Avenza Maps App Reviews

Never been disappointed with Avenza. It gets me to where I want to go and back.

Want more maps for free

Avanza it’s a great way to get around we’re ever your at

Es excelente para trabajo de campo. 5 en calificación.

This is such a great app for learning not only the actual bike trails, but also the city streets with bike lanes, the “bike friendly” streets and the low traffic roads, streets and lanes. What a find! I’m so excited to go exploring with my new Avenza maps!

Using the Avenza map system is like getting a birds eye view of where your at and the various road options that you can travel. I still use my GPS but not as much! Highly recommended!

Although I think this app is great and would have rated it higher if it had a base map feature or would somehow show you where you are even if you don’t have the map purchased! I own a few garmin products that are not being used as much now that this app is out

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The maps on our phones helped us tremendously getting around on the trails with our Rangers.

After downloading a map for a Wild River State Park I see the map is barely useful for planning. No distinguishing trails are present making it worthless for estimating mileage or finding backpacking sites.

In the world of woodland firefighting Avenza has been instrumental in how we map and transfer information between forces. A nice feature would be if you could pause and restart gps tracks. Other than that, it is a great map program. Works great for hunting too.

Have used your app to hunt in Montana, Colorado, Idaho and South Dakota. Love to see where I am and all the detail available. Will use this fall on another site in Montana to hunt birds and deer. Hunt with 2/3 other guys and we all use them. Wish you had system to follow them too as we hunt in a loose group and want to keep track of each other. Some difficulty with finding the maps. Need more practice but some times confusing if don,’t know exact name of area or there are numerous pins in same proximity. All that said, we are glad we found Avenza maps. Keep up the good work.

And it works anywhere, without using any data, just internal GPS!

Great concept but the search feature is not adequate. I am in Manson, Wa. There is supposedly an Echo Ridge summer trails map, but the app is unable to find it. Sorry, but I will not be able to purchase a map to guide my hike.

In the woods and I downloaded a map and I could see right where I was.

If you are military and unfortunate enough to ever have to go to NTC this app is a lifesaver... saving the lives of lost LTs with a higher success rate then condoms or the day after pill...

We’ve used this app many times to find maps of areas we are traveling to for camping and hiking. Several times we ended up with no reception and these maps helped us get back easily, even will show your location on the map if there is a brief signal. Only two wishes for improvements: when a map expires, have a link or suggestion for a replacement map. And better descriptions for why one map may be better than another-Yellowstone for example has so many available maps for free or to buy-but which is the location, level of detail, etc that you want?-can’t always tell by the descriptions.

I used this with Bikeverywhere’s $4 TC (MSP) map. One problem is layer management. Need UI to quickly hide all layers, add layers. Bikeveywhere’s annotations should have been implanted as a layer, but they are part of the map. I think they might have done this because Avenza’ Layer management is weak. It was an incredible pain in iOS to add the optional KMZ layers from Dropbox. Need a better solution. A bigger problem is how Avenza shares purchases. You need to be logged into a store account BEFORE buy a map. If you buy a map then login the store account is not updated with the purchased map.

As soon as I downloaded this app I started getting unwanted emails by the numbers. I want to remove my email from this app. I got an email as soon as I downloaded thinking it was to verify my email it was something about air-conditioning. So I deleted it I cannot unsubscribe from you please get rid of my email!

Finding specific maps is difficult

Great app! Pin my truck when I get out for a hunt and never get lost!

Simple accurate easy to use and gps on phone let’s me pinpoint my location. I like the mileage counter and drop pin features too. One enhancement would be to count elevation changes on a traverse as it does distance. As it is, I counted contour lines.

We have been working found support for the fires in Northern Calif. & this app. has been WONDERFUL!!

Although it took me some time to successfully import my own layers, it's a pretty awesome feature!

Great tool for our Black Hills trip!!! Takes all the guess work out of “where the heck are we”. Want to find more off-road options in Minnesota.

Teaching the wife

I had downloaded the free map of this NY state park. This was my first time using this app and did not know what to expect. But the app was intuitive enough to use and I was soon tracking my hike. Seeing exactly where I was at any point in time gave me enough confidence of not getting lost that I hiked few extra trails marked in this map. Few times that I did get lost I could get back on trail looking at my tracks on the map. Overall a great first experience of using the app.

Avenza offers a wide variety of maps from National Geographic and other sources that can be downloaded to your device and used to track your hikes on the various trails. Because the map is on your device and not online you don’t need an internet connection while in the field. On the other hand it would be nice to be able to share maps with tracks between devices by being able to store maps with tracks on line in your Avenza account while connected to the internet.

Have uploaded several maps from Caltopo of my planned hikes, and have been able to track my location with great ease. Love the ability to orient the map with north and then know the direction I’m heading.

Love how this app works without any service. A wild-land firefighter suggested this app to use when I’m hunting/scouting because it works without any cell service. The firefighters use it to plan routes and fire breaks. It’s a good app to have when in the back country cause it uses GPS

I currently work for the USDA with the Forest Service. During fire season I do aerial observations looking for new forest fires. We use to use paper maps to find our locations. With Avenza maps and gps navigation, we spend our time looking for fires than trying to figure out where we are on a paper maps. Avenza has been a game changer for us! Thank you.

This app is really amazing. Even without any signal it was able to tell me exactly where I was on the map. Saved me from getting lost multiple times. Also great that you can get the distance by drawing on the map.

