Locus Map imports GPX files, points included, on Android, and its early-stage iPhone app, Locus Map Lite, does too. Convert your Google Maps list to GPX in the converter above, then import the file into a folder in Locus's My Library, and every place lands as a point.
Put the file on your phone before you start. The steps below come from Locus Map's own documentation. We haven't run them ourselves, so where this page says Locus documents something, that's Locus's guide, not our own test.
Import on Android (Locus Map 4)
Open My Library. Pick the folder the points should go in, or skip that and choose one later. Tap the add icon and choose Import.
Locus then asks where the file is: its own main directory, the System File Manager, Dropbox, OneDrive, or a remote file you enter as a web address. Files it can import show in full color. Tap your GPX file.
Options on the import screen
Before anything is saved, Locus shows an import screen. Pick the destination folder there, or create a new one from the menu. If you started the import from a folder, that folder is already selected.
The other options: Delete other points in folder clears that folder before the import, Display only (not save) previews the points on the map without keeping them, Show on the map after import does what it says, and Update elevation fills in elevation when you have offline elevation data. Leave the delete option off unless you want to replace what's already in that folder. Tap Import to finish.
Import on iPhone (Locus Map Lite)
Locus Map Lite is the iPhone version of Locus Map. Locus describes it as an early stage of the app, with fewer features than on Android. Its documentation says it imports tracks, routes and points from a GPX file stored on your iPhone. Tap the file directly where it's saved, or open the app and use the import option on a points folder.
Importing more than one list
If you keep separate Google Maps lists for different trips, convert each one here. You get one GPX file per list, and importing each into its own folder keeps the trips apart in My Library. Locus documents a multi-select option for picking several files in one go: long-press a file to turn it on. It works in the main directory, Dropbox and OneDrive, but the System File Manager doesn't allow it. We haven't tested more than one MapsLinkQuest export at a time.
If the import doesn't work
- The file is greyed out. Locus only lets you tap files it can import, which show in full color. Check that the file ends in .gpx, or switch the export to KML in the converter above. Locus documents GPX, KML and KMZ for points.
- Your Google Drive files aren't there. Locus documents that it dropped Google Drive support in September 2025. Save the file to your phone, Dropbox or OneDrive and pick it from there.
- The points aren't on the map. In My Library, tap the eye button next to the folder and choose display all.
- You can only pick one file. The System File Manager doesn't allow multi-select. Pick the files from the main directory, Dropbox or OneDrive instead, or import them one at a time.
- Only 25 places came through. The free tier converts up to 25 places per list. Longer lists need a paid tier.
The GPX page covers the file itself. Not sure Locus is the right offline app? The Organic Maps page covers a free alternative that takes the same GPX file.