Avenza Maps: Offline Mapping App Reviews

Had a misunderstanding in regards to how its used and what it can be used for. Still upsetting change to move to subscription, but I can see avenzas side. "No such thing as a free lunch." Only flaw I see is how sudden the change was implemented. Performance wise this app is unbelievable as in past. There are none like it and it fits into a niche market for sure.

Was a great app and now Ill have to find something else after they are now charging an exorbitant amount :(

Anyone tested a good alternative to Avenza? The beauty of this app was its simplicity and accessibility for land managing agency and non-profit staff. Wildland firefighters in particular have relied on this app - providing an important safety margin. The ability to affordably install on numerous personal phones was critical for widespread use. Most agencies/non-profits are not going to be able to afford the 1000s of dollars to give their staff and volunteers access to a group account. And most of these staff are not going to be willing to pay that much out of pocket. And so a greedy business model brings us to the end of an era.

I guess Avenza expects to make more money this way even with the angry reviews. Hopefully a competitor makes an alternative app soon.

Used to be a great app that I would recommend to friends. Now they want $130 a year to get back features that have been free forever. Pathetic, greedy money grab.

Used this product all the time. Willing to pay for use but $130 annually is way over priced. Will work to develop Open Source solution. Bad pricing strategy.

Ruined a perfectly good piece of software by crippling it to only 3 files, if you want to make money, charge us for new features, dont hold the old ones hostage.

Update: After leaving a negative review the creators of this map responded immediately with a fix. This app again works flawlessly. Thanks

You are now charged $129.00 a year to get the things that once made this app great. Want mgrs look elsewhere. Want to import your own maps? Look elsewhere.... I want to give negative stars.

The last upgrade ruined the app. I make my own GEO referenced maps and have purchased some of the maps from their store. I had 30 maps loaded, until I upgraded to version 3. Now I can have only 3 maps loaded. This is a rip off. Why do I have to pay to see my own maps. They clearly are only interested in the all-mighty dollar. Whats worse is the description of the upgrade did not mention you needing to pay to see your own maps or to use the maps you purchased. Do not upgrade. Worked fine before.

We have been using this app for quite some time. With 3.x upgrade you are required to pay a subscription fee for storing more than 3 maps. We are abandoning this app due to this requirement.

It does the most important thing (for me) - find and download USGS topo maps. And shows your GPS position on the map. However, whenever I click the tool button to import a KMZ file to overlay on the map (great feature) it takes 15 to 20 minutes to load the tool! Very annoying when your trail crosses many maps. Other improvements - include the ability to sort your maps by distance from your position; ability to pan from one map to the adjacent map instead of going back to the map list; make it easier to filter search in map store - I get multiple maps at one location and struggle to hit the pin just right to get the map I want; and show footprint of map in map store map.

The maps I reviewed were good. All app features seemed to work well. How do I find online PDF maps outside the Avenza map store that have been geotagged and are compatible with this app?

Use it all the time hunting, hiking, biking, cutting firewood. You mane it... Theres a map for it.

I just downloaded the Stanislaus National Forest Vistor Map and was very excited about having it on my phone as I own it in hard copy and the PDF of the map is pathetic... Quality and zoom is what I would expect of something produced in 1990... I will let you know if they refund money as I asked for a refund directly after looking at the map and the "preview" was a thumb nail of the map that was useless.... Update, I informed them that a picture taken from my iPhone of the hard copy Of this map is around 3x clearer at full zoom than their map and after reviewing it they stated "its legible therefore we will keep it posted for sale" That being said clearly paints a picture to the quality and standard they hold for themselves.

Works well. Like ability to get location coordinates. Dont like having to pay for same map on iPhone and on iPad.

This is an excellent application that keeps getting better and better. Avenza is very responsive. I had trouble exporting photos they immediately responded with an explanation and then issued an update that fixed the problem shortly thereafter. Only complaint (minor) is that the latest update changed units of measurement to miles. This was quickly rectified bringing units back to standard. Keep up the good work. Thanks for an excellent product.

Every time I try and purchase a map it says it cannot connect to iTunes - though iTunes purchasing works fine for everything else. I even tried their GetMaps web portal and upon emailing the map link, the app tries to open and crashes. Crap.

Love the idea of this app! The problem is when outside of the wifi it cannot locate us on the map...?? I downloaded this to my 3rd gen iPad and the location services are set to on for this app, but if it cannot show us where we are on the map while exploring our National forests I just dont see the point.. If this function WORKED it would be perfect! At least for us..

I purchased on my iPad and it just sits there in the store and wont do anything when I click the Open button