# Paragliding Map — user reviews

> 118 indexed App Store user reviews of Paragliding Map by Craig Payne, rated 4.10/5 from 50 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paragliding-map/id449161459/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/paragliding-map/id449161459.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 31 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 4 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 5

## What do users think of Paragliding Map?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Essential for paragliding planning
- 🗺️ Great for finding new sites worldwide
- ✅ Comprehensive site information
- 💨 Accurate weather and thermal forecasts
- 🚀 Easy to use interface
- ⭐ Excellent and responsive support
- 💡 Useful features like NOTAMs and hike & fly routes
- 🌍 Valuable for traveling pilots
- ✨ Intuitive and well-designed app
- 💯 Highly recommended by experienced pilots

**Cons**

- 💸 Expensive subscription/pricing
- 😠 Aggressive ads in free version
- ❌ Unsubscribe issues and unexpected charges
- 📉 Inconsistent data accuracy (weather/flyability)
- 💻 Some features require desktop access
- 🤷 Limited site info in certain areas
- 🤔 Trial version has too many disabled features

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes or freezes
- Unsubscribe function not working
- Unexpected charges after cancellation
- Purchase bugs (pro features not enabled)
- Inaccurate wind direction/speed reporting
- Sites marked as flyable but are not
- App not loading or showing white screen
- Favorites not saving after phone change
- Error 404 with Windfinder integration
- Icon flyable/non-flyable doesn't match text info
- Map placement errors (e.g., Dunstable Downs)
- Webcam price too high
- App does not handle landscape orientation on website
- Restoration of purchase not working

**Most requested features**

- Add contact info for local instructors and clubs
- Include locations for gear purchase
- Filter search by altitude difference
- Visualize nesting zones (ZSM)
- Add date to future planning preview
- Improve recognition for user contributions (reviews, photos)
- Add iPad version
- Tailor for all powerless flight groups, not just paragliding
- Show wind as arrows and option for mph
- Integration with hill top weather stations
- Option to buy for a lifetime payment

## Newest reviews (16 of 118)

### 4/5 — Good place to start

*2026-06-09*

It’s a great reference for launch sites and weather

### 4/5 — Great local knowledge

*2025-06-10*

Some sites have really good information in local knowledge others have little sites, you should game apply the app so people who give more reviews post more pictures. Get some sort of recognition, either on social media or with the app that would encourage more participation and uploading of the information.

### 5/5 — Good resource

*2025-04-05*

A really good resource guy or various flying sites around the world
Generally accurate and easy to use
What’s not to like

### 5/5 — Keep making this app better 🙏🏻

*2025-03-15*

Love it. But certainly needs some cleaning to make everything more intuitive and some extra features

**Developer response:** Hi! Thanks for your feedback! Would you please be so kind as to contact support at paraglidingmap.com with your suggestions for improvements? We love getting ideas from our customers!

### 5/5 — Awesome app!

*2025-01-26*

Man, I LOVE this app! So amazing.

### 5/5 — Useful app for global flying sites

*2024-11-25*

I’ve been spending the last few years flying around the world as I travel and I’ve found this app indispensable to have to research new flying sites as I travel. Well worth paying for full access to all the functionality of the app. And if you have a query Craig, the developer is very quick to respond to you.

**Developer response:** Thanks for your review. I’m glad you like the app and I’m always happy to help!

### 5/5 — Sites de vols

*2024-07-15*

Bonjour, 
Je désirerais savoir pourquoi les sites de vols, n’apparaissent plus sur ma carte (soit en jaune soit en orange)
J’ai pourtant réglé la cotisation en début d’année 2024.
Pouvez vous SVP m’expliquer 

Cordialement 

Claude BERT

**Developer response:** Bonjour Bert. Il semble que les filtres de carte soient activés. Veuillez nous contacter à l'adresse support@paraglidingmap.com afin que nous puissions vous aider personnellement. ☺️

### 5/5 — Excellent App

*2024-07-09*

I started using this App in 2023 before my first to France. I loved it and its ease of use as well as its compilation of data. I continued to use it when back in the US and traveling to new sites. Then in Mexico and again in France this summer of 2024. I love it!

And, like the author above, I emailed Craig about a support issue and got an excellent and prompt response and help from him. 

Highly recommended for all levels of pilots!

### 5/5 — Such a great app!

*2024-05-28, version 11.3.0*

This all has it all. Information about launches and landings which l can’t find anywhere else and a wealth of features which you can combine with the map showing where and when you can fly. 

My top 3 favorite features? 
NOTAMs (yes, safety first!), insider hiking trails (I love hike & fly) and hiking the wind animation (they even improved what Windy does). 

