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Applified Life Ltd. · Navigation · Free · v4.46

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Review-rating drop
1.17

2023-Q4 4.59 → last 90 days 3.42, text reviews

Peak quarter
4.59

2023-Q4, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.42

text reviews

Store rating
4.66

all 7479 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.24

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$152k

#68 top-grossing, Navigation

store 4.66 · reviews 4.59 → 3.42 · gap 1.24 store 4.66 reviews 3.42

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2023-Q3: 4.47★ from 19 reviews 4.47 2023-Q3 2023-Q4: 4.59★ from 22 reviews 4.59 2023-Q4 2024-Q1: 4.52★ from 89 reviews 2024-Q2: 4.32★ from 76 reviews 2024-Q3: 4.54★ from 81 reviews 2024-Q4: 3.50★ from 80 reviews 2025-Q1: 3.80★ from 20 reviews 2025-Q2: 3.96★ from 23 reviews 2025-Q3: 3.50★ from 22 reviews 2025-Q4: 3.86★ from 14 reviews 2026-Q1: 4.10★ from 10 reviews 2026-Q2: 3.62★ from 13 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.65★ from 26 reviews 2026-Q4: 2.80★ from 5 reviews (small sample) 2.80 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2023-Q34.47 19
2023-Q44.59 22
2024-Q14.52 89
2024-Q24.32 76
2024-Q34.54 81
2024-Q43.50 80
2025-Q13.80 20
2025-Q23.96 23
2025-Q33.50 22
2025-Q43.86 14
2026-Q14.10 10
2026-Q23.62 13
2026-Q33.65 26
2026-Q42.80 5

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Mind of its own

★★ · v4.45 · Oct 6, 2026

While making a map to ride is ok my issue is that when I went on the ride it did not follow the route which I created. Also along the route unwanted directions and loops appeared along the route. While I could skip them it sometimes was difficult to determine what was part of the actual route and what was just made up. I was also surprised to see that settings from the Mac version did not present themselves on the iPhone when riding. Why are their separate settings for each?

Guess I'm too dumb

★ · v4.45 · Oct 6, 2026

Could not, no matter what I did, or where I serached for an answer on the web, figure out how to get it to stop placing my starting point in Redwood, City. I'm trying to flee the obtusely impossible UI of Google Maps, not sink deeper into the swamp. Thanks but no thanks.

Better options for free

★ · v4.45 · Oct 4, 2026

I’m not going to pay the expensive monthly/annual fees for this when I can get the same thing for free from other apps, it’s got nice features but not worth it

Need work for motorcycles

★★ · v4.45 · Sep 27, 2026

It tried to send me grown roads that have been under construction for a year, and the option to avoid highways and take curvy roads keep taking me on loops. I was heading into the mountain. And only the 2 lane highway I was in went up there. It kept takin me On loops that were 3-4 miles long and then putting me back on the highway 2 miles down from where I got off of it. Figured out how to disable 2nd and 3rd voice warnings, but when I decided to stop taking the detour loops, it tried every road for the next 20 miles, with four warnings per try. “Turn here in half a mile. Now 1/4 mile. Now 100 yard. Now 50 feet. “. Over and over and over. Oh and despite being disabled, it will give a shrill sing for “recalculating” every time I refused a detour.

Nope

★★ · v4.44 · Sep 17, 2026

Unintuitive. Google Maps is better lol

Not accurate routing

★★ · v4.44 · Sep 14, 2026

Routing in bosnia and herzegovina is terrible. Unusable most of the time.

Failed first attempt

★ · v4.44 · Sep 3, 2026

Bought in off of reviews. Gave it a destination and it couldn’t turn out a scenic ride.

Horrible Horrible

★ · v4.43 · Aug 15, 2026

This is about the most unfriendly user app I have ever used. Even synthetic intelligence couldn't figure out how to use it. SAVE YOUR MONEY!!

New

★★ · v4.43 · Aug 9, 2026

It’s a bit tricky learning how to use the app. Am I missing the tutorial

Difficult to import GPX

★★ · v4.42 · Jul 21, 2026

Every time I want to import a GPX file I have to go through a several step process. Very painful.

Slow!

★ · v4.42 · Jul 14, 2026

This app is beyond slow. Have to tell it twenty times to save a route. Even if you create a copy of someone else’s route you have to tell it to create a copy multiple times to finally get it to copy. Then when you follow someone else’s route you have no clue what kind of roads you’re about to hit. Should make people leave a brief description of the roads. Avoid getting down into township roads that are muddy 🤬. Def not paying for this app any more!!

