Reviews for AlpineQuest Off-Road Explorer

Big problems for Android users. Maps, Tracks and print files etc are stored in Android/data. It seems that Android does not allow easy access to this area. Developers must give users the option to save and use these files in a more accessible location. The track recorder freezes if stationary for more than about 10 minutes, and having "no restrictions" on Android battery saver doesn't solve. Otherwise a good app with many useful features.

This is by far the best mapping app available. You can purchase features one by one so that you only pay for what you need. And it's not a subscription. If this app won't do it, it probably doesn't have anything with maps or navigation to do. I have used this app for terrestrial navigation for years, both in urban areas and wilderness. Even for boating, it can work like a dedicated plotter. And last but not least, the selection of free maps is unsurpassed.

The absolute gold standard of all navigation apps. I've tried most map-apps (and use them daily for work). Alpine Quest is by far the best for the outdoors. It might need some effort finding your way around all the options, but the map selection and versatility of this app is the best. I've used it for years, on quite a few hikes (on-trail and off-trail). Check out the Thunderforest maps.

A very useful app, especially if you plan to walk, climb or cycle outside the UK where paper mapping can leave a lot to be desired compared to OS. This review is based upon the previous version, I have not used " pro" yet in the field but one noticable improvement is that text on the maps, eg Street names or contour numbers, scale when zooming at a level which allows reading them more clearly on a phone, the font size before was very small.

After the demise of the brilliant Viewranger app and its appaling, unusable, replacement (which I won't name). I've tried every mapping app out there and this is the best of the lot by a long way. Maybe even better than Viewranger. For UK, don't think you can import paid OS maps but the free OSM maps for UK are now good enough to make this unnecessary in most situations. Worth every penny for the paid version.

The app is fantastic and very versatile! It has some really great features such as adding maplayers on the go. I can take a snapshot of a paper map, add it to my basemap, and manually and easily georeference it on my phone, all while being in the field. The support team is even better, I have always gotten the help I need. Easiest five stars ever given ✨

It's a good app and the opentopomaps are excellent. On balance though I prefer Locus Maps as it is more flexible (eg distance markers on tracks and routes) and offers a better selection of maps. Also Alpine quest has an annoying habit of drawing a long red line from your current location to the centre of the map you are looking at. I don't know what it's for and I can't find how to turn it off.

been using for years.. maybe like 10... never fails, no bugs, always can count on it to do what i need.. track, create waypoints and have maps available when hiking.

it's a very complex system. I cannot find where to simply press 'stop' at the end of a hike. it comes up 'waiting for signal' ie just stops when mobile screen saver comes on which is irritating.

I am A GIS and remote sensing lecturer in an international University in The Netherlands. This application is a jewel for hikers with functions and features that I did not see in many professional software to my reach. The learning curve is perhaps steeper than other software displaying position and the gpx file, but I can hardly think of a better software for planning, hiking, navigating, mapping, data collection and reporting,.

Great topo app, it has all the features and maps that I need for my hiking and mountaineering trips in BC. I've been using it for over 3 years. Some suggestions for improvements: 1. The elevation labels on the contour lines are hard to read, is it possible to increase the font? 2. The topographical map can be slow to download when the cell signal is weak. 3. There's no IPhone version yet.

Tried many and chose AlpineQ. AQ is not super simple to use, but it was fun figuring out the plethora of features it offers. A little patience with this app goes a long way. Offline navigation is a breeze once you spend a little time with it. Tons and tons of maps with the option of adding other sources or your own. Can't believe it took me so long to find this gem. Also, this is buy and own, not rent-ware like so many of the other nav-apps that don't get close to this one.

Very simply, the greatest backcountry mapping program available! It can be as simple to use or as in depth as you want it. Easy enough for beginners but enough features for even the most experienced backpacker. Reads hundreds of map formats and you can even make your own maps on a PC using MOBAC. I used to use pdf maps but AlpineQuest is 100 times better and worth every penny. Support is quick, knowledgeable and friendly answering even dumb questions. Get this app!! You wont regret it!

I would have given this app five stars right up until the May 25th update. I now no longer have the option to save and name a track. Apparently, Alpine Quest is now smarter than me because it supposedly auto saves them. Don't ask me where they go because I can't find them any more. I have to delete all of my tracks to remove them from the screen or my screen gets cluttered with all sorts of tracks over the top of each other. I have Googled it to try and figure it out and it's not worth it.

Great by far the best walk or hike mapping app I've used especially for map geeks since it can display pretty much any digital map available and also it never crashes and doesn't chew up CPU while recording unlike several others like MapMyHike, can't tell you how many routes that thing has lost on me due to it crashing or killing the battery. Well worth a purchase. Also one of the VERY few apps aware of the difference between UTM and EGM coordinates, which is especially important when calculating elevation or altitude, because the altitude GPS gives you is based purely on your height above a HYPOTHETICAL NEARLY IDEAL ELLIPSOID that doesn't actually exist in the real world and only very roughly approximates the actual shape of the surface of the Earth, which you need to know in order to calculate true elevation or altitude above ground level (AGL) or altitude above mean sea level (ASL or AMSL) from a pure GPS position source. And this app not only tells you but allows you to select the source of your position, some of which can be wildly incorrect like if your cell tower's position was set in a different coordinate system than your phone expects! Things like that happen more often than you might think since most people aren't even aware of the existence of the many geographical coordinate systems much less the difference between them or how to convert one to the other. It's fairly buried in the settings but in the vast majority of other apps spitting out some value for altitude or elevation you have no idea in which coordinate system that number applies or where the number came from. This app can actually MAP the difference between UTM and EGM with the DEM Heights map overlaid over a topo map. Never heard of any other app that could accomplish that for sure. It continually impresses me more and more the more I use it and figure out how to use its power features.

Use to be dependable tracking app for hiking in the backcountry. Had no problems for years. Became "pro" from a update. Now it's worthless. It's failed to track my path properly the last 3-4 times i used it. If I was depending on it to get out, I would have got lost. This is a bad review. Avoid this app, could get you killed if your depending on it.

Works well, I am happy to have paid for the full version. Includes trail layers and ability to preplan a route, along with easy to download Japan GSI maps. There is a bit of a learning curve and I am not sure I have figured out how to use it optimally, but overall it suits me well. The real-time location saved me a couple times when I went off trail.

Really good GPS navigator. The maps and compass feature. It would be 5stars if it was a bit more straight forward to be able to recall waypoints and go to coordinates. Right now it takes too many buttons. I use it for work. There should be a quick press waypoint button since it is the most used featire of a navigation app. I'm still learning how to use it. I'll update.

Amazing App. I use it with Caltopo maps hiking every weekend. Great for finding my route, seeing slope angles. Not quite as slick as an app where you can search a route and immediately see a GPS track, but much more flexible and still easy to import them. Nice to be able to quickly see the elevation difference of nearby points. Haven't used the routing functions enough, but just played with it for the first time in years and I'm impressed. Can easily make a track along trails on a map.

Fantastic app for bike packing, hiking, dual sport motorcycling. If you dig into the app you can plot trips beforehand telling you elevations between way points, mileage, insert highlighted areas anywhere. Maps are precise and accurate. Works great in airplane mode. Basically you are wherever the dot is and you can plot distances from there. I'm not a GPS geek I just want something that works, easy to use and is accurate. Could care less what Joe blow did and if he had a good time. 5 stars