Pocket Earth PRO

This was one of the first vector based mapping software out there, and it’s still so vital to have. It’s one of the easiest to download huge areas right to your iPhone or iPad so you can take it with you anywhere. Never disappointed. Shows more details than others even when using the same OpenStreet Map. For example, power lines! Which can be very useful if your hiking in a rural spot. I’m glad to see some updates lately, and I could see some need for an interface update soon, but until then,

Love this app. The off-line capabilities are unmatched. It supports what3words off-line too. Easy to use and fast.

I like bicycling in the backroads of the world. In 25 countries I have used downloaded PocketEarth maps to pick my way through paths, urban and rural, on my bicycle. I have crossed skinny dams, gone alongside the Black Sea on farm trails, found my way through the Carpathian Mountains on skinny roads with River fords, and gone through odd corners of wild land in cities. Almost universally without fail. The only exception is that in the USA the “private road” data is sometimes inaccurate, and

I have been using the Pocket Earth for almost 9 years and have enjoyed its use and improvements over time, including more detailed information regarding services, businesses, etc on the map. However I continue to experience sporadic problems with syncing between devices. Just today I created five new favorites and put them in a newly created Group on my iPhone and they have not shown up on my iPad over 8 hours later. I have the sync feature turned on on both devices. So not sure if this is a

Why does it paste from the clipboard when launched? That’s a big security issue. Offline routing is no longer possible — some areas have no cell service. This defeats the purpose of offline maps which was a great safety feature. This was one of my favorite apps for being able to download maps for offline use.