Coverage info directly from provider.
Response from developer
The unique benefit of the 'Coverage?' app is that it works offline - you do not need to go to your carriers website to check the maps. Often when you need the maps most, getting online to check the web maps might not be possible. Also - 'Coverage?' gives you the ability to compare and contrast overall coverage map between carriers, which is a pretty unique feature.
Great and Informative App
Nice to see how TMUS N41 ahead of VZ and especially T N77.
Confusing
Seems a waste of time and energy
Low resolution
Confusing interface
Data is Patently False
I know for a fact that there is no Verizon or T-Mobile LTE coverage at my work. Only AT&T works. But according to this app it has coverage by all major carriers.
Very very basic
Response from developer
You can certainly do that. The purpose of Coverage? is having them on your phone to look up when you don't have coverage.. or for overlaying the carrier's maps to compare.
Coverage Maps Accuracy
07-Sep-19 - Correction
On a "splash screen," the first time you use "Coverage? Lite," you are told it's THREE USES.
For those three uses, you get the full "Coverage?" After that, the product description tells you that many (most?) of its features will "lock up."
Bottom line: Based upon your needs, it may be worth your while to go straight to the $2.99 version of "Coverage?" and skip "Coverage? Lite."
Good about this app is that the prices are clearly labeled: $2.99 for "Coverage?", and that's a one-time fee. They list $5.99 and $4.99 per year for the annual subscription. I suspect the $4.99 is the discount mentioned on the splash screen if you first pay $2.99 to "unlock" the app. Those with the annual subscription can expect to get updated maps more often (and in HD).
So, what you need to decide is, just how are you going to use "Coverage?"?
First, I would say that, as a one-time fee, the $2.99 is reasonable. The subscription fee is a more difficult thing to process.
It would come down to just how you plan to use this app.
For me, I use the app only when I'm thinking of shopping around for a new cell phone carrier. I might also check it when traveling, especially to places like Arizona, Nebraska, and Nevada, where some of the major carriers don't always have good coverage. It's a good "heads up."
I imagine that if I lived in an RV and traveled all the time, especially to highly rural areas of the west, the subscription service would be a better idea.
That's just my thought process. What is yours?
Corrections: I deleted much of my 02-Sep-19 review since it was based upon my bad memory. In particular, I thought I got "Coverage?" for free. The author states that "Coverage?" has never been free. If that's the case, then "Coverage? Lite" may be a good way to look at the "paid for" app.
I only upgraded from two to three stars, though, because I really don't like the concept of "crippleware," software that lets you use it a limited number of times before it "locks up" and isn't that useful anymore. And in this case, the stated "three uses" would seem to make the "Coverage? Lite" app shut down in a very short time; as I guessed above, maybe less than one day.
Response from developer
Actually, Coverage? (the $2.99) paid version was released first back in 2010 and has ALWAYS been a paid app - long before app upgrades and in app purchases were a thing. Original Coverage? customers continued to get free updates for years - and continue to do so. We released the HD Map edition about 2 years ago for those who desire higher resolution maps - and so we could create residual income from the app to continue to afford to even offer it. Remember, our intention with the app is for frequent travelers to help in their planning, which is who the subscription is aimed at. We used to also have LTE Finder, which only showed the LTE coverage of the carriers - this was the free version that you might have downloaded way back then.. Well, times have changes and most carriers coverage maps are solidly LTE - so it wasn't all that different than the paid Coverage? version. So we needed to adjust the model. We renamed it Coverage? Lite - and you get to use the full app for free 3 times. Then you can pick a single carrier and continue using it for free. For those with one carrier - this is still quite useful.
It really should include Canada and Mexico
Updated in 2017 now only 90% worthless
Not Useful
We have 3G
Either Develop a " 3G finder
Or mark the price of "Coverage?" Down to $1.99 instead of $2.99
