iHikeGPS : Classic Topo Maps

I really appreciate how this developer makes features available that other apps charge a premium or subscription for. I've owned several such apps, and this one is my favorite.

I’m passionate the outdoors. I seem to use paper maps and iPhone/iPad apps weekly for hiking, backpacking, bikepacking, backcountry skiing and exploring in my car. I have maintained a paid Gaia subscription for years, I’ve used low cost/free GPS mapping tools, location enabled PDF’s, etc. Still iHike is the simplest, fastest, most intuitive app of them all, with also the lowest power consumption and best map download facility. These days I only use Gaia on my Mac at home for planning. The map

I’ve owned this app since 2012. Phenomenal. Solved many an off-road quandary. Recommended to over a 100, that download on the spot. It’s Helped find stuck and lost people, planned epic adventures. Every time I start to think “other than iPhone”? iHike is what keeps me Apple. (So it’s sold for them a 4s, 5s, 6s+, 7+, and XSMax since I bought in on my 3g, lol) I could go on for hours. The only way this would improve? Is if we had CarPlay/Projection Manager stuff. And trivial, but I’d sacrifice

I like everything about it except I would like to be able to create waypoints using the elevation plot. Great to get this feature.

I didn’t want a social/sharing app. I just wanted to make a gps track and see a topo without needing any signal while hiking. I can download all the maps I need when I’m home on wifi.