Go Paddling vs CrowFlies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Go Paddling
Discover over 25,000 paddling locations for kayaks, canoes, and paddleboards. Find nearby spots with user comments and trip reports, or contribute your own discoveries. Get on the water easily with this comprehensive guide.
- 25,000+ paddling locations
- Find nearby spots
- User comments and trip reports
- Add new locations
- Supports kayak, canoe, SUP
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Loaded with over 25,000 paddling locations for kayaking, canoeing, and stand up paddling, Go Paddling (formerly Launch Sites) provides an easy way to find a great place to paddle nearly anywhere. Whether you have a kayak, canoe or paddleboard (SUP) you can find a place to get on the water with this app. Browse maps nearby to find great places to paddle near you. Locations include comments from other paddlers plus trip reports from fellow paddlers Add new paddling locations or new information about existing locations. Go Paddling is completely free.
CrowFlies
Easily mark and navigate back to your car, hotel, or any saved location, even offline. Track your steps, distance, and path traveled. Ideal for exploring new places or finding your way home.
- Mark current location
- Navigate back to saved points
- Offline compass functionality
- Track steps and distance
- Save multiple points of interest
- Choose true or magnetic north
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Ever been in a different city and needed to find your car? Or the train station, your hotel, or your tent at a festival? Nobody likes walking in circles. CrowFlies fixes that. Save where you are before you set off and its compass always points straight back, as the crow flies. Or drop a pin anywhere on the map and let the compass show the way there, even with no signal. It tells you how far you have to go, and counts your steps along the way. Great for exploring new places, meeting friends in a park or a crowd, and finding your way home after a run or a ride somewhere new. WHAT'S IN 6.0 • Made for iPhone Duo. Open the device and the map sits beside the compass. Half open, the map takes the top half and the compass the bottom. Folded, everything you need fits the outer display, with the controls down the side. • Made for iPad. The same side-by-side layout, with your waypoints, the compass and the map all on one screen. • The map follows your places. Flick through your saved points and the map highlights each one; tap a pin and the list moves with you. • Add waypoints straight from the map, with an address looked up for you or the exact spot you pressed. • A fresh look with Liquid Glass controls, and it follows your light or dark setting. WHAT YOU GET • A compass that points to any saved place, with distance and bearing. • Save your current spot with one tap. • Long-press anywhere on the map to add a waypoint, snapped to the nearest road or exactly where you pressed. • Step count and walked distance on the compass screen. • True north or magnetic north, metres or feet, your choice. • Works without an internet connection once a place is saved.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: CrowFlies at 100% against Go Paddling's 48%. CrowFlies also leads on ads (none vs shown). Go Paddling's advantage is price (Free vs $5.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 5). On device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Go Paddling is free to download; CrowFlies costs $5.99 up front. CrowFlies sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Go Paddling asks for nothing beyond the download.
Go Paddling ships an update fortnightly, CrowFlies every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Go Paddling | CrowFlies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (208 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 48.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 208 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 27.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | VerticalScope Inc. | Tony Davis |
Customer experience
Go Paddling
CrowFlies
Bugs and requests
Go Paddling
Reported bugs
3 issues- Issues with submitting new locations and photos
- App crashing when trying to access location details
- Incorrect or missing information for some launch sites
Requested features
3 requests- Add ability to plan routes and calculate distance/time
- Implement filters to search by water type, difficulty, and amenities
- Allow users to mark locations as visited and leave detailed reviews
CrowFlies
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Go Paddling
No in-app purchases
CrowFlies
- No Advertisements$0.99
- Unlimited Waypoints$0.99
- Path Tracking$0.99
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- Pedometer$0.99
- All Extras$2.99