Thumbs up, guys!

### 5/5 — Super application

*2024-05-01*

L’application s’est très bien améliorée et est complète 
Le plus pour moi c’est la facilité d’accéder à un nouveau décollage dans un pays étranger en suivant les indications proposées. 
Réponse instantanée du gestionnaire du site quand on a un problème avec l’application

### 5/5 — A quand la visualisation des zones nidification ?

*2024-01-30*

Excellente application. Merci pour les nouvelles fonctionnalités surtout les NOTAMS. Prochaine étape les ZSM concernant les oiseaux ?

### 5/5 — Please read

*2024-01-04*

Its nice app
Its cool amazing and can’t say enough thanks for this blessing app but its really expensive kindly if its possible put a price so we can buy in one payment and use for rest of our life monthly or yearly is very expensive for people like me that use this app 5-6 times per year🥲😔😞
Thanks

### 5/5 — Must Have App For Pilots

*2023-11-30*

This has been my go to app for paragliding since as long as I can remember. Always up to date w/ great features and customer support. Highly recommend for those just getting into the sport as well as those that have been flying for years. 10/10!

### 5/5 — Remboursement

*2023-11-29*

Pour je ne sais quelle raison en résiliant mon abonnement sur l Apple Store , mon compte continuait à être débité. Je l ai signalé à Greg qui a immédiatement réagi en me remboursant. Une application donc digne de confiance je pense. Bravo !

### 5/5 — Klasse Flieger App die vieles zusammenführt

*2023-10-31*

Dafür zahle ich dann gern die paar EUR, wirklich gut gemacht, vielen Dank!

### 5/5 — Sehr hilfreiche App

*2023-09-10*

Die App ist sehr hilfreich, wenn man in fremden Gebieten in die Luft kommen will. Die Startplätze sind gut beschrieben und mit Fotos dokumentiert, so dass man nicht lange suchen muss. Die Prognosen sind meist sehr genau. Eine tolle App, die sich lohnt.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Arnaque

*2025-11-06*

Le pseudo mois d’essai est en fait une arnaque, car l’arrêt de l’application n’est pas pris en compte et vous êtes débité de 100€ malgré une annulation de l’abonnement avant la fin du mois d’essai. 
Puis biensur personne répond au mail…

### 1/5 — Free ap - pas du tout !!!!

*2025-11-06*

Installée pour test une quinzaine de jours, le prix est l’année est bien trop élevé pour moi (presque 100€) donc j’annule mon abonnement sur l’appli et je me déconnecte. Je vérifie dans mes Abonnements en cours : pas de Paragliding Map donc je me dis que mon désabonnement a du fonctionné. Quelques semaines plus tard, je reçois un mail comme quoi j’ai été prélevée de la cotisation annuelle. Pas de mail en amont pour prévenir, pas de réponses du support à qui j’ai écrit plusieurs fois, franchement des voleurs je trouve ça vraiment pas pro et évidement je ne recommande pas du tout. Et du coup sachez que pour vous désabonner, vous devez vous connecter à un ordinateur, sinon ça me marche pas !

### 1/5 — To expensive

*2025-04-27*

If it was cheaper I might consider paying.

**Developer response:** Top quality comes at a price — and that's why Paragliding Map is the #1 app trusted by pilots worldwide.

If cost is a concern, remember you can start with a monthly subscription and experience the difference for yourself! 😊

### 1/5 — Hängt sich ständig auf, neu gelandet und wieder aufgehangen

*2024-10-15*

Leider öffnet die App nur ein weiße Fläche mit den Orten. Was kostet die volle Nutzung?

**Developer response:** Danke für deine Rezension. Das kann passieren, wenn du vorübergehend ein Netzwerkproblem hast. Danach sollte alles wieder funktionieren. Wenn du weiterhin ein Problem hast, kannst du die App neu installieren oder uns direkt unter support@paraglidingmap.com kontaktieren, um Unterstützung von unserem freundlichen Team zu erhalten. Wir wären dir dankbar, wenn du deine Rezension aktualisieren würdest, sobald alles bei dir funktioniert.

### 1/5 — Annoying Ads, Useless App

*2023-06-12*

I installed this app to check it out. The first thing it did was to show me a 5 second pop up ad which repeats every so often. The app seems to have no information about several sites near me that I know are in use. Overall this app is not worth it.

