National Park Guides - Chimani
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Travel | Free | Chimani, Inc. | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
* Score points and earn badges for checking in at your favorite parks
* Expert-written details on more than 400 national park units
* Easy-to-use interface with menus based on universal national park symbols
* Map: View the location of each park on an interactive map
* Push notifications for park-related news, alerts, and events
* Lightning-fast search engine to quickly find information
Need more information? The National Parks app makes it easy to download Chimani’s suite of free, standalone apps for individual parks, as well.
For more details on this and other Chimani apps for the national and state parks, visit www.chimani.com.
Requires an Internet connection to download photos and view the map (either Wifi or cellular).
Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life.
Reviews
Free trial
p5tt12
Not free at all. Will not let you try it out unless you have either sufficient funds on apple store for full year or credit card on file with apple
Multi-park app problem
elmtwee
The individual national park Chimani apps are excellent and an amazing resource especially since park data can be downloaded for use when no cell service is available. The problem with this replacement all parks in one app is while you can ostensibly download the data for offline use for multiple parks you still can’t switch between the parks without service, making pre-downloading pointless for multi-park tours in areas without reliable cell service.
Pretty Good Tool
vbphil
I like the Search function. Type in Fairy Falls and it takes you to the description page. Then tap the map icon and it shows you where on the map. Also shows your current location. What’s missing is being able to define a list of spots you want to see and have it plot a route.
Buggy!!!
Foodraf
HOW MUCH LONGER UNTIL YOU FIX THIS????? When are you going to fix the long term issue of not pulling over previous park visits and then crashing when you try to re-enter them????
Great App!
COmtnguy
I used the app for the first time a few weeks ago while visiting Acadia NP. Being able to use the map off line with GPS location enabled was super helpful navigating the park’s carriage roads. Support was very responsive fixing a glitch with my lifetime pass purchase too. Looking forward to using this app in many more parks!
Love this app
cathywitz
Even though it’s no longer a free app I still love it. To have so much info in one app is great. I had an issue where I couldn’t download any parks. I emailed the support and their email response time was almost immediate and they fixed the issue within minutes. I was very pleased and impressed.
I’m a huge fan of this app!
Jccarlin
Kerry, thanks, it worked just as you said, I'm now a lifetime member. Your company has saved me tons of planning time as I've visited 20+ parks in the past 2 years and am just getting started.
Not a good value
ChrisJB1978
App is free and but use requires a subscription. The app was handy but didn’t provide any information that you couldn’t get from the nps website or by stopping by a ranger station/visitor center and talking to someone. Understandable development costs need to be recouped, but $30 a year is a bit much for what this app offers and not worth keeping on my phone.
Used to be awesome!
ppalmer21
I loved using Chimani to scope out National Parks before I went, but the new app that combines all the guides is ridiculously bulky and expensive. It costs more than a lot of people pay for an annual pass to our national parks where this information is passed out for free. I get that app developers deserve to make an income, but this app is not worth $50.
Important Planning Details
Myoung585
We have a bucket list of over two-hundred National Parks, Monuments, and Seashores/Lakeshores. We use Chimani as one of our sources to help identify things we want to see and do. It isn’t 100% accurate, but is certainly worth reviewing whenever you need to plan a trip involving National Parks, and it gives important information about the park faster than the NPS web sites do. I just purchased the life-time subscription so we will have access to this app for the rest of our travels.
