Avenza Maps

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R5] 5/5 · US My go to river app: I have been using these maps for years. The accuracy is impressive. The ability to know where we are on the river has saved me from more than just one take-out mistake.
2. [R45] 5/5 · US Real Time: The app is excellent didn’t know what to expect. Riding a gravel bike I was able to follow myself on the map in real time and know I was on the correct road. GPS function I did not realize the iPhone even had, no cell phone for calls, oh well, but I knew where I was. 61 mile ride, no wrong turns.
3. [R70] 4/5 · US Great Capabilities, Knots Incorrect: I have used this app for two years now on a variety of offline adventures including hiking, driving, exploring, canoeing and sailing. Offline mapping with GPS has saved me from getting lost on faint trails and is fantastic for bushwhacking to find map features in trail-less areas. The online- only basemap highlights public land in green and has repeatedly
4. [R80] 5/5 · US Great for hiking/hunting: I use this for hunting and hiking my local GOV grounds. It’s very accurate gps system with no internet needed. Keeps me within boundaries and I can track my movement to review.
5. [R7] 3/5 · US Used to be better: As a wildland fire safety officer, I used to be able to download custom maps with the free version. Now, I can’t so I’m forced to purchase a plan. The wildland fire community is being pushed into using Field maps, and I may eventually go that route, too.
6. [R42] 5/5 · US Forestry Operations Manager: Really appreciate the easy of use Avenza offers, great for field work.
7. [R63] 5/5 · US Functional and easy to use/train: 10year Professional User
8. [R95] 5/5 · US Definitely worth the download.: Absolutely great, we use the app every day at work and has never been any issues, great for the Forestry industry.
9. [R2] 5/5 · US So easy!: Thank you Avenza for making it easy to upload .pdf maps and follow them in my map app with a blue dot!
10. [R15] 5/5 · US Best maps app: I used grid maps for land nav in the Army. The maps and tools available on this app are just as good as paper maps and tools, but much more compact, and you can download up to date maps instantly. Some maps are paid, some are free, but I think the value is still good for what you get if you pay occasionally.
11. [R24] 5/5 · US Review of Avenza: I am fascinated to be able to import historic aerials into Avenza and use them to find historic sites while I am walking the area! It is accurate and easy to use! Makes the histotic aerials compatible with Google Earth!!!
12. [R97] 3/5 · US Good for offline: Works great for offline maps. You can download up to date PDF maps directly from USFS and Avenza will import them from the file without any configuration. However, I wish there was a way to specify map limits (shrink) due to the white margin. Avenza will switch to another map automatically if you cross the border however there is a large white margin for many from USFS. Also the
13. [R90] 5/5 · US Horse trails!: If the forest or park or campground is here you can find by searching the store.
14. [R91] 5/5 · US Awesome App: I built georeferenced PDF’s for a fire department and used maps provided a logging company as a fire watch. The Store prices are excellent. What’s not to like?
15. [R102] 5/5 · US Avenza is the BEST!: Clearly the best offline, GPS, GNS, map app! I especially love the historical maps that are available. One map that I use all the time for finding old gold mining sites is dated 1859! Accurate and reliable!
16. [R104] 5/5 · US Feature Rich!: I am amazed at the capability of this app. The menus are pretty intuitive, there are loads of maps available on the store, and import/export is easy. This is now my go-to when navigating through parks. Thank you, devs, for making an app that simply works and isn’t littered with ads and paywalls. 11/10
17. [R29] 5/5 · US Handy for what I need the app to do: I have been using Avenza off-line mapping for years and it does well for what I needed to do.
18. [R36] 5/5 · US Would recommend: Fast downloads maps easy to understand; user friendly
19. [R74] 5/5 · US What a Backpacking Map App Should Be: Just as the title says, this is the app that you will actually use as a backpacker. Flashy tracking, metrics, and user submitted images are definitely cool elements of some other apps, but if you actually want to navigate, downloading a full map and being able to zoom in on every little detail is really what you need. This offers that without any of the buggy
20. [R75] 5/5 · US Works as Stated: Using this App for the Long Trail in conjunction with Garmin. So far so good.
