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The World HD App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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The World HD for Negative User Reviews
✓ If pilots used this, they’d be lostVery limited map detail, no geo-political, and no navigation.Version: 4.5
✓ Nice graphics, inaccurate country data.App provides link to wiki entries that are at odds with their own country data..Version: 3.6
✓ No searchUnable to search via the app. This is a huge hole. Other features fairly basic. No update for months. Pretty app..Version: 3.6
✓ DISAPPOINTING !!!I just purchased this iPad app with great expectation in view that similar Atlas apps have received poor reviews. There are two things which are causing this app to continually crash on the iPad; - Change in iPad orientation (rotate iPad) from portrait to landscape, and vice versa - Click on the map for any country under the Fact Sheet (side panel) I did eventually view one country map, and it was not detailed at all. A good idea with extremely poor implementation, & the developer's claims as to detailed maps is misleading. This app is unusable. Extremely disappointed as I have had to trash app. Save your money and buy a coffee instead..Version: 0
✓ No PalestineIt’s weird, but the places where Israel occupies and murders unarmed civilians are listed under an administratively mysterious provisional status. Now why would that be?.Version: 4.0
✓ DisappointingThe maps are very low resolution and the user interface is a bit buggy. Zooming in in the maps should increase detail but instead you click on the index map for more detail about your region of interest..Version: 0
✓ DisappointingA couple of years ago there was a fine atlas in the App Store. Then it was removed. Ever since, World HD has been the best of a truly poor bunch. Which is not saying much. It is endlessly careless and disappointing. Difficult to understand how something better cannot be produced. Thank goodness I still have my “proper” atlases, in books and on paper..Version: 4.0
✓ Really disappointingThis is just a map. That’s all. And not even a detailed map. You don’t even get state borders on the US map. No detail. Rio-off..Version: 4.5
✓ Poor editing of text sectionsZero punctuation in many text sections, making them hard to read..Version: 4.0
✓ Where is National Geographic?This app is just ok, nothing compared to National Geographic world atlas app that’s no longer available it seems. Out of the available options as of today, this seems to be the best one. But, I keep looking for something better..Version: 4.0
✓ AdequateAdequate for basic use, but it's not HD. Too little detail for anything other than casual geographical interest, and a REALLY ANNOYING FONT..Version: 3.6
✓ Disappointing - no search fascilityThere is no way of searching for a city or destination, so if you do not know where a place is already, there is no way of finding it. Not much use really. At least with a printed atlas an index is provided..Version: 3.6
✓ World Atlas-The World HDThis atlas has very limited information , essentially a 6 year old child could draw the roads that it shows in Australia..Version: 3.6
✓ As an broad view AtlasThis is only good for large generalized maps. If you wish to explore small towns and villages this app is incapable of doing. Only shows largest cities..Version: 4.0
✓ Disappointing: slow maps, no detail levelOther review stating "professional quality maps" is a joke. OK, it functions as an atlas with offline access to CIA factbook data. Not that useful when traveling and certainly not enough map detail to even reliably plan travel. On top of all that, the world-level vector maps are very slow to redraw-- the apps's FAQ says this might be slow on some devices. Hey, this says it was designed for ipad and i'm running on the newest model. Sorry use of my four bucks..Version: 3.2
✓ AltasNo gazetteer , so of little use , and have deleted.Version: 3.5
✓ Best of a bad bunchWhy is there not ONE decent World Atlas in the App Store? I know cartography is particularly difficult for computers but the current offerings for world atlases are simply pathetic. Most seem to lack levels of detail and even large towns and cities are often missing. The National Geographic Atlas used to be quite good but, in recent years, it appears to have been stripped of much of its former detail and now works slowly (I have a fast computer and decent internet connection). Heaven knows why. Such a move is baffling. This is a serious blight on the National Geographic brand. Google Maps and Google Earth do a quite reasonable job but they are not really atlases. World HD is probably the best of a bad bunch even though it, too, lacks a lot of detail. What is going on? You'd think a proper world atlas would be one of the first apps produced, like a good dictionary. Most of us would be quite happy to pay for one, as we have done for proper dictionaries. It seems that the programmers and software engineers have been defeated by the amount of up to date detail required in a proper world atlas..Version: 4.0
✓ Where’s the rest?The maps are fairly detailed in terms of countries and cities, but that’s it. Provinces, counties and many bodies of water are not identified. Those that are, aren’t always clear. Yet another map app that leaves me wanting..Version: 4.5
✓ Used to be a Good Buy but the maps & data are still goodThe latest update is annoyingly slow in displaying maps and returning to World Map. Earlier version was much faster, almost instantaneous . This deterioration is enough to change me from a content to discontented customer..Version: 3.4
✓ The Ultimate Rip OffAll the 5 star reviews for this app must be employees or close friends of the developer. How any one would rate this app along with National Geographic World Atlas is beyond my comprehension. Nat Geo goes down to neighbor levels in cities where this app gives you major interstates going through a city. How can an app costing this amount of money be so poorly designed. this app has a granularity of (I guess because they don't tell you as Nat Geo does) of maybe 100 miles. Nat Geo goes down to 2 miles. This is the problem with the app store. Too many false ratings and we get burned..Version: 2.3
✓ Quite reasonable.Much better that the Nat Geo App. A "globe" view would be better than the useless Mercator map..Version: 3.3
✓ WORLD HDAn utter wate of time and money...Version: 4.0
