEBSITE: www.capsicumdreams.com/iPhone/gps2ip/

We have a free version "GPS2IP Lite" that has most of the same features, so that you can try it out for free.
Have a look on our website: 
Try it for free, and only buy this full-featured version if it does what you need!

The iPhone becomes a GPS server, and to get the information, you just connect to your iPhone using either wifi or Bluetooth LE.
Alternatively, you can also push the NMEA data to any online server, using either TCP or UDP and process the information however you want.The TAIP protocol is also supported.

Each device running GPS2IP can send a unique identifier, so that if you have multiple devices you can determine which device is sending what messages.

GPS2IP now can be configured to restart automatically after your iOS device restarts, so you'll always keep track of your position.

Apart from navigation software, other methods for connection include telnet or netcat, or many terminal programs.

Some navigation software such as MacEnc can read from an IP address natively.
Setting up a connection between MacEnc and GPS2IP is easy.
Just have a look at the capsicumDreams website!


Different NMEA messages can be selected for transmission according to your requirements.
One non-standard message that GPS2IP transmits that is very useful for sailing is $PASHR.

GPS 2 IP can run when the iPhone sleeps to support constant location reporting, but be aware that continued use of the GPS when running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.

If your device dies or you turn it off when it was running, GPS2IP now automatically resumes sending the location. Beware that this will decrease battery life - we recommend keeping it charging if possible.

GPS2IP can also be configured to output data at a selectable frequency (for example once every minute).

You can lock the settings, so that no unauthorised people can change the settings.

Lots more information and instructions on usage can be found on our website. Enjoy!

## GPS 2 IP Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/54/93/c7/5493c7f4-8f1c-8e2a-f751-118ef472833d/mzl.xctpspfs.jpg/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/a9/0d/4d/a90d4d1a-09e5-003d-3c96-b184d14abcaa/mzl.hvtmffdq.jpg/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple113/v4/a3/46/07/a34607b1-44f5-3eca-02cc-a1a14e5bd697/mzl.szltrzmo.jpg/640x960.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple123/v4/36/82/e0/3682e002-6e8b-227f-7fd8-d3ee08b5becd/mzl.lxmjtncb.png/640x960.png)

## GPS 2 IP Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 11 (85%)
- 4 stars: 0 (0%)
- 3 stars: 0 (0%)
- 2 stars: 0 (0%)
- 1 stars: 2 (15%)

## GPS 2 IP Reviews in United States

### *---- "TAIP giving an error, no reply from developer for help"
When using TAIP, I am getting an error. There is not mention in the documentation about this error and the developer has not returned my email.
-- RV757, 2024-07-07

### ***** "Sockets work with Python!"
Simple interface and broadcasts gps/heading data reliably. Tried the free version first to prototype, then committed to the full version.

Setup
- iPhone 11 with iOS 15.7.1 and hotspot wifi
- Dell XPS Laptop
- Python 3.8 (socket, pynmseagps)

Docs on their website are useful! Only downside is the tutorial links are broken.
-- drunktomnook, 2022-11-30

### ***** "Great app - buy it"
I am using Rose Point Coastal Explorer v4 on my boat to augment a Garmin Nav system. I can pull GPS data from the Garmin system, but I wanted to have a backup source. Along came GPS 2 IP, where I can use my iPhone as that GPS source. 

 I’m running Win 10 on a parallels VM on my Mac, and I installed HW VSP3 to create a virtual port on that OS. Once the port is created, it appears on CE4 as a new NMEA 0183 serial device. Just click it, and the connection is made. 

