Name: 3D Map & Peaks ID - PeakVisor
Rating: 4.55721 (9282 reviews)

User Reviews for 3D Map & Peaks ID - PeakVisor

4.56 out of 5

9.3K Ratings

6 years ago, Clint Arthemis Golub

Incredible detail

I’ve used PeakFinder AR for close to 7 years (before there was decent AR) and only last summer decided to check out Peak Visor and wow. In the decade since early mountain and star identifying apps first made their appearance on the iPhone, apps like Peak Visor have taken the concepts and massively expanded upon them. For one, greater CPU power has allowed beautifully rendered graphics, and greater accuracy in the graphic overlay HUD that pops over the mountains. In Peak Finder, you had to open the “camera” function to see the tags over the actual mountains themselves which was a real pain. But even more incredible is the 3D map you can double-tap if you point your iPhone down. It’ll not only let you teleport anywhere in the world, but really let’s you explore topography that’s difficult to physically reach, with dozens upon dozen of mountain tags; even in the most remote parts of the British Columbia or south-eastern Al. You can also preemptively download vast swaths of the planet you expect to go exploring in before you arrive, so when you open up PV, it’ll instantly have a ton of data to give you. Coupling this app with Gaia/AllTrails and Google Earth has been real game changer for me, and even when I’m just driving down the interstate, if I see any mountains that catch my curiosity, I instinctively pull for this app. It’s become that integral to me. Perfect 5 stars, we’ll worth the cheap price.

5 years ago, Robbo Mon

Amazing tool for learning the mountains

I have been very impressed with the breadth and abilities of this app. It has become my go-to tool for learning about the topography of mountains in California. Many times before this app, I had wondered what mountains I could see. This app makes incredibly easy to find out. Before going on trips, I enjoy using the teleport feature to see the layout of the area. You can see relatively detailed images that give you a good idea of how your path will look from each position, so it’s useful for back-country treks where good trails aren’t available. The new 3D feature is very useful here as well. There are actually quite a few trails uploaded here too, so it is useful when you want to find the direction to a trail. Both live and picture-based landscape matching work really well. I appreciate the download zone option, since there isn’t always service in the mountains. The landscapes are surprisingly accurate, and all of the features are easy to use.

5 years ago, JRobert.Wilton

Wonderful, but know that it uses a lot of data.

Update: The developer has explained that the data is necessarily large but that it can be pre-downloaded at home to save data quota. Since that was my only complaint I've upped my rating to 5-stars. Users on a measured plan should understand that the the app will pull a lot of data in the field if it hasn't been previously downloaded. It really is quite amazing at identifying peaks - point and shoot! - and I feel bad about dissing it. But in 3 or so minutes, over a less than 30 degree segment of the horizon, it just blew through my - admittedly low, 100MB - entire monthly data allowance. This won't be a barrier for most people but those light-users on a measured plan, as I am, should know upfront: expect a hefty download to do what it does.

4 years ago, CasualPhoneGamer

Pro version required!

Upon installing the application I was notified that I would need the pro version in order to locate peaks in more than one location per day. Seemed fair enough, I likely won’t usually need to use this more than once a day but I figured I’d sign up for a year membership if I enjoyed using the free version. I entered into the app to try it out and learned that I needed to download data for my vicinity, 130mb.. Seems like they must be doing something pretty inefficient to require a file that large for everywhere you go (and certainly makes it impractical if you have low cell service, like for example in the mountains lol) but I allowed it just to try it. While I am waiting for the information in my vicinity to download I am prompted that I have used up my one location for the day and must pay to view more. So essentially, I spent my free location for the day downloading unnecessary data (even though I was still in the same location lol). Pretty sweet! Looking forward to checking out other options or writing my own app for this.

5 years ago, Four Corners resident

An exceptionally useful tool!!

An excellent app for learning the names of visible mountains in your vicinity. The app is easy to use and offers an outline of the peaks you’re viewing that can be moved and aligned with the camera image of the peaks to accurately position the labels on each mountain. If you live near mountains, this is a must-have app. It’s intuitive to use and saves photos of the peaks you label for review later. The only drawback is that the free version can only be used in one area per day. If you’re moving through several locations in a day (e.g. driving for an hour or more through several sets of mountains) you need to subscribe to the Pro version of the app.

4 years ago, tommmmmmmmmmmggggg

Great

I’ve been backpacking in the mountains for about 30 years using Maps then handheld GPS and phone enabled GPS, and I just added this product to my quiver. I really like it a lot. The core functionality is that it lets you superimpose the horizon line and the names of peaks onto your phone screen when you have your camera viewfinder enabled. This works well and I have learned the names of a lot of features that I have been looking at for years without knowing what they are called. You can download these photos with the labels on them. You can also upload a picture and The app will add labels— assuming the photo is geotagged. The final feature that I will mention is the virtual terrain mode, which allows you to “see over” ridges. All this has really added to my understanding of the mountains that I backpack in southern Idaho. Highly recommend.

