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A nice app but could use a filter
The camera feature is great for areas that don’t have many mountains, but using it in the Pacific Northwest makes it incredibly difficult due to the number of peaks. The app could really use a filter feature, for example hiding mountains over 50 miles away, less than 2500 feet, etc.
I searched for this option on the app and couldn’t find it. If it’s there, they could make it easier to find.Show lessThe Drunk Viking
Developer Response
these functions are already there. check out the slider control lower left and select the eye icon for adjusting the visibility of distance and elevation.What I’ve always wanted - in app form!
I’ve been a very satisfied Peak Finder user for many years. I’m usually one to write reviews, but this app is cool that I want to.
So many times over the years I’d sit on a mountaintop, staring out at a vista, and think “wouldn’t it be cool if the mountain names could just pop up above the peaks??”. Peak Finder does just that! It’s really pretty incredible that I can carry this technology in the palm of my hand out in the wilderness. You can also take photos with the labels on them, and even get the names of further off peaks by zooming in on the saved pic later.
If you love the outdoors and maps, do yourself a favor and get this app! Also, the price is low and worth every penny.Show lessThinkinWrinkle
The app doesn’t recognize direction properly
I have to keep adjusting the view that the app provides with my finger because when I move the phone around it doesn’t show the actual mountain. It’s actually somewhere in the back not where it supposed to be. I did the compass calibration many times and it doesn’t help if I am in the area that I’m not familiar with. I have no clue what mountain am I looking at only if I’m sure of the mountain, then I could adjust the view by swiping left or right to show the correct peaks. This is an iPhone 14 pro max.Show lessSonicmixmaster
One of my favorite apps
There are very few apps out there that do their job so well you barely notice them. Almost every app has some little niggle. This is one of those apps.
One of its best features is actually its secondary feature: sun and moon path representation. If you ever want to know “when is the sun going to hit my tent” or “where do I have to be so the moon rises behind that mountain for my perfect photo”, this is the app for you.
One of the top negative reviews has to do with aligning peaks. Unfortunately, that user probably has used magnetic phone mounts and screwed up their hardware. I’m on my >=10th iPhone and this is the first time I’ve had any issues (MagSafe is pretty good at balancing that effect, but not perfect). True, there’s no image detection with auto alignment, but the line drawing is clear and easy to match up. This is especially useful in areas where the DEM just isn’t accurate. (The other comment about screenshots is many years out of date.)
I bought this app for cheap years ago and it was easily one of my best purchases ever.Show lessThere are some who call me, Tim
Review of your app
A excellent app for hikers. I use it almost every time I’m on a mountain and have recommended to many people! Keep up the great job! 👍🥾keenehiker
Know Your Terrain
If you're looking for the perfect companion to AllTrails, this is the app. I've been using it for years and only get lost when I want to.Joshaldridge
Doesn’t work
I am sitting on top of Mt Watkins in Yosemite writing this review, with Half Dome smack in front of me, and it doesn’t identify Half Dome, nor Cloud’s Rest, which is directly to my left, nor several other prominent peaks. Keeps saying error, data for this location not downloaded, log out and then back in and a bunch of other crap I can’t do in the field because I don’t have my password with me. If it doesn’t work when I want to use it, it’s utterly useless.Show lessWhmscll
Most elegant app, ever?
I really love this app. Been using software a long time. This is one of the best of all time.
Incredibly well thought out and performed.baja-bum
Best money I spent
Amazing topography tool and makes identifying the peaks around so much easier.
I missed having the app for all my hikes and now I am rediscovering peaks when hiking.
Have used the App in Yosemite, kings canyon and all over PNW. Highly recommend it.Kunzzz
After all these years
The first and best. So straightforward and functional. Wish about two dozen other apps I rely on worked this well.Dune Bum
