Poor Execution – TrailLink: Bike, Run, Walk Review

This app has a ton of potential, but it is put together poorly. First, there is no free online version as the app make it out to be. You get one quick view of a trail before you are asked to buy these trail maps if you want to see them again. Additionally, there is not way to link the trails together either. If you want to plan a ride, you can’t even connect multiple trails to set up a planned treck. Lastly, I am all for app developers making a living, but most of their data is crowd sourced and then they want you to pay a ridiculous amount to access the maps that users have supplied. I deleted the app within 30 minutes of use. Save the space on your phone. Save your money and use the MapMyRide app. Update 4/6/2017: the developer responded, as you can probably see below. However their response is inaccurate. I still cannot access any maps, on or offline. I am prompted to purchase any view of any map, even while online. And sure, they probably edit and update the details that they post about their trails, but there trail photos, and descriptions are definitely crowd sourced. Unless TrailLink can honestly post on this review that they PAY every person that has tracked and shared their GPS path for these trails, they are crowd sourcing. And there is nothing wrong with that, but charging end users $0.70 a map for content that was clearly shared by other users is WRONG. I encourage everyone that has shared a photo on this app to request payment for their services or pull down their photo and impress copyright infringement against TrailLink for making money on your photography without royalties.
Review by JPKelliher on TrailLink: Bike, Run, Walk.