3 years ago, TravisAK

I DETEST SUBSCRIPTIONS!

Please just figure out what a fair price is for the app (high or low) and I’ll pay it. I am overwhelmed with monthly subscriptions and will not buy anymore. I would gladly pay whatever you consider a fair price to own it. It’s getting out of control. Too bad because it appears that the full version is amazing. :( 9/4/21 Any consideration given to a one time fee? If you think people would be deterred due to the price I think you would be surprised. Of course you can keep the monthly/annual purchase option, but I want a one and done price. After spending a little bit of time with the free portion of the app I am sure it is worth whatever you would need to charge for a on time fee. Tanka for considering this request.

1 year ago, TrainZak

Great hiking app!!

If you have ever been on a hike or been anywhere that there is a view of mountains in the distance this is an awesome app to help you properly identify surrounding peaks. I have not used it yet for orienteering or mapping out hiking routes but I would think would be incredibly useful. I emailed the developer with some follow up questions and they responded right away which is much appreciated. You can download regional maps so that you don’t need to depend on active connectivity which is definitely required when you are off the grid. If you are always staring at the horizon and wondering what mountain or hill is the distance then this is a must app for you!!

6 years ago, Are you Sirius

Black Mtns WNC

“Just open the app and point the camera.” Sounds easy. I’m in the highest mountain range in the Eastern USA, the Black Mtns in Western North Carolina. I’m 4.01 miles from Mount Mitchell (measured with my Garmin GPS), the HIGHEST PEAK in the Eastern United States, and after nearly a dozen tries, this app has identified NOTHING, although it did indeed download the data it needs for this area. I can clearly see Cattail Peak, one of the southern sixers, from my property. It’s barely a mile away. When I aim the camera at Cattail Peak, the app provides no data whatsoever, even after adjusting and readjusting numerous times, as the user is prompted onscreen to do. After trying over and over, all day long, all I’ve gotten is crude line drawings of mountains. GPS data, yes, but no peak data whatsoever. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. The instructions, which I’ve read, reread and reread, over and over, provide no help whatsoever. Only brief and cursory explanations. Sorry I wasted my money.

6 years ago, spinality

Great tool

This is really a wonderful tool. It’s still evolving so it will only get better. The user interface is not instantly intuitive — for example, the great 3D hiking/terrain maps are displayed by double tapping the compass. Who’d have thunk to try that? But already a great travel companion. I haven’t really used it in the field yet but have high hopes based on test usage so far. I’m optimistic for steady improvement.

6 years ago, Ron-DD-Dawg

Awesome

Works great! This is a must-have for any mountain enthusiast. Albeit it does not suffice for a quad map or good gps, it does provide great information and pinpoint location of peaks. I am told that next version is in near future with more great functions. Hint to developer: I would like to see glaciers added. Also a function to mark peaks that I have achieved with dates and notes. This would be a great peak-baggers journal!

1 year ago, CUOntheTrail

Great app!

I love this app! It is quick and easy to use and gives detailed info either in real time or with photos. Tech support is awesome and gives one to one service. Recently had a bug and the support was tenacious and persistent in figuring out the problem. I highly recommend.

2 years ago, Basit

App is good but maps downloader needs a LOT of work

On even the fastest connection downloading maps takes so long it basically is a useless feature. Either their maps/tile server has severely underprovisioned networks or there is a rate limiting bug. 10-15k/s at most for 1Gb+ is never gonna work. All other apps download at full speed, so it’s not my connection! This may seem like a small detail but the app is useless in the backcountry without offline maps!

1 year ago, Slattest

Great visual app

Well designed app. I really enjoy using it, especially now that I upgrade to the pro version. Only complaints are I can only select 1 gpx file at a time to upload (tried from phone, tablet and web browser, all have that restriction) which is a painfully slow waste of time. And I experienced crashes on a base model iPad.

6 years ago, LamTranVamp

Works great

I used the app when backpacking in Yosemite Np. It showed names and detail of all the peaks that appear in my real time camera and even some peaks that were behind objects. Of course I had to download offline data of Yosemite region before hand. Overall I think the app deserves 5 stars because It helped me a lot in backcountry

3 weeks ago, swmartin2

Waste of money

You have to download maps before you loose cell phone signal, then if you hike more than 20 miles you dont have maps for your new area. I often had problems of the app not finding the Largest Peak in a range or in a further range behind closer hills. Not worth the money and i was more frustrated with it always not having maps. Only useful if you are in cell phone range with a single peak to id.