I use Avenza Maps a lot for work. While using it today to find a fire. It took a long time to find my location so I could get myself into the fire. Not sure what was going on. Otherwise it’s a great application and all my coworkers use it. The maps we use are georeferenced.

This app has saved my bum on multiple occasions. It helps locate campgrounds that regular GPS do not have marked.

The recreational colored maps are very precise and tell you where you are at with gps coordinates at any giving time. I recommend this app to anyone. You can’t get lost with it.

Wow how cool and effective. I spent all day looping roads I never would have travel without the real rime navigation.

I can across this app via a national park page for region maps. The app install went fine, easy to download the maps from the store THAT ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE iPhone, the QR code link from the National park page continually errored out. Couldn’t find the same map in the store from the device, signed in to the company site and had zero problem finding the map on the web site. Put it in the cart, checked out no problem. Get the confirmation email with instructions to go to the app and follow directions, except those directions don’t work. Back to the web page, on my downloaded map area there is a link to open the map in the app, that gave a QR code that actually worked. Suggestions, have your website inventory and device inventory match. Skip sending an email with directions that don’t work, instead send one with a QR code or link. I’m kind of dreading trying to use this app considering the customer experience thus far.

Once You have the map it works great. But trying to find the exact amount and type is a pain both you searching by word or on the map finder

Absolutely love this app. Works very well for the black hills of South Dakota. Now if Polaris would get these maps loaded in to the Ride Command life would be great.

Combine Avenza Maps with good hiking maps on your phone for the perfect hiking companion. In the New York metro area, the hiking maps from the NY-NJ Trail Conference are the best.The maps are detailed and easy to use, and sync accurately to your location on the trail.

Great program but I need more layman terminology due to I’m new at this.

This app was amazing for my 17-mile home in woods I was unfamiliar with. It worked even when I had “no service” and was super accurate with my location. I’m beyond satisfied!

Original review: Features have been removed from the free version: only three of your own maps can be loaded without paying for a subscription -- not a one time purchase, a SUBSCRIPTION to use your OWN maps! Avoid! Developer response: "Thank you for your feedback. You can remove and import as many of your own maps as you like, but only three of your own maps can reside on your device at one time. Please note there are is no limit on maps downloaded from the in-app map store, many of which are free." My response to developer: I already paid Apple for my device’s storage. I can store as many maps on my device as I have room. I can only have three maps copied into Avenza Maps at one time. If I want more, I need to waste time deleting and loading different ones into the app. Please stop trying to charge me a subscription to storage space I already own.

Love this app for hiking and biking. Especially great for trail running. Maps your miles on a topological map.

This app works great!

There are some great features of this app— but it is still limited by a frustrating process to find the maps you need. I have been using this app for a year for hiking, backpacking, and trail running. Here is my summary of pros and cons. Pros: — The app is free, and there is a large array of free maps available, including USGS Topo maps and local hiking maps. One of the best features is that users have made free pdf maps available that are geo-mapped so that the app locates exactly where you are. For example, in the East Bay Regional Park system near Berkeley/Oakland, you can get Tilden and Redwood park maps for free that work with the GPS function. I’ve found other maps like this in other parts of the country. — You can purchase high quality hiking maps like National Geographic hiking maps, without paying a monthly fee, like Giaia. —Once you have the right map, the app is pretty intuitive to use, if you are used to using other gps Topo maps apps like Giaia or Topo maps. —It does a nice job of shutting off the GPS function quickly when you are not viewing a map, limiting battery drain— a major issue when backpacking. Cons: — As some other reviews have noted, the search function is absolutely terrible. As the developers have noted, the on-line store is somewhat easier to search, but even this is challenging. The map store accessed via the app is virtually unusable. Even knowing the exact name of the map you are searching for will usually not find it via the App Store. Filters do not work properly. For example, I was just searching for Topo maps of the Ruby Mountains, in Nevada. Designating an area on the in store “map” to show where I want to search, if I set a filter for vendors to “Forest Service” I get nothing. But if I set this to “any vendor” and the map category to “topo” I get the Humboldt-Toiyabe Forest Service map— the one that doesn’t come up in the exact same map window set to “forest service” maps— but that does come up under “topo”— though this is not a topo map. If this were an exception, it might be mildly frustrating. But I’ve found this is the norm. Filters do not work as expected— and using the map to designate an area comes up with large numbers of maps that are very difficult to properly filter to come up with what you want. My main strategy is to use other sources of information to come up with the exact map you want, then search persistently with the name in Avenza to try to come up with the map. I really hope the developers will do something to fix this major shortcoming of the app. If they do, this could be a great app.

I have only just started using this app, but so far I love it. I downloaded a forest service interactive map to use in the mountains when we had no service. We tried it out today and it worked great! Now I need to explore it all more so that I know how to use all of the features.

Very good app for off road trail riding, It shows interesting points and places you would not see otherwise find.

Works with GPS, no signal needed. Overlays your position on maps! Very helpful!

Aplikasi bagus.

My fiancé, friends, and I love hiking. This app is great due to its VAST supply of free maps ideal for hiking trails. The GPS location is great, I just wish there were a refresh button so that I could know for sure the app is actively updating my gps location. Besides that, we honestly do love it!

Maps are very useful, but we need the ability to interface with maps on a desktop, and print them for presentation purposes. Assume at the Pro level.

With Avenza on your phone you have a no reason to ever be lost again. The biggest plus is it shows what Forrest rds are closed or temp closed, thus saving you a fine.

