Reviews for PeakFinder

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 […]

not 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]