Not just a great product though. I tried to share the app, with my full-version purchase, on my wife’s iPhone. The app shared, but it stayed in the demo mode. I wrote to Angus, and he is working this issue for me. Angus replied quickly, and he was able to explain why this happened. A fix is in work, and I am very happy with all of these results.
-- Tom Frenock, 2021-01-03

### *---- "Trial version too short!"
The trial version only gave about two seconds to test the app before showing the disabled message. Nowhere near enough time to see if it works in my application. Oh well, I’ll look elsewhere.
-- DCA3, 2019-04-04

### ***** "Works well with INavX!"
I frequently recommend this app for INavX users who have INavX on a Wi-Fi only iPad. It works great in my experience.
-- Macgeek299, 2019-01-20

### *---- "What a rip-off."
I don’t mind paying for an App as soon as it works. Move on don’t spend your time and/or money, the developers have its website set up to not accept messages.    :(
-- Andrew_fast, 2018-10-07

### *---- "Not working"
Many times tried to connect from IPhone to Ipad but can not recognize the port.

Is that really working?
-- Alireza Saraei, 2018-09-06

### *---- "Doesnt work"
Does not work, no documentation, emails go unanswered, support website blows up on smtp errors.
-- Jake3223456, 2018-04-26

### ***** "Works great!"
It took me about 5 minutes to configure and that was only because I didn't configure the port settings correctly myself.  Once I did it worked awesome!
-- photofreq, 2017-10-09

### *---- "Worthless"
Doesn't do what it says. No way to trial it so I just wasted $7. Was a gamble but here is a warning for future lookers, look elsewhere.
-- Eh4718, 2017-08-06

### ***** "Fantastic"
Does what it promises, subject to iOS and hardware limitations.  No complaints.
-- Super Waffle 142, 2016-03-04

### ***** "Great tool"
Works perfectly! Thanks.
-- X100, 2014-10-23

### ****- "Can be improved. It is a great idea"
the timestamp provided on the NMEA messages must be the time provided by the GPS and not the iphone time! and the timestamp must be provided with milliseconds or less if possible.
-- masmor, 2014-04-18

### ***** "Great"
Use it with pc, droid and love it!
-- aswefnesfn, 2013-01-05

### ****- "Ok app"
Works for me. Like all gps apps though you gotta mess with it awhile to get it.
-- DRMO671, 2012-03-17

### ***** "Fantastic Support"
Had a small issue getting grlevelx software to work with it due to the picky nature in which grlevelx reads NMEA sentences. Within a day of contacting the author he has a fix and has submitted it for approval.  Author gets 5 stars because of his fantastic communication and support. Highly recommended app.

Update:  New version updated. Works perfectly with Grlevelx software.
-- Mr2d2, 2012-03-17

### ***** "Works great with PolarCom!"
Most navigation apps use iPhone as a repeater/receiver.  With this I can now stream NMEA data from the iPhone to other apps, works great!  My cell provider assigns private IP addresses, was initially having trouble connecting.  Tech Support was fantastic, taking a lot of time to help not only from their side but also interfacing to the product I was trying to connect to (PolarCom / PolarView).  Got it all connected and works great!  Highly recommended.
-- jkittrell1, 2011-11-23

### ***** "Works well with MacENC"
Lets me use my iPhone GPS as the GPS for MacENC.  Even works in the background.  There are a few minor glitches with the NMEA produced.  The UTC time is in local instead of GMT and Course is -1 when not available.  None of these cause any notable problems.  Highly recommended!
-- Dry Side 100, 2011-04-25

### ***** "Performs exactly as described"
This application does what I've been searching for; it serves up GPS data in various formats.  Currently, I use the data with a few applications at work that don't require live data.  The only feature I'd like to see added is an option for the data be served up while running in the background.  Other than that, maybe a settings button rather than the info icon to make it a little bit more intuitive.  Keep up the good work!
-- Wharhed, 2011-01-29

