UI is trash
The info is great if you can get to it. Absolutely garbage UI though
Terrible UI
This app is extremely difficult to use, and lacks many of the features offered by other guide apps. The navigation requires background location usage and every time you open the app it insists on showing a splash screen even though it has my last viewed page cached.
Nightmare
I really like the idea but the navigation in the app is a nightmare. Why couldn’t they use the same interface layout as mountain project? There is collapsible menu after collapsible menu. I can’t handle it.
Hard to use app but often good guidebooks
I don’t like the app it’s hard to use especially when compared to mountain project. The guide books are sometimes good and sometimes not, as some authors put more work than others. No good mechanism for correcting mistakes or leaving comments
Lost years of ticks
Log in no longer works. Tried everything. Lost 10 years of climbing ticks.
Lots of potential, still better than no guidebook!
Initially couldn’t download the guidebook of my area, took a week+ to figure it out
However, now that it works- this app has massive potential to be the best: great layout, lots of info spots, useable gps without data
Buggy at times, one example: reducing “subcategories” of areas- doesnt tick close
However, now that it works- this app has massive potential to be the best: great layout, lots of info spots, useable gps without data
Buggy at times, one example: reducing “subcategories” of areas- doesnt tick close
Wouldn’t recommend
App randomly crashes and it seems like it isn’t maintained anymore.
Terrible terrible terrible
There’s so many bugs with the app and it’s such a pain to use. I wish I saw the app before purchasing the guide on their site. I was hoping I could just download a pdf of it. Should change their name to outdoor finessers
Actually gotten worse
I got the app back in 2021, and since then I noticed that the main guidebooks I used for the New straight up are missing areas and routes when compared to my friend’s physical guidebook of the exact same copy. Routes are also mislabeled when comparing the list to the images. I’ve emailed rakkup before to get them to press for an update from the author with no response back. If you want to use this for the New, support Waterstonia and just get a physical copy instead.
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Not a guidebook
Bought a digital “guidebook”, unfortunately they don’t offer digital guidebooks they just sell the content in their app as a “guidebook”. I find the app is difficult to use and the guidebook I bought exists as a print book so why I can’t buy a digital copy is strange to me. I am not trying to be overly negative but I just wish they gave users the choice of how they want to use it. I’ll need to buy the print version now to get what I was hoping for.
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Poor interface.
The interface is totally unintuitive and hard to navigate, particularly on a phone.
Difficult to use, incomplete
Navigating this app is rather frustrating experience. I’ve tried to make it work, tried to like it. It just never gets better. We all know that any guidebook is outdated the minute after it’s published but some of the guides for sell here are grossly incomplete. Let’s talk about Red Rocks. Neither Armatron nor Birdland are listed, how is this possible? Crimson Chrysalis, Olive Oil, and Dark Shadows are listed but not one of these includes any photos or Topo and of the three, only Dark Shadows provides any description of the pitches. Crimson Chrysalis and Olive Oil just list the pitch numbers along with their grade. Seriously? That’s all? Who would pay money for this?
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App is corrupted or something
Clicking on Certain routes (sun kissed) causes the app to crash. When you reset the app and try to go to the same route again, same thing—it crashes. I’m not going to try anymore. And given that I am the first ascent author this route, it doesn’t affect me, but I pity anyone who is trying to use this app when it crashes.
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Great app when it works.
When this app works it is 5/5. Having all of the I formation for routes and interactive maps is amazing. The filtering within the guidebook makes it super easy to find what I need. Easier and better than any guidebook I’ve used. (Years of climbing and back country experience)
At least 50% of the time it doesn’t work. I open the app to a frozen screen and have to delete the app, redownload the app, log back in, redownload my guidebooks. This makes it unreliable and unusable in backcountry situations. Still works for planning but it will never be a true guidebook replacement unless it can work reliably.
At least 50% of the time it doesn’t work. I open the app to a frozen screen and have to delete the app, redownload the app, log back in, redownload my guidebooks. This makes it unreliable and unusable in backcountry situations. Still works for planning but it will never be a true guidebook replacement unless it can work reliably.
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Honestly, pretty great for researching
My primary use for this app is research, not for navigating. And I typically cross reference what I'm looking at.
This app provides access to an incredible wealth of beta, that is curated by specific authors. This app is a platform that works to standardize and distribute guide books in a relatively immersive format. These books are written by different authors and may contain more or less info, but they all at a minimum contain filterable stacks of lines and route accompanied by surprisingly high quality images.
The ipadOS version is particularly nice, as it makes full use of the screen size.
Would highly recommend adding this app (and some of the guide books!) to your backcountry kit for finding new lines to explroe.
This app provides access to an incredible wealth of beta, that is curated by specific authors. This app is a platform that works to standardize and distribute guide books in a relatively immersive format. These books are written by different authors and may contain more or less info, but they all at a minimum contain filterable stacks of lines and route accompanied by surprisingly high quality images.
The ipadOS version is particularly nice, as it makes full use of the screen size.
Would highly recommend adding this app (and some of the guide books!) to your backcountry kit for finding new lines to explroe.
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Terrible terrible UI
The app is horribly unintuitive.
A Step up in Digital Guidebooks
The app is user friendly and includes and ever-increasing amount of beloved climbing areas. It’s also a great way to find out about smaller climbing areas that don’t quite warrant a print guidebook yet.
Not a fan
Bought a paperback copy which said to download this app to access the digital book.. and it wants me to pay a second time. There should be an access code if you have bought the actual book.
Bad UI, loads of bugs
UI is absolutely not intuitive, lot of glitches and bugs. The only value is that some topo are exclusively available here, but I would not recommend anyone to start using this app to share their topo.
Great for winter backcountry, mostly
Indispensable source of maps, backcountry ski and safety info, and GPS location (for Cameron Pass in Colorado anyway). However, a bug sometimes makes it difficult to find your way and safely return to your car. It seems to happen if you haven’t used the app for a while, then start using it when already out of internet connectivity. Base maps and, more importantly, trail lines do not appear - only the trail symbols are visible. The problem resolves itself when you have connectivity again. So if you are relying on this app for navigation, make sure to “warm it up” while you still have Internet the day you head out there.
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