Does not work on my iPad
Please fix.
Gone out of business
I’ve been wondering why the app hasn’t been updated in years. Well, it won’t be, because the website says they ceased trading on 31 Dec 2021. Shame, it was a good app but its really getting dated.
Update?
Great app BUT still needs regular updates.
Great App - Needs an update
This is a very useful app, facing significant competition from the OS app - but the offline capabilities are invaluable. However it needs an update, if only to make the most of new devices with larger screens.
Great to hear an update is in the pipeline - can’t wait!
Great to hear an update is in the pipeline - can’t wait!
Lost purchased map
Was OK but cannot retrieve purchased map from itunes after changing phone. Restore purchases doesnt work. Since free OS mobile maps are now supplied with paper maps, would not use Route Buddy again
Doesn’t work on PadOS
Looks like this app doesn’t get updated anymore, it’s tired and dated. Still works on my iPhone not my IPad though. So what do I do with all my Routebuddy Maps .. don’t waste your money on buying the Mac version either as that is also tired and dated. Look for other map suppliers.
Dated and tired now
The fact that the last update was 3 years ago screams lack of development. Yes it was good (3 years ago) but other mapping apps - even OS maps - offer way more features and seamless cloud syncing of routes.
Didn’t work
I downloaded the app and paid £15.99 for a particular map but it kept saying that it couldn’t download but I was charged anyway. Have been refunded by App Store
Beware GB update
Having updated an already purchased OS map I was forced to purchase the same map again, which didn’t download.
My iPad was then attacked and I was advised to close the page.
Security from Route Buddy needs to be updated..
My iPad was then attacked and I was advised to close the page.
Security from Route Buddy needs to be updated..
Fantastic App
This app is fantastic! The maps are high quality and the offline viewing works a treat when out and about with no internet.
I do also have the Mac companion app (RouteBuddy) in order to manage purchased maps, route creation and upload to my mobile devices. Sadly, though, the current version (4.2.1) on my Mac crashes constantly.
If you're happy just using the iOS app on iPad/iPhone then no worries! BUT be aware that maps purchased and downloaded via the iOS app will NOT transfer back to the PC/Mac app at a later date if you decide you want to use them there too. It can also be quite time-consuming trying to create a route on a 4" iPhone screen!
One minor request I would have is to be able to show/hide crosshairs - I don't always want these filling up the centre of my screen.
I do also have the Mac companion app (RouteBuddy) in order to manage purchased maps, route creation and upload to my mobile devices. Sadly, though, the current version (4.2.1) on my Mac crashes constantly.
If you're happy just using the iOS app on iPad/iPhone then no worries! BUT be aware that maps purchased and downloaded via the iOS app will NOT transfer back to the PC/Mac app at a later date if you decide you want to use them there too. It can also be quite time-consuming trying to create a route on a 4" iPhone screen!
One minor request I would have is to be able to show/hide crosshairs - I don't always want these filling up the centre of my screen.
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5 Stars ! out a tight spot on occasion
Works Well- easy to use - got me out a tight spot on occasion - falling low cloud on mountain . gave very accurate location. I mainly use Routebuddy for Mountain biking planning and ride use- I have tried others - this one works best.
Remains the best
Routebuddy Atlas just continues to go from strength to strength with this update building on the already excellent app yet again - love the cross hair feature so accurate without obscuring exactly where you need to see.
In-app purchases are now available - you may need a WiFi connection though as some maps are quite large files - the new range of maps are mind boggling - including American National Park and UK trail maps - none of that 'you have to buy five maps to cover that trail’ - the whole trail as one coherent file. All this plus a superb tech response that backs it all up. Well done again. This is my 'Go To’ offline map app!
In-app purchases are now available - you may need a WiFi connection though as some maps are quite large files - the new range of maps are mind boggling - including American National Park and UK trail maps - none of that 'you have to buy five maps to cover that trail’ - the whole trail as one coherent file. All this plus a superb tech response that backs it all up. Well done again. This is my 'Go To’ offline map app!
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Best map app & fantastic tach support
I've had this app & its desktop version for a few years, & they just keep getting better. I suspect I don't use the phone app to its maximum potential (I haven't used it for routing yet) but it has got me out of trouble on more than one occasion. When I'm in the middle of nowhere, either walking or cycling, it has shown me where I am & where I need to be when an online map was useless as no signal.
It might lose a star for the difficulty in finding answers to problems but they easily regain it for their fantastic email support, which is incredibly quick & always helpful.
