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Off-road racing
The One and Only
Simple & Powerful
Awesome App!
Best Off Road GPS app
Many issues, high cost, low value, look elsewhere
Among the many flaws of this overpriced app, that should have been addressed years ago, two of the most annoying ones are related to the renewal of your annual subscription and to the overall value of the subscription.
1. Annual renewal: You will be charged but the renewal will not appear on the app and none of the purchases will show as active. Using the “restore purchases” function does nothing in most cases. Over the years, as I renewed the subscription, I have had to delete the app completely from all my devices. This means that all files are deleted as well. You will need to do a fresh download of the app after which you will have to reupload all your files again. This process takes forever as there is no way to upload multiple files at once.
2. Value: the satellite maps were downgraded over the years from high resolution to low resolution maps as the developer switched map vendors. While the maps were downgraded, the cost not only did not go down it actually went up. The advanced package turned into nothing more than a low res off line maps download with no other features. It is outrageous that for the cost of the advanced package you get so little. You cannot even download off road maps along the route. You have to go tile by tile to download these low res maps. Comparing to other off road navigation apps, the cost is super high and the value is super questionable
App owner response:
“LEADNAV is the professional GPS interface that we needed and dedicated to our smaller group professionals”
What??? What does it even mean? Where is this statement in the app description prior to purchasing? Professionals at what?
Evidently the owner works with a small group of subscribers and is committed to making the group smaller, much smaller.
As far as the rest of the response goes: none of my other off road apps ever had any issues when the subscriptions renews but I guess it’s easy to put it on apple. Also, thanks for advising me to backup my files, seriously???
The downgrade in maps’ quality is mentioned in other reviews.
Response from developer
Sorry you are unhappy with subscription handling and/or the costs. All subscriptions are handled via Apple and your Apple account and all subscriptions and activations are shown on your device under subscriptions under your account, under device Settings. This is where Apple shows and handles everything you have active. I am aware of the Restore issues but as we are limited to requiring Apple to handle all subscription and activations, this has been an ongoing issue as we also allow our teams and groups to spread a single subscription across many devices. Once activated on each device initially though, it will renew fine through Apples servers…but yes it has been an ongoing battle so hopefully we can improve it more. However, backing up all Collections and GPS files outside each device to somewhere like DropBox is highly advised and only importing what you need for a trip. Like any GPS unit it is good practice to backup and store your GPS files off the device and bring in only what you need. Mapping has not diminished whatsoever…as ESRI World Imagery is well beyond and a big upgrade from what we ran in the past. It’s what we established and utilize in the military. So I am not sure what you are looking at there but you also still have Custom URL input available which essentially allows you to utilize any map type in the world… We, unlike every other trail app out there, do not cloud collect, store or make a living selling your data… LEADNAV is the professional GPS interface that we needed and dedicated to our smaller group professionals. Without selling your data like these others out there…it is priced well below where it needs to be for me to single handedly maintain such a capability as a professional GPS unit interface for these groups. Appreciate your use over the years and feedback Thank you Damian
Many issues, high cost, low value
1. Annual renewal: You will be charged but the renewal will not appear on the app and none of the purchases will show as active. Using the “restore purchases” function does nothing in most cases. Over the years, as I renewed the subscription, I have had to delete the app completely from all my devices. This means that all files are deleted as well. You will need to do a fresh download of the app after which you will have to reupload all your files again. This process takes forever as there is no way to upload multiple files at once.
2. Value: the satellite maps were downgraded over the years from high resolution to low resolution maps as the developer switched map vendors. While the maps were downgraded, the cost not only did not go down it actually went up. The advanced package turned into nothing more than a low res off line maps download with no other features. It is outrageous that for the cost of the advanced package you get so little. You cannot even download off road maps along the route. You have to go tile by tile to download these low res maps. Comparing to other off road navigation apps, the cost is super high and the value is super questionable
Response from developer
Sorry you are unhappy with subscription handling and/or the costs. All subscriptions are handled via Apple and your Apple account and all subscriptions and activations are shown on your device under subscriptions under your account, under device Settings. This is where Apple shows and handles everything you have active. I am aware of the Restore issues but as we are limited to requiring Apple to handle all subscription and activations, this has been an ongoing issue as we also allow our teams and groups to spread a single subscription across many devices. Once activated on each device initially though, it will renew fine through Apples servers…but yes it has been an ongoing battle so hopefully we can improve it more. However, backing up all Collections and GPS files outside each device to somewhere like DropBox is highly advised and only importing what you need for a trip. Like any GPS unit it is good practice to backup and store your GPS files off the device and bring in only what you need. Mapping has not diminished whatsoever…as ESRI World Imagery is well beyond and a big upgrade from what we ran in the past. It’s what we established and utilize in the military. So I am not sure what you are looking at there but you also still have Custom URL input available which essentially allows you to utilize any map type in the world… We, unlike every other trail app out there, do not cloud collect, store or make a living selling your data… LEADNAV is the professional GPS interface that we needed and dedicated to our smaller group professionals. Without selling your data like these others out there…it is priced well below where it needs to be for me to single handedly maintain such a capability as a professional GPS unit interface for these groups. Appreciate your use over the years and feedback Thank you Damian
Many issues, high cost, low value
1. Annual renewal: You will be charged but the renewal will not appear on the app and none of the purchases will show as active. Using the “restore purchases” function does nothing in most cases. Over the years, as I renewed the subscription, I have had to delete the app completely from all my devices. This means that all files are deleted as well. You will need to do a fresh download of the app after which you will have to reupload all your files again. This process takes forever as there is no way to upload multiple files at once.
