Best Back Road Maps Apps

4.8😊(3.2M ratings)

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Navigate your commute with real-time traffic updates and alerts from a community of drivers. Get accurate ETAs, avoid hazards, and find gas stations and parking. Integrates with your car's display for seamless use.

What We Love

🚀 Accurate real-time traffic updates
🚗 Helpful hazard and incident reporting
📍 Precise navigation and route guidance
🗺️ Community-driven map updates
⏱️ Accurate ETA estimates
🔔 Useful alerts for speed cameras, police, etc.
🎨 Customizable voice and avatar options
💬 Ability to share ETA with contacts

Room to Improve

🐛 Unreliable route recalculation
🚧 Inaccurate or outdated road closure information
🔍 Difficulty finding and reporting issues
🔋 High battery drain
📱 Distracting in-app advertisements
🔀 Odd routing suggestions that increase travel time
🔇 Inconsistent or annoying voice prompts
🗺️ Lack of lane guidance and turn-by-turn directions

Pleasant Routes by Morgan Pile

The more beautiful way there

Strong Contender

4.0(14 ratings)

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Discover calmer, more beautiful, and interesting routes for driving, walking, or biking. This app offers an alternative to the fastest route, highlighting scenic views, parks, and quiet streets. Choose how you want to experience your journey.

BRMB Maps by Backroad Maps by Mussio Ventures Ltd.

Trails, Fish, Hunt, Camp, Hike

Worth Considering

onX Offroad: Trail Maps & GPS

4.2😞(26 ratings)

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Navigate Canada's backcountry with detailed topographic maps and extensive points of interest for outdoor activities. Plan, track, and explore trails, fishing spots, hunting areas, and more, with offline capabilities for remote adventures.

What We Love

🗺️ Great maps and data
🇨🇦 Excellent for exploring Canada
⛰️ Detailed topos and satellite imaging
👍 User-friendly for some
✨ Recent improvements noted
🔄 Web syncing works great
📚 BRMB books features in app
📍 Offline map downloads available
🌲 Rec site information
✅ Accurate for overgrown roads/trails

Room to Improve

💸 Expensive subscription
😠 Excessive and disruptive ads
🐛 Sync issues (hit or miss)
🚫 No waypoint management
📱 Poor CarPlay integration
🐌 Slow loading times
🗑️ Useless free version
❌ No refund for free trial
💻 MacOS app issues
⚠️ Outdated maps (snowmobile)
🚫 No crown lands for BC
🤔 Not intuitive to use
🔄 Restore purchase needed often
🤔 Free version doesn't explain limitations
❌ No search function
🗺️ App maps don't match book maps
💰 Price gouging concerns
❓ Difficult to navigate app
🚫 US maps unavailable
🐛 App crashes frequently
❌ Cannot remove trails/paths
🤔 Settings not synced between devices
🐛 Version 3 broke 'Your trip' feature
💸 Charged during free trial
😠 Ads reset map position
🚫 Cannot plan routes easily
🐛 Sync doesn't always work
🚫 No direction arrow
🐛 Adding waypoints is slow
🐛 Accidental waypoint creation
🐛 Search function useless
📏 Cannot change meters to feet
🎨 Waypoint icons look the same
📝 No description/notes for waypoints
🚫 Cannot export KML/GPX
🐛 Trail recording issues
🐛 Cannot edit/erase trail sections
🐛 Cannot re-edit waypoint location
😵‍💫 Too many levels to access features
🐛 Continually asks to drop pin
👎 Poor customer service
🚫 No response from support
💸 Charged after cancellation
🤔 Free trial issues
🚫 Cannot create account after purchase
❌ Not compatible with US
🐌 Downloads time out
🤔 Not as easy as Google Maps

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Offline OS maps viewer

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Offline Ordnance Survey mapsRoute and waypoint managementOffline search for places and roads

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Navigate the Norfolk and Suffolk Broads with detailed offline maps and powerful search. Plan routes, track your location, and share your position without needing a mobile signal. Includes contour lines, footpaths, and hill information.

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Real-time GPS navigationLive traffic dataPublic transport updates

Navigate your world with real-time traffic, turn-by-turn directions for driving, walking, cycling, and public transport. Discover millions of businesses and places with photos and reviews. Plan trips with Street View, Immersive View, and offline maps.

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