Out of all of the apps I have purchased solely for their informational value, this app has remained one of the very first apps I make sure to download when upgrading phones. The area of the US I live in is very hilly and mountainous, and this app has helped me learn so much more about the region I grew up in.
Reviews for PeakFinder
← Back to PeakFindernot sure this is a device issue or app specific issue but the calibration is terrible on the Samsung Z flip 5. it's basically not even worth using because the overlay of the mountains don't even come close to matching. Appalachian and the Rockies... same issues.
Pretty cool application! Shows the peaks fairly well. I wish that all photos were dumped into a special photo folder in my main gallery. You have to go back in the app to see your photos. I do photography and wanted to use the in app photos as a reference to which mountain I am shooting. Could be a great program.
Used it for years and like the app for timing photography portrait sessions during the "Golden Light Hour" when affected by the mountains or hills behind which the celestial body will disappear or appear. Also useful for capturing impressive telephoto images of the moon or sun sets or rises behind distant mountains.
it is a feature-packed app. I'm aware of the technical challenges involved but it works remarkably well! I always have to do some manual adjustments after taking a photo, but it always takes me less than a minute before getting the final result. it is super simple to use and intuitive. my favorite features: the air distance to peak and possibility to open the peak GPS in another app.
Purchased Peakfinder as a world traveler. So far it has worked incredibly well for my travels, telling me the names in English and the original language (romanized). In Japan, it has told me a great amount of information from small mountains in the distance to large mountains. It gives me a sense of where to go for pictures and hiking. This app has been of great usage and I'm always excited to see new places around me and what they are called. No more guessing, "what's that mountain over there"
Better than most with room for improvement. Its hard to read outdoors because it's black and white with whisper thin lines and tiny text (would be nice if text could magnify). The field is view doesn't precisely line up with what the eye sees. You have to try to first find a peak you can match up then go from there. My biggest criticism is that the silhouettes of the peaks are a bit lacking in detail so for example clearly jagged peaks look quite rounded in the app making them harder to ID.
This is a slick app well worth what I paid for it. Sometimes I have trouble lining up the labels with the terrain or getting elevations to show up the way I want but that probably has more to do with my lack of practice, my phone, and needing reading glasses than the app. I love using it to identify mountains and orient myself on trails I've traveled many times but was blindly unaware of my surroudings.
It seems to only recognize the mountains around Denali. We were in Homer and tried the Kenai Peninsula, but it doesn't recognize thar there are mountains there at all. When I do a 360 I can still "see" the Denali Mountains. It is cool for the Denali area, but we didn't get the app until we left. So fairly useless other than thar from what I can tell.
I was having similar problems with my PeakFinder, but it turns out many of them were a result of two "operator error" -problems. 1) Never seemed to show the peaks in the direction I was pointing. I could manually match peaks to what I (or the camera) was seeing, but never did it automatically. This turned out to be interference with my vehicle(s) and a magnetic catch. Moving away from both resolved the problem...now lines up perfectly. 2) Wasn't showing peaks near me. Not sure why not (PeakFinder shouldn't need to be told "find me"), but selecting the tiny GPS button in the app snapped immediately to the right surroundings. Really like the height adjustment tool, and getting great labeled photos of mountains here in the White Mountains.
Well, another failed attempt to use this app. I've 100% downloaded the required data to use this app a while back. An update must have required the data to be downloaded again because as with every time I've summited a peak, and opened the app to see the names of all the peaks you can see the app doesn't work because it needs to download the 200MB of data again. You don't have service that far off the grid so it's useless. It's my fault for not double-checking...but just a fair warning.
Rarely works, wish I could get a refund. Someone at the bottom of a trail told me about the app and I thought it would be useful. Even if you predownload everything it still asks to update on every single launch and if you have no internet (rarely do when I want to use this app) it won't work 99% of the time. I've literally only gotten it to work twice out of the dozen times I've used it. Not worth the space it takes on my phone and certainly not worth $5. Hopefully one day this app is usable.
This app used to be easy to use. For the last couple of months, when I turn my phone to landscape to take a picture, all of the peaks' names stack up on each other, which means I can't read one peak. I have changed the orientation mode like it suggests, and I have uninstalled and reinstalled the app. Nothing changed. Any suggestions of what else I need to do?
Getting better with each release. I like the ability to select for peaks over a certain height. Really useful for eliminating clutter. I do have to realign the phone compass almost every day I turn on peakfinder, but no big deal. Might be nice to have a feature to exaggerate vertical relief, since the height differences often look larger in real life than on the screen. Of course that mode would have to be turned off during photo alignment mode. All in all, solid application.
If you live around mountains, or visit areas with mountains, this app is well worth the money. I enjoy being able to look at a mountain and know the name and distance from me. I paid for it once (about the cost of a draft beer) several years ago and have never seen an ad since. When I visit a new area I can download the new data and identify mountains without having any wireless service. You won't regret this purchase.
Absolute must, one-of-a-kind functionality, indispensable if you live, work, or otherwise spend time anywhere with an open view of the ocean, coast, lake, valley, or other expanse. You may be surprised what's actually visible out there on a super-clear day! One-time price is a pittance for what this powerful app serves up! Interface could be improved just in tiny ways (eg, making entry of a partial address in viewpoint selection result in a drop-down of choices via API), still 5 stars by far
Great app. Here's a feature idea. I mostly use this on my photos in post process, where there is often not enough room above the peaks for your labels. It would be ready handy if PeakFinder had the option to change the canvas size of the photo to make enough room for the labels above the peaks. And you could add styles of the transformation into a color of choice (black line, gradient, ai generated sky etc.). It would be especially useful since even apps like PS can't change canvas size. Thanks
Great concept, though execution leaves much to be desired. Doesn't orient correctly, so you have to know what peaks you're looking at in order to figure out what peaks you're looking at -- which defeats the entire purpose of the app. This is a major flaw and therefore not worth the price of admission. Wish I could get a refund. Running on Google Pixel 7 Pro and this is the only app using GPS that can't orient itself correctly.
The app interface is very nice and the integration with the camera is good. It can improve by having more detailed and accurate peak data for smaller countries in eastern Europe. UI buttons can be a bit bigger for easier use (a material 3 Expressive button size update will be amazing). Nonetheless, an amazing app for exploring and learning mountain landscapes and peaks.
Photo taking doesn't work. I contacted the developer with bug info but he wasn't able to figure it out. Frustrating because it takes time to compose a nice photo with the peaks aligned correctly (default is never aligned even close) and then it fails to take the photo. Made 20 attempts and 18 times it failed. Otherwise a good app if you don't use the photo feature.