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OnX Backcountry Snow/Trail GPS App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
OnX Backcountry Snow/Trail GPS app received 23 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using OnX Backcountry Snow/Trail GPS? Can you share your negative thoughts about onx backcountry snow/trail gps?
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✓ Highly disappointedOnX Backcountry has two good features and that’s the offline maps and 3D maps other than that I highly suggest Gaia or CalTopo over this app. Slope angle shading is vital in backcountry missions, map layers are impossible to find on this app. You get 100x more information on maps on both Gaia & CalTopo. I’ve used CalTopo for years and have had a much better experience. I’ve used Gaia for a week, and OnX for a week. Gaia for being out in the backcountry and tracking while on a mission is amazing, CalTopo for when I’m planning missions at home is how I use the two together. OnX has 100% lost it for me, if I hunted, I’d use OnX, otherwise no benefit to other maps to most backcountry users. Especially since you can use CalTopo for free and still get more info than OnX.....Version: 20.50.0
✓ Flashy, some novelty, inaccurate elevationsI purchased at a promo rate but I’m not certain about it. I have some other apps that I consider easier to use and more reliable. The routing tools seem interesting and the new climbing mode is great. My sense is this is geared towards snow more than anything. Where I’m struggling the most is with the up and down elevations on hikes. For most of the hikes I’m interested in the numbers are way off by a thousand feet or more. So I end up consulting all my other apps because I don’t trust the data in OnX. This ends up wasting time. Finally I don’t believe the app has enough community usage for trail reports to be useful. Would love to have these reports for MTB but it’s just not there. The trails are a bit hard to select and navigate as well. Surprising because I use all the adventure project apps and the data is better and they are easier to use. Also owned by OnX..Version: 23.49.1
✓ Shows promise, but not currently viable for meThis app is easier to use and much more intuitive than Gaia, and the map design is way better, but the lack of critical route building tools means it isn’t viable for me. There are a ton of apps that let me click on a trail and get the distance and elevation change. If I’m going to pay for a GPS app I’ll need route building functionality that works with real trail vectors—not just point-and-click lines. I’ll check back in next year but the current offering isn’t enough..Version: 22.37.1
✓ GarbageWhy is this even available in Canada. Not one trail is available it’s a complete waste of time. And only 7 days free then you have to pay. It’s junk.Version: 21.31.0
✓ Useless in CanadaNo idea why this app is even available in Canadian app store. Not a single trail. No topo maps. Oh and temp on main map is always in F even after changing settings to metric..Version: 21.19.0
✓ Great app! i’d like to offer some constructive criticismReally liking features and function. My critique has to do with the user interface. it wastes a lot of space. font on the route name is too big, i want to be able to choose how large the elevation profile is. i find that the info panel on ipad has a large blank white dead space which could be used to see the map better, same with the iphone app, maybe more options for screen layout, shrink the font size… anything that helps the ios app have a more efficient use of the screen. Other than these user interface things, it works fantastic..Version: 23.23.1
✓ Kinda brutal to useI don’t seem to be finding much when trying to finding lines with this service. When switching from trail to snow mode and then selecting my activity, backcountry trail maps only show up sometimes. Plus, there’s a very limited amount of trails actually there. I’ve found better luck using Powder Project’s website when trying to find skin-tracks. Not a bad app, just very difficult to use snow mode. If there could be a wider selection of trails for backcountry skiers would be a great app. And a mode to hide all the hiking trails. Don’t really need them when everything’s covered in snow and I’m trying to find skin-tracks..Version: 21.15.0
✓ Love On X! One problem though…I have been using On X for a couple years now - mostly the “Hunt” version of the app. Very simple to use and helpful in the outdoors. I primarily would use Hunt all year long, across all of my outdoor activities. This winter, as my On X Hunt subscription was expiring, I decided to switch over to Backcountry. I liked the idea of more winter-specific features like slope-aspect and avalanche forecast. It is very smooth and similar to Hunt, and I like it. However, I have one major complaint - data does not transfer from Hunt to Backcountry at all. This means any waypoints or tracks in one app does not apply to the other. For me, that stinks! During the summer months, I may use Hunt to mark a place that would be awesome to ski in the winter. I might track a certain route to a summit in the summer that might prove useful in the winter. Yet, I have no record of that in the Backcountry version. Plus, there are some features in Hunt that simply are not there in Backcountry, such as certain map layers or filters. Then again, Backcountry has other features that I wish were in Hunt. I love On X, but if you want one for all year and all activities, get Hunt and don’t switch from app to app. Keep it simple..Version: 22.49.0
✓ Missing key feature...I got this app hoping it’d help provide extra support for hiking trails, but have found it severely lacking in one feature that I think is very odd...trail segment distances. It tells you how long the whole trail is, but does not have distances on segments of the trail. I find this odd because I also have a subscription to OnX Hunt Maps, and for the trails that are on there, this feature exists. I paid for a year on this app, but I’m not sure there is any added benefit for it over simply keeping the hunt maps subscription. Hope that changes with updates, as I really want to like this and find usefulness for our hiking, camping and hunting excursions....Version: 21.19.0
✓ HorribleNothing for Canada. Even in the states, if you leave the app open but lock your phone, when opening your phone it goes back to the home screen and makes you find that trail again. No live tracking. I'll stick with guthook thanks..Version: 21.37.0
