Guru Maps App Reviews

One thing that I have found that I dislike about the app is the search function. Let’s say I open the app and conduct a search. It finds my results, and if I select a result, a new panel appears on the right side of the screen that shows the update map. I cannot seem to merge the search results into the main screen. I do not want a small sliver of screen. If I search for a location, chances are I want the map to be centered on my selected search result. Full screen, big map. No small windows or split screens. Horrible aggravating implementation of search.

Wonderfully useful as visitors from the USA

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While this app has its issues, the concept is so wonderful. It makes travelling so easy, using your GPS data on downloadable maps. Very accurate, and I love the ability to save folders of points of interest for different trips. Keep working on this app - it's great!

I can sync between my iPad and iPhone. Search the net for using Google maps. Still using this after 2 years.

I had previously paid for the offline Topo maps and now they aren't available at all in this newest version 3.4? This was the only reason I used Galileo and now all the utility is lost for me. What gives?

I've been using it for years and it just keeps getting better!! Lots of updates all the time, they are on the ball. Constantly updating the app AND updating the downloadable free maps. It has small DETAILED downloadable maps that you can access fast, require no data (other than when you download them) and uses less power (no data means less power). Be sure to download your maps in advance of your trip so you don’t eat up your power or data. This is not ANYTHING like what the program would do the first few years that it was out, this is an AWESOME FREE improvement. This app works SO DIFFERENT now, YOU NEED TO IGNORE REVIEWS OLDER THAN A YEAR. If you download AND select vector maps in advance, you will not use data with this app. This feature costs nothing. It’s great to have a map that does not require data downloads or a signal. I travel to Costa Rica often and it’s a must have app. Please understand what this app does. It’s a digital MAP, not a GPS, the map will show you where you are, not route you (just like a big paper map, but with a magic dot where you are). If you download the vector maps (and have the settings set for vector maps) it does not need any data (I use this on an iPad with no data plan and it works great!). These are vector maps: small detailed scaleable maps. These are easily downloadable from the app itself. This means with a quick download (size varies on state/country) I have all the details do the the city street and many landmarks. Here’s the important part: if I’m in an area of Michigan with no cell coverage I can still view my map because I already downloaded the whole thing! (You MUST leave your settings on “vector", or it will try to download maps for whatever setting you are set at!) This is one of the first apps I install on people’s iPhones for them. It’s great to have a map that does not require data downloads or a signal. I travel to Costa Rica often and it’s a must have app. They recently added vector maps: small detailed scaleable maps. These are easily downloadable from the app itself (they are rolling this feature out, so you may not see every country yet). This means with a quick download (size varies depending on state/country) I have all the details do the the city street and many landmarks. Here’s the important part: if I’m in an area of Michigan with no cell coverage I can still view my map because I already downloaded the whole thing! (You MUST leave your settings on “vector", or it will try to download maps for whatever setting you are set at!) Please do not leave a bad review if does not do something you think it should do, read the description for what it says it does do! I say that because this is one of those apps with a huge number of 5 star review and 1 star reviews but most of those 1 star reviews are because the program is not supposed to do what they are complaining about, the reviewer didn't read the description. They added the vector feature close to a year ago, reviews from before then aren't even accurate any more, the addition of the vector maps TOTALLY changes the way the program works (although all old features still work too). My old maps (created the hard way) still work great, but 99% of the time I’ll be using these new vector maps. Other EXCELLENT features require in app purchase (these features are free in pro version): Downloading other off-line maps (this is great and it why I purchased it in the first place) you can get maps from different sources and build them (on your desktop computer) and put them on the device for later. I downloaded great maps with heights of the hills/mountains for where I hike in Costa Rica, I don’t need to use international data roaming for this since I built them once and they stay on the device. You can also leave bookmarks in the app, incredibly useful for marking places that have no other frame of reference. You can have it record a path/trail for where you have been and view (or export) where you’ve been. When hiking, I think of it as bread crumbs. I miss the old app icon but I’m not going to ding the app any points for that! These folks listen to feedback so write them with suggestions, people complained about the alert notifications and they removed it (but the old reviews are still there). I’ve sent them country suggestions (was there a week or two later), font size suggestions, bug reports and more. They’re constantly updating the maps and they have WAY more maps available then back in early 2014 when they added downloadable maps to the app.

I have used this app to travel internationally for the past two years. This app has always lead me in the right direction, I have never gotten lost abroad. Guys you are doing a wonderful job, please keep at it!!