5 years ago, pokeygumby

Nice design, horrible execution

I wanted to test this app to see if it’s better than the one I’m currently using. So I’m up in the mountains and I load it up. Takes a while to download and stitch the panorama. And then nothing shows up, at all. So I restart the app, and wait again, and then the outlines of the mountains are in the sky, like way up in the sky, and the horizon isn’t even level. Whatever I used my other app. So a couple hours later I try to give this app a second (third) chance, and it’s locked out! One location per day. Wow great job guys.

5 years ago, tom the mule

Utah traveler

I am on vacation in Southern Utah and said, “wouldn’t it be nice to know what mountains and geographic features I am looking at?” Well guess what, questions answered. Thanks to the developers for such an amazing app. Could not be happier! Even used the teleport feature to go back to park I have already been, and identified mountains that I wondered about. Great product!

5 years ago, Evan_13

Missing standard feature

Great app, but missing landscape support. Only portrait mode is supported in the interface. While the app make “look” like it supports landscape mode, the interface demonstrates that the app still thinks of itself as only in portrait mode. This is seen with the startup screen and the subscription sign up screen... along with other visual components. Functionality is impaired on the iPad Pro 12.9 (3rd gen).

4 years ago, guymystere

If you’re a hiker/geography nut, you’ll love this app.

I love this app. I use it all the time on hikes. If you’ve ever wondered, “hmmm... what is that mountain over there” you’ll like this app. I’ve downloaded all the mountain ranges that I frequent. It helps me have a better idea of which mountains I want to climb and where they are in relation to myself. Great app!

5 years ago, geezfools

Happy for now!

Had a 1 star rating because of the subscription change and thought I’d be losing offline access in a year. The developer made it clear, via email, that nothing changes, at all. So, for now, 5 stars. Great app, always love using it while out in the woods!

1 year ago, kevinjwoods

It’s Like Magic!

Very Cool App. I’ve been doing these mountain identifications for years in photos using Google Earth and painstakingly going through a manual process. Now, I just get them all label automatically with nice labels and detailed information. It’s like Magic!

5 years ago, Grantinius

Awesome for Peakbaggers!

I’ve climbed nearly 40 mountains, just climbed my first with this app on my phone. It added so much to the experience. I can look around and get a bearing on exactly where I am and what I’m looking at, as well as what is over the next hill that I haven’t been to yet. Just Great!

6 years ago, dburton80

Would be PERFECT but...

Love everything about this app except the way it updates. For some reason nearly every time I try to use it, it needs to update the data by downloading the vicinity. Of course this is always exactly when I’m on the trail without data or wireless available. This app beats the competition in about every other way by leaps and bounds so I hope they fix that!

2 years ago, che_A

completely inaccurate

while using this, the app would change its mind about which peaks were which without me even moving the phone at all. when i did move the phone, it would tell me the same peaks regardless of whether i was looking east or west. maybe it couldn’t identify peaks because there were clouds behind them, or maybe it is just bad at WNC (I see someone else had issues around Mt Mitchell). Glad i didn’t pay for this lol

5 years ago, UffdaMN

Fantastic Application!

Just love the application. We live in a mountainous area and it’s wonderful to have this tool. It also very much enhanced our experience on a recent trip to Glacier/Waterton Lakes and Grand Teton National Parks. Unbelievable how much capability we have in such small devices these days. Great job to the development team!

6 years ago, WhyDoINeedANickname55

Great and useful app

I love Peakvisor. I hike in the Adirondacks, and I’m never quite sure which peaks I can see from my location. Peakvisor makes it easy! The developer is very responsive; I asked a question and he replied in a few hours. A great app, and new features are added frequently.

4 years ago, pts42

Free version is useless

It worked once at my home. I waited a few days to try a new location since the “one location a day” paywall came up. Can neither load in a new location or determine what location is being used as it won’t load at home any more either. It’s just a bricked app now with no functionality asking me to pay a cup of coffee every month. I don’t drink coffee. And I don’t believe in never ending subscription models without any guarantee of new services.

2 years ago, mountainfinder

We found the mountain

We were at an observation tower and saw a mountain and wanted to know which one it was. The app helped us find it in like 5 mins and it was free and pretty easy to figure out. We found Sugarloaf Mountain.

5 years ago, co_biker

Will kill your iCloud backup

Nice app, but for reasons that escape me, the developers think they need to backup all data (approximately 840MB) to my iCloud account. Since I could presumably just download this data again if my phone was lost or damaged, I can only assume the devs are getting a kickback on the $ I now have to spend on extra iCloud storage. As one developer to another, here's a pro tip: just backup a description of what I have downloaded, not the entire download itself.