Horribly complicated app

★ · v4.41 · Jul 8, 2026

Never ever I’ve been exposed to such a complicated navigation app. Canceling two hours after subscribing.

New rider opinion

★★ · v4.41 · Jun 28, 2026

Every single ride I’ve tried to create has tried to put me on i405. Nope. No means to change the settings to allow me to avoid highways or freeways. Until then, removing this app.

Crashes more times then Helen Keller on a bicycle

★ · v4.40 · Jun 22, 2026

Every time I use the search function for a location it crashes while generating a route. For an app you pay for this is unacceptable.

Hot Garbage

★ · v4.40 · Jun 21, 2026

If I could give this app negative star’s I would, the only thing that’s good about it is the route it found, the rest is a disaster. Loading the GPX file was a pain (and having to load it again when the app quit for some unknown reason was no picnic either), the interface was annoying to use I couldn’t figure out how to put it in turn by turn mode it just stayed in map overview mode, someone on the ride found the turn by turn that was fine but it consumed a lot of battery life and the battery saver mode is so basic that it causes some confusion, and everyone’s map on the ride was a little different so some people took different turns, this app makes you wish that Google would just build a choice for the scenic route in to Google Maps, oh and lastly this goes out to all Nav apps not jus this one, the turn by turn “voice” part should be off by default and there should be a button on the screen prominently featured to turn the goddam voice off!!!!

Wanted to ride, got frustrated instead

★ · v4.40 · Jun 21, 2026

Got the app because I can't custom adjust a scenic direction path on Apple maps, got the app and bought premium subscription. Could not even use it one time. Kept trying to "add to route" different locations near my target and each one would cause the app to shut down. Not wasting more time, cancelled premium, deleting app. Please fix this extremely obnoxious issue for existing users and potential users just trying to ride that day.

I used to love this app

★ · v4.32 · Mar 22, 2026

I loved this app when it first was released and bought a good amount of maps. Now I can’t even plan a simple trip and am totally perplexed of how to get from one point to another. I’ve cancelled my subscription.

You Will Get Junk Email

★ · v4.27 · Jan 7, 2026

The Scenic App will either sell or give away you email address and you will get junk email from companies like “TTAC / the truth about cancer”, which is nothing even related to the APP.

Not user friendly

★ · v4.27 · Dec 24, 2025

There are no decent tutorials. The last tutorial I found was about three iterations ago and there’s been significant changes. I’m sure once you get the hang of it. It’s probably a good program. But getting the hang of it is a beat down.

Traffic Debacle

★ · v4.24 · Oct 24, 2025

First time I used the app I’m routed into a miles-long traffic jam. No warning or an alternative route served up. I lost almost an hour. I used Waze to get me out of there. Maybe I missed something in the settings. Disappointing.

Terrible Motorcycle App!

★ · v4.24 · Oct 18, 2025

This app is so confusing and so incredibly difficult to use. It is an exercise in how not to design a mobile app. If you have mountains of time to waste trying to find a decent motorcycle route than this app is for you!

Horrible

★ · v4.23 · Sep 1, 2025

Can’t route anything.

Out of date

★★ · v4.23 · Aug 22, 2025

I keep trying to find a route planning app. Like many others the map data is old. There is entire bridge locally that shows under construction in the app that has been completed for some time. Google shows it done. Half the apps including this one do not. Hit the update button scenic. When you’re charging this much for a MAP APP. The map should be current.

Great until last update

★ · v4.22 · Aug 6, 2025

This app was one of my favorite until the most recent update. Now it is EXTREMELY slow when trying to build a route using the power planner. It is so bad that I have completely stopped using the app I used to love. I would not recommend this to anyone if you don’t have it already.

Good features, but where are the offline maps?

★★ · v4.22 · Aug 4, 2025

I’ve looked all over the app and have not found an offline map option. It’s a heavily advertised feature but nowhere to be seen. The support page lists all the states and countries supported but doesn’t say how to access them. I viewed the map section I was going to ride off-road on. I loaded the route. I even navigated the route while online. I figured the map must be downloaded! Nope! The navigation route dropped when I turned off my phone for overnight camping. I turned it on in the morning and the route was gone and it was demanding online access to do regular routing which is listed as offline capable in the app! This thing could have stranded me if I hadn’t been in a group using Gaia and onX. If offline maps are actually supported, they should be easy to find. At least create a support page that shows how to do it!

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