✓ Not as good as I thoughtThis atlas is ok, but far from being good. The maps use an unusual font that is hard to read and it's easy to get stuck on foreign names. A more standard font would be very much appreciated. Details on maps are kind of... not there. As you zoom in the map gets bigger, but details are the same as when you saw the whole thing. There are no more details as you zoom in..Version: 3.3
✓ Little detailThe maps are hand-drawn and have little detail. Not great.Version: 3.5
✓ The World HD Atlas & FactbookThis app is a complete ripoff & waste of time & money. Maps are useless, all it does is refer to Wikepedia. Mickey Mouse and childish even. shame on whoever wrote this garbage. I just wasted my money! Beware & don't buy..Version: 3.2
✓ DisappointingYou don’t continuously scroll like spinning a globe. This is just like a paper map with edges. The whole zoom thing really doesn’t work like it was described. The font doesn’t even resize. If you want additional zoom, you have to pick a specific country..Version: 4.7
✓ It’s just a static mapThere is no indication of states, provinces, or prefectures. It is no better than a high resolution scan of a paper map..Version: 3.6.6
✓ Nah not impressedWell it does give you a map of the world but just try finding a town in Austria from the large map. It's like sticking a pin in a cake and hoping to find a raisin. Not at all refined - too gross. Wait for a more developed version.Version: 3.3
✓ Incorrect spellingSeems like a decent world atlas, however, spelling of places in Poland is mostly incorrect, using strange characters that are not used in Polish names..Version: 3.6.6
✓ Disappointing in the extremeMinimal detail, select a country and them zoom in produces no greater detail, just enlarges the text. I have old printed Atlas that have greater detail. I would like my money back.Version: 4.0
✓ Don't buy unless your 6 years old!Waste of money. I needed an atlas with a much higher degree of detail. This is for little kids. No detail at all with the slightest zooming in. Repeat don't waste your money, I want mine back!!! I bet the 5 star ratings were written by the App makers!!!.Version: 3.6
✓ AtlasI downloaded the app thinking it had street views as well. As I am spending six +months in new zealand and Australia. It would have been brilliant to have had that information at hand..Version: 3.3
✓ Waste of timeYou can't use a search on the map, it's extremely basic. Really not worth the effort..Version: 3.2
✓ UghFor a general overview this app is fine. My complaint is that it lacks the detail that would make it worthwhile. Save your money you can do better with Google.Version: 3.6
✓ It’s okay. The least bad iPad Atlas available.With the demise of the National Geographic World Atlas, this seems to be the best available. The world map is actually quite decent. Unfortunately if you want to look at regional maps, you are restricted to looking at one country at a time, without a way to relate it to the detail maps of other countries, and often presented in a way where part of the country of interest is cut off and can’t be seen in any way. The country maps are tolerable but not great, and to make things worth, much of the screen is wasted with generic information from the CIA Fact Book. When I’m looking for a map, every pixel not dedicated to the map is a pixel wasted! :( I have no objection to the CIA info being put in the app, but the app would be VASTLY improved if the public record CIA stuff was removed and the system for viewing the country maps (and the amount of detail in them) is improved..Version: 3.6.6
✓ Very ordinaryIf you download 2 photos from Google image search and use zoom, that is about what you get with this app. Except you save £3. I could choose better myself, and get lots more in number. Quick access is all you get for your money. The photos look low in detail on their own advert - and are when you buy it..Version: 4.5
✓ Map needs updatingThe app is relatively good at what it does, and more convenient on the iPad than some alternatives. The rendering of the maps seems generally rather good, however there seem to be some inconsistencies especially with the political maps. (For instance, the states of Mexico are sharply demarcated but not the states of Australia or Germany or the provinces of Canada.) In addition, the map presently seems to have some outdated information, for instance “Mount McKinley” in Alaska instead of the correct and official name, Denali; also, it draws the International Date Line through, rather than around, the nation of Kiribati..Version: 4.5
✓ Kinda GoodIts good but laggy.Version: 3.2
✓ DisappointedThe zoom feature is hopeless. It merely shows you a bigger version of the small map. All the place names get larger as well. Extremely basic. Any app that spells Whakatane in New Zealand as Wakatane can't be great. A waste of money..Version: 2.3
✓ OutdatedContrary to what’s advertised, it’s not kept up to date. Information is 5 yrs. old!.Version: 3.6.6
✓ Total waste of money!I'm kicking myself for being such a sucker as to buy this app. NO DETAIL!.Version: 3.6
✓ DisappointingIt's ok but nothing special. If it was for free I'd be quite happy with the content but for a bought app it's very average. I expected much more for my money. There's a real lack of detail and therefore value. If you just want to learn where countries are on the globe and their major towns it will do the job but zooming in for any meaningful detail soon stops short. There must be better apps available...buy one of those!.Version: 3.6
✓ DisappointedReally disappointed in this app. It seemed to be the best available but still doesn’t offer any level of detail necessary to discern rivers, small towns and the road network to at least the level of all paved roads between towns, if not in them. Why can’t we have something that shows detail down to Google maps resolution and retain the ability to go wider without losing any more detail than is necessary for clarity? This app is useless for my purposes, it is no better than printed atlases are. Alan Egerton-Warburton.Version: 3.6.6
✓ Nice maps, poor usabilityI use this software while reading history books. When I go to the internet to look something up while I'm reading, and then go back to this app, it is back on the opening map of the world. You have to hit search and retype the area of interest and wait for it to load again and recenter it to where you had it. VERY ANNOYING. It is true that the maps are pretty..Version: 3.2
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