Handy GPS

A fully featured, great value hiking GPS for the real world. No signup required.

Total ratings

4.31 (Rating count: 583)

Review summary

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Pros
  • Reliable and effective for GPS navigation and tracking.
  • Helpful for outdoor activities like hiking, backpacking, and fishing.
  • Excellent support from developers, responding quickly to user inquiries.
  • Accurate in displaying coordinates and distances.
  • Regular updates improving functionality and features.
Cons
  • Recent updates have caused usability issues, such as difficulties navigating back to the main screen.
  • Some users report freezing issues, particularly in remote areas.
  • Changes to data security have made it harder to import/export tracks easily.
  • Waypoints do not persist across sessions, causing inconvenience to users.
  • Limited satellite imagery display in some locations.
Most mentioned
  • Accuracy of the GPS tracking.
  • Quality of customer support.
  • Usability in outdoor navigation.
  • Recent updates affecting app performance.
  • Issues with managing waypoints.
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Date Author Rating Comment
2024-10-01
amritansh mandloi		 Please add feature to measure distance without adding waypoint in map like Google Earth
2023-08-04
Ian Armitage		 Handy GPS continues to be a very satisfactory ad helpful application, and has steadily been improved since 2016. It is reliable, effective and practical. Happy to continue to give the app 5 stars.
2023-03-27
Ee Cc		 Great app, turns your phone into a Garmin! As a geologist, I've used many gps devices, Geospatial software packages, and mapping platforms; and this app has everything you need to complete the task. I mostly use this for hiking, backpacking, and marking my favorite fishing spots, and it excels at that as well. Plus the offline maps are easy to download. The developers will respond to emails when you have questions, which is phenomenal! Don't waste your money gps device, just buy the app.
2022-01-25
Michael Henry		 I've been using this for years for backcountry navigation with compass backup, haven't run across something better, though I browse occasionally. Straightforward gps app, easy navigation and easy to export data. Defaults to satellite imagery which is fine. Load the maps while you have a signal though, if you're using it backcountry.
2021-12-28
Nash GC		 A professionally detailed GPS app. It has everything required for a safe trek home. The video is well presented and email support by Anthony Dunk absolutely brilliant ... Would I recommend this app? A resounding definite and absolute YES👍
2021-12-12
Michael Romanov		 Always been accurate. Great for displaying impressive results of a day out hiking when overlaid with a satellite image.
2021-10-21
Edgars Z		 2 requests: need permanent Waypoints. They disappear with each new session, and it would be good if things like "HOME" always carried over. Also, more features on the nav screen would help. Like TTM and VMG. Updating review, 2 star less. Updates are causing problems. When I go to a different screen, there is no longer a button to get back to main screen. I have to quit and restart. The app now also stops tracking as soon as the phone screen goes to sleep. I need to hike with the screen on
2021-10-03
Rick Buirkle		 This is a great app that I use regularly. Support is excellent. I reported a problem I encountered with v37.4 and an update with a fix was posted in hours.
2021-08-18
Charles Jameson		 I have been a paid user of this app for years but just recently the developer decided for reasons unknown to make the data super secure. If someone distributes a track (kml file) it used to be simple to import it. Not any more. Now you need a pc or laptop and cannot do it in the field. I run/hike with a group and we share tracks often. I recommended this app to many over the years but now it has been rendered useless for my purpose. You could have at least given us the option to opt out.
2020-06-29
Arthur Rowling		 Great for navigating to way points. Can easily import and export kmz files from Google Earth. I have checked the saved coordinates with a differential GPS unit and Handy GPS was accurate to about 0.5m.
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