✓ Challenging to useI found this to be challenging to use. The images and advertisement look great, but I don’t have a ton of the trails in my area that are on this app. This doesn’t really give me anything that my old version of Gaia doesn’t. I got it on sale for $10. It’s extremely limited in its use (only to hiking trails). Doesn’t seem useful for hunting or 4-wheeling. They have different apps that cater to those for additional money. Maybe it’s what you’re looking for, but it’s not for me. I won’t be renewing..Version: 21.29.0
✓ Nothing available on the trial versionIt’s hard to know if the app would be useful. There is nothing local. Only list trails 200 miles away..Version: 21.13.0
✓ Average app; little unique featuresThis app is not worth the annual price tag. Maybe, if it were a one time fee. I purchased this app to explore ski tour routes, and I was hoping it would be unique in mapping clear winter time access locations, with popular touring destination routes. Instead, this map is an average topo/satellite map, with a few hard-to-decipher routes thrown here and there. Very limited. Will not purchase in a following year (I can do way more with a combo of free Gaia and CalTopo)..Version: 23.49.0
✓ Severely Limited AppUpdated review. On second day using app, the server that controls login crashed and couldn’t use the app. I’ve been trying to plan some hikes and this app just has nothing on the alternatives. You can’t navigate between waypoints. Unless a user has uploaded a gps track, the “trails” on the map are pulled from a general USGS database and lack topo and difficulty. Because it’s a new service there are not a lot of reviewed trails. I am going back to my other apps. This one is not ready for prime time. Initial Review. Just got the app. I also use Trailforks, MTB review, and Gaia (all paid versions). This app is geared toward hiking only. It lacks trail reviews, trail photos, and any other intel that I find helpful in planning an adventure. Great to see that a trail is in the Gunnison NF, or that the Gunnison nF is 1,000,000 acres but I ask you, how does that assist me planning a hike? It does not. Clicking on a trail marks that spot on the trail and highlights the trail. It’s a bit of an awkward functionality. Again show me trail reviews, trail conditions, user photos. Also what’s the point of an app that only shows information for a single use - hiking? All the other apps I use are multi use. So far disappointed..Version: 22.29.0
✓ Not There YetFor an app that takes payment, it lakes polish. A lot of features are still unavailable, and for some reason descriptions get cut off and can’t be fully read (no amoubt of tapping expands it). Ski reports rely on users and currently there appear to be few as no reports can be found anywhere in the Front Range. Needs supports and work asap to justify cost otherwise might as well just use Caltopo.Version: 24.1.0
✓ Mapping and tracking system is the same great but still could use some improvementOverall I like the app. I have been using onX hunt for a few years and love it so I decided to give onX backcountry a try. While using the app in the field it’s easy to use and very reliable. With that said there are a few improvements I’d like to see… I would like the search feature to have some filtering based on difficulty, length, etc as of now the search feature is a little frustrating at times. I can’t seem to access some of the same map layers that onX hunt has. Lastly I wish you were able to toggle on and off interaction between the onX hunt app and the onX backcountry app (at the very least sharing waypoints). All things considered though I’m still enjoying this app so far.Version: 21.33.1
✓ Help please?Onx icon whited out yesterday and I’ve been unable to open the app 2 days. I went to appstore to ck for update and there is an update and my iPhone software version (iphone 6) is incompatible. I checked my phone for updates, it’s up to date; ckd apple website and ios 13 is not available for my phone. I need a link to download the version onx i just had before update please. I love this mapping software. It’s best for trails hands down!! Please help. Star rating based on the app just abruptly quitting without me updating or anything and icon turning white..Version: 21.27.0
✓ Pay to play. Just another cash grab.I downloaded the app because I thought it would be handy to have if I need a way to navigate without an internet connection per the way this app was advertised. Soon as I open it I need to create a login account and start a “free trial” to even get past the home page. Needless to say, in an economic, social, and environmental climate like what we have today, the last thing I need is someone asking to pay for a subscription to an app that’s supposed to be useful but requires someone to pony up a monthly fee just to use it. Not worth my time OR my hard earned money. 0/5 stars..Version: 22.29.0
✓ Has potentialSeems like a great app since its design and usability is very simple. However, there aren’t any Canadian trails available on this app, so don’t install it if you are expecting that you’ll get local trails in Canada. This app shouldn’t even be on the Canadian AppStore but for some reason it is? Still, great potential but lacks practicality in Canada and in some parts of the USA too..Version: 21.29.1
✓ It's OKThe App is difficult to navigate and map zoom features are often jumpy and makes it harder to use. The snow icons don't respond to taps unless you zoom way in on the icon and sometimes it jumps to a completely different location in the app. Once I am able to open the info panel, it'd be great to see a forecast for the area. A map to or directions to feature would be good to add when selecting an area of the map..Version: 23.41.0
✓ 7 days trialWhy do all the apps wants yo to subscribe?.Version: 21.37.0
✓ No Canadian contentPretty useless, not even topo data..Version: 22.21.1
✓ Cluttered and clunky mapsWay too many layers on the map with no intuitive, easy way to turn off the layers. If there is a way to turn off the layers, I haven’t found it. I don’t need to see bulky, thick blue lines all over the map, and trails with multi colored lines overlaid on them. And if you tap for a waypoint, but decide you don’t want it or need to move it, it appears you have to save it first and then delete it. You should be able to just it cancel or ‘X’ out of it. This app is trying to put way too many features into one experience. Too clunky and map is so littered with overlay debris that it’s pretty much useless as a… map..Version: 21.15.1
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