Crashes
Unable to open this app
After downloading on iOS - just keeps crashing.
After downloading on iOS - just keeps crashing.
GpX
Is there a way to download gpx file from the app?
Website is great! App is just OK.
First let’s talk about the good stuff:
The hikes on this app are extremely well documented with fantastic info about each walk. Bravo to the team who put this together. I found WildWalks first through their website and started printing out their guides before every hike. It’s a huge amount of work putting together detailed guides like this. Truly amazing. Thank you. The app is a good resource if you want a pocket version of the site.
Now the bad stuff:
I was surprised to see that you can’t see your GPS location on the downloaded maps as you’re going on a hike. This seems like the main promise of a mobile maps app and not very difficult to implement on a technical level. It’s a weird omission.
If you’re at a trailhead with multiple trails coming off it it’s sometimes difficult to tell which guide you should download. This is important because the guides are large files and wilderness locations often have poor connectivity.
There also isn’t a tab for easy access to tracks that you’ve already downloaded. This means you have to scroll through long lists to find a walk every time. It doesn’t load well if you’re offline either.
All up, it’s a great service and I’m happy to have pitched in a few dollars for a truly helpful resource. I just wish the app was a bit better developed so it could be more helpful. I think this could be a very successful service with a bit more work.
The hikes on this app are extremely well documented with fantastic info about each walk. Bravo to the team who put this together. I found WildWalks first through their website and started printing out their guides before every hike. It’s a huge amount of work putting together detailed guides like this. Truly amazing. Thank you. The app is a good resource if you want a pocket version of the site.
Now the bad stuff:
I was surprised to see that you can’t see your GPS location on the downloaded maps as you’re going on a hike. This seems like the main promise of a mobile maps app and not very difficult to implement on a technical level. It’s a weird omission.
If you’re at a trailhead with multiple trails coming off it it’s sometimes difficult to tell which guide you should download. This is important because the guides are large files and wilderness locations often have poor connectivity.
There also isn’t a tab for easy access to tracks that you’ve already downloaded. This means you have to scroll through long lists to find a walk every time. It doesn’t load well if you’re offline either.
All up, it’s a great service and I’m happy to have pitched in a few dollars for a truly helpful resource. I just wish the app was a bit better developed so it could be more helpful. I think this could be a very successful service with a bit more work.
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Amazing! A huge gift to all who love nature
Find nature walks presented on a clear map, see photos of key points on the walks, check National Parks warnings for the trail you choose before you head out, download the map to your phone so it’s all there when phone coverage lets you down. It’s all in one app. It’s brilliant. If I could give this six stars, I would. I’ve paid the annual fee to support the developer and unlock some handy features.
Apps like this are a labour of love. Thanks to the developer for doing this project and all the people who’ve chipped in a few dollars to help pay for it.
I have no connection to the developer, but I am someone who has connected with nature far more thanks to Wild Walks over several years. 🙏🍃
Apps like this are a labour of love. Thanks to the developer for doing this project and all the people who’ve chipped in a few dollars to help pay for it.
I have no connection to the developer, but I am someone who has connected with nature far more thanks to Wild Walks over several years. 🙏🍃
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No updates for 1yr? Can’t open the app
Tried to update and it won’t update. Deleted the app and now I can’t re download it.
Useful !
Very useful, can't complain for a free app.. must be lots of work to maintain it..
Needs improvement
The app is useable but it’s missing important features such as list of favourites walks and search button. Overall it’s an ok app
Half baked but still usable
It’s a usable app for maps of walks to keep you on the right trail. That it will do. But searching for particular trails is such a basic omission. And the user interface once in the maps is very limited. I will keep using it, but I don’t think it’s had an update for some time if at all, a shame, because the wild walks website is very informative.
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Useful app but needs more features
This is an incredibly useful app and no other app is like it that I have seen. However it’s incredibly outdated and looks like it hasn’t been updated for years or like it hasn’t been finished.
The main issue for me is there’s no ‘favourites’ or ‘saved tracks’ options. Also being able to click done on a track would be incredibly useful so that you can see what you’ve explored and what you’ve yet to find.
Other than that it’s incredibly useful and would recommend to any fellow hikers :)
The main issue for me is there’s no ‘favourites’ or ‘saved tracks’ options. Also being able to click done on a track would be incredibly useful so that you can see what you’ve explored and what you’ve yet to find.
Other than that it’s incredibly useful and would recommend to any fellow hikers :)
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So frustrating
This could be a great app but it has so many failings.
You can’t search for a walk!
You can filter walks by various criteria but why on earth would you want to sort them by how near they are? Seriously, I’m not interested in finding the walk which is furthest away from where I am.
The rendering of the walk routes on the map is clumsy, showing them as thick red lines until you zoom in so close that you can’t see any neighbouring landmarks.
I have the subscription version but I am unsubscribing. What a shame. I’ll be carrying a guide book in future.
You can’t search for a walk!
You can filter walks by various criteria but why on earth would you want to sort them by how near they are? Seriously, I’m not interested in finding the walk which is furthest away from where I am.
The rendering of the walk routes on the map is clumsy, showing them as thick red lines until you zoom in so close that you can’t see any neighbouring landmarks.
I have the subscription version but I am unsubscribing. What a shame. I’ll be carrying a guide book in future.
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