Itopomaps App Reviews

Poor resolution, & slow. More than twice the price of Scenic Maps but not half as useful. I regret spending the money.

I should have read the other comments before spending $8.00 on this app. Very poor resolution and very outdated quads. Soberness point in California still shows Garrapata State Park as " San Jose el Sur Chiquito" (spanish land grant) . This change happened in the late seventies. Don't buy this app.

Have tried for several days in a row to load maps. No luck. Consistently receive a server error message. Support/help on the developer web site is minimal to non-existent.

The app is generally very good. It's one of a small number that allow you to download topo maps for use when you're out of range of a fast data connection. Unfortunately, the quality of the topo map scans is poor. Topo lines are jagged and uneven. The quality issue is really apparent if you compare it to the maps in another app, Topo Maps.

Super slow anywhere I go, not user friendly, not worth the money. The cabelas app is ten times better and free.

Used to be good. Now keeps crashing. I want a refund.

Several years ago, I purchased a Windows based Topo application for north of $100. iTopomaps is much better than that application was. I particularly appreciate the ability to download quadrants, and that Canadian maps are available. The user interface is a little quirky, but not difficult to learn. I would like to have some basic notation tools that I can apply to downloaded quadrants. The freshness and accuracy of the maps are as good as I've seen with the Fisher and MacKenzie maps on the market, which is to say they are pretty dated. If you're looking for accurate portages or trail maps, you should still obtain the latest maps from the park.

I wait and wait for the base map to appear so I can select a portion, but it never does. Support website is minimal at best. Regrettably, this was a complete waste of money.

This works great, had to actually read the directions to figure it out how to use it, It’s not as intuitive as you might think, being a long time Google Earth user, and ESRI ArcMap Tech. I spent 10 minutes frustrated then 2 minutes reading the built in how to use and download maps. My next few hours selecting and downloading the TopoMap for my area of interest and testing OFF-GRID. I am very happy and this and is just what I purchased the iPad for.

Used this for about a year but now it erased my downloaded maps and will not re download them as stated in other reviews. I thought it might be a space issue so I cleared a ton of memory. It still doesn't work. Useless without the topos unfortunately. Off to buy another app.

No matter where I am it defaults to "mount hood" as my current location. I have location svcs on. What gives?

Crashes all the time

Worked slow at first with poor resolution, now it just crashes. Waste of money. Surprised Apple allows it to be sold.

Even on a VERY fast wifi connection, trying to load maps made watching paint dry seem like the Indy 500. Clunky...the Topo Maps for iPad app is faster, has more features and even has adjustable raised relief and shading (no I dont work for them...) It's just a better and cheaper alternative to this one.

Expensive for nothing. Can't download maps and appears that may only work with cell data. I won't even give it one star, but I have to press a star to submit a review.

I've had this app for several years and it never lived up to what was promised. Now on iO6 it doesn't work at all.

Load time is too long. Maps are outdated. Save your money and use the terrain feature in Google maps.

with my old phone had quite a few quads stored, but on the new phone they did not get transferred, so decided to redownload -- but even after leaving it running all night it would not finish downloading 1 quad -- it seems to be in perpetual "downloading X Quads" mode -- with the status circle continuously running and it burning thru the battery (had to leave it hooked up to the charger) -- worthless without downloaded quads and frankly -- using the a seperate GPS device makes more sense then this wannabe GPS utilizing your phone

I'm sure this app is good for something. But I'm not sure what. I can't get close enough to pick up a trail. Should have read the comments before I paid way too much.

I don't know why this app has gotten such bad reviews in the past, but I really like it. I have it on my iPad 3 and iPhone 5s and with the recent update it works great on both. I love that you can download maps to use without data reception. If you love maps and spend a lot of time in the outdoors you will probably really enjoy this app. If you are a hard core orienteering type you might want to find something more advanced. But it does all the things I need it to do, and it looks really nice too.

