Footpath Route Planner

But it keeps deleting my paths

hated this app. constantly was being told i was off route when the route wanted me on a busy road when I was next to it on the sidewalk. there’s no easy way to turn off that annoying and stupid voice. on a long run that is just a mood and vibe killer. contemplated running without headphones because it was that bad. it also got the elevation gain wrong by about 400 ft for an 18 mile run which is so significant. for urban running, i’m going back to just using apple maps since that shows on my watch. this was absolute trash.

Buggy and doesn’t route very well, takes multiple times to get the line to trace where you want it. And almost all useful features are locked behind a payment plan. Outside the payment plan you get a basic picture and no details or directions.

Really cool app until it completely quit working. Tried multiple devices but it just freezes up and quits

Just terrible

No longer opens app after the latest update. It just stays on the splash screen.

Help mine won’t load anymore!!! Been crashing for months. What can I do?!

I create my route and it doesn’t save it on iPhone. I start a route in Apple Watch and it doesn’t save on iPhone. I have had this problem for years . This app simply doesn’t work at all

Honestly, a really good map. But I had issues over many months and reached out to customer service a few times. They didn’t respond once. I guess they built and app and called it done. Very poor representation on their part.

The app claimed that (walking we would go in a strait line, disregarding trails, paths, roads or entire bodies of water. What was 3 miles dimpled as 1.5.. if we walked over a lake. Rendered useless

App claims to select routes using trails and roads. I have tried to get it to use the trails and footpaths but it won’t.

The gps is horrible. Just use google maps and have arrows. Come on man.

Started out strong, but multiple contacts to support for simple questions went unanswered. Too bad, as it would otherwise be a terrific solution.

Have had this app for about a month and have used it and was quite pleased with it during the free trial. The turn by turn navigation was fantastic as was the route planning. Battery life seemed reasonable while using the app. Everything lined up and I decided to get the subscription. Just days into the subscription it started to be harder to draw routes and especially edit them. Still workable. Then it started to really get whacky when I tried to add even a few hundred feet to a trail. It would make it loop around the whole park and add miles often as the crow flies over terrain and across water. Then the footpaths/trails disappeared all-together. Trails do not even show in most cases. Completely breaking the entire functionality. I was looking at a specific trail and making a route, reopened the app later in the day to finish and the trail had disappeared. I started looking around and all the trails had disappeared in all of the state parks and national forests even. Only paved paths show, and I cannot even map routes on those. The actual lines that used to show trails are gone. I uninstalled and reinstalled the app. I restarted it. I emailed the developer days ago. Nothing. I will update this if it gets fixed. But, it is broken as it stands.

Like Google, it’s going to default to the most efficient route from point A to B. It’s very difficult customize the route. When I tried dragging and dropping, it instead added a loop. Deleted the app and will look for something else.

I loved this app and used to plan all of my runs but now it lags and won’t trace

App is so garbage it just does whatever it wants when your trying to build a path

I’m just looking for a simple app that tracks how far I walk. This has not been the most user friendly to try and figure out how to just have it track where I’m walking. I’ve gone out several times, tried to have to map my route only to have gone for over 2 miles and it did nothing. Should need a full user guide to do a simple task

Great idea for an app but the sync to apple watch feature only works about 20% of the time for me. Some routes sync, most don’t 🤷🏾‍♂️

I purchased a subscription to this app because it was formerly considered the best hiking navigation for the Apple Watch Ultra. I imported GPX tracks from AllTrails, then used Footpath from my watch on the trail. Now hikes will no longer launch on my watch from Footpath, although I’m doing the same thing. I waited a month to see if they would fix it but they haven’t, so I cancelled my subscription, got one for AllTrails, and will be using their functional watch app for hiking navigation. It’s not as good as Footpath used to be on the watch, but it’s better than what it now offers - nothing.

Extremely hard to edit a track, it would be nice to edit this on a windows desktop, I’m working on an iPad and it really makes life difficult.

Your satélite maps needs updating as they are 6 months behind most maps on Google maps. You software is also quite temperamental around sidewalks and beaches. I want to like it but you refuse to fix it.

After transitioning to booting on my ski trip yesterday, the action button would no longer display the map on my watch. Either the Footpath app crashed or it auto paused (perhaps since booting up a 45 degree plus slope would appear as no movement?). After a few desperate attempts to get mapping working I realized that somehow Footpath got paused, but even after unpausing I couldn't get the action button to bring up maps. Luckily my ski partners Garmin Fenix guided us correctly between perilous cliff bands on our descent. Unfortunately, these Apple watch "Ultras" don't seem to live up to their name. I have lost trust in these devices being able to safely guide me in the backcountry. Luckily I wasn't on a remote peak, only 4 or so miles from our car, and my partner's watch saved us from accident turning down onto a cliff.

I am looking for an app to use for hiking. Most important to me is the ability to create a route, and to follow that route. I love having the ability to define a route with my fingertip. However, the app is clearly better suited for on-road than off-road use. The search function can locate streets but not hiking trails. You can have a map called up that displays the name of the trail on it. Search for that trail name, and the app cannot find it! I sent an email 2 weeks ago to the app support, I explained the problem, and asked if I was doing something wrong. I explained I assessing the free version of the app to see if I should become a subscriber. I never received a response to this simple question. It begs the question, if the developer is unwilling to answer a question posed by someone considering becoming a paying customer, what will service be like once they have my money? I note in the Apple apps Ratings and Review section, there are lots of comments but very few developer responses. Again, this raises questions about the level of support one can expect once your money has left your pocket. Given my experience so far, although I like the app, the risk seems too great to commit to a subscription.

I mapped out a run for 13.2 miles. I followed the path while using another app (MapMyRun) I have used on many 10k, half marathons, and marathons. The recorded distance (10.75 miles) ended up being 2.5 miles short of the mapped route on Footpath. I also compared my distance on my FitBit GPS. It matched MapMyRun and NOT Footpath. I then did my best to map the distance on Google maps on a laptop. That distance again matched everything EXCEPT Footpath. Lastly, I drove the route in my car (2023 vehicle) after i reset the miles tracker. It matched my FitBit and MapMyRun. Please note, I downloaded the app on 9/15/23. I will have to assume I have the latest version. I don’t have the latest phone, but I would assume since I am able to install the app, my phone version is fine. iPhone 12 Pro iOS 16.6.1