onX Backcountry: Trail GPS App
- 55 of 100 · reviews
- 4.8of 5 · store
- 5,968ratings on the App Store
- 465reviews read
An editorial reading of the saved reviews
OnX Backcountry is praised for its clear layout, offline maps with no fear of losing signal, and frequent free layers, and some prefer it over AllTrails and Gaia. But in-app route building is finicky, it drops points on its own and won't let you remove them, the trail database is sometimes thinner than AllTrails, and the company splits features across separate paid apps while burying you in offer pop-ups and rating prompts.
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What people use it for
Off-roaders and hikers who need offline maps and land-ownership data in the backcountry
What reviews praise
Clear and fast layout, offline maps with no fear of losing signal, accuracy on the route, building your own route with a feasibility check
What reviews complain about
Route builder drops points on its own and won't let you remove them, trail database sometimes thinner than AllTrails, features split across separate paid apps, search fails to find popular trails, buries you in offer and rating pop-ups
What users experience
3 excerpts from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.
With offline maps, I don’t need to worry about cell service.
When I try to build a route it automatically includes my current location and there no way to delete it from route.
It could not find the first location I searched for!!! A very popular trail in the Gila Wilderness mind you. Deleted the app within minutes after my first search.
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