I found the app and the customer service to be pretty good. I've used the App for a couple of years and without a lot of bells/whistles it simply does what it is supposed to do, show you you're location (within the accuracy limits of Apple's GPS) on a topographical map. You can download the quads and if you are taking up too much memory delete the quads you're not using. Had issue with a map and it was fixed in two days -- that said you might want to download your quad couple days before you need it. I wouldn't add features, but would add better FAQ's and Help. If you've used a GPS while hiking then this shouldn't be too challenging.

You can download reasonable quality quadrangle maps but it is awkward to find them on the basic and very rough map. Quality degrades quickly when zooming out. Another app works much better. After downloading a map there should be a way to go directly to that quad.

The maps are great. They load quickly and they are easy to use to navigate. Unfortunately, The new version has a relief map instead of the usual topo, and is missing the 4 wheel drive trails we use. This map is worth the price, I have used it for a few years and it always helps us get around.

This app worked OK on my iPod Touch when first installed several versions ago. Bought it to have backup topos in case my Garmin GPS failed on backpacking trips. I foolishly updated the app when the most recent version for iOS7 was released and now it does not function at all. Quads download incomplete and do not support zooming. Basemap disappears upon zooming to a level that lets you ID the area you want to view. No way to get support from the developer. DO NOT PURCHASE!!!

What a poor execution of software. I keep getting server -1000 errors. The quality of the maps are so poor that they are nearly useless. I am totally disappointed.

I use this in the Boundary Water Canoe Area in MN. I can pre-download the entire area before going since there is no cell tower reception yet. The GPS overlays on the map since it comes from satellite. The maps show most of the portage points/ routes. You should carry a set of real maps with you as a backup. My only grip is with the iTunes Store. I somehow got two Apple IDs. I was having problems withe the app, so I trashed and went to download it. I didn't think I would have to purchase it for a second time!

I can't even zoom in to a quadrangle to look for saddles ridges. Topographic quadrangles do not download from the USGS even while on wifi! Do not let the description fool you! BUYER BEWARE!! Biggest waste of $8 in a long time. Apple should remove this from the App Store

I can't get it to load any topo maps.

Total rubbish

Works great despite what other reviews say! Very detailed topo maps with nice resolution on iPad. Good buy.

When I try to zoom in it is blank. It's very slow. There is no email to contact support.

I am a long time user of Topo Maps but I wanted to try something that had more color in their maps so I downloaded iTopoMaps. I found that iTopoMaps constantly redrew as I moved the map center and just was not worth the wait. Also with iTopo, I never was able to download a map section in Quinico. Finally map downloads were much slower in iTopo. Lance

Nobody mentioned the app won't track you when data and cell coverage are not on. Would be good to know. Oh but you can still download and see the map in offline mode. Ya can on a paper copy too! Bs app. Don't waste your money

This app is built off of an awesome idea but just needs to change a few things. 1. The map quality is not that great compared to arc gis or other app using usgs topo. The next is the accuracy. At my house it shows my position 300ft from where I am. Arc gis puts me on the spot with better map quality. The goto, altimeter, speed is not in a convenient spot. The cool part is that it can store maps and put your position down with no service. I wish someone would improve this app or make another but higher quality.

Now, i wouldnt use it if they paid ME the $8. There are so many other better options out there. Save your money. Really.

As an avid backpacker, maps are my best friend (& GPS).I was intrigued enough by this temptation that I bought it notwithstanding the chorus of negative reviews. LEARN FROM OTHERS MISTAKES!! Move away from this "MIS-APP." It is useless unless you want only a birds eye view from 30,000'. The app WON'T: 1) zoom in; 2) might download 1 or 2 quads if app is given equal # days dedicated time (but see 1, you can't zoom in on a downloaded quad; 3) provide any way to contact developer for fix; & 4) if app has navigational tools as advertised, they're professionally hidden. Determined to crack this app, I wasted hours & hours on this "c-rap." Please learn from the mistake of an outdoorsman of 45+ years whose tried every navigational tool on 45 yrs. of markets: don't give away a dime to this so-called "developer."