Don’t bother with this app unless you plan to upload your own maps. If you do, the PDF tracking features are great, and transferring a GeoPDF from e-mail just works — no trouble, no fuss. Unfortunately, the built-in map store is all but unusable. I’m not exaggerating when I say that it has *the* worst search engine I’ve ever seen. It’s extremely inaccurate. It has no apparent way to refine search terms (except a few built-in options, which aren’t much use given the rest). It doesn’t recognize quotation marks. There’s no way to exclude terms. I literally cannot find specific US national forest maps by searching the name of the forest — most of the time, they simply aren’t in the results. It’s incredibly frustrating to have such a potentially awesome app made unusable by search alone. Please, devs, *fix* it!

The app is fantastic.... when you can find the right maps! The whole experience is severely let down by a very poor map store and quirky search facility. Fix this and it’s a 5 star app. Otherwise just mediocre.

So far so good. Have been using with the Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use maps PDF versions downloaded to an old iPad2 with the GPS chip. Does a nice job displaying with good zoom and GPS tracking.

Great for mapping, walking grids, directions. You can upload your own pdf maps. And works on airplane mode!

Once you find the map, it works great. Searching for maps is a pain. Need to work on making searching for maps easier.

You’re limited to three maps where the GPS positioning works. You want more than that? $30/year, thank you. But what should one expect from the quasi-official US Government Suggested App for GeoPDFs than an attempt to take poop-tons of money from you?

Have used and loved this app for years. I am not surprised nor upset that they have started charging for side-loading maps, as they earn no money when people do so. What I do find outrageous however, is that it cost $30 per year for me to load any more than 3 maps!! I think there should be a smaller tier, maybe $5.00 for loading a dozen maps. Given that we travel a lot of forest service roads, this app has been very helpful, but now I’m looking for an alternative. You priced us out of your app Avenza.

Really is a great app. Worked flawlessly on an extremely remote canoe trip.

Avenza has once again the saved my butt

The app has been free (no payment) for years but now requires payment to add/update my own pdf maps.... do not use any default maps... kinda crazy with NO warning it changed... if you are on old version it still allows normal uploading..... I have 567 maps depending on where I’m driving that day and can no longer update my maps because it will cost $130.... now gps feature was disabled from free as well

Very helpful

Use it to get around the Black Hills when riding trails. Helps get us back home after wandering around aimlessly.

I use this awesome, free app for fantastic, free 7.5 minute topos and MVUMs. Get some.

I’ve had this app for a while and tracked a bunch of trails (some hidden) in Idaho, Colorado, California, Utah, and Arizona. The app worked great if I had the maps downloaded. I changed phones and all of my maps became corrupted and would not download. I lost all my trails and camping notes.... I’m starting over

Perfect for hunting and hiking. I’m from NW Oregon and downloaded the Department of Forestry protection and OHV maps.

The app works really well, but if you need something other than the free version you should keep looking.

The SAR Lake Norman grid map is a must have for all Law Enforcement that works this lake. I use it almost exclusively.

Developer threw us a bone with the latest update, but it doesn't change the fact it is still way overpriced. Update June 2018: STILL LAME

Walking around the jungle here in Guam and it's been working fantastic for us.

We’ve been using the maps for trail riding and they’ve been very helpful. I wish that the preview maps were more clear so I could be sure that they covered what I wanted. Don’t need a GPS. Like using them on my phone.

I found this app to be very frustrating trying to figure it out. The one upshot in researching I discovered Google Maps now has a feature to save your selected area for offline usages—it was easy and free.

Works well when offline, as it uses built-in gps. I like the availability of maps. When hiking with Boy Scouts, I hid this from them, but used it to make sure we were where they said we were.

This app is awesome and works great. And it’s affordable to boot.

I own property in the Bradshaw Mountains Prescott Nat’l Forest and was interested in current and historical topo maps for the area. I am pleasantly surprised. This company offers some free maps as well as some for a small fee. I downloaded topo charts dating back to 1947 which provided an interesting historical perspective in the area as well as relatively current charts.

This app is amazing. You can get maps for just about anywhere you want to go, download them, and then when you are out hiking, driving, whatever and beyond cell phone service you will know exactly where on the map you are. A real life saver. I use it all the time and go places and on roads I would not have been completely comfortable with without knowing where I was and how to get back. Customer service is also awesome!

There needs to be better distinguishing or a separate mapping group for ohv trails in my opinion. Other than that it’s pretty interesting and handy for finding mapping of places.

Hated setting it up but once there it was very helpful

Now charging to use more than 3 maps!! Don't upgrade!!!!!!!! Like most good apps the developers get greedy and strip away content and take your $$ to give it back.

I’m currently hiking the Continental Divide Trail and had downloaded 423 individual geo codes PDFs from the CDTC into Avenza and they were all working fine. I also had installed all of Jonathan Ley’s map sets for the CDT into Avenza. Yesterday I updated the app to the latest version. Now, over 300 of the imported maps are completely missing when I look for them in My Maps - a feature Avenza is claiming they just improved! Additionally, the Jonathan Ley map sets do not appear anywhere in my maps. However, if I go to Avenza store to reinstall them the app claims they are already installed. If that is the case, they are not accessible to me in My Maps. Now, I’m on the trail at a motel with bad wifi and spending hours reimporting maps and not getting critical rest that I need for my they hike. You can imagine how upsetting this is. To say the least. Previously I have recommended the Avenza app to several hikers. I do not recommend upgrading an app while on the trail EVER! If it works - do no change anything. As far as the Avenza developer goes... releasing a version without testing the stability of its features - and critically speaking, its ability to retain purchases and imported maps - this is flabbergasting. It’s unacceptable. I should have known better than to update to a new version and I take partial blame for my current situation. Avenza has wasted my my money - and more importantly, valuable time and rest while actively on the trail.