Well done & keep it up!
It might lose a star for the difficulty in finding answers to problems but they easily regain it for their fantastic email support, which is incredibly quick & always helpful.
Well done & keep it up!
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Great Map App!
I love Routebuddy, it works amazingly with the GPS on my iPhone. Map reading is a central part of my job and Routebuddy allows me to do this with no effort, letting me focus all my attention on my clients.
On buying a second map I needed some support from the tech team - they were great. Really helpful and got me sorted in no time!
On buying a second map I needed some support from the tech team - they were great. Really helpful and got me sorted in no time!
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Keep getting better
The joy of this App and it’s sister Mac based Routebuddy App is that once you’ve bought a map for it, you can use it all your devices. I’ve used Atlas on my phone and iPad since it first came out for teaching and my own personal use and with every revision it just gets better especially now with the addition of the excellent Harvey maps in various guises and the route planning option.
Excellent responsive company to deal with if there are issues too.
Excellent responsive company to deal with if there are issues too.
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High quality OS maps, very good support
Very happy with this app, I've been using it for a while now. The maps are not as expensive as buying them for my Garmin (I appreciate the majority of the cost is licensing costs from the map creators not the app / hw vendor) and I can use the same maps on the iPhone as on my mac with the Route Buddy app. The email support I have received has been very good.
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Rip off
Yet another app that previously that has changed to in-app purchases without warning so that when you update you loose everything and have to pay to get it back. Severely unimpressed by both RouteBuddy and of course Apple for allowing such conduct and not devising an adequate warning system.
Read and be warned.
I don't usually write reviews but thought it necessary. Firstly, as a stand alone app its ok, just. I use it for researching locations for photography and then adding the location to an OS map in the app, storing the name, so I have a list I can just tap on and it shows me the location. OS explorer maps are essential, but thats nothing to do with the functionality of the app.
You can use the app to search, or even better, use its big brother Desktop app “Route Buddy’ for searching by co-ordinate, name, or grid reference, and then syncing the store info to your device. Fantastic.
Now the bad. You cant search. A road map must also be installed, which after paying £40 for the destop app, £20 for an OS map and then having to pay for a road map? Which are not even available from their store because they are out of date and have been removed. So, you try using an OS map to find a location, especially on a phone screen. No search. An email to support was met with “read the manual”. A reply stating I had, with a request for how I search a specific place was met with silence. It was after studying the manual yet again in depth I realised you need a road map.
Ok, manually finding places, at least I can use my mac and sync to my iphone/ipad and be on my way. The sync process is easy and quick, just connect via wifi, click a couple of buttons and youre set. Wrong. Data does get transferred, but close the app or switch off the phone and its all gone. data isnt stored in memory and if you have any you have added on your phone they get duplicated, its a mess. Useless.
Another two emails to support this time answered by someone else asking me to try exporting from the desktop a gpx file and manually transferring to the phone using itunes. Success, but who wants to mess about with itunes!
They admitted there was a problem with using the built in sync, so why is it there? Its the only reason I laid down my £40. Here’s the email:
“there does seem to be a problem with the Atlas App retaining kml file data copied in via third party software, (my note: their sync doesn't work so you have to use third party) or any waypoints transferred from RouteBuddy via RBSync so I will be reporting this to the engineers.
I have found that if I export the waypoints from RouteBuddy as a gpx file and then place it into the Import/Points folder using either iExplorer, Diskaid or by accessing the Public folder via the iTunes method, the waypoints do get retained”.
In other words you cant use the desktop app for what its supposed to do, and may as well just use google maps. And they just realised there is a problem?
I realised, if I have to manually transfer files from the mac to the phone, what do I do if I add a location to the phone and want to copy to the mac? Can it be done and will there be duplicates? So another email to support, silence. A chaser email, silence. That’s a No then.
Fed up with the amount of time and money wasted on this I emailed requesting a refund for the desktop app and map. Silence. Another email. You guessed……
Do yourself a favour, if you want an app that will allow you to use an OS map, store locations, and sync between devices, give this a wide berth. You will get stung for a useless desktop app, pay twice the price for OS maps and then get stuck with no road maps.
Another point, the Routebuddy website looks slick, and those in the know will recognise its built with Rapidweaver for Mac. Its also based on the Carbon theme. No problems with that, I use it myself. But I am not a pro app developer and would have thought they would at least build their own website. Alarm bells as to tech knowledge.
