Footpath Route Planner Negative Reviews

Footpath Route Planner App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024

Footpath Route Planner app received 47 complaints, negative comments and reviews by users. Have you ever had a bad experience using Footpath Route Planner? Can you share your negative thoughts about footpath route planner?

Footpath Route Planner for Negative User Reviews

✓ Not using trails footpaths sidewalksDoes not use footpaths or trails when making route. Keeps it on car route. Not the best.Walk walk walk the dogVersion: 4.5.1

✓ Offline failure in remote wildernessI have (by time of posting HAD) a paid footpath membership with route downloaded for offline use in remote wilderness. Did some one day testing and all seemed fine. Not great at doing turn by turn in areas with lots of trees and steep topographic terrain, bit this is likely limitation of receiver on device - iphone 13 pro) . Not a deal breaker. What was a deal breaker was on day two of multiday wilderness trip, with iOS and app having been update just prior to trip, app continually failed to open while I was several hours away from fast internet. Tried restarting phone, to no avail. I had to switch to backup map and compass for navigation along with offline Google maps for some topo info. Footpath only began working again when I could connect to faster itnernet and update app. That's unacceptable for a paid navigation app touting offline capabilities. It cannot fail like that. For me, I want an app that allows hands free turn by turn navigation telling me where to go right, left, or straight, with indications for markers I leave for potable or non potable water all of which I can just listen (with say one earbud inserted) through hands-free 95% of the time without looking at or holding the device. This is not that..HeijamieVersion: 4.8

✓ Annoying because it has potentialExcellent with a tendency to be awful at times. The planning is second to none with the gradients and other data being handy. But why don’t they use that same gradient colours on the route during the workout so cyclists can see what gradient is coming up. That’s a simple improvement. Also the GPS is GOD AWFUL frequently putting me in dangerous positions by having to close and reboot the app as the arrow denoting your position stays dead still but the white line doesn’t so you have to stop on the side of a busy road or make the wrong turn to get the bloody thing to work. Which is bad considering I’m bloody paying for it. These seem like easy fixes..AjgarrattVersion: 4.2.4

✓ Not accurate enoughAlways seems to inaccurate.Bluey1912Version: 4.9.5

✓ Bike pathI bought it 6 years ago and have been always useful , the maps work so smoothly and everything is clean and easy to use,but for me it became useless when they started to need to pay a monthly subscription just to see the bike maps!! I already paid the app I find unacceptable that i cant even buy this vital function separately in app purchases, the maps they use are free online I really don t understand..Cesarre12345Version: 4.2.1

✓ Could be good, but not for my needsI feel bad rating this too low because I did not use it for very long. However, that is because I started to get genuinely upset with it. It seems that it would be great for legitimate trails, city streets, etc. However, I had great difficulty getting it to stick to actual suburb roads. At one point it decided I should take a nice detour and bike through the pond. When drawing a simple path with a stylus, it thought it would be fun to throw in a few circles. Additionally, it did not give me sufficient editing abilities. On one trip I tried to map, it had a random straight line going through a woods. I attempted to erase it so I could shift it over, but it just kept reappearing in a different, equally incorrect location. It also completely ignores a popular footpath. The “snap to map” is somewhat a useful, and certainly an innovative feature. It just needs some love. I could see this working on longer trips that need less accuracy, but for my suburban 10 mile excursions it brought nothing but anger. For now, I’m going to stick to drawing vauge lines on a map, and finding out the mileage later. TLDR: I can see it’s applications and situations it could be good in. It just is not at all conducive to my biking or running excursions..HelenB4Version: 4.1.6

✓ Super helpful but flawedIncredibly practical for planning runs, but inability to edit within routes (or at least figure out how to do so easily) makes it incredibly frustrating if you need to modify something along the route..AEWorksVersion: 4.9.8

