Viewranger ViewRanger V4.0 Mapping App Reviews

Expert review by : Jon (outdoorsmagic.com)

Viewranger ViewRanger V4.0 Mapping App

Viewranger isn't the only GPS mapping smartphone app out there, but in our experience, it's the best one out there with a huge spread of fea...

If you own a smartphone, Viewranger is an excellent way of converting it into a fully-featured GPS navigational tool with clear, easy to read OS mapping. It's straightforward to operate, accurate enough to cope with general outdoor use and has...

Sep, 2013

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Consumer review (outdoorsmagic.com)

Brilliant - easy and used EVERY day

I have been using the Viewranger app for more than 3 years now, on first an early android 'phone and now a 7" tablet. I still have the 'phone version, and it works fine even with the modern updates. The tablet view is superb, mapping is crystal clear,...

OS mapping whenever and wherever I go in UK. I can instantly email tracks and routes and waypoints (Points of Interest) to myself (needed for my work, and which is better than my actual work hardware options), using the gpx exporting options. I can...

The side menu bar, accessed from a swipe across the page near the right hand side is annoyingly sensitive and pops up when I don't need it. In a previous version, this menu was accessible from a drop down 'button' and was therefore less likely to bring...

Jan, 2014

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Consumer review (outdoorsmagic.com)

Great app but one or two mysteries

Good when used with common sense

Route shown clearly

Occasional "funny" effects ; Recently had VR working on Nexus 7 and route followed and plotted perfectly. In my pocket VR was also working on my 'phone. Some weird effects on phone where loops and deviations in the plot were shown ; This had happened...

Oct, 2013

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