Galileo Maps is my go-to app when I'm traveling abroad and either have no data plan for the country I'm in, or (if there's a partner carrier--decently common for my plan) when the data is slow. Since they've added Vector maps, preloading a country or state's maps has been a breeze. It's similarly useful if I travel somewhere off-grid, such as trips through wilderness areas or national parks. I did pay to unlock all the features, and one of those was GPS recording--so not only is the app useful when I'm somewhere remote, but when I am remote, I'm probably hiking/trekking, so it's doubly useful in such situations. The app isn't perfect: it either doesn't do directions, or doesn't do them very well, as I haven't noticed any such feature. Finding locations or points of interest via the search isn't as effective as either Apple or Google maps' searches. The GPS recording has significant issues (on my 6S plus) with "jitter" where it'll sudden record a point where I'm a half mile away and the next point will be accurate. This magically adds a mile to distance-traveled that didn't really happen. This doesn't always happen, and in the past, seemed to happen less, but it's frequent enough to ruin distance measurements for many treks. I'm not sure what made it worse recently. Maybe it was upgrading from 5S to 6S? Or maybe a software change..I have no way to know. I suspect it's more of a problem in urban areas where the phone relies both on GPS and wifi for triangulation. My only other complaint is that pre-loading a phone with raster maps (largely unnecessary now, since they have the very easy to acquire vector ones) is a little challenging. You can either do it within the app by simply moving and zooming the app around--it just caches the data. Of using a desktop Java app to make a bundle. Sadly, that desktop app has a horrid UI, which almost seems like a "protest-UI"--determined not to emulate any other map app UI's. In any case, this app is tremendously useful in the right situations. It's kept my phone from becoming an electronic brick when I leave coverage areas. I could certainly imagine wilderness situations where it could be a lifesaving tool, if the user had the foresight to preload their state/country's map.

It's fast, the maps look good, and the features are useful and appropriate. There is not a lot of fluff. Downloading maps is fast and convenient. A big feature is having the maps on the phone (so you don't need cell network access). I'd suggest purchasing the "all-in-one" feature pack.

I was hooked once I tried the trial which included the Pro features. There was no question as to whether I should buy it or not! Even if you buy a SIM in a country, you never know when the signal will be spotty. Galileo is a bullet-proof backup plan. That plus the GPS tracking makes for a fun way to record flights, bus rides, and hikes, which you can quickly/easily backup or export to use within Google Earth, MapBox, and probably others. Galileo gets a spot on my bottom row! Don't travel without it!

Some might call me obsessed with maps especially when traveling! Galileo is a great tool for planning trips as well as recording tracks of where you've been in great detail. I have constantly found new ways of utilizing this app.

Better than google maps.

Have been very happy with the quality of maps, especially offline availability. The new update will not open on my iPad. I'm sure the problem will be addressed soon.

Went to Ecuador and had to find a house in Ambato -- downloaded the map and voila!

This is my daily go to app for more than a year until today. I did the update from 3.4.7 to the new 3.4.9 and now the app will not even open How do I roll back my update?

One of the best offline apps I have found. Have been using it for several years without problems. Nothing short of great.

It's a phone, what's there to actually complain about?! It has more power and options than any laptop or GPS older than two years. Shut up, quit "researching," and buy it!

This is such a great tool to have! Being able to locate trails wherever you find yourself is a significant benefit. Very much worth the price!

The app was working like a charm until the very last update. Now when I open the setting menu inside the app half of the screen becomes black and it takes some time to go back to normal. By the way, I have iPad Pro 9.7. Please fix this. Otherwise the app is excellent.

Like always awesome

Worked great

Application is very good working itself. But after the app. each update you have to download full map again as the name of update. It causes lost time and if you downloaded many maps, you use internet just for this app. So it is boring to keep update.

Like the import KML feature

Galileo is very polished and packed with features. I have used this to get around my own town online as well as other countries without cell service with great success. The map quality for Open Street Maps is not as good as Google or Apple maps in my city, but the great part is i can fix errors in minutes instead of “reporting a problem” with the map and waiting months for it to be fixed.

While I am not a digital map expert, this is going to be very useful for hikes, urban exploration, and sharing information. And practical as well. The documentation is excellent, especially for a non-map person like me- and the developer was very responsive to a couple of technical questions I had. This review is really for the pro version. I did the in-app $3.99 purchase right away, which yields the same capability as simply buying the $3.99 pro version. This is really a review for the pro-vets

The best offline app for navigation and tracking! I tried other apps, this one is my favorite.

This is my favorite GPS app. I use it to log my bike rides and hikes, then upload to MapMyRun. I also use it to keep track of my flights-I travel a lot for work. Finally, I use it as a volunteer for my local land trust-the boundaries have been converted to GPX files, so I can easily find the borders of our properties to check for encroachment. Easily worth the price. It keeps getting better, too! Now you can pause and restart a recording (like when you stop on a bike ride for a break).

