Reviews for Hammer: Truck GPS & Maps

This app is extremely good. I use it as an O/O for all my daily loads. I never have to worry about going down a narrow street for cars only, a low bridge, or any tolls. I can also change it to satellite view and select multiple ways to get to my destination if there's more than one way to get there. I highly suggest using this as a main or alternative GPS in the event you want a stress free drive operating a commercial vehicle.

Just last week, the app couldn't find a suitable truck route so it sent me on the car route. But the truck route was one exit further down the road. Many times, it has directed me several miles farther than necessary, just to have me U-turn and go back 6 or 7(or 10) miles to an exit I SHOULD have taken in the first place. Also, why, when I put in a specific Petro or T/A truck stop, does that truck stop not show up at the TOP of my choices. Overall, it's okay, but it needs some work.

App no longer connects to Bluetooth. Accept while on the phone. Then it connects and interrupts call. Every other gps connects fine. I've sent several messages to tech department, with no response. This was my favorite gps for years. Unfortunately I'm going to have cancel my subscription. Which is a shame. When this app worked (before last update) it was way better than any others. Now it's almost unusable. :(

I want to preface this with, at first I loved the app. But the more I use it, the more I hate it. Pros: good with routing around low bridges, weight restricted roads, etc. Cons: I've had directions freeze and had to restart the app, it tried sending me down roads that are posted no trucks, speed limits are not always accurate, and finally it will reset the trip mid way telling you to go back to your first checkpoint. Bought a $400 trucker GPS today as I'm fed up with it. Only use if no choice!

Not saying good or bad as a routing app. But, routing is easy. The number of options available on the market for CMV drivers, so many of them. This is obviously aggregated data from other sources. And repackaged. That is not a bad thing. My complaint is the actual searching capability. The app does not search then sort by GPS location. 17 miles away "Walmart"? Never displayed. BP next door, Never displayed. Motel 6 across the street? Every motel 6 displayed was over 250 miles away.

For a free trucking app I get what your going for but routing needs work. It's so clunky, no easy way to move stuff around without redoing the whole thing, communication error when you do and then it just does the same route originally anyways. I can forgive that but THE biggest glaring issue is it does not tell you when you're at a stop during a multiple stop route. It just keeps going like it's a giant round trip and no stops are there. I can't use it if I'm driving past my stops which I did.

In the past 3-4 months Hammer has been unable to even form a route for a multitude of locations. Its been giving me a screen of "communication error". This is usually resolved by punching in the address again and it works fine. App is up to date without any data or Wi-Fi connection issues. This morning however, it has failed to work at all. Even with uninstalling, restarting my phone, and reinstalling. Hammer has been reliable up to this point, it's a shame it's no longer.

Use this app if you want to find another career. Gets lost constantly. Has issues finding approximate locations. I know it's free, but it has many bugs and needs to be reworked. Your job is on the line, and the safety of others is on the line. Try Route4trucks for a free little app that functions well with your usual atlas GPS system. This app needs further development. 1 star

I'm using this and So far so good. I have just 1 issue. While navigating , the turns are somewhat harder to see because it is zoomed out too far. I can't really see the next turn while navigating even with a large screen. I think the team should consider having the navigation zoomed in a little more on turns... Everything else seems great so far. I see that they have allowed users to give a Truck Entry point which is very important. On Android, the app seems to work well on a mid range phone!

Has potential, it crashes constantly tho, if they fix that it will be great, but it needs to be fixed, maybe then I would subscribe for 2.99 or 5.99, depending on the reliability, but for now it is not up to speed with other navigation apps, hoping they fix the crash issue, it crashes every 5 minutes or less! Oops i missed my turn.... Ugh!, App crashed again! :(