It really helps when u can find all the draws and creeks and units to be able cut pretty awesome

The accuracy of the map is awesome as I am walking down trails with no cell service!

... But a little labor intensive to figure out at first. Once you do it's great.

Handy dandy. Can’t be beat for seeing details. Paper topos are OK, but this is the best. Just be certain to have a power brick and phone lasso with you!

First it’s a free version that will do it all. Hopefully I won’t find out it’s a 30 day deal. Just thought this was a simple app to look at maps with. I was so wrong. Very simple to use Fast No glitches even while in remote areas with zero service. Pinged us along the unmarked trails keeping us on the correct trail everyday. Get this app before you go backcountry hiking. It could save your life, I’m serious.

The app has been free (no payment) for years but now requires payment to add/update my own pdf maps.... do not use any default maps... kinda crazy with NO warning it changed... if you are on old version it still allows normal uploading.....

Still charging for a feature that used to be free. I can’t even use the maps I already had on the app. Don’t support this greedy company. Edit: May 29 2018 Got a response from the developer as you can see. I still feel this isn’t a fix. This feature was free. I hope everyone feels this is crappy thing to do when there store is basically useless.

Whenever I type it n the search bar, it doesn’t matter what it is, it always zooms in my location and pulls local maps.

If you want to get off the crowded trails and explore it's a must have

Very easy to use. Lots of maps available for app.

Have used and loved this app for years. I am not surprised nor upset that they have started charging for side-loading maps, as they earn no money when people do so. What I do find outrageous however, is that it cost $30 per year for me to load any more than 3 maps!! I think there should be a smaller tier, maybe $5.00 for loading a dozen maps. Given that we travel a lot of forest service roads, this app has been very helpful, but now I’m looking for an alternative. You priced us out of your app Avenza.

If they Increased the map limit to five from three I would recommend this to everyone.

Still charging for a feature that used to be free. I can’t even use the maps I already had on the app. Don’t support this greedy company.

This app is good to use IF YOU CAN FIND the maps you want in their map store. Searched for Tonto National Forest Map and what came up a disorganized list of maps that were impossible to view in any real detail using preview. Finally just used a map developers name, MONTANAGPS, and the map I was looking for came up. Nowhere in the search instructions is this option spelled out. You need to really do a lot of improving of the map store search function and come up with a way to preview the maps in greater detail so we can see what we are buying. Going to try GAIA. Read that it was way better.

Great resource for getting out and away from it all. Love the ease of use and it makes finding your way super easy even when you don’t have cell signal. Perfect outdoor resource.

Allows offline gps topos for my trail riding. Just have to know the area you’re going to to know which map quads need to be downloaded ahead of time.

The US Forest Service publishes QR codes to allow forest users to quickly find & download their Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) into Avenza. Not only is it not possible to import them into Avenza any more, but Avenza doesn’t even have an option anymore to use a QR code to fetch a map. And trying to use a URL produces a protocol error. This app is as worthless as teats on a boar. UPDATE: After a ton of back-and-forth with Support, I am now able to get Forest Service maps. Most of the problem is with the Forest Circus (why am I NOT surprised?) but a fair amount of blame lies with Avenza’s poor UI design, useless error messages, and byzantine documentation. Upgrading to 2 stars and “useless without help from Support.”

These maps are some of the best hunting tools I have ever used. Easy to use, even in a pinch. I normally use my vehicle GPS to get into a location, then transfer to my handheld while on the trail.

The app is free. But maps available for download are copies paper maps. Some how they have them tied to GPS. But for an area you have to download several maps. In my example. The Rampart area is the same map with different resolutions. But only contains about half the area. The Rampart range goes way south of what is in the included maps. $11.95 of useless map. Maps range 80+mb X3. Not ready for primetime if you ask me.

I have been using this app for several years for UTV riding in colorado and Utah. Excellent product, especially if you use a tablet. Obviously the app is dependent on a quality map, but there are lots. Very happy that you can now load National Geographic maps. Excellent quality.

My husband purchased a map of the Sierra National Forest on our iPad. It supposedly could be accessed on multiple devices. He logs in to his Avenza account on his iPhone and there’s no map in his download history. He says to restore previous purchases and nothing happens. I try the same route. No previous downloads. Then the kicker: restore previous purchases requires me to be in his iTunes account. So even if there was a previous purchase to restore (which there wasn’t in his iTunes account on his iPhone), I wouldn’t be able to access it. The app doesn’t work as advertised.

Tried to find the Beaverhead north visitor map as given to me on a flyer from a forest service kiosk. Cant find ...why don't you guys get your acts together?? Incompetence.

These maps work so well with a GPS or cell service if in range. I use mine with an external GPS with BT connection. Couldn’t live without!

I’m new to hiking, so having trail maps on my phone that track where I’m at live was so helpful!! We took the wrong turn once, but was able to quickly see our location and correct our mistake.

