Best apps like Cottage Life

Room to ImproveCommon complaints summarized from real App Store user reviews

• 🔍 Saved locations hard to find
• 🏕️ Hard to find designated camping spots
• 📍 No option to mark points of interest
• 💧 No water flow information
• 🚫 No businesses on map as waymarks
• ❌ Login issues (spinning for hours)
• ❌ Blank page, loading wheel
• ❌ Lacks accommodation options
• ❌ Lacks elevation options
• 📏 No km markings
• 🗺️ Saved hikes not viewable together on map
• ❌ Underperforms in recording/tracking hikes
• 🚫 Cannot see all hiked sections at once
• 🚫 Cannot sort or filter hikes by region/date
• 🔒 Closed system (no GPX import/export)
• 🔓 Lose access to stored hikes if subscription ends
• 🚫 Stops recording hikes unexpectedly
• ❌ Lost 8km of data
• ❌ Lose access to hikes/routes/pins if subscription discontinued
• ❌ No map or anything else on load
• ❌ Third party trails omitted
• 💾 App runs out of memory with all maps downloaded
• 🏠 App resets to home screen after switching
• 🔄 Requires scrolling through maps after switching
• 🚫 Can't edit saved routes, only title
• ⏳ Offline maps take minutes to update
• 🔄 App stuck updating, offline maps useless
• 📱 Can't log in on different devices
• 💸 Need to pay for multiple subscriptions
• 📍 Mile markers would be helpful
• 🚫 Cannot see blue spot easily
• 💰 Stole money, thieves
• 🚫 Keyboard covers login button
• 🚫 Cannot scroll down to submit button
• ❌ Does not track distance or trail used
• 🔄 App needs frequent map updates requiring cell service
• 🚫 Cannot look at old map version
• 🚫 Login forces account creation without privacy options
• 📍 Requests location constantly by default
• 👎 Awful app
• 👎 Sub-standard navigation app
• 📉 Old BTC days were better
• 🚫 Forced to delete old app to use new subscription app
• 🚫 Lacks topo map style or basic contours
• 📏 Measurement feature difficult to use
• 🐌 App bogs down calculating distances
• 💸 Not free, only 7-day trial
• 💳 Monthly subscription, not one-time cost
• 🚫 Useless for planning trip
• 📍 No information on places to stay
• 🚫 Can't drop pins and measure distance on iPhone
• 👎 Bring back the old app
• 🚫 App will not save hiked trails
• ❓ No support on saving hikes issue
• 👎 Crippling old app, unfair gouging
• 👎 Underhanded and dishonest approach
• 🆓 Maps posted for free on website, why charge in app?
• 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family sharing not enabled
• ❓ Where is the old app?
• 💰 Don't want to pay for something already paid for
• ❓ Where to get refund for old app?
• ❓ Hidden monthly fee
• 💰 Big rip off
• 📏 Trail measurement feature not good
• 🔋 Battery killer, kills battery in background
• 🚫 Have to completely close app to save battery
• ❓ Username/password lines hidden by keyboard
• 🌍 AllTrails is 10x better
• 💸 Charging triple the amount annually
• 🚫 Not free, have to pay
• 🚫 Can't see app features before paying
• 🚫 Pointless pay wall
• 🔋 Draws a lot of power
• 🔋 Kills battery even with settings off
• ❓ Old app was better
• 🚫 Does not give distances
• 📍 No GPS coordinates for parking sites
• ❓ GPS data not easy to find
• 🚫 Does not replace old Reference Guide
• 📏 Plan route line is solid blue
• 👥 No feature to share planned routes
• 🔒 Requires creating an account
• 🚫 No km markings on maps
• 📏 In-app ruler is a hassle