21. [R1] 1/5 · US Useless: As a long-term casual user, I am very disappointed with the pricing plan change. I have happily used the app for many years for cross country backpacking. I like to know where I am. Now, as a “free” user, the only map I can access is the OSM. This map is absolutely useless. I cannot see the details of this map. As suck I am unable to navigate with it.
22. [R6] 3/5 · US Updated map limits: This app has been great for so long, but the recent changes to custom map import limits is making me look for alternative apps.
23. [R8] 1/5 · US Nice changes: I like how once I get to a fire you guys made an import limit so I’m screwed on mapping at the moment.
24. [R16] 1/5 · US Paid service sucks: Having to pay for this app got to make this the worst app ever now. A lot of people used this for fire fighting and now we have to pay the greedy. Wouldn’t recommend downloading.
25. [R20] 3/5 · US Great app, but…: … no longer supports uploaded maps in the free version; upgraded version is overpriced for occasional users of a single map.
26. [R23] 1/5 · US Scam: I paid 170 bucks for pro and it expired a month later asking me to pay again. The 170 was supposed to cover a whole year and yet it barely covered a month.
27. [R28] 1/5 · US New fees are ridiculous: It is disappointing how this app has been free for years for the basics announced behind them very expensive paywall I will use other free apps
28. [R9] 2/5 · US Functional sort of: Terrible user interface. If you’re really patient and don’t mind unnecessarily complicated steps to make field notes and edits you may find this app to be ok. It does the job but does so in a very inefficient manner. This is magnified while in the field and dealing with less than ideal environmental conditions.
29. [R19] 1/5 · US Download map: The font is so big for an iPhone. I couldn’t download and pay for nap because I couldn’t get to the bottom of the huge font.
30. [R26] 2/5 · US Hard to find: It is difficult to find the map I’m looking for.
31. [R96] 4/5 · US Not a bad app: User friendly and accurate gps for being free. Not impressed with the search engine kinda hard to find the maps you want
32. [R11] 1/5 · US Paywall & Data Freeze: Very disappointed with recent changes no longer allowing custom maps without a paid subscription & preventing publishers from updating their maps in the Avenza store. This was my favourite mapping app for the back country & it is now unusable.
33. [R22] 2/5 · US Was a Great App: Don’t upload your own maps, especially if you have a free account. There’s no way to “activate” inactive maps, whatever that means. Free accounts can’t export. Effectively, the map isn’t yours.
34. [R25] 1/5 · US Do not trust Avenza for long term!: I used Avenza maps for multiple elk and mule deer hunts. Loved the interface very clean tracks and waypoints. BUT!!! I saved vital tracks in, glassing spots, access around pinnacles and bluffs. Days and days of vital information for return trips. All was good for about 5 years. I went to open a map for a Nevada mule deer hunt I drew again but it would not open.
35. [R41] 1/5 · US This app is no longer free: I’ve been using Avenza for years, mostly during the summer and would import custom maps of places I’d hike, hadn’t reached the 20 map limit, to ensure I don’t get lost. Now, not only do I have to pay to import any amount of maps, but the placed the one I already had in the system as inactive. I used to recommend to everyone but I can’t in good conscience tell others to
36. [R107] 4/5 · US Good overall: Overall a good product. Will rate 5 stars if it starts supporting Apple Car Play.
37. [R108] 4/5 · US Use it almost everyday great app: Hello love the app and use it for forestry and fire services almost everyday. Only thing that would be better is if it would be compatible with apple and android car play. Would make the app much more user friendly, especially for looking at new jobs. Not sure how hard that would be but would definitely be more convenient in the use for forestry. Thank you
38. [R207] 3/5 · US Good but needs Apple CarPlay functionality!: This app is great for navigating MVUMs but it’s a pain that it doesn’t work with Apple CarPlay. Because it doesn’t I’m forced to use two navigation sources (phone w/ Avenza and CarPlay w/ Gaia GPS MVUMs) for accurate location and direction. Please update app to work with CarPlay. Pretty please. With a cherry on top.