I am now happily using the Outdoors GPS iphone and ipad app which is superb. Store locations, create routes, sync to your FREE online account and access via a browser app. There are user routes you can also save, much more info available, such as if you create a hiking route it will even tell you distance, time and ELEVATIONS! Great if youre going over the Peak District. The app was £2 and the map £9, and whilst viewing an area you can switch between Google satellite, terrain, road, Open Street. It beats this rubbish into a cocked hat, so, look at the alternatives before you get sucked into something that is near useless.
You can use the app to search, or even better, use its big brother Desktop app “Route Buddy’ for searching by co-ordinate, name, or grid reference, and then syncing the store info to your device. Fantastic.
Now the bad. You cant search. A road map must also be installed, which after paying £40 for the destop app, £20 for an OS map and then having to pay for a road map? Which are not even available from their store because they are out of date and have been removed. So, you try using an OS map to find a location, especially on a phone screen. No search. An email to support was met with “read the manual”. A reply stating I had, with a request for how I search a specific place was met with silence. It was after studying the manual yet again in depth I realised you need a road map.
Ok, manually finding places, at least I can use my mac and sync to my iphone/ipad and be on my way. The sync process is easy and quick, just connect via wifi, click a couple of buttons and youre set. Wrong. Data does get transferred, but close the app or switch off the phone and its all gone. data isnt stored in memory and if you have any you have added on your phone they get duplicated, its a mess. Useless.
Another two emails to support this time answered by someone else asking me to try exporting from the desktop a gpx file and manually transferring to the phone using itunes. Success, but who wants to mess about with itunes!
They admitted there was a problem with using the built in sync, so why is it there? Its the only reason I laid down my £40. Here’s the email:
“there does seem to be a problem with the Atlas App retaining kml file data copied in via third party software, (my note: their sync doesn't work so you have to use third party) or any waypoints transferred from RouteBuddy via RBSync so I will be reporting this to the engineers.
I have found that if I export the waypoints from RouteBuddy as a gpx file and then place it into the Import/Points folder using either iExplorer, Diskaid or by accessing the Public folder via the iTunes method, the waypoints do get retained”.
In other words you cant use the desktop app for what its supposed to do, and may as well just use google maps. And they just realised there is a problem?
I realised, if I have to manually transfer files from the mac to the phone, what do I do if I add a location to the phone and want to copy to the mac? Can it be done and will there be duplicates? So another email to support, silence. A chaser email, silence. That’s a No then.
Fed up with the amount of time and money wasted on this I emailed requesting a refund for the desktop app and map. Silence. Another email. You guessed……
Do yourself a favour, if you want an app that will allow you to use an OS map, store locations, and sync between devices, give this a wide berth. You will get stung for a useless desktop app, pay twice the price for OS maps and then get stuck with no road maps.
Another point, the Routebuddy website looks slick, and those in the know will recognise its built with Rapidweaver for Mac. Its also based on the Carbon theme. No problems with that, I use it myself. But I am not a pro app developer and would have thought they would at least build their own website. Alarm bells as to tech knowledge.
I am now happily using the Outdoors GPS iphone and ipad app which is superb. Store locations, create routes, sync to your FREE online account and access via a browser app. There are user routes you can also save, much more info available, such as if you create a hiking route it will even tell you distance, time and ELEVATIONS! Great if youre going over the Peak District. The app was £2 and the map £9, and whilst viewing an area you can switch between Google satellite, terrain, road, Open Street. It beats this rubbish into a cocked hat, so, look at the alternatives before you get sucked into something that is near useless.
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Ripoff - in App purchase don't download
Downloaded this and purchased a map for the area I was about to walk. In app purchase cost £9.99 but failed to download. I've been charged £9.99 to my iTunes account but a week later I still can't get the map to appear in the app (even after doing the restore maps option several times).
Been to the Route Buddy web site to contact them for help but the Contact us link doesn't work.
A complete rip off.
Now going to have to try the painful process of getting a refund via Apple iTunes
Avoid if you actual want to see and use a map not in America
Been to the Route Buddy web site to contact them for help but the Contact us link doesn't work.
A complete rip off.
Now going to have to try the painful process of getting a refund via Apple iTunes
Avoid if you actual want to see and use a map not in America
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Great service
Contacted by email this Saturday morning because I wanted to know how to migrate my previous purchases on to my new phone. Response within half an hour on a weekend ! All sorted, great app, great service.
