Organic Maps・Offline Maps, GPS

I’m literally laughing at my own review title because it’s one of those things you never expect to have to say... But yes, after not using Apple or Google maps for some time, I had to look up directions to my doctors office this morning and after my directions turned into a screen of ads, I switched from one app to the other, and realized both are just feeding me a bunch of ads while I’m trying to research my route to ensure that I can arrive safely. Why on earth anyone would think that was a good idea is beyond me - and apparently everyone else on the Internet lol Thankfully it looks like everyone else has been struggling with this longer than I have, so I was able to quickly find Organic Maps, download it, see that it has dark mode, enter a test route, and see that it’s actually giving me directions to my doctor’s office and not showing me any other irrelevant information in the process. It seems so basic yet why did I have to download a third app to get this basic functionality? LOL Looking forward to getting where I need to go, without wasting my limited, hyperfocused, energy, on swiping away irrelevant information! :) thank you for creating this app and keeping it relevant! :)

I downloaded this because I wasn’t going to have data on my trip to Europe, and I’m on a version of iOS that doesn’t support offline map download in the stock maps app. Let me tell you, this app is an absolute life saver and genuine convenience to have. It lets you download maps for any country you want and then once you do that, the maps work 100% offline because it uses your GPS to determine where you are. I’ve tested it thoroughly, and as long as you’re on the surface or not too far underground, it always works. You can even search places on the map like stores, and it finds the nearest ones to you and can route to them from your current location, and even shows you driving/walking/biking/subway distances and times. You can mark favorites/pins on the map and name them so you never get lost. We were having trouble locating our Airbnb but I pinned the location before we left so we were able to find it effortlessly. It’s very battery efficient, versatile, and simplistic. Best of all, it’s completely free and has no premium features locked behind a paywall, or any ads! There’s nothing to hate here, so the developers have my utmost respect for making such an awesome app. I’m happy to say this will absolutely replace the Apple Maps app. 5/5 stars from me!

I tried Apple and Google maps (offline / downloaded maps) AND the official National Parks app and none of them came close to the usability of this app. Apple and Google maps were super hard to read / visually see the trails, and required you be a certain zoom level (to be highlight the trail) that was too far in to be useful, used a decent bit of battery life even in airplane mode, AND couldn't route in offline mode. This app fixed all those problems, smaller offline map size, insanely legible trails and legends, almost no battery drain, showed elevation charts, and I could search offline. Came across a couple on the mountain that were struggling to navigate with one of the above apps and was able to instantly tell them where we were and where they wanted to go. They were shocked how easy this app made it seem and I recommended it to them. Perfect, 5 stars, love it. Can't explain how great it feels to have a proper working offline digital map.