This is great for many applications, from ground truthing to SAR

Easy to use easy to share data

I may have some issues with how Avenza handled the custom maps transition with limiting how many you could have without a pricy subscription. That is a marketing decision, and there are other factors that can be important to consider. Based on my experiences in interacting with their support team, I have found that Avenza has a solid support team and development team behind them. Case in point, iOS 11.3 came out and I discovered shortly after updating, that I could not create placemarks on a map. The app crashed when creating a placemark. This was a real issue for me, as I do this often when planning hikes for parking and such. I reached out to Avenza via their support site and was quickly informed that the the company was aware of the issue and working on a fix. And, they were. Within a day the update was available and the issue that I experienced has been corrected. To me this speaks a lot for a company in how they interact with their customers.

I spend a lot of time on National Forest lands, so this app is extremely useful with the PDFs provided as well as georeferenced maps imported via ArcGIS. I was also very impressed with how quickly the developer responded to crash issues brought about by the newest IOS update (11.3): they basically had it debugged in a day. Keep up the great work!

I like this app. Thanks

The US Forest Service publishes QR codes to allow forest users to quickly find & download their Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUMs) into Avenza. Not only is it not possible to import them into Avenza any more, but Avenza doesn’t even have an option anymore to use a QR code to fetch a map. And trying to use a URL produces a protocol error. This app is as worthless as teats on a boar.

For free! Amazing! Thank you!

Love the app but it could be improved by making it easier to organize the maps into folders

I have to search for maps through the website because it is near to impossible to find what I want through the app. However, I love the capabilities of this little thing. Being able to place mark and open up points within google map (or vice versa). Also I LOVE the fact that it operates like a GPS when in the map area. You can follow your little blue dot while traveling through the forest. And it’s scary accurate. Loving this so far! Can’t wait to place mark all the beautiful spots in AZ that I explore.

Bye Avenza. Can’t use the maps I already had and was using in the app. Suddenly stop working and was giving constant errors. I don’t mind paying for new maps, but not for ones I already had. From what I’m reading it’s something you’ve done intentionally. Time to move on to another app that doesn’t play games.

Need more referenced maps for dirt bikes

These maps are amazing.

This app has it all. All the trails, forests, and off-road info I need for a successful trip. Some maps are a bit expensive but they’re worth the investment. Do yourself a favor and stop looking for the perfect map app because you’ve found it.

Too expensive for the yearly subscription to add maps not purchased at Avenza store.

Planning a 4 day dirt road adventure in the Sierra Mountains National Forest. I first made routes, to be used off line, with apps like REVER and RIDEwithGPS, which all use Google based maps. I thought I’d done a great job, until I cross referenced my routes on Avenza, which uses a jpeg of the particular map you download, in my case a Nat. Forest map. I realized my route went through many closed trail gates!, so it was worthless. I created a a new route on Avenza avoiding closed gates. This app is essential for back country exploration.

Best I've found so far displaying USGS maps.

I have been so pleased with the capability of importing a georeferenced pdf into Avenza! I am now able to customize a map and follow myself out in the “real world!” ~Brian (Lebanon, OR)

A good way to organize your specialized GPS maps, I wish the store was easier to navigate

I love hiking and this app makes it so much easier!!! Love the app, keep up the good work, and thank you for creating it!

It is so amazing that I can pinpoint myself pin pictures on the trail for future use. Never want to be without my Avenza!

Been using the app for years all over the world. Used on the Paiute Trail in Utah to do the entire 300 mile loop on our ATVs.

So easy to download and save maps for offline use.

Don’t leave home without it.

I like the concept and how well and easy the system is to use, but the topo maps that I purchased are lacking in clarity. It hard to see the details I want.

I haven’t updated my phone or apps for a long time as I really didnt have a need. Recently my phone broke so I updated to a phone that runs ios11. Many apps lost and many more updated including this app. I bought many geo maps through this program and all of them work great. But now this app wont let me import my own pdfs (non-geo) as it use to. I have to pay $25! Seriously? $25 for something that use to be free? $5 OK. $10 maybe. But $25? Ridiculous! I will see if i can delete this new version and copy over the older ipa that I have backed up for money grabs and customer screws like this. If not I will just export the pdfs to jpgs and look at them as photos or use google maps etc for the places they have been added to these services by caring users. To think I was still recommending this app to fellow hikers without knowing the developers went for a despicable cash grab.

Great way to explore the forest and know if the trails you are on are legal. Needs to have a better way to locate the current MVUM (Motor Vehicle Use Map) for a given area but is way better than the paper map. Would also like the option to layer MVUM over a topo or have them tiled as a single layer.

Features have been removed from the free version: only three of your own maps can be loaded without paying for a subscription -- not a one time purchase, a SUBSCRIPTION to use your OWN maps! Avoid!

Sure you can use Google maps when you have cell service. This app uses your GPS chip set that is available anywhere. Many maps available.

We started using this system in the fire service to navigate on maps without GPS I have since used it for hunting and marking items while on hikes They could improve the method for finding maps as it can be difficult to navigate Over all a fabulous tool

Got this to import my custom GEOrefrenced PDFs.....works great!

We use this for planning group backpack trips. If you download map you can follow progress on the map as you go along. Who will download the map onto an iPad in the boys can all take a look at where we are in relation to where we’re going. It’s a big morale booster. And much easier to see then a GPS screen

Not perfect but getting better - especially with addition of shapefiles.

Meets my needs for mvums

Works great!

Love Avenza Maps for work and travel. So nice to have reliable mapping when call or internet isn’t available. Thanks guys!

Downloaded this before a hunting trip with a friend thinking it might work occasionally and be somewhat helpful, was huge! Easy to use and very accurate! Would recommend!