✓ Subscription Issues and no replyLove the idea of this app and on the free version was so impressed by its ease of use to create a route that I decided to subscribe to the elite version. However, went through the purchasing and confirmed the purchase with my credit card provider, but then the next stage just hung and hung and hung…. Tried again and exactly the same happened! Definitely hasn’t upgraded to the elite version. Have emailed support to check that they don’t have two subscriptions for me and to ask why it’s doing this, but zero response!! Very disappointed- was looking forward to putting this into use..Tam69Version: 4.9.10

✓ It’s OkI only really use it for turn by turn directions in conjunction with work outdoors. i would pay lifetime elite if it were available but am not sure if i will keep the current $24 yearly elite subscription..Sm0uchVersion: 4.9.5

✓ Routes Through BuildingsThis app often routes a straight line from origin to destination where you’d have to be magic to actually walk through walls and buildings. Once it starts doing this you have to close out of the app and start over because it will continue to straight line every point you put on your route. (Snap to map is turned on). Also when the app is mostly working properly, it does route you down the middle of the roads rather than following sidewalks and crosswalks. The result is that it will assume you would cross busy and complex intersections like you were in a car instead of going to the nearest crosswalk..BinnytheballVersion: 4.9.5

✓ DisappointingInitially had the free basic access only one map version. Was tedious mapping out the route with the app adding in its own loops on straight lines. But it gave me an accurate route at the end. I added a second route and bought a one off upgrade to the elite version to access. Although the purchase for the pass was successful and the app recognises I have a pass to open the first route it simply won’t open. However my pass remains available and hopefully will do until developers look at this issue..MtCat1Version: 3.1.3

✓ Where are my routes?Had an upgrade and now I can’t have more than 1 route. I had paid for this already. Not happy. All sorted thank you..Rindy1Version: 3.0.7

✓ Used to be the bestNo longer easy and intuitive to use.MarkoGeeVersion: 4.6.2

✓ Can be very frustratingFrustrating when it continuously assumes my path! Lots of effort required to measure out a run. Often more than its worth. It is a good concept though..SFernP87Version: 4.1.3

✓ Worst app everThis is the worst app I have ever used. I have no idea why apple have allowed people to use this on their platform. I wish I could give it 0 stars. Thanks for making me hate route planning..OliverJ94Version: 4.1.5

✓ Fiddly and no satnav formatPlanning a route can be really fiddly as the app will sometimes set the route completely differently from what you were trying to do, or it will go back on itself and tell you to do a u turn. You have to be really exact with where you drag your finger. It doesn’t have a satnav like feature, just an arrow pointing the direction you should go in. I got lost and had to keep using google maps to see which trail I was on in a fork in the track. Also for some reason mine isn’t recording the mileage/speed I’m doing. There isn’t really any app support that you can ask about this..Jk82828Version: 4.0

✓ EasygoingThanks for the application. It helps me with walking.HappysoulplanetVersion: 4.1.5

✓ Decent app but no support for the price you payTrialled the app, liked what they had to offer. Had some bugs I was experiencing, emailed support and got no response. Would expect some response for the price you pay for this app. Disappointing experience..Ravi21cVersion: 4.5.1

✓ Great app but no supportThe app is comprehensive and easy to use. However, the subscription is almost as much as OS maps and the support is non existent. No replies to any emails. For this price I would expect better. I like the way you can draw paths and export to the apple watch. However, it would be great if you could download a larger map tile (it has a 400m buffer around path) for those times you go off route significantly eg missing turns or exploring something interesting..DavidMcTVersion: 4.9.13

✓ Flawed UIUnintuitive and error prone.Jnd_auVersion: 4.1.8

✓ Map disappears on watchI want to like it, but it’s a huge flaw. Navigating with my watch ultra with cellular (phone left behind) and map and navigation worked perfect for a mile. Had the action button setup to bring up the map and that worked excellent as well..for one mile. After that the map just disappeared. Action button as well as screen gestures to bring it back had zero affect. The app functioned great but it was as if the map function never even existed once it stopped working. Being 1 mile into a 9 mile complicated trail run is not the time to find major fundamental issues with the app. The worst part- there is zero response to a support inquiry. None. They are also not active on their social media pages leaving you high and dry for any support. I pay ZERO for WorkOutDoors and that developer is very responsive to any inquiries..Sl539Version: 4.9.5