Too buggy, especially if try your so called offline mode. And remember, putlerlover, that Crimea is not Russia, it is Ukraine.

Удобная программа с оффлайн картами, полезно заграницей или там где нет интернета!

Loses GPS lock easily or just never aquires it in the first place. Get used to seeing a '?' A lot of the time when you try to find out where you are. Not the app you want to use when you need to find out where you are.

Works well so far. Still learning the app.

The 60-day trial was determinant in buying this app, because I really missed the paid features after so many time using it. It paid itself quickly because it helped me a lot in my travels.

You pay 4$ and you are done - you have all the maps of the world, including trail maps, in front of you. No need to use data. Simply download the map of the state or country you are going to before your trip and you are done! Several benefits: 1. You can store your points of interest on the map forever. Your friend recommended you a nice restaurant? You have discovered new location you want to remember? Everything is easy to store for use in future. 2. You can store all your routes' treks and see what was your speed and altitude profile. Very useful for keeping track of your trips. 3. You could easily import maps of your friends or your maps from google maps in gpx format. Conclusiong: I have been recommending to all my friends who travel and they love it! Simply the best!

I never would have guessed how completely this app has improved my experience traveling both for pleasure and for research. I'm continually astounded by the level of detail available in the tiny little back paths of places like Sicily and Cyprus, and on a number of occasions I have discovered new sites I didn't even know to search for. The GPS populates the map even with no mobile service or data, meaning that the app can be used for navigating in real time virtually anywhere in the world, and all that is needed is a little advance planning (with a wifi connection). Getting (unwillingly) lost and buying copious and unwieldy paper maps are things of the past.

90% satisfied with this APP on my iOS 7.1.2 iPhone. On my iOS 6.1.4 iPhone, the APP now launches, but nothing works beyond that. All buttons are dead.

I've had this app for several years now and it always amazes me. I just loaded 26000 campground waypoints for the US. All one needs is files in gpx format. I have many different waypoint file loaded. The small vector maps for states/countries are awesome and quite detailed.

The Best!!!!!! Lo mejor es que es offline y me a servido de mucho.

I've been using this for three years now, and love it. Get this app. Get MOBAC. Go offline anywhere you want. You can build layers from different maps. You can choose spots to get more or less detail and leave intermediary levels out to save disk space. Customize like mad, once you get really into it. This mapper is so awesome. Record routes, mark waypoints, export to other apps, and if you didn't quite make the ideal map, you can resort to the full state vector map you downloaded, just in case. Really, too cool for school.

Great offline map viewer with excellent search function. The best feature is that it uses vector maps which load and scan extremely fast. Why using pixelated tiles when there vector maps out there?! The makers of Galileo have clearly seen the great advantage of this low-footprint technology at a very early stage of the app development. Importing trails for cycling works like a charm. No complains from my side.

This is one of the best apps ever. The software is fast and reliable. If you look at the low reviews here you will see that every one of them is written by someone who doesn't understand this app's purpose. No, this is not a turn by turn gps. No, the app maker did not create the maps. I use Galileo almost daily. Updates have been frequent and filled with good enhancements. As a software developer I can tell that the team behind this app are solid engineers who know what they are doing. I put Galileo in the top 1% of apps I've used.

I love this app. I've used it for motorcycle navigation and hiking. It couldn't be easier to import a route and the map download sizes are much smaller than other apps. And now you can view Google maps in the app with a data connection. Buy this now.

Spent 2weeks driving around Europe and with this app I was able to locate my position on the very detailed map totally offline. I kept my phone on airplane mode and the GPS was extremely accurate. It even displayed the speed, location and altitude of the flight I was on! 10 stars!

The Crimean Peninsula isn't the part of Russia. It's occupied part of Ukraine, so according to the UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 (adopted on March 27, 20014), developers must correct this.

Check the map for mistakes. Crimea is Ukraine not russia

This has been my go-to app while living abroad. I'm able to mark places so that I can remember where to go in each city.

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good

Muy buena aplicación, funciona hasta en el último rincón del mundo No dejen de mejorar 👍

The best navigation app I have ever used. I really love it

This has been my go to app for close to two years. I've used it in Major cities in the U.S. and the jungle villages of Central and South America. It is flawless. Recently I had an issue with an update crashing. Sent a note to customer service and received a response within hours. A fix ( update ) followed within a day. This on over the labor day weekend . I've never seen such quality service. This App rocks and the service is beyond stellar. Thanks Evgen

Love that it is free and shows terrain for all my trad climbing routes in Yosemite Valley. I can record the gps trail map, save pins for not so well marked climber trails. Have been using this app for over 5 yrs!