39. [R514] 3/5 · AU Good start: This app is good with a great variety of maps. This could be an awesome app if it worked on CarPlay. This has been asked for, for years now, I don't understand the delay. I have spent $100,s on maps only to have to use other apps to track my location. There are literally thousands of requests for this to be added to CarPlay
40. [R13] 1/5 · US Going to get firefighters/public killed.: Need a better way to enter coordinates that doesn’t autocorrect. Caused massive navigational errors when heading to wildfires. Use any other app for plotting coordinates.
41. [R382] 3/5 · CA Recent decline in UI?: Hey all! @ dev support. I’m experiencing a recent issue with Avenza. (Past 6 months or so) Every time I go to change the map view, the app doesn’t respond to my touch. I’ll need to do what ever I’m attempting to do, twice. I.e. change the zoom, move around my location, set a pin, calculate distance, etc. Another extremely common issue I’m having is that the gps is not loca
42. [R431] 3/5 · CA New Horizons has made your app very laggy: I’m on an iPhone 11 Pro. Really disappointed with this update - things are noticeably laggy and less responsive now. I use this app professionally all day so this is really a problem for me!
43. [R52] 3/5 · US Pretty useless as a self-guided walking map: This app might work for some doing fishing hunting where you create your own maps/trails. However, planning a day trip to Rottnest Island (Australia, Perth area) the RottnestIsland.com website suggested this app and to download the “Wadjemup” trails. Ok, 4.99$ later (the app is free but you pay for maps) I realized I just wasted 4.99&… since it provide
44. [R264] 3/5 · GB Limited mapping: I have yet to test App in the field. However I am disappointed at the scarcity of high quality maps available for South America. I was hoping for 1:25000 maps of mountains, including Santa Isabél in Colombia, and Salkantay Machu Picchu
45. [R405] 3/5 · CA Just Use google maps: I bought a map to get a better look at backroads for hunting but it is worse then just using google maps.
46. [R489] 3/5 · CA More recreational walking and hiking Maps in Victoria: More recreational walking and hiking Maps in Victoria suggested please.
47. [R3] 1/5 · US Corporate greed ruins everything: Time to find an alternative
48. [R127] 3/5 · US Great, But Can Be Improved: Overall a great app for our architectural site visits. Unfortunately, the annotation tools are very limited. It would be great to be able to use the pen to make annotations and sketches on additional layers. The current annotations and the location markers are cumbersome.
49. [R43] 4/5 · US Expensive yearly price tag: I've had this app for about 9 years now and it had a free use section. It's a very good mapping tool but when I updated it, it said the maps I was using were no longer supported in the free mode. In order to use the maps I now have to buy into the subscription which is $34 a year. That's too expensive for me and how often I use the mapping. As a paramedic running calls
50. [R34] 1/5 · US Get a user base who is happy with a fairly priced solid product and pull the rug out: Making users pay $170 for a pro subscription that’s is basically the same as the $25 subscription we’ve previously been using is a crime. Looking forward to an alternative app.
51. [R66] 5/5 · US Misleading: Though the app is free to download it costs a yearly subscription of $165 to import anything and run it. Found this out AFTER I purchased a map that only runs on this platform. Very disappointing and falsely advertised.
52. [R14] 1/5 · US No longer free! $$$$: This app started out ok, but kinda clunky for viewing geoPDFs, but pushed by USGS ISFS, BLM, state fish and game depts. and other public sources for geoPDF maps products. Start hitting limits years ago on how many imported pdf maps you could add. More headaches than it was worth to use it much. Now zero map imports allowed without a heavy subscription fee. Moving on to No
53. [R48] 1/5 · US Removed custom maps from Free account: I’ve been using custom maps in Avenza for years. I only need them a few times a year, but when I do, it was always incredibly helpful. They’ve now removed the ability to import your own which, while something I need, is not worth $35 a year in subscription fees. I’m now looking for another solution.
54. [R110] 5/5 · US Fantastic app!: What a fantastic mapping tool. I can’t recommend it highly enough. It’s very user friendly and easy to navigate, and the offline functionality works like a charm. I highly recommend Avenza.