# National Park Trail Guide — user reviews > 103 indexed App Store user reviews of National Park Trail Guide by Adventure Projects Inc., rated 4.50/5 from 1,458 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/national-park-trail-guide/id1031987936/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/national-park-trail-guide/id1031987936.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,212 · 4★ 71 · 3★ 39 · 2★ 26 · 1★ 110 ## What do users think of National Park Trail Guide? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 🚀 Offline maps and GPS - 👍 Detailed trail information - 📷 Helpful photos and ratings - 🗺️ Accurate location tracking - 🗓️ Useful to-do list feature **Cons** - 🐛 Crashes and freezes - 🚫 Missing parks and trails - 📱 Compatibility issues - 🔍 Difficult to navigate app - 🔍 Outdated information **Commonly reported bugs** - App locks up and becomes unresponsive - No data or information displayed - Unable to create an account - Trouble downloading or updating data **Most requested features** - Ability to delete downloaded content - Option to adjust text size - Search by keywords (e.g. difficulty, views) - Separate North and South Rim for Grand Canyon - Include all National Parks and Monuments ## Newest reviews (13 of 103) ### 2/5 — Basemaps not loading *2026-04-05, version 4.6.14* Basemaps are not loading and we’re just getting to the spring hiking season! Unusable until this is fixed. Ahh, just clicked on support link - takes you to a website for a totally different app. Looks like they’re not actually seriously updating this app anymore. ### 3/5 — Good but wrong *2025-03-06, version 4.6.6* Nice layout. Good info. But missing Canyon and NP in Utah but had a NM instead. ### 3/5 — App Says it will take a second to update – It’s been 20 minutes *2024-09-05* I was enjoy using the app to research Glacier National Park. Today I open the app and get message that app needs to update the data & that it will take a second. Twenty minutes later, the app still is not providing any National Park information and keeps repeating the message. App should be updated such that data refresh takes place in background and the current data is still displayed. Current version is inconsistent and makes using it for planning unreliable. ### 4/5 — Almost perfect *2024-05-26, version 4.5.8* This is a fantastic app for learning about and enjoying the National Parks….for the ones they have decided to include. I wish it was all inclusive, as we are trying to visit ALL NP’s, but several are not included in this app. ### 4/5 — Great App - Lacks a Few Things *2023-08-27* I love this app for 3 reasons: it offers useful trail data, it works well offline out when out of service, and it is easy to select family friendly hikes, but after using it extensively for four years, it is missing a few key features. 1 ability to see roads and trails at the same time. At times you need to navigate to the trails, not having a visual of roads anywhere, it is sometimes unclear when you switch to map apps for driving to a trail which trailhead you need to access. Also in some parks you need to see which trails are hours away versus easily accessible. You just can't tell without roads. 2. accessibility, eg the text is tiny and cannot be zoomed or enlarged. Having a list of accessible hikes would also be helpful. 3. Beyond the highlighted trails, there's no a search feature for hikes, and it can be hard to find ones that are suitable. I would love to be able to search keywords like "quiet" "view" or "elevation" "dry" 4. No way in the Grand Canyon to see north and south rim separately... I continue to recommend the app, but these improvements would make it even better. ### 1/5 — No offline option *2023-08-02, version 4.5.4* Not very useful for on trail use as this lacks offline features. ### 3/5 — Flop *2023-07-22, version 4.5.4* This doesn’t even have Mount Charleston ! ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work *2023-07-11, version 4.5.4* The NPS app recommends this app but it doesn’t work ### 1/5 — Is this supposed to work? *2023-06-04, version 4.5.3* Had this on my phone for a while, but been over a year since using. Noticed it updated recently but upon opening I get: “We need to update the data store. Hang on, this will only take a second” Well, their “second” doesn’t match the standard definition of second. After waiting several minutes; I deleted and re-installed the app with the same result. Yes, I can close out of the screen which I am left to search zero parks. ### 3/5 — Not all parks are included *2023-03-26, version 3.4.1* I was really hoping this would help me complete all of the trails in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National lakeshore but it doesn’t include those trails! It shows the lakeshore