I used this app during my recent hunting trip and it was definitely a great tool to have during the hunt and it is very easy to use.

Excellent at referencing where you are at. There’s room for improvement and wish they had a comment box to help them become aware of glitches and areas of improvement.

Eliminates need for GPS. Love it!

Takes hours to find specific quadrangles even when the name, etc is known. Then I’ve had trouble keeping the purchased maps loaded.

So GREAT for hiking and mountain biking. Works even if I don’t have phone reception.

This tracker works well, but it’s difficult to find the maps you want without help from someone who already has the map Even with the web address it’s often impossible to find the right one

This is truly a Five Star app. I’m not used to doing these evaluations but felt compelled to do one here since I inadvertently gave this app a one star rating. I used the Temagami North map from Jeff’s Maps this summer on a canoe trip and it would have been very difficult to do without Avenza and Jeff’s Maps.

I use this app when hiking Land Trust of North AL trails and it has never failed me. No bugs, no crashing, and it’s always 100% accurate with respect to location and trail routes.

After changing my phone to a new one I can’t install purchased maps on the new device.

It is very hard to find the correct map you want. You spend a lot of time searching.

A great app for hikers in which you permanently own the maps once you buy them but do not buy them through the apple store. Instead Buy them on the Avenza website just in case you do not find they were not what you expected or hoped for. The Apple Store will not refund your purchase but Avenza will. The only drawback to the Avenza app is that it does not automatically save your routes or waypoints. You must save/ export them as layers to your files then import them. Hopefully they will streamline that process in the future

Love it

Some pay maps are missing portion of the maps, (NG) no refunds, maps are third party, other than that works great but will work perfect with out missing info on the third party maps. Compering both maps from NO from avenza maps and paper map same price, full info on the paper map, missing info on avenza maps. Avenza became useless when came to that situation 😒 glad friend brought paper map😪

Just try to get lost! I love this app! Useable even without cellphone or internet reception! Amazing! So helpful to keep me from entering private property. A little fuzzy on elevation lines compared to Topo app. Used in conjunction with Topo they are fantastic!

Need to make sharing georeferenced pdf maps easier. Cannot share them if the versions are different, even if you have the pro version. Otherwise it works great.

Solid app in every way but one, some of the pay for topo map are real junk . In most cases the free topo maps are as good or better! Get rid of the poor pay-for topographical maps & get five stars!

Will not be disappointed. Accurate GPS.

This app rocks! So easy to use, and accurate tracking in or out of service. I’ve officially retired my gps.

Better than a $400 Garmin pos.

I bought and downloaded a map that was described as perfect for trails and hiking. There weren’t any trails on the map at all. Very disappointing.

Hi I thought I bought all the maps in is that but only one of them is showing up but it really could be operator error to be honest hopefully I can figure it out

For a free app and .99 maps, I have postponed my comparison of traditional GPS tools for hiking. I have great success laying down the breadcrumb trails and looking at the end of each one how long and how far. Great tool!

Need direction though

Love this App. Just wish it had support for the Apple Watch like MotionX-GPS does.

Add pencils integration. To draw on the map, share your highlights, write address, draw landmarks,etc. I use this in the fire service and would love to draw on the map and show my folks where they are going to go. Even send them the drawings as a layer!! Integrate the pencil!!!!

It is very convenient to be able to use Avenza to import existing maps like all of the USFS ranger district maps and various hunting zone maps. Simple to use and save changes. I use for general tracking and mostly to support my hunting, hiking, backpacking, mtn biking and general route finding needs. Maps are very reasonably priced and there are a huge variety of formats

Mainly for hunting but for back roading and locating places I was to go. I would not be without it.

We use this map all over on our travels. Love it.

Great app for navigation (depending on the map quality, of course). But the search feature is quite difficult to use.

If only Map annotations and other Waypoint symbols were possible too, Avenza would be perfect for all I need.

Use it for work and for play. I would recommend it to anyone who spends time in the woods.

Are use this mapping up all the time. It is user-friendly and extremely helpful.

This app is extremely useful while riding unfamiliar trails. It helps you understand where you are on a trail, what options you have to change your route and gives you confidence to explore since you know you can find your way back.

Works good

Works great. That’s all there is to say!

I recently lost all my maps because of lost data. I didn’t back my maps up either. The only proof I had was receipts from iTunes. They found my maps for me & uploaded to my account. As far as the maps goes, the image quality is spot on & very useful when hiking & using the GPS. The best map company to have in your phone.

I do not like to pay for apps and do not like the limited number of maps you can import. 3 is not enough

Could not get the map. It down loaded but would not open. Just kept taking me to the App Store. All that I could open was a file Getting Started which wanted me to buy it again.

Use this app all the time for work and hunting and all sorts of stuff.

Avenza has created a user friendly map app that, we are convinced there’s no better app for maps. The use is so easy the map clarity is excellent and the accessibility to maps such as flatline maps are great.

Love the maps just hard because BLM says it's a no riding area and you get tickets

Bought a $5 forest service map for hunting in Montana and there was not enough detail for it to be of any use. There might be good maps on this app but why would I dish out more money with no quality assurance??

I'm not happy that I have to pay a yearly fee to import maps

Follow the blue dot right across the contour map. Easy as pie.

I had an issue with my subscription between the App Store and the Avenza App. My subscription renewed in the App Store but the app didn’t update. I sent an email to Avenza Support Team telling them what was happening and within minutes I got a reply with instructions on how to update the app. I followed the instructions and the app updated my subscription with no loss of data. Thank you to the Support Team at Avenza for the great customer support!

