This was once a great app. I used it almost daily for everything from planning trips, marking campsites, tracking adventures, you name it. The price increase had me questioning my need for the premium subscription. The new updates have me questioning my need for this app at all. It takes forever to load, doesn’t work […]
Reviews for Gaia GPS: Offline Trail Maps
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Keep increasing the subscription price without fixing bugs. Once the app was purchased by Outside it seems to have gone down hill. My subscription price has doubled over the past couple years with minimal improvement to the app. The layers are great and it’s generally easy to use but sometime the bugs can be very […]
UPDATE: 45-days and still no fix. I won’t be renewing. Gaia has for quite sometime been buggy, but now it’s really broken. With the latest update (9/24) it no longer syncs correctly. It won’t sync my routes or offline maps. If I make changes on my desktop, for example, it won’t show up on my […]
Lately my trail recording has suddenly been awful. Jumpy and inaccurate, and has happened in numerous places, airplane mode on, etc. It had been so good, but something changed recently. Also having issues syncing phone data to the cloud. Just lots of issues lately, unfortunately. Will happily update the review if they’re fixed, because it […]
Awesome, must have for people into gps maps who want to do some route finding. Edit: This was a really awesome app, but for reasons that are completely incomprehensible to me, they devs have ruined the best feature. You used to be able to easily and quickly create routes that would snap to the contours […]
I’ve been using Gaia GPS for a while now for road trips and hikes, and it’s been a good experience so far. However, a few issues need to be addressed, the functionality is cumbersome to use. ie: You can’t download a gpx file using the mobile app, and you can’t delete tracks on the web […]
So, now it’s required to link an account to use the app… That’s what happens when small good companies are acquired by big companies, they just evolve to something worse… I guess it’s time to move on to an alternative, not reliably attached to an online account, emails, premium sub promos all the time, etc.
The offline maps are impossibly slow to download (~100Mbps internet). I have a dedicated Android tablet for maps and navigation stuff, and have no such issues with Garmin, OnX, etc. 4 days after reaching out to Gaia support, I have heard nothing back from them. I like the map layouts, prefer the map layouts to […]
Tracks now have no functionality on the map. I tried converting tracks to routes on my computer, but then I only get half or a third of the track converted due to unspecified errors, even with a good internet connection. Can’t upload GPX from my phone, always an error. Outside seems to want to make […]
Gaia remains a good stand-alone app that does a pretty good job doing what it was designed to do. The interface is a tad klunky but it gets the job done. Since being absorbed by the media company, they abused privileges by adding a 2nd login of various privacy and notification settings that hide the […]
After 3 years of trying I’m done. Customer service was no help. Problems like map downloads freezing the app, folder edits not taking and mobile devices not syncing. Additionally, it feels like Outside is trying to turn Gaia into a social media app. Their forced login last year to become part of the Outside family […]
Will use all your data and storage. The app insists on automatically downloading every single map you have saved. So I routinely delete all its storage when I’m not in the mountains. I recently logged in to check something and it immediately started downloading all my saved maps over mobile data, even though it’s explicitly […]
This app was great but it is so buggy now. I can’t load other maps outside of the default gaia topo. My waypoints dissaper frequently when switching tabs and return to the main map page. Unusable! Could have actually been dangerous if I were relying on maps for navigation. I tried to send a message […]
zero indication that an Outside Online account is required, and then of course it’s a paid membership. this wouldn’t be as bad if their website actually worked and took you to a membership page instead of repeatedly loading the same list of products they offer when you click “join now” save your money and use […]
This app has mostly just gotten worse over the past few years. Lately, lots of crashes and freezing and so forth. It’s nearly unusable at this point. All customer service ever does is tell me to reinstall the app, which deletes all my map downloads, etc. The new corpo owners don’t care about this app […]
Was unable to sign in on android, it sent me to a browser link which never loaded properly. Could not reach support in a timely manner, so I ended up having to use a different mapping app. Don’t use this if you can help it, there are better options. Edit after contacting support: Gaia has […]
No complaints but a request: please add an “are you sure you want to finish this track?” pop up or similar when hitting “finish track” like other similar apps have. I cannot be the only one out there who accidentally hits “finish track” instead of “pause recording” on occasion and it’s frustrating as there’s no […]
I’ve been using this app for many years now. It used to be great but now it has CONSTANT ISSUES and is UNRELIABLE. Also, their customer service is HORRIBLE. As a premium member, you can only email them. I had an issue I reported over a year ago that never was resolved. I had another […]
The new login is useless. Who/what is Outside? I’ve never heard of them, have no need for them, and I thought the app had been hacked. What’s wrong with logging into the app itself? Just creating needless problems and confusion. I can’t find a function on the map to center where I am now. Every […]
This used to be my favorite, most trusted app. There are so many glitches now that it’s hard to trust it to navigate in the backcountry. I hate to make the switch while having all my saved tracks on the map, but safety is much more important. Im not sure why they are trying to […]