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Hiking Project

#24 of 25 in Hikes and routes

  • 40 of 100 · reviews
  • 4.5of 5 · store
  • 1,973ratings on the App Store
  • 501reviews read
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An editorial reading of the saved reviews

It used to be a beloved free app from the REI era, simple with great tracking and driving directions right to the trailhead. After OnX bought it many say it turned into an ad wrapper and started crashing on launch on newer iPhones. Offline barely works, maps do not load without signal, search is weak, and saved maps vanished for people after an update.

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What people use it for

For those who remember it from the REI days and want free tracking with directions to the trailhead, if the app even launches on their phone

What reviews praise

Free, great route tracking, accurate trail detail and elevation profile, driving directions to the trailhead, legacy of REI-era simplicity

What reviews complain about

Crashes on launch on newer iPhones, offline barely works and maps do not load without signal, became an ad wrapper after the OnX purchase, weak search and many missing trails, no kml/kmz import or gpx export, lag on zoom

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

Used to be a great app when REI owned it. Now OnX bought it and turned it into a nagware POS.

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