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## GPS 2 IP Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Paid | Spain | Navigation | #3 |
| Top Paid | France | Navigation | #6 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Navigation | #11 |
| Top Paid | Indonesia | Navigation | #17 |
| Top Paid | Canada | Navigation | #22 |
| Top Paid | France | Overall | #46 |
| Top Paid | United States | Navigation | #49 |
| Top Paid | Singapore | Navigation | #53 |
| Top Paid | Finland | Navigation | #59 |
| Top Paid | Malaysia | Navigation | #59 |
| Top Paid | Hungary | Navigation | #63 |
| Top Paid | Azerbaijan | Navigation | #63 |
| Top Paid | South Korea | Navigation | #64 |
| Top Paid | Argentina | Navigation | #64 |
| Top Paid | Egypt | Navigation | #66 |
| Top Paid | Saudi Arabia | Navigation | #66 |
| Top Paid | Sweden | Navigation | #69 |
| Top Paid | Poland | Navigation | #72 |
| Top Paid | Greece | Navigation | #73 |
| Top Paid | Chile | Navigation | #75 |
| Top Paid | Netherlands | Navigation | #77 |
| Top Paid | Ecuador | Navigation | #78 |
| Top Paid | New Zealand | Navigation | #79 |
| Top Paid | Denmark | Navigation | #80 |
| Top Paid | Türkiye | Navigation | #82 |
| Top Paid | Colombia | Navigation | #83 |
| Top Paid | Austria | Navigation | #84 |
| Top Paid | Thailand | Navigation | #84 |
| Top Paid | Brazil | Navigation | #88 |
| Top Paid | Ireland | Navigation | #88 |
| Top Paid | Belgium | Navigation | #89 |
| Top Paid | Kazakhstan | Navigation | #90 |
| Top Grossing | Spain | Navigation | #90 |
| Top Paid | Ukraine | Navigation | #91 |
| Top Grossing | South Korea | Navigation | #91 |
| Top Paid | Philippines | Navigation | #92 |
| Top Paid | Portugal | Navigation | #96 |
| Top Paid | Australia | Navigation | #102 |
| Top Paid | Italy | Navigation | #106 |
| Top Paid | South Africa | Navigation | #107 |
| Top Paid | Czechia | Navigation | #109 |
| Top Paid | Hong Kong SAR China | Navigation | #112 |
| Top Paid | Taiwan | Navigation | #114 |
| Top Paid | United Kingdom | Navigation | #118 |
| Top Paid | Belarus | Navigation | #120 |
| Top Paid | India | Navigation | #124 |
| Top Paid | Romania | Navigation | #125 |
| Top Paid | Germany | Navigation | #135 |
| Top Paid | Japan | Navigation | #136 |
| Top Paid | Switzerland | Navigation | #137 |
| Top Paid | Vietnam | Navigation | #138 |
| Top Paid | Spain | Overall | #153 |
| Top Paid | Kuwait | Navigation | #153 |
| Top Paid | United Arab Emirates | Navigation | #154 |
| Top Paid | Mexico | Navigation | #155 |
| Top Paid | Norway | Overall | #169 |
| Top Paid | Lebanon | Navigation | #176 |
| Top Paid | China | Navigation | #187 |

## GPS 2 IP Discovered Keywords
- gps 2 ip

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## GPS 2 IP Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/united-states)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/united-kingdom)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/germany)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/azerbaijan)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/finland)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/australia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/sweden)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/south-africa)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/norway)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/turkey)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/chile)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/china)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/colombia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/czechia)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/denmark)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/algeria)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/ecuador)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/estonia)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/egypt)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/spain)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/france)
- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/grenada)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/greece)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/hong-kong)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/croatia)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/hungary)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/indonesia)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/ireland)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/india)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/iceland)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/italy)
- [Jamaica](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/jamaica)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/japan)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/kenya)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/south-korea)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/kuwait)
- [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/cayman-islands)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/kazakhstan)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/lebanon)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/united-arab-emirates)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/latvia)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/madagascar)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/malta)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/mexico)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/malaysia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/nigeria)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/netherlands)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/nepal)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/new-zealand)
- [Panama](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/panama)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/philippines)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/pakistan)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/poland)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/portugal)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/romania)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/saudi-arabia)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/singapore)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/suriname)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/thailand)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/taiwan)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/ukraine)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/vietnam)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/lithuania)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/argentina)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/austria)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/belgium)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/bulgaria)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/brunei)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/brazil)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/belarus)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/canada)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/gps-2-ip-qgJc/switzerland)

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