2. Value: the satellite maps were downgraded over the years from high resolution to low resolution maps as the developer switch map vendors. While the maps were downgraded, the cost not only did not go down it actually went up. The advanced package turned into nothing more than a low res off line maps download with no other features. It is outrageous that for the cost of the advanced package you get so little. You cannot even download off road maps along the route. You have to go tile by tile to download these low res maps. Comparing to other off road navigation apps, the cost is super high and the value is super questionable
Battery draining
The BEST navigation app!
Idioma
Invaluable tool!
Alphabetical order COLLECTIONS!!!!!!
I have over 100 maps and takes forever to pick the correct one.
Also make it so we can call out way points in advance.
Once you go through all that it’s an ok program.
Once that is fixed I’ll pay for the high package.
Response from developer
We can look at the organization of Collections. However, if you are keeping all your Collections in app to the point it’s hard to find what you need, this is not recommended. All Collections should be backed up and organized, as you’d do with any GPS unit, to either a hard drive, computer or as most do through DropBox where you can organize your GPS files anyway you see fit. We do this by folders for areas, events, etc. LEADNAV is an in the field GPS and we grab what we need from these storage options for a specific trip, save out any background map imagery for that trip, go on that trip, then we clean up the files and dump them into the cloud (Dropbox) or to our storage drives. We than completely scrub the app in preparation for the next trip if in a different location. If you have that many files piled up in app and are not scrubbing your background map imagery after the trip prior to saving out for the next area, you will eventually stress the app and experience lag and possibly crashes as map imagery in multiple areas is trying to lay out in the background in multiple areas. If you’re not backing up and organizing your Collections outside the app, and have as many files as you say you do, it is also not good to rely on the storage of all that work in app…if your app gets corrupted or you lose your device…they are gone. “Waypoints” are audio visual pins within your Routes. These are given at 15 second out alerts based off speed. Assuming you mean “Markers”… these are simply points of interests around your area. If you need pre alerts be sure to add them as Waypoints into your Route. Thank you for your feedback
Truly impressive software capabilities
So easy it’s actually fun to do. Lots of online training available, but you could figure it out on your own. AND I have reached out to the developer and received personal replies answering my question fully and guiding me to a more efficient tip, which he didn’t need to do.
If you don’t have this software you are doing it wrong. I need to screen shot my master map with like 100 markers and 20 routes that reaches about 50 mile radius. This is a mush have for anyone camping or off-roading. You have no idea what cool stuff is just around the corner. And you can import all the other app trails and overlay them on these maps. This is a game changer. And once set up you don,t need a signal. On a side note: A camping iPad was not really a priority of mine, but now that I have it, I am not mad about that either. It runs my lights and dash cam. Runs my offline stereo library. Has a few movies for road trips or the 3 and 5 yr old to do puzzles on while in the RV. Cant do that on a garmin or fish finder thingy which I also looked into. I bought it for this software but really everything is better once I committed to LEADNAV.
Pro licensing is unclear
Response from developer
This is Apple handled and subscriptions through Apple’s systems share between all of your devices that use your iTunes account. This way your subscription can share between your iPhone, iPad and any other device you own. There is no “time limit” on sharing these to your devices. It is handled and distributed as you update devices, get a new phone, buy another iPad, etc. Not sure what “licensing” add-on you were expecting as again all sale and distribution is handled via Apple and through your iTunes account with them. Pro subscriptions are priced for “you” and “your” devices, not multiple people with different iTunes accounts. Apple does not provide a distribution method for you to share your subscriptions with your buddies. Some of our race teams opt to buy “team” iPads that share one iTunes account. This is a loophole in Apples sale and distribution methods, not ours and the only way you can technically “share” a subscription. Yes I run LEADNAV myself and have since 2014 but even with over 30,000 users and professionals utilizing LEADNAV, I do a pretty good job at answering any email sent to headquarters@leadnavsystems.com or through our contact page within 24-48 hours at the most… So if you have an issue with your subscription let me know! Damian Owner LEADNAV
