So close but needs a lot of work – Polaris® Review

Well just went out for a hard weekend back country riding and tried to use this app. First the good. IF you just ride the trails and there is cell service then this app is probably great. Let’s you see your friends location and mapping stuff should all work. Now for a back country rider, the bad. You can download the “offline” satellite imagery for the app to use and it does not show up all the time. Click the toggle sometimes it does and almost always it does not on the iPhone version. The Android version works better in this regard. The Android version always worked for mapping and satellite maps. This iOS version was terrible. Second the iOS version of the app would loose its login credentials in the middle of mapping a ride and now your SOL because there is no cell service to re login so you can not even see where you have been to get back out of where you were. Pull hair out dangerous!!! Clouds and snow moved in and we couldn’t see our way out of this area and thank goodness I was not the only one in our group mapping our way as we had to follow the Android version out. Now my next major complaint is the offline maps zoom level is terrible. The satellite view is so far zoomed out and granular that you can’t tell at all what is around the corner. You NEED to allow us to download imagery with a zoom level of 500ft for our areas. At times back country riding you need to see at that level to view if the trees have an opening or a meadow so we can get out of an area if we’re stuck. I guess us iOS users are stuck with seriously flawed and sub par apps for back country snowmobiling apps. Want a great app that I have used for years? Switch back to an Android phone and download backcountry navigator by crittermap software. It has a steep learning curve but it works always and has no logins to “loose” in the middle of a ride so your lost. It also allows you to download satellite imagery of the zoom level you need to actually navigate around in the back country.
Review by Johnpp_77 on Polaris®.