Search
Love the concept, and walk info is great once you find what you want, but can’t open walk info from map, very hard to filter by favourites, and hard to filter by area when map doesn’t specify which “area” a walk is in.
Crashes
Unable to open this app
After downloading on iOS - just keeps crashing.
After downloading on iOS - just keeps crashing.
GpX
Is there a way to download gpx file from the app?
Website is great! App is just OK.
First let’s talk about the good stuff:
The hikes on this app are extremely well documented with fantastic info about each walk. Bravo to the team who put this together. I found WildWalks first through their website and started printing out their guides before every hike. It’s a huge amount of work putting together detailed guides like this. Truly amazing. Thank you. The app is a good resource if you want a pocket version of the site.
Now the bad stuff:
I was surprised to see that you can’t see your GPS location on the downloaded maps as you’re going on a hike. This seems like the main promise of a mobile maps app and not very difficult to implement on a technical level. It’s a weird omission.
If you’re at a trailhead with multiple trails coming off it it’s sometimes difficult to tell which guide you should download. This is important because the guides are large files and wilderness locations often have poor connectivity.
There also isn’t a tab for easy access to tracks that you’ve already downloaded. This means you have to scroll through long lists to find a walk every time. It doesn’t load well if you’re offline either.
All up, it’s a great service and I’m happy to have pitched in a few dollars for a truly helpful resource. I just wish the app was a bit better developed so it could be more helpful. I think this could be a very successful service with a bit more work.
The hikes on this app are extremely well documented with fantastic info about each walk. Bravo to the team who put this together. I found WildWalks first through their website and started printing out their guides before every hike. It’s a huge amount of work putting together detailed guides like this. Truly amazing. Thank you. The app is a good resource if you want a pocket version of the site.
Now the bad stuff:
I was surprised to see that you can’t see your GPS location on the downloaded maps as you’re going on a hike. This seems like the main promise of a mobile maps app and not very difficult to implement on a technical level. It’s a weird omission.
If you’re at a trailhead with multiple trails coming off it it’s sometimes difficult to tell which guide you should download. This is important because the guides are large files and wilderness locations often have poor connectivity.
There also isn’t a tab for easy access to tracks that you’ve already downloaded. This means you have to scroll through long lists to find a walk every time. It doesn’t load well if you’re offline either.
All up, it’s a great service and I’m happy to have pitched in a few dollars for a truly helpful resource. I just wish the app was a bit better developed so it could be more helpful. I think this could be a very successful service with a bit more work.
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Amazing! A huge gift to all who love nature
Find nature walks presented on a clear map, see photos of key points on the walks, check National Parks warnings for the trail you choose before you head out, download the map to your phone so it’s all there when phone coverage lets you down. It’s all in one app. It’s brilliant. If I could give this six stars, I would. I’ve paid the annual fee to support the developer and unlock some handy features.
Apps like this are a labour of love. Thanks to the developer for doing this project and all the people who’ve chipped in a few dollars to help pay for it.
I have no connection to the developer, but I am someone who has connected with nature far more thanks to Wild Walks over several years. 🙏🍃
Apps like this are a labour of love. Thanks to the developer for doing this project and all the people who’ve chipped in a few dollars to help pay for it.
I have no connection to the developer, but I am someone who has connected with nature far more thanks to Wild Walks over several years. 🙏🍃
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No updates for 1yr? Can’t open the app
Tried to update and it won’t update. Deleted the app and now I can’t re download it.
Useful !
Very useful, can't complain for a free app.. must be lots of work to maintain it..
Needs improvement
The app is useable but it’s missing important features such as list of favourites walks and search button. Overall it’s an ok app
Half baked but still usable
It’s a usable app for maps of walks to keep you on the right trail. That it will do. But searching for particular trails is such a basic omission. And the user interface once in the maps is very limited. I will keep using it, but I don’t think it’s had an update for some time if at all, a shame, because the wild walks website is very informative.
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App not working
App not working over long weekend. What a shame. It doesn’t provide any suggestions in any area or NP I chose. Subscription definitely not expired. I do not recommend this app.
So much potential. Please fix!
For an annual subscription, this app is very buggy. Great concept and excellent information bogged down by an awful app. Can't search, frequently when you find a real the link from mail doesn't work.... So many bugs but the basis idea is great. Please please get some help to bring this up to a working app.
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Crashing App
Normally I’d give a 5* rating however Updated to iOS 13.7 and app fails all the time, need to fix it. Also need to have a search facility/option and a saved/favourite walks
Wildwalks
Very good but needs to link to Apple maps as well as google mals
Useful app but needs more features
This is an incredibly useful app and no other app is like it that I have seen. However it’s incredibly outdated and looks like it hasn’t been updated for years or like it hasn’t been finished.
The main issue for me is there’s no ‘favourites’ or ‘saved tracks’ options. Also being able to click done on a track would be incredibly useful so that you can see what you’ve explored and what you’ve yet to find.
Other than that it’s incredibly useful and would recommend to any fellow hikers :)
The main issue for me is there’s no ‘favourites’ or ‘saved tracks’ options. Also being able to click done on a track would be incredibly useful so that you can see what you’ve explored and what you’ve yet to find.
Other than that it’s incredibly useful and would recommend to any fellow hikers :)
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So frustrating
This could be a great app but it has so many failings.
You can’t search for a walk!
You can filter walks by various criteria but why on earth would you want to sort them by how near they are? Seriously, I’m not interested in finding the walk which is furthest away from where I am.
The rendering of the walk routes on the map is clumsy, showing them as thick red lines until you zoom in so close that you can’t see any neighbouring landmarks.
I have the subscription version but I am unsubscribing. What a shame. I’ll be carrying a guide book in future.
You can’t search for a walk!
You can filter walks by various criteria but why on earth would you want to sort them by how near they are? Seriously, I’m not interested in finding the walk which is furthest away from where I am.
The rendering of the walk routes on the map is clumsy, showing them as thick red lines until you zoom in so close that you can’t see any neighbouring landmarks.
I have the subscription version but I am unsubscribing. What a shame. I’ll be carrying a guide book in future.
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Room for improvement
The app is great in terms of the content it delivers but seriously needs search and sorting functionality.
Great but not perfect
It’s really great what you can find & get off this app. Been a huge help to me as a novice to get my girls out & enjoying the scrub.
A few tweaks like searching by name & saving walk would be great but all in all I’m really happy with it.
Unfortunately we are moving north to Qld soon I’ll have to wait until your maps reach further afield to keep enjoying it.
Thanks a heap.
A few tweaks like searching by name & saving walk would be great but all in all I’m really happy with it.
Unfortunately we are moving north to Qld soon I’ll have to wait until your maps reach further afield to keep enjoying it.
Thanks a heap.
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Used to love it, but now I can’t restore purchase
Don’t know what happened here. We have a family account, with annual membership until september. Try to restore purchase, but the red circle thing just rotates and rotates, but nothing happens.
Need to fix this now.
Need to fix this now.
Great app for a serious hiker
I’ve been using the app for a few years now and love it. Recently did the three day 6 Foot Track, relying just on the app. The Track notes and photos are really detailed and helped a LOT every time I was unsure about which fork to take. Thanks!!
No South coast?
Crazy this app has no trails for the south coast.