### 1/5 — Unberechtigte Abbuchung

*2022-06-18*

Die App ist übersicht aufgebaut, jedoch ist das Abbuchungsverfahren mehr als unübersichtlich und es kommt zu unberechtigten Abbuchung, daher die Abwertung mit 1 Stern

**Developer response:** Es tut uns leid, wenn du das Gefühl hast, dass du auf undurchsichtige Weise belastet wurdest. Wir haben eine Geld-zurück-Garantie, also kontaktiere bitte den Support, damit wir dir helfen können. Zu deiner Information: Die kostenlose Testversion wird in ein Abonnement umgewandelt, wenn sie nicht nach einem Monat gekündigt wird. Das ist gut kommuniziert, aber vielleicht ist es das, was du verwirrend fandest? Feedback per Support wäre gut - dann können wir das verbessern.

### 1/5 — Inaccurate

*2020-07-05*

App is never accurate, currently says Spring Hill is flyable with 4km wind and 6km gusts. Wind talker on the hill says 35km winds gusting up to 45km.

**Developer response:** We have since added Meteoblue forecasts to Paragliding Map. Now you can choose which forecast service best suits your location! 😄

### 1/5 — Nicht zu gebrauchen

*2019-06-27*

Benutze die App auf einer Runde durch Rumänien und Bulgarien. Bisher standen wir an sieben Startplätzen die als fliegbar gekennzeichnet waren. Keiner ging, es war alles dabei, 60 km/h Böen, Starkregen und Wind aus der falschen Richtung. Die Wetteranzeigen sind das beste,... 7 km/h Wind mit 14 km/h Böen vorhergesagt! Geflogen ist nur ein Vorzelt und große Äste von den Bäumen. In Sobot stand die App auf NICHT fliegbar und da waren wir 3 Stunden in der Luft. 
Eine absolut unbrauchbare App!! Schade um das Geld!!
Ich fliege seit 27 Jahren in vielen Ländern, aber so eine App braucht keiner.

**Developer response:** Wir haben Meteoblue Vorhersagen hinzugefügt, welche ein hervorragendes Überblick geben. Versuch es mal wieder… 😉

### 1/5 — paraglider traveller must have app.

*2019-04-24*

NO LONGER FREE - I’d restored my purchase but it won’t let me look at any info now - I’m thinking only with monthly 2.99€ subscription. I hate subscriptions and it’s certainly a big ask when only needing it on a rare occasion. “Where to fly” app better. 

Unfortunately there are many sites not added, closed or have missing info’s. Making editing easily WITHIN THE APP is not possible.
The app edit opens the main website, where registration is required, it’s complex with no immediate results. So it still remains behind the times of today’s apps.

**Developer response:** If you’re having trouble restoring your purchase, please contact support and we will be happy to help you. 

Tip: You can easily create and edit sites by tapping „Edit“ in the „Actions“ tab of site details. :)

### 1/5 — Be aware rip off, not able to unsubscribe

*2018-12-14*

Unsubscribe function does not work under iOS IPhone 8+ with latest iOS. Do not subscribe unless you want to pay forever!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Amazing app!

*2026-01-25, version 11.8.0*

A must-have, especially when travelling.

### 5/5 — Great app for Paragliding

*2025-09-15*

I have been using this app for many years to plan my flights and find new paragliding sites. It's very comprehensive providing everything you need to enjoy good flights - weather forecast, thermal forecasts, site details, locations, photos.

### 5/5 — Spot on

*2025-08-28*

I found this to be useful while traveling as to give some insight when I’m not quite sure and a great forecast , I find it to be super reliable with little error

### 5/5 — Love love love

*2025-08-25*

An easy accurate application that enables me to plan my days. It’s really really good.

### 5/5 — A Daily Essential for Pilots

*2025-08-20*

I absolutely love this app. As one of the earliest paraglider pilots in the world, and still flying after all these years, I start every morning by checking Paragliding Map. It has become an essential part of my routine. Thank you for the excellent work—please keep it up!

### 5/5 — Great app for paragliding

*2025-08-12*

Essential for finding sites worldwide and linking to useful information. Take the weather with a pinch of salt but that’s not its core purpose. Love it. And super easy to use too.

### 5/5 — Error correction

*2025-06-02*

I found a wind direction error at a launch site in my hometown. I emailed Craig and he had it corrected the next day. Awesome support.

### 5/5 — Gute und hilfreiche App

*2025-05-25*

Bei mir ist die App seit Jahren sehr Hilfreich, wenn es darum geht, für ein Fluggebiet eine Entscheidung zu treffen. Einziges kleines Manko ist in der Zukunftsplanung-Vorschau das fehlende Datum a den Tagen...

### 5/5 — Incontournable

*2025-04-29*

Fabuleuse application

### 5/5 — Réactivité sans faille. Merci Craig.

*2025-04-18*

Toujours au Top 👌👍

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