Verdict
A travel map with a good reputation and, on the evidence of its recent reviews, a serious problem.
Best for
Almost nobody right now. It is here because it still turns up in recommendations and you should know what you would be buying.
Dealbreaker
More recent reviews say the offline maps stopped working than say they work — twenty-four against twenty — and four more say nobody answered when they wrote in about it.
The facts.
Pulled from the App Store, not written by hand.
Price
$11.99 once
In-app purchases
Unknown
Ads
Unknown
Platforms
iPhone, iPad
Rating
4.5★ (1,647)
Version
16.0
Last updated
Jul 28, 2021
Released
Sep 3, 2009
Attributes
Native appOne-time purchaseNo subscription
Category
Travel, Navigation
What reviews consistently say.
Themes grouped from 200 App Store reviews. Source feed ›
Praised for
Works offline20 reviews
Ease of use and design6 reviews
Value for money3 reviews
Customer support2 reviews
Battery and performance2 reviews
Complained about
Works offline24 reviews
Customer support4 reviews
Misses some ads3 reviews
Import and export3 reviews
Battery and performance2 reviews
Crashes and stability2 reviews
Privacy and data handling2 reviews
Where this comes from
24 of 200 recent reviews raised: Works offline (negative)App Store reviews ›
20 of 200 recent reviews raised: Works offline (positive)App Store reviews ›
6 of 200 recent reviews raised: Ease of use and design (positive)App Store reviews ›
4 of 200 recent reviews raised: Customer support (negative)App Store reviews ›
2 of 200 recent reviews raised: Customer support (positive)App Store reviews ›
3 of 200 recent reviews raised: Import and export (negative)App Store reviews ›
2 of 200 recent reviews raised: Crashes and stability (negative)App Store reviews ›
Where we recommend it
Offline map apps you buy once ›Maps that work with no signal and charge once instead of monthly, each with its catch.
Alternatives with the same rule.
Every app here is a single purchase. None of them can start charging you monthly for what you already bought. Also with a catch.
$6.99 once · 4.8★ (1,823) · Updated Aug 20, 2024
Verdict. Forty-four of the last two hundred reviews are people saying the offline maps simply worked. For an app whose whole promise is working without a signal, that is the only number that counts.
Best for. Travelling somewhere with no data and wanting a map that behaves like one anyway.
Dealbreaker. Downloading the maps in the first place is slow, importing a GPX route often fails outright, and reviewers say the route planner has started freezing.
$0.99 once · 4.7★ (1,355) · Updated Feb 3, 2025
Verdict. A dollar, and it does the two things a walker needs: a topographic map cached on the phone and a track log that does not flatten the battery.
Best for. Day hikers who want contours and a breadcrumb trail and nothing else.
Dealbreaker. It is a tracker with a map, not a navigator — there is no routing and no turn-by-turn, so it will show you where you are and leave the rest to you.
$89.99 once · 4.7★ (994) · Updated Sep 10, 2026
Verdict. The one built for people who plan routes elsewhere and bring them along: it takes GPX properly, navigates offline, and records what you actually walked or rode.
Best for. Someone who plans on a computer and needs the route to survive the trip onto a phone with no signal.
Dealbreaker. By far the most expensive map here, and nine of the last two hundred reviews say tracking has drifted badly or stopped working altogether. That is a lot to pay for something reviewers say failed them.