✓ Decent but misleading App Store adRecently downloaded it because of all the features in the App Store preview. Once in the App, elevation is an in-app purchase. Why put it in the preview?.SansHandsVersion: 3.0.2

✓ Almost great, but falls for a paid appThere are features that could be added to make this a great app. But i rather make my own. Iphone 11, watch 6. I mostly use my watch. Here are some things are could be fixed. Gps isnt great. Not everyone has the ultra watch (gps). When you run, you arms are on the side. However the map still points as if your holding it as your holding straight forward. Thats lame awhile running. I also think overview and splits can be more catered to professionals athletes. Meaning it could use more features that can do real time comments adding. The editing feature isnt as good, it often gets confused in trail runs or messy roads. If you memorize the routes, this app is useless to me. Because apple health app is good enough..Bash_errorVersion: 4.8.7

✓ Wheelchair Needs Should be Free with no Signup Required1 for being there..JRE2useVersion: 4.8.7

✓ Google MapsJ’aimerais pouvoir transférer un itinéraire sur Google Maps pour avoir les indications audio. Merci!.Miro95$Version: 4.5

✓ Could better or easier to useUsing this for biking I had to plot out like every 15 miles to make sure it kept on the bike trail system from Cincinnati to DC even though the trail covers about 75% of the ride. It was set to biking but loved putting me on interstates, or would just put a line through an area with nothing road or trail-like. It assumes I want to carry my bike and supplies across a river? And...where do I get the turn-by-turn directions? Looked at the Elite aspects to this and it didn't indicate it allows that feature. After getting flustered with this for 3 hours I realized Google Maps allows you to search specifically for a bike trail between two points. *sigh*.ZinzinnatiOhioVersion: 2.2.4

✓ Free version of app is horrible!I got the free version of this app to create routes for cycling with my bike club/walking my dog and it was awful! You can only view your most recent route that you’ve made and you have to delete all others to see just one! The idea is great and I’m sure the “elite version” is amazing because until I found out I can only view my most recent route, I was loving this app. If you are willing to pay for the full version then this app is great for you but if you aren’t, steer clear of this app and don’t waste your time. Also, with the free version, once you have saved the route you can’t edit it and you have to make an entirely new one! If you are in need of an app like this and think that you would use it on a daily basis then I think you should get the full version but if you’re like me and just getting this app to try out and use rarely then definitely stay away..Olivia_is_greatVersion: 3.0.7

✓ Great but faultyThe app often freezes and glitches when trying to select a preset route when the phone is on airplane mode and using GPS - more specifically on preloaded GPX files. Many times I had to close and reopen the app to get the route I wanted. Otherwise offers precise location, details of route (incline and decline), and is great for drawing your own routes..Jarrad MorganVersion: 4.5.1

✓ A good startRoute planning is relatively straight forward once you work out the quirks (read the how-to guides!). The maps update on Apple Watch makes the app without peer when it comes to map rotation and speed. Leaves Garmins for dead. My issue is with the cue sheet. There is no way to edit it. If you have added waypoints to a route they end up lost in a sea of turn notifications that you most likely don’t need if you are on an obvious trail/path. The constant haptic and voice alerts on the watch become very distracting if all you want is to know when a waypoint, not a bend in the path, is close. This would be useful when moving quickly (ie running and biking) but isn’t for hiking. Five stars if they provide a waypoint-only route mode..DymmasVersion: 4.9.5

✓ Just not much informationCan’t get offline mapping to work. When that’s all I was really needing.Myth BustaVersion: 3.1.3

