iOverlander 2 User Reviews

iOverlander 2

iOverlander, LLC

Utilities

Travel

Reviews Summary

Positive highlights

🌟

This app hasHelpful community-driven database of camping spots, water refills, and more

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This app hasAbility to download maps for offline use

❤️

This app hasFavorites feature to quickly access frequently used locations

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This app hasGraying out of closed/unavailable camping spots

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This app hasImproved photo viewing and sharing experience

Negative highlights

📱

This app hasNot fully optimized for iPad use

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This app hasLack of choice for map apps to open locations

💰

This app hasExpensive subscription model, especially for casual users

🐞

This app hasBuggy and unstable app experience, with issues in editing and syncing data

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This app hasAggressive ads and paywalls that limit free access to core features

Top reviews

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amazing Improvement!

$100 a year is a small price to pay for access to a vastly improved app with many needed additional features. finally favorite spot saves! How many free wild camping nights at epic spots has iOverlander pointed you to? think about the average CG fees you have saved and how many amazing spots you would never know about. this is a must have app and with the price.

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Guyya

3 months ago

Response from developer

Guyya, we are grateful for your feedback and are happy when someone realizes how much work is behind the operation of our app. And above all, that ordinary people are trying to make life a little more comfortable for all travelers.

Subscriptions are way too expensive

I understand the need to bring in revenue to support the app, however, $99 a year is just too much to obtain essentially the same functionality as the original app + favorites. I think a $99 lifetime and a $4.99 monthly for unlimited would be more reasonable and I would be willing to make a purchase.

This app is literally charging almost as much as a Netflix subscription for way less content and for most people relatively infrequent use.

The pro subscription seems pointless as it’s still quite restrictive and annoying. Just offer unlimited with more reasonable pricing and it will probably get more than 2 stars.

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RandomKrash

3 months ago

Response from developer

Thanks for the feedback. Our paid subscription is a bit different and costs a bit more than other travel apps. Check out this article for more details on why:https://ioverlander.com/whats_coming

Worst app revision

I can’t login to my old iOverlander account. Password reset request, no emails from them in my inbox. I can register a new account because my email is already in their database. First welcome prompt shows up and you can’t read the text on the buttons. Annual price is pretty steep especially when their target audience is looking to save money for free over night camping spots? I don’t mind the price to support them, but it seems like they’re being a little out of touch with the spirit of dispersed camping…

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chaosKnight411

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, please send us an email to admin@ioverlander.com to get things sorted with your user and password.

Just sad, especially when reading the developers responses!

Curious where this app would be without all the people actually adding the helpful data. It sure wasn’t the “developer”. Try a lifetime subscription or something more reasonable. Did you forget we are boondockers, overlanders, ect. We are not tourists looking for the next best thing or app. Simple works….keep it that way.

Oh, and I read all about why the change and yada, yada, yada….maybe try allowing a few states at a time instead of just one….jeez! Talk about a slap in the face!

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Adventure pit

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for your feedback. We wish we could remain completely free forever, but after 10 years of attempting to run iOverlander that way, we know it is not possible and also we have to make our living out of something, right? Yes, adding points is a big part of our app, and we are grateful for the contributions and made sure that our top contributors all have free upgrades! But the time and costs related to maintaining and developing our app and website, not to mention moderating and cleaning our database, greatly exceeds the time and effort to add checkins and places. We had no choice but to offer a paid subscription in order to sustain our app and keep the infrastructure running.

Less functional than previous version and it has ad advertising

If you add advertising, you must offer something be better than the previous version. The new version is less functional.
When I I open the previous version, see camping areas within in a large radius of my home. With a new application, and the same filters, I see nothing.

Ben Voris

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hi Ben, both version syncronize all their places and check-ins in about two weeks time. Have you downloaded the places by clicking on the red alert sing in the top right corner? Right next to the words "no places found"?

Intrusive Ads & Only 1 State

I live in Kansas City and it’s literally in two states, only being able to view 1 state at a time is not usable and not a feature that I’m going to pay for.

I don’t mind ads, but multiple full-screen ads are terrible to navigate and the way they pop up without warning can sometimes interrupt clicking a button (instead opening an ad).

I would like to see…
- downloads based on area rather than state (like X free miles around you).
- the misleading “free space” be more descriptive. I doubt every state has the same number of “data points”…
- ads that aren’t intrusive to navigation.

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darmod

3 months ago

Horrible

Used the app religiously as a f/t van lifer for the past year and the upgrade is such a disappointment. As far as I can tell so far, each state has to be downloaded (with $ subscription) to see content. You guys are myopic - the app will be useless over time without the generous contribution from users. How many contributors are gong to now pay for an inferior app and experience?

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Bubmania

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, thanks for your feedback. All our top contributors got free upgrades for a lifetime, we will try to continue this programm. But please have in mind, that 97% of our users contribute nothing.

Major downgrade from v1 experience

As a long-time user of iOverlander v1, I’m astonished by how poorly executed the v2 user interface is in comparison. It’s not only unintuitive, but also more difficult to operate and visually navigate. The map is hard to read, making it more dangerous to glance at while driving. The banner ad at the top is a major design flaw that feels almost comical.

Adding a subscription model on top of something this poorly designed makes me want to switch to another app immediately. Anything would be better than this monstrosity.

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GucciLittlePig

3 months ago

Response from developer

Hi, both of our apps aren´t designed to use them as a tool to navigate. You can copy the coordinates or use the redirection of your phone to a tool you prefer.

Useless

I have used the legacy app for years. This new version does not work at all on a new iPad. The map will not show a single site. The legacy version shows sites and is much easier to use.

MAJ Tom Army

3 months ago

Really?

Considering the entire database and all of the info on overlander is community added and generated, and the only service you’re effectively providing is the maps - which are open source so it’s not like you are paying for them anyway, I find it a really unethical and a spit in the face of all the users that have contributed to the database that you’re now trying to charge £100 a year for that. Yet another great project getting ruined by greed.
A small charge to generate some profit for you and cover the costs - sure. A £100? Distastefully greedy.

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Apollo767