If you love to have maps with trails and elevation contours, this is the app for you. It is great for planning hiking or mt biking routes. This is a very stable app on the iPhone 5s. However, I hate the new USGS digital map format. All the trails are gone. Perhaps the author will make the old map format an option again.

Crashes constantly. I just lost money on this! Apple, you need to pull this app.

I've used this app for a long time. I love being able to download quads for offline use. My experience has been that the navigation is spot on and my location is accurate. It is so fast on my 5s (it felt so slow on my 3G when I first bought it). Probably my biggest complaint is I feel like the interface is a little clunky. I'd like the interface to be more apple map/google map-esque. It gets the job done. The maps especially urban settings are dated but that is the usgs source. Leave yourself some time to download quads.

Back in 2010 this was a good app. I don't know what has happened since, but it has been worse than just languishing. The app has been crashing for a couple of years and device upgrades (at least). It has now been rendered worthless from the iPhone 4s through iPhone 6+ and iPads in between (read: not device related). The maps (quads) download about as fast as the U.S. Congress works. But that really doesn't matter since the app crashes upon open after that. There used to be a safe mode switch (they evidently knew their device was failing back then and built a workaround). But that is now gone. Other apps have Wx overlays, many map options like AVR, topo updates, visual satellite, trails - all interchangeable and for about the same price with constant updates to their apps. This app is just junk. Don't bulk up your device with apps that won't work at home, much less out in the field when you need them and when your life may depend on them. Stay clear of this app. It is just like the rest of those wasted dollars on lousy apps you've spent. Don't make my mistake.

User limits are poorly documented. A waste of money. Oh well, live and learn.

As an environmental scientist, I highly depend on topo maps when I'm out in the field. This app was great about a year ago when I traversed the western U.S. Lately this app has failed me and let me down considerably. It lags for a very long time. I have to wait an extended amount of time to find my location and it takes days just to download one quad. LOOK ELSEWHERE! This app was once great. It has gone downhill since.

If there was no stars...that is what this would rate....waste of time and money...it never loads

The idea behind this is awesome but when I downloaded USGS quadrangles south of Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite the edges do not align. Currently I would not dare rely on it for that reason. The mismatch seemingly occurs when a 1983 map datum like USGS Vogelsang Peak is adjacent to an older NAD 1927 datum map like Tenaya lake. Also the coordinate display for UTM, which is standard on many print maps, does not work, although all the variants of decimal degrees and degree-minute-second work fine. But my print maps have UTM grid only. Will be a great app once those bugs are fixed.

Pretty slick

Crashes on both iphone 5s and iPad.

iTopo is a great GPS app. I had to map some proposed trail routes on a ranch recently and brought along the iPad/iTopo as a backup. I checked the first few measurements with my paper quads and handheld GPS and iTopo was in complete agreement After that went with iTopo only. The only slight problem is that battery/electronics would occasionally botch my handheld compass reading. Just don't shoot your bearing with the compass on the screen.

This software is worse than nothing, because with no app you wouldn't go hiking with a false impression that you had a reliable topo map in your pocket that will reliably retain it's data when you're out of 3G range. Also, randomly refuses to load certain areas with no recourse. Avoid!

Can't even use this app. Crashes every time I try to do anything. Topo maps are severely poor in quality. Can get ones that have better detail from the Internet. Don't waste your time and money on this piece of crap. I'd say more but it would have to be censored.

Update (5-22-2015): It's nice that these people actually read the reviews and fix the problems that come up in their execution of the app. Thank you! The problem mentioned has been fixed!! Now the only major problem is the data-size of the Quads, but I doubt that can be reduced without effecting the quality of the mapping! It takes nearly 36 hours to download the 100+ Quads that I use with this app!! (2-11-2014)It's nice, the problem is that it uses the file extension .qdx for export, and ,qdx is an obsolete Audio File Extension According to a Bing Search that I did. Further, I was unable to import ANYTHING, I was (admittedly) trying to improt from an email.