on the map, and the roads within, but none of the trails. Since that’s the closest park by far, it was a big disappointment. From looking at the other content I probably would’ve given it five stars if it had my favorite park! ### 3/5 — Not quite there yet *2023-01-22, version 3.4.1* Some great info but not accurate and not all functioning. I filtered to see the parks nearest to me and was surprised the app includes monuments such as Muir Woods but did not list Lassen which is an actual National Park (the title and point of the app). I was able to search to find it. Second issue being that the todo list feature doesn’t work. I tried adding trails to it and nothing. :/ Maybe in the future :) ### 1/5 — Nothing But a Home Page *2022-09-05, version 3.4.1* This app is completely non- functional. ### 1/5 — Lousy maps without a scale bar. *2022-08-22, version 3.4.1* Useless ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Used to be great now maps don’t even load *2026-01-24, version 4.6.12* Used to be great now maps don’t even load ### 1/5 — Crashes on opening latest OS Mac *2025-06-18, version 4.6.8* Even deleting and redownloading fails to get the working ### 1/5 — Now Worthless! *2025-03-26, version 4.6.7* I updated the app today & now it quickly closes as soon as I tap to attempt opening it! What was previously a beautiful, informative app is now completely worthless - even after deleting & trying to re-install it. ### 1/5 — Nothing *2024-12-25, version 4.6.4* I just ran across this app. Downloaded to iPhone and iPad (older). There is nothing here. No parks no search result. NOTHING. And yes I logged in to a new account. ### 1/5 — Won’t let me create account *2024-06-30, version 4.5.8* It won’t let me create an account. Can’t get past “enter email” page. Can’t use the app without creating an account 🤷‍♀️ ### 1/5 — No maps, no info? *2024-04-25, version 4.5.7* There’s nothing in this app, what happened?! ### 1/5 — No info. *2024-03-28, version 4.5.6* I made an account. Tried to find trails. Nothing!! ### 1/5 — No data? *2024-03-16, version 4.5.6* Absolutely nothing in here ### 1/5 — Non functional *2024-01-14, version 4.5.6* This all has no data or information in it ### 1/5 — Can’t create account *2023-11-12, version 4.5.4* App doesn't let me create an account not. Without an account, cant use it! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Well designed *2025-02-26, version 4.6.6* Love this app for finding the not as crowded gems in the parks. I love all the trail details and difficulty ratings so we know what we are getting into. Recommend 10/10! ### 5/5 — Continue to Add More *2023-11-04, version 4.5.4* I love this app. I hope they continue to add more ### 5/5 — So Simple and Easy *2023-09-24, version 4.5.4* Perfect subsections and simple paragraphs. Easy to handle ### 5/5 — Great App! *2023-08-15, version 4.5.4* Changing my review, I thought it didn’t have canyonlands but you just need to search for some of them if they don’t appear on a presorted list. ### 5/5 — Detailed Hikes and Helpful Pictures *2023-05-24, version 4.5.3* Stumbled on to this app I had downloaded a while ago. Prepping for Southern Utah trip and noted most of the key hikes already planned out for me with pictures as well. Highly recommend. ### 5/5 — Never write reviews but you deserve a good one, Made my trip to Acadia way better *2023-05-12, version 4.5.3* Thanks to this app I could get around like a long time local Even offline could navigate on all the trails ### 5/5 — Best NP app for hiking *2022-08-11* I don’t remember if I paid anything for it. But whatever I paid, it is well worth it. I have used this app for a few years and several national parks, like Glaciers, Death Valley, Acadia, Joshua Tree. It is extremely helpful when hiking on remote trails with no cell signal. It basically gives you a trail map, all the information such as distance, elevation, etc. love it very much and it’s the mail app that I use for planning and taking hikings in NP. ### 5/5 — Nicely done *2022-07-23, version 3.4.1* App was great on a weeklong hiking trip. It made it easy to plan routes for the next day and stay on the right path while hiking (including elevation tracking!). Works offline which makes sense as many hikes don’t have reception. ### 5/5 — Very cool app *2022-07-22, version 3.4.1* I like this app better than AllTrails. Because I can browse the detailed information of any trails by clicking it on the map. AllTrails doesn’t allow me to do it. I have to go back and select the trail, whose name I may not know. It is annoying. One shortcoming is that I cannot find a way to download the offline map on this APP. ### 5/5 — Perfect *2022-06-29, version 3.4.1* Juste la meilleure appli au monde --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*