Still using Gaia? (1 Viewer)

[BreckenridgeCruiser]

My Gaia gps subscription just expired and the app is pretty much useless without it. Outside magazine group bought the app now so I have two questions...

Is Gaia still a good app to use for our uses, including hiking and other activities? Is anyone using something better?

If Gaia is still a good/best option do we still have a discount running around that people are using? I know we had one a while back @leucadiacruiser ?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Outsane]

Onx is pretty good and still improving.

 

[Coredawg01]

Agree on On X. New to the market, but they are constantly improving the platform.

 

[leucadiacruiser]

My Gaia gps subscription just expired and the app is pretty much useless without it. Outside magazine group bought the app now so I have two questions...

Is Gaia still a good app to use for our uses, including hiking and other activities? Is anyone using something better?

If Gaia is still a good/best option do we still have a discount running around that people are using? I know we had one a while back @leucadiacruiser ?

Thanks in advance!

No discount that I'm aware of. I'm still using Gaia for everything - four wheels, two wheels and on foot - and it continues to work seamlessly for my purposes.

 

[MTN RNR]

Gaia is still my app of choice. OnX is good and improving, but the biggest problem with OnX is the inability to save large chucks of the map of off-line use. I spoke to their product manager about that at Overland Expo West and she did indicate they were working on it. Unless they have fixed that issue OnX still limits you to about 5 mi x 5 mi at a time when saving off-line maps. Very inconvenient when traveling long distances when out of cell range. Also, I find the variety of available maps types offered by Gaia to be better. OnX is designed for overlanding, not as much if you also incorporate hiking etc. The one great thing I do like about OnX is, if you are in cell range, is the ability to clearly see if you are on private property on not and who owns the property.

 

[Bud_Dude]

As with Ted and Mike, I use Gaia pretty much exclusively. I still have AllTrails (unpaid version) which is very good for hiking, but rely on Gaia for its offline maps for areas without cell coverage. It can be painfully slow though when downloading large areas and consumes a massive amount of memory on an iPhone or iPad when large areas are chosen. That's controllable to a degree depending on which map overlays you choose to offline... Make sure you have a good high speed WiFi connection before trying to download large areas and plenty of time to do it - as in a full day or more for the download to complete. I also love the absolute plethora of available map overlays ranging from satellite imagery, to USFS or NPS maps, to current and historical burn areas, to snow pack, to cell coverage, etc, etc. It's well worth the $40 per year subscription in my view.

At this moment if purchasing a new Zoleo satellite (iridium) emergency communicator (about 1/2 the cost of InReach or SpotX) it comes with six months of free Gaia; unfortunately if you already have a Gaia subscription that bonus does nothing for you...