ArcGIS Field Maps User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience11.4% of reviews
Neutral19.3% of reviews
Negative experience69.3% of reviews

~ Based on 114 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is ArcGIS Field Maps Safe?

ArcGIS Field Maps has mixed safety signals based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for ArcGIS Field Maps is 52/100.

This assessment is based on 45 user ratings, with an App Store average of 2.2/5.

Safety Analysis

24.4% of ratings point to a safe experience
8.9% of ratings suggest some concerns
66.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 45 App Store ratings for ArcGIS Field Maps.

Is ArcGIS Field Maps Legit?

ArcGIS Field Maps appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for ArcGIS Field Maps is 90/100.

Based on 90 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

No edit

System was running fine for me for sometime. But until recently i am unable to edit. Edit disappeared from the platform. iPhone/ samsung galaxy tab

App crashes

I rely on this app for work and it crashes so often. It also has trouble loading when signal isn’t ideal. I’m an ecologist, so signal usually isn’t ideal. I love that I can set up symbology and fields for recording data ahead of time, making it seamless to transfer data into ArcGIS. But that’s all useless if the app won’t load or crashes in the field.
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Frustrating

Field Maps continuously crashes on me while trying to input data. Doesn’t matter if I reset the app, restart my phone, or check for updates. Extremely frustrating. Fix the app, Esri!!

The best free ArcGIS app for mobile, which is rather depressing

Works well enough I suppose, and I still use it for quick references on the go.

Great app

Generally a good app for the work I do. Would love if yall could somehow make fieldmaps compatible with Apple CarPlay.

Bad

The app crashes quite often. Can’t download offline maps for any square footage. I try to load a map that is literally 100 sq feet and it fails every time. Horrible optimization and extremely unreliable online and offline.

Inoperable

Slow, lags a lot. Sometimes doesn’t even work. Don’t waste your time

Response from developer

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please reach out to us directly with your specific issues so we can address them by emailing us at arcgisfieldmaps@esri.com or contacting your administrator.

What’s the point?

What’s the point of a mapping app that doesn’t record tracks? It requires running a separate app to record tracks. So just use the one other app and ditch field maps.

I will like to add that ESRI reached out to inform me they have a “stream” feature, which is their version of tracking. But it turns out you have to stop “streaming” to take a waypoint or view another map. That is extremely inconvenient. Other apps get this right. But ESRI continues to phone it in.

Only gets 1 star because no stars is not an option.
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Response from developer

ArcGIS Field Maps records tracks into a location sharing service. You can also record a GPS log into a line or area feature layer using GPS streaming. No other app is required for either of these experiences.

Not very good

I use this app for work and it’s not very good at all. It has a ton of bugs, it’s frustrating to use, and we use it to cut wood so we need the dot to follow us, and it’s everywhere. You can never tell where you are. It has potential, but there’s been 1 or 2 updates in the past years with it, and it seems to get worse, never better. On behalf of everyone who uses this for working in the woods, get Avenza.
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Picture upload

With recent updates, this fails almost every time I try to upload photos and several attempts to save are unsuccessful.

Response from developer

Sorry to hear you are having problems. We have resolved an issue related to this in 26.2.2. If your problems persist, please contact your GIS administrator.

Please update

When using field maps my little blue current location marker is turned off until I press the little arrow in the top right corner. Moving my map around also automatically turns this feature off, causing me to re-apply it every time I click somewhere on the map. It would be a lot easier if this toggle was just turned on permanently and never turned off. Just like when using Apple Maps or Google maps.

Then your app would be perfect :)
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Endlessly unreliable

The app constantly quits and will not reopen until it is deleted and re-downloaded, which makes it pretty much entirely useless

Very unreliable. Constant crashes. Bogs down phone.

Arcgis MAPS are FANTASTIC, but this APP is a disaster!

Response from developer

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please reach out through your GIS team to Esri Support so we can understand what is happening on your device.

It works when it wants to

This app is great for collecting data when we are in the field and to review later. The app itself crashes often and doesn’t load or submit information. Tried back in the office on WiFi and still had loading issues. Logging in right now has been a pain because it keeps cycling instead of connecting. Hopefully it is fixed or improved soon.
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Constantly crashing

This app needs help

Esri continues to be terrible

Bare minimum functionality, constant logouts, arbitrary updates that ruin old workflows, snapping sets the snapped point’s z score to zero, the problems are infinite and the solutions come never

Tons of potential

Has potential to make your data work for you in amazing ways if you have the technical background to set it up correctly.
My biggest gripe is that it really needs an update that allows your location icon to show you which way you are pointing. This is a very basic navigation feature that many apps include and esri is really slacking not including this yet.
Would also like the compass feature to be more readily accessible. I’m am trying to get my agency folks to adopt FieldMaps more broadly and it still doesn’t have features that a handheld Garmin GPS has. You really gotta show people which way they are pointing and a direct route to their chosen location to traverse wooded landscapes.
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Decent

It’s got great capabilities but I’ve had to delete and re download numerous times this last 3 weeks due to it just not loading anything even after app restart. It works after a full delete and re install but it very annoying

Junk

Slow, constant crashed, typical ESRI

Let’s get it to the 5 stars

I don’t think it is fair that this app in 2026 has only 2.5 stars. We have been using this for years and yes it had its moments but it had been improved so much since then.