Patchly

Patchly

Offline gold prospecting maps

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • September 1, 2026
  • September 22, 2026

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This app helps gold prospectors and metal detectorists explore and understand goldfields with detailed maps and offline capabilities. It records your activity, classifies finds, and allows for private data management. Navigate to locations and track your findings with detailed logs.

✓90+ curated prospecting layers
✓Offline map and search functionality
✓Field recording and smart classification
✓Off-road navigation to finds
✓Stash for tracking gold and value
✓Automatic cloud backup
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What's New in Patchly

1.2

September 22, 2026

Bare-earth LiDAR over Victoria's goldfields, the Palmerville campground integrated into the app, and a Western Australian permit builder that fills in your Form 1A. NEW - Bare-earth LiDAR over Victoria's surveyed goldfields. Trees are stripped away, so old workings, races and puddling pits stand out. A separate add-on on top of Pro. - A free layer shows where Victoria's LiDAR actually reaches. Coverage is incomplete, including in the Golden Triangle. - The Palmerville campground is integrated: a Camp tab appears while you are on the station, carrying the operator's own notice board of closures, claims and track conditions. - Offline LiDAR detail is chosen by looking at it: a sample picture per level, each saying in words what it costs. - Set offline LiDAR depth per region, or follow one choice for the whole device. - A section 40E permit builder for Western Australia. Draw your permit area and export a filled Form 1A to lodge yourself (Pro). - Western Australia's graticular blocks draw from zoom 10, labelled by block (Pro). - Victoria gains real geological depth: 5,000+ statewide faults, dykes, chert horizons and 388 shallow workings (Pro). - Coordinates can be read in UTM. - A High-Vis palette gives the curated layers stronger colours, and the picker shows what each palette changes before you pick it. - A new setting keeps the screen awake while the phone is charging. - The floating compass appears whenever the map is rotated. - The Minelab GPX 4000 series is in the detector list. IMPROVED - Relief is one zoom sharper across New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania, and Tasmania is now island-wide. - An offline area is priced and downloaded only where survey actually exists. - Adding a layer downloads its offline regions in the background. - Geochemistry is cleaner in every state: one gold-assayed point per site, and the sample medium drives the marker shape (Pro). - The idle map no longer wakes on every GPS fix, and stops refetching your tracks each time you open it. - A tap that falls through a layer's zoom floor now offers to zoom in. - Tenement halos follow the year filter, and a lease expiring within four weeks draws dashed (Pro). - A streamed layer names its real download size instead of a dash. - The offline region preview has a Close that keeps you on the map. FIXED - An iCloud restore can no longer wait forever behind a frozen bar. - A backup is pushed when a recording stops. - Relief no longer asks for ground it has no survey for, or vanishes while you pan. - A bundle you have just bought is no longer offered again. - A Library or tutorial link now clears whatever is open and lands in view. It used to resolve underneath a sheet, where you found it later.

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Huge Thumbs Up 👍

I am using Patchly Pro on the Palmer and loving it. I would recommend it to other gold prospectors without hesitation. 👍

The best on the market

This app is simply the best for features. Ease of use, updates automatically, differentiates between travelling and detecting.
I have used the others and none compare to this. If you’re going to get serious, get Patchly.

Saves me time…makes me happy!

Patchly is reliable, easy to use, fun and saves me time (something I really value). The user interface is fresh, clean and intuitive.

Importing my old finds/tracks from my other apps was a smooth and easy process and it’s awesome to now have all my prospecting history in the one location.

There are so many cool features. I’m particularly loving the gold finds categorisation toggle buttons eg for size, type, condition. This is time saving to be able to quickly select what type and size of nugget it is (eg saves me from manually typing those details in myself)… meaning I can record my find and get back to detecting asap.

This will be the only app I’ll be using from now on. Highly recommend.
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Game changer for the prospecting community

Patchly is so much better than the other app's I've tried, including Detector Maps. It's so easy to use, right from the get go. It records everything the way I want it recorded. And the import feature to import my tracks/finds from other apps worked really well. There's so many helpful features; for example, you can choose which detector you're using when you're recording a track. Which means when you look back at it in a year's time, you know exactly which areas you've done with which detector. It's also got far more features (than other apps) which are relevant to gold prospecting (rather than having redundant features that just get in the way). You can tell it's been developed by a prospector, who knows what a prospector needs and doesn't need. I prefer Patchly over the other apps by far.
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Excellent Gold Prospecting App

An excellent new app! I’m finding it really easy to use and loving all the customisable options, especially the maps, track colours and pin selections. It’s also really cool being able to distinguish between travelling, detecting and stopped with different colours. The 3D terrain view is another very handy feature, especially for understanding the ground and planning where to explore.
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FAQ

What is Patchly?

Patchly is an all-in-one app for gold prospecting and metal detecting. It provides detailed maps of goldfields, records your field activity, and helps you classify and track your finds privately on your device.

Does Patchly work offline?

Yes, Patchly is designed for offline use. You can download map areas and layers to use them out of reception range, and it offers offline search for places and watercourses.

How does Patchly handle user privacy?

Patchly prioritizes privacy by not requiring an account, running no servers that store your data, and not tracking you. Your field history, finds, and photos are stored locally on your phone and can be exported.

What kind of map layers does Patchly offer?

Patchly offers over 90 curated layers relevant to prospecting, including geology, geochemistry, tenements, land access, terrain, and historic activity. Tenements refresh nightly for up-to-date information.

Can I track my gold finds with Patchly?

Yes, Patchly includes a 'Stash' feature to track nuggets, specimens, bars, and coins. It can be used in a simple mode or a purity-aware mode, and can be valued against the live gold price.

What devices is Patchly compatible with?

Patchly is supported on iPhone, iPad, and iPod devices. It is rated for ages 4 and up.

How often is Patchly updated?

The latest version of Patchly is 1.1, last updated on September 15, 2026. Updates typically include new features and improvements to existing ones.

Does Patchly have ads?

No, Patchly does not contain advertisements. The app is free to use and does not display any ads to users.