Reviews for NZ Topo50 Offline - South

For the cost this app is quite disappointing. The maps seem old and outdated, multiple huts that are shown have since been removed. Some trails have details but its only about 50% of them. I’ve found Gaia to be about just as useful in NZ

Great app, use it all the time when hunting. But, the points or POI need improving. When creating a new point, there should be a 1-touch manouvre, which should mark the user’s position, and not the ‘cross’ position. Also is there a way of displaying the point names on screen. ALSO, the top menu should […]

Great app has worked perfectly for me so far, it would be great though if you could add an option to put an overlay over the map showing doc land and national parks like on the online doc maps but go one step further and have an overlay for public and private land as well […]

Gps and tracking is very accurate. Topographic map is OK. There should be an option to change from “north up” to “track up”. Also being able to create way points by tapping on the screen would be handy. I only managed to store the way point of my current location. The compass doesn’t work. Turning […]

Super good. My wish would be that we could switch on overlays with general public land parcels such as DOC areas (not just hunting areas), and also regional reserves and parks. Banks Peninsular is a great example, many public reserves there and tracks that we can’t view on this map.

Works well. Would really love the ability to download high res satellite overlay for smaller areas. Zoming in on the current satellite image can be poor quality to see small festures. Also the ability to import images with gps data as waypoints would be usefull. Overall good app that i use alot hunting.

Would be a great app but some basic functions don’t work for me. E.g. tracking stops after 5-20 minutes (so i cannot track walking progress at all), cannot mark a place (strange, on my partners phone it works both androids). I also don’t understand why it so clumsy to find my location on map, pressing […]

Super handy app I have been using this instead of a GPS for hunting. Seems very accurate I find the DOC hunting block boundrys very useful particularly in the molesworth and Stewart island where the blocks are small and difficult to identify. Also very handy how you can add points for marking animal sightings camps […]

Uses about 2GB of storage (just for the South Island maps). If you have the spare space on your phone then this is nicer to use than apps that allow you to manage offline downloads of maps manually. The interface is nice and simple to use, personally I prefer this app to BackCountry Navigator. Unfortunately […]

Travelling around New Zealand and completing a couple of great walks, including on Stewart Island, this app was invaluable and saved buying numerous paper maps. It accurately located us, relied on GPS only and never let us down. It provides precise co-ordinates and bearings at the top of the screen and indicates phone orientation. We […]

Good app, really accurate bearings, some of the buttons are glitchy/ hard to remove some pins you’ve set up. Would be good if you can set course onto a track and it tells you the distance as per the track/ you can bend the distance line, not just a straight line distance. Would be great […]

Really enjoy this app, and the Northisland version, Any chance you could add a zoom for the big scale? Trying to zoom at one scale and it jumps down a scale, then the writing I was zooming to see got smaller haha! Would be good to maybe have a button to push and that will […]

Very handy to use when out in the back blocks or your local forestry block. The live tracking blue dot is very useful. Cons. These topo maps are standard & haven’t been updated for years to add in or remove roads that no longer exist. Currently doing recce in forest blocks & find new roads. […]

I have tried all the others hoping for something free. I even tried one of the freemiums that allowed you to cache maps if you paid. Of course, whenever I needed it somehome *that* part of the map would appear blank… This app however is totally different and the maps come complete with the app. […]

best option back country, easy to find locations / huts through search feature and faultless

Great app, used it plenty for tramping and hunting, in and out of reception. wouldn’t be without it now!

Compared to OsmAnd very basic but cheaper and if you only want a basic topographic map app (limited to the South Island) that allows for gpx/kml tracking then this app is more than adequate as it is also easy to use. A significant potential downside of this app is it’s large file size. This would […]

Best app o have downloaded, perfect for when out hunting or tramping. Yo don’t need reception for it to pick up your location. It shows you hunting and fishing spots and allows you to add many different types of markers on the map which is good for setting possum traps or where you have seen […]

the latest update has made the layers unusable, they don’t load most of the time.

I’m struggling with layers after what I assume is a recent update. Looks like I have to install all layers that were previously automatically available under settings. After my first attempt at installing a layer – conservation boundaries – they are not showing up at all despite being toggled on. Suggestions?