✓ Clunky, hard to use for long distanceThe drawings don't really go where you want them to--the app has a hard time figuring out not to turn you around on bridges, for instan ce. Also if you want to go more than a very short distance you have to go through the clunky process of moving the map, pushing draw again, drawing, undoing six times until the thing reads where you want to go, then pushing done, then moving the map and repeating until your route is complete. And if you want to make a change to your route, forget it-you have to start over. It's a great idea and on its way to being something that could resolve routing without a computer handy, but honestly it's disappointing for a paid app. It works like an early beta test at best..Miss.a.nycVersion: 2.2.4

✓ Crashes on Apple Watch and lost hikeGreat initial functionality - but crashing and losing home is fatal for me. Additionally lack of proper contours or names on GPS tracking made it u necessarily difficult to hike back..KowalskiZAVersion: 4.9.5

✓ A good app as long as you stay on a road.I am looking for an app to use for hiking. Most important to me is the ability to create a route, and to follow that route. I love having the ability to define a route with my fingertip. However, the app is clearly better suited for on-road than off-road use. The search function can locate streets but not hiking trails. You can have a map called up that displays the name of the trail on it. Search for that trail name, and the app cannot find it! I sent an email 2 weeks ago to the app support, I explained the problem, and asked if I was doing something wrong. I explained I assessing the free version of the app to see if I should become a subscriber. I never received a response to this simple question. It begs the question, if the developer is unwilling to answer a question posed by someone considering becoming a paying customer, what will service be like once they have my money? I note in the Apple apps Ratings and Review section, there are lots of comments but very few developer responses. Again, this raises questions about the level of support one can expect once your money has left your pocket. Given my experience so far, although I like the app, the risk seems too great to commit to a subscription..Mb5001Version: 4.9.13

✓ Hard to useIts very difficult to plan a run with this app. When u draw on the map exactly where the roads is supposed to be, the app many time put the trail on a another road.TOP VRM BON HIHIVersion: 4.9.6

✓ Great app, but backend is falling downI used to use this app daily to plan my running route, then it started having backend errors constantly when snapping to roads and sat broken for a long time. The developer updated it but whatever new mapping backend it’s using is not good. The app displays Google Maps but the backend that does the snapping to roads clearly uses a different mapping provider. Very frequently it doesn’t match the Google Maps map and makes it hard to accurately plan a route - it misses a lot of trails and does some odd things on roads. It’s often impossible to make a simple route without disabling road snapping. I’ve switched to a different route planning app without this problem and deleted Footpath..Beamrider9Version: 2.3.2

✓ Brilliant app so useful for adventuresGood.DraxwilyVersion: 2.2.4

✓ Good, butThe app is amazing and it works really well. It’s great if you want it for hiking but in cities it’s annoying when there isn’t any scale and when you can’t change between walking to public transport. If you add those features in it would be flawless. Otherwise it’s a great app and it’s really handy!.MevisawesomeVersion: 4.0.2

✓ Not working for offline.Apps description should have a warning that this apps is not for offline use or area where there is no signal data available. No use for me.AkumenehVersion: 2.2.4

✓ ConfusingSometimes places appear that suddenly can’t find them anymore, When you start a walk and go out for a second, coming back it’s gone, well all in all it seems very « technique » to get it together and not easy to handle…. And how to do record a walk ? Once your out and want to record ?, It’s the second time I’ve signed up for premium but I’m again disappointed… I wrote this some time ago. Now I’m on a new road. It’s pathetic! Not easy to start recording with just a click like Wikiloc. Then when you draw and want to get rid of the plan to start a new - not possible. Sometimes not possible to erase or to take off a part, sometimes it does it’s own way without a possibility to change, it just sticks no no no this app needs a thorough update !!! Wikiloc is is much easier, it just doesn’t allow to draw… Sorry guys, we always have to learn….KarinmangoVersion: 4.9.10