I find the “Enhanced” USGS topo maps at 99¢ each to be a good deal. Clearer than the scanned maps and locating myself on GPS is handy. Main drawback is finding the maps I want — it’s tricksy sometimes.

Saved me when my ATV broke down on a trail in the middle of nowhere. Would have literally been lost without it. Real time. Reliable.Thank goodness I had cell service.

I use this app all of the time! I even downloaded maps before we went to Greece and it worked great!

Crosscut Mountain Center (x-c ski) near Bozeman MT says their map is on your site, so I installed the app on an iPad Mini 2 and also from Crosscut’s site it seemed to install Crosscut’s map too. Unfortunately, a search on your app puts me roughly 75-90 miles away, to the SE. I’ve since found it listed to the side, under My Maps, but it seems to open more as a preview with a bunch of squiggly colored lines (trails) than a useful map. Fortunately, I’m familiar with the trails, but someone new wouldn’t be able to make heads or tails of it.

I purchased and used the map last year. But now when I open the app, it tells me it cannot download the map because it has disappeared. What happened to it? Can I get my money back?

Great app and I’ve spent a good amount of money on maps. Has never let me down. All we need ASAP is an apple watch app capable of displaying the map and position etc. Competing apps have this functionality already. I may have to switch, but don’t want to lose the money I spent on maps.

I have used this map for several years now and after latest update I have lost all save points on my BLM Imperial Sand Dunes Map this May be publisher problem. Also in the new update the compass and navigating features don’t even work. Tried to use navigate to destination feature but yet again compass and heading don’t work and when you think it might work the compass is extremely choppy this app cost me several hours out on the trails and dunes. Your update has destroyed an otherwise wonderful app

I use this app for backpacking and it is really helpful. Shows where you are on the map and also has navigation and measurement tools.

More user-friendly than my Garmin 62st and a heck of a lot less expensive! Nice features. Would love to be able to share waypoints with other users. Used it on a Colorado elk hunt. A few times, it would not locate me on the map, which was frustrating, so giving it 4 stars instead of 5.

Overall very useful app. To improve, the AP needs add an export option for the created overlays.

The Nat Geo maps are horrible. No detail and when you zoom in on the map you can’t even see where you are if it’s a short trail or an ascending trail. Wish I would have not wasted my $$$ on these. However the NJ/NY trail conference maps are amazingly accurate

It is a great App I use it riding dirt bikes does an amazing job tracking. Have loved all the new updates keep them coming. Thank you

The free topology produced by the United States Geological Service have saved me several times in the field.

I’ve found much of what I need through this app, and it works well.

Free maps!!! Able to use to get the lay of the land. Great tool with a great price. Pin you best spots!

I've been using it since 2014 and love it. I make all my own maps in GIS and it works perfectly all the time. I've even started using it for triangulating in telemetry. Being able to draw the bearing and distance is sweet. Great app!

Love the app and find very useful as a hunter/outdoor recreationist. However, since you began restricting how many of my own PDF maps I can load at one time, the app is useless whenever I don't have cellular coverage which is just about always while in the field. Very disappointing.

A subscription fee to import your own maps. How stupid do you think people are?

This app is amazing!!! This app is a must have if you are a outdoors enthusiast. It works when your phone has no service! You will know exactly where you are and where you cannot go! Whoever invented this app is my hero! Go download the avenza app now and you will not be disappointed.

It is very convenient to be able to use Avenza to import existing maps like all of the USFS ranger district maps and various hunting zone maps. Simple to use and save changes

This app works great and keeps you from getting lost.

This app has helped me navigate new biking trails many times this summer. The accuracy is spot on. It is very battery friendly. It is easy to use and I don't have to belong to some club and share my workouts. Maps, plain and simple, with route saving options. Doesn't get any better.

I wish the free version allowed you to have more saved maps.

No debate. There is no other mapping app that holds a candle. Leave your expensive GPS behind. All you need is this app and a phone!!!!

I've used this app for many years now, mainly for hiking and biking. I mostly use this app offline and the maps are very detailed. Plus the majority of the maps are free. This is a great app to have as a backup. Just pay attention to the date of the maps, some are older and may show trails that have been closed or don't exist anymore.

Would dl again!!!1!

Love the app and find very useful as a hunter/outdoor recreationist. However, since you began restricting how many of my own PDF maps I can load at one time, the app is useless at times. Very disappointing.

This app is the only one I’ve found where I can purchase the NY/NJ Trail Conference maps which give exactness as to our many interwoven trails in Harriman State Park, NY. Hit the location icon and I know exactly where I am. I use this app with Gaia GPS to record my track and elevation and time profile. Yes I’m paying extra and there’s some redundancy, but Gaia GPS doesn’t provide the exact trail map, and Avenza doesn’t record time and elevation profiles, etc. so I use both.

This app is better than collector or other GIS based collection apps. The data management is smooth but has a slight learning curve, but that’s easy to look past. The best app around to collect solid data.

4/5 due to inaccurate track log distances

The maps of the national forest roads are free and very useful. They're accurate and very up to date, at least in New Mexico.

I was really enjoying using this app, and put a lot of work into getting USFS supplied maps in your app for work purposes. Then, we got notices all this work maybe for nothing as of September 15, and it was confusing, to say the least, to figure out what happened. Please work on the process annually to renew, and make it more seamless. I ended up deleting maps and then figured out the problem and then added my maps back in. It took hours.