✓ Waste of time.I just wasted way too much time trying to map a route. The legend is confusing. The path routes thru absurd paths rather than continuing on the current path. I the trial of the paid version solely so I could get more insight into the bike trails but that map doesn’t exist in my area. The idea is good if it was the least bit user friendly. Delete!.404user-not-foundVersion: 4.5.1

✓ Couldn't bring up maps on my final ascentAfter transitioning to booting on my ski trip yesterday, the action button would no longer display the map on my watch. Either the Footpath app crashed or it auto paused (perhaps since booting up a 45 degree plus slope would appear as no movement?). After a few desperate attempts to get mapping working I realized that somehow Footpath got paused, but even after unpausing I couldn't get the action button to bring up maps. Luckily my ski partners Garmin Fenix guided us correctly between perilous cliff bands on our descent. Unfortunately, these Apple watch "Ultras" don't seem to live up to their name. I have lost trust in these devices being able to safely guide me in the backcountry. Luckily I wasn't on a remote peak, only 4 or so miles from our car, and my partner's watch saved us from accident turning down onto a cliff..BrimworksVersion: 4.9.13

✓ FrustratingThis is the most frustrating app I have ever used. I keep trying to make it work and I am not sure why.....Ripped-Off!Version: 4.2.4

✓ Great app with one big problemThe app works well for planning and mapping out simple routes. However, it has a major flaw when attempting to follow the routes - the route is blue as are the round intermediate stage markers. And of course, the user’s location is a blue dot as well. Which meant that in sunny weather in France, I had to stop cycling, take off my sunglasses and put on my reading glasses to peer at the map to try and locate myself on it. So, here’s a radical thought - you had better sit down for this one - why not make the location marker a different colour! And whilst we are breaking the mound, why not add grid lines to the map, hereby making it possible for users to estimate distances to the next turning!? I know, I know - crazy stuff, making an app that actually works well and easily for normal humans. But just once, it would be nice if the developers did ....Cpr9090Version: 2.3.2

✓ Don’t Update AppIf you like your routes don’t update your app. The company has changed to a subscription model so even if you paid for the old version you have to buy a subscription to access your routes. Update: I had to uninstall and reinstall the app a few times to get my routes back so I can access them. Added a star for the quick response from the developer to resolve the issue..Klipper421Version: 3.0.1

✓ No saving daily walk without membershipTook time to play with the mapping system and save my 5 most traveled routes just to find out that I can’t save these maps in their daily calendar. Oh well guess a screen shot of my map and saving it into my Diarium app will have to do..BrandibabesVersion: 4.9.5

✓ Rubbish!Supposed to sync all devices when using Apple Watch (Ultra) but seldom does. When I look at the tutorial, it tells me to open the “tracks” menu - then “maps” - where is that exactly? There aren’t any menu options apart from “Maps & Routing” under which are Clear Route, Routing Mode, Map Style & Units; & “My Routes”, under which appears New Route or Edit. There’s the little “settings” button, but no “Tracks” appear on that either. This morning I was out for a hike using Footpath on my Apple Watch, when I finished it told me to open Footpath on my iPhone to sync data, which I did, & there is no record of my hike anywhere! Waste of money..Tecam2Version: 4.9.13

✓ Great app to come, but still needs significant troubleshootingA great app to come, but still needs significant troubleshooting under iPad Pro & iOS 10.1.1 (or iOS compatibility update?) Addresses in search field don't show position marker on map, so unable to determine accurate locations in dense cities Tap & hold doesn't work on iPad Pro, adds a position marker Doesn't compute shortest route in running mode in town, keeps following one-way streets. When looping path, deletes original location of landmarks (too bad when sightseeing places of interest) Doesn't sync between iPad Pro & iPhone 6 under iOS 10.1.1 Will uninstall and ask for refund..SplenoCanadaVersion: 2.2.4

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