This is a great app for viewing home made pdf maps. Alas the non-subscription version is limited to three maps. There is no way to buy out of the limit. Only a subscription to the service where the maps are useless to me for outdoor use.

Love the ease of use and download feature for free MVUM’s!

OMG the functionality and management features are out of this world. I’m going to start using again.

New version removes the ability to import more than 2 maps not from the map store unless you pay $30+/year. That makes this app useless for me and many people I have recommended it too as we use it for the maps DNR has on its website for free. Sad used to love this app. Greed kills

I use this app quite extensively and it’s wonderful! I have a few suggestions though. I saw a previous review that said the search engine on mobile devices is horrendous. I agree. I also saw Avenza’s response and they’re working on it. So I hope that’s fixed relatively soon. Another issue is that you don’t get notifications telling you when one of your maps has a newer version pushed by the creator. If that was implemented so you knew when to redownload the map to stay up to date, I would have no complaints!

I bought this program to make sure I stay on public land for hunting, which is a problem in my area. It does accomplish this, at a steep 4.99 for each unit I go to. And the definition of the maps are so poor I couldn’t actually use them to navigate. I saw Gaia mentioned in another review, for the cost of the unit maps I could have easily covered the premium yearly subscription and gotten far more value.

Really good app. Much Better than a clunky gps unit. Very easy to use. Needs improved single finger zoom in/out, like google map has.

We ride the trails in the Black Hills of South Dakota all year long. This app not only has the tails but shows your location while traveling. It also shows where you’ve been. Used it for other national areas like Havasu Az.

I’ve been using the app for approximately six months during a handful of off-road trips. It’s adequate when you acquire a map which is originally done in PDF (such as from Tom Harrison, National Geographic, and some others). Many of the maps, however, are in fact sourced from compressed scans of printed maps (or low quality renderings) that are virtually unusable when zoomed in to ascertain area details. The store does not indicate which are native PDF and which are scans. Many of the better available maps are available in hard copy for essentially the same price, though missing only the nice ability to use your device’s GPS to indicate and track your location. An issue of all mapping apps is that it’s sometimes nice to spread out a paper map to get the big picture as something is lost when you use an app such as this to zoom out making features so small that they’re unrecognizable and text unreadable. Overall, if you needs maps, you’re much better off getting the much more capable Gaia app and suffering the subscription fee which you’ll quickly rack up in a handful of maps with this app versus unlimited maps in Gaia. I think there’s a place for this app if you restrict yourself to Tom Harrison maps or are able to get lucky and find native PDF maps which are not available on Gaia, but all of the Nat Geo Trails illustrated and topographic maps are in Gaia ... and much easier to find and download.

It’s about time something good was free. I wish The single page maps were a different color or I could narrow the type of map down even more. But it’s a great respect s when you find the map you need.

One the whole, I really like this app. We ride SxS’s whenever we get a chance. The interactive map is a big help. Only thing is that when searching for maps to download, sometimes you need to know the exact name of the map to find it in the store. Do your research on particular maps before searching and you’ll be fine.

Only complaint is that there aren’t enough proper maps out there to use with. I’ll keep working it though!

Love using the downloadable topographic maps for my backcountry adventures. I use the extra settings to pin my way in and out and it has helped a lot finding my way out again. Great maps also usable on airplane mode and it doesn’t drain your battery. Thanks so much for having these tools available!

For snowmobiling this is absolutely incredible app. I actually would’ve paid for it.

I have the Albuquerque International Bollon Fiesta loaded on my iPad and Bluetooth my GPS receiver. Use it every time I fly to help me keep track of PZ's, restricted areas, and Balloon friendly areas.

I wish the maps had more searchable place names.

A little hard to find the specific USFS MVUM your looking for because government bureaucracies have zero creativity when it comes to map titles,but if your accustomed to using MVUM’s - then Avenza is the source for these free maps. I used them for the first time last summer on a dirt bike trip to Idaho. The GPS tool worked on my IPhone 6 just fine and it was very accurate. I carry a GPS and Spot, as well. But, I always went to Avenza on my phone first. 1’ve only scratched the surface of available features, but I have a friend who laid out the Black Hills KTM rally using it and it was a great tool.

I am planning an extensive motorcycle ride on mostly trails and dirt roads and Avenza is working great! Like it so much after using it on my phone I bought an iPad specifically for Avenza to mount on my motorcycle

The application is really good, got exposed to it about five years ago when going to VT Overland festival. I found the application works well and all dependent quality of the map. If it is accurate geolocated then the application is accurate. The store search for new maps is lacking. If I get a new device and try to find old map it is a pain. Much less try to tell someone else to get a map.

Ever since I upgraded to iPhone 7 from SE, app works a lot better

I absolutely love this app. My family enjoys hiking, biking, and off highway motorcycle riding which is where this app excels. For all you single track and trail riding motorcycle enthusiasts find your map by searching for either “MVUM” (multi vehicle use map) and/or “OHV” (off highway vehicle). No worries about cell service as this app utilized the GPS in your phone. I also love the ability to plot photos and mark my trails which makes it a joy to share later with friends. A feature I would like to see added would be the ability to share my recorded “track” via a simple text. The track would then be imported into other applicable maps and more importantly with friends who also have the app and corresponding map(s) so that they could follow the same track at a later date.

This is a simple And powerful app that I use all time while hiking and riding my horse.