1 year ago, Karl.Derek

Head to the Hills⛰️

The navigation, on the spot coordinates and remote, teleport feature, fly-overs and photo imports oh my! The best part is the thousands of peaks to discover. Where will you go next? Easily navigate trails today! Thanks Denis!

9 months ago, Not happy #23

Too slow

Too much downloading time, too slow to identify peak, identifies peaks behind the one that I want and never tells me the one closest to me. Do not like this app. Will cancel pro version today - the same day I loaded the app. ( I don't see a cancel option anywhere in the menu. So now I have to waste my time trying to figure out how to get this thing canceled before I have to pay for it.)

2 years ago, Ed from the base

(Free version) “One location per day”?

The app seems to work beautifully, but I would not have expected the “one location” limitation to lock me out during an hour’s loop walk around the Viewpoint neighborhood in Prescott Valley Az. I downloaded the “area data” before starting out. What’s a ”location”?

6 years ago, Jeremy wilson85

Great app

This app has managed to tackle some really interesting obstacles. In order to get the right information in the right place. This app could easily cost more then it does! It’s a major value add to my life here in Colorado!

3 years ago, O lineman

Difficult to use

Cumbersome… Very cumbersome to use. This is a very difficult out to use and continually wants to “download the vicinity“. I quickly grew tired of every single time I opened the app it wanted to “update“. It uses an outline type system that you have to line up with the peaks that can be cumbersome if you are at any sort of distance.

3 years ago, ceelohikes

Great app!

If you love mountains, peaks, valleys, creeks, etc. and hike a lot, this is the app for you. I use this app along with other apps like all trails and google to find new parks and hikes. I like the travel logbook feature as well. Great app.

3 years ago, ddubb4

The world of mtb thanks you

This is the most incredible app. It’s been years since I’ve downloaded an app with this much detail and accuracy. An app worthy of the price.

6 years ago, olyhiker

Great app!

Mind-bendingly cool app! Feels magical to see the topography of any place you stand on earth outlined and labeled. Adds greatly to my enjoyment of hikes in the Olympic an Cascade mountains. Definitely worth spending the time to get to know the features. Email support was super responsive.

6 years ago, THOMASversusTHOMAS

Fun to use and awesome customer service

Love knowing the peaks and additional info for where I live and when we camp. I noticed one peak’s height was incorrect, so I emailed the developer and he responded within a couple of hours and fixed it!

4 years ago, brianmdnm

Great, but

Too expensive for occasional use. Would like to see a second, paid app released for something like $9.99 and an annual fee of $3.99. Until then will stick with Maps 3D

5 years ago, traveljournal

It’s a cool app!

This app is really useful, not only when hiking up in the mountains but also when just driving around. It labels the mountains wherever we are, even above the cloud. It’s a cool up.

7 years ago, Climb Junky

So far, so good! (Edited 3/8/18)

Downloaded the app, open it and the screen constantly flickers. Apple should offer refunds for apps that are junk and purchased from the App Store. If I could give this 0 or negative stars, I would. *updated 3/3/18* I downloaded the latest update and so far the app is working very well.

1 year ago, EarthSea-Keeper

Major Midwest USA Improvements (20 May 2023)

Able to find watershed lakes, rivers & streams plus outdoor recreation biking & hiking trails. Seems to synchronize with online PeakVisor Portal via Safari Browser using iPadOS 16.5 … Unable to access or delete simulated 3D Flyover videos.

5 years ago, Bsorge1

Biggest mountain missing

I live in the Blue Ridge area of N. Carolina and hike every day that it is fair out. It was very strange that the areas largest Mountain (Grandfather) was totally missing. Others were not in the right place comparing with geological maps. I hike Rich Mountain yesterday and it was missing altogether, even though it is the largest in the immediate area. I pretty much have given up on this App.

5 months ago, Chooch440

My goodness, it has updates every few days!

I just don't understand why this app has so many updates. I'm glad I didn't pay for it because I'm deleting it now. Too many other apps out there which don't require updates as often as this one. Very irritating! Goodbye, you have been fired! The tribe has spoken!

4 years ago, tilehate

Would like to use manually

Many would like to use the app manually with location services turned off, giving the ability to research and explore. This app is completely inoperable unless it is turned on.

6 months ago, MattyDuck

A ‘must have’ for road trips.

When you just follow unexpected signs to a National Park and end up surrounded by unfamiliar mountains, nothing else will do.

4 years ago, MrMobileFliesToParis

Doesn’t work in my area

I love the detail and graphics but could not get the app to work. It had some of the right peak names but put them in the wrong places. For example the roofline of a nearby building was identified as Mt Guyot. Other major peaks like Quandary were nowhere to be found even when I had the camera pointed at it.

2 years ago, swrobel

Garbage

Insanely slow to load. It just sits on "composing panorama" for several minutes and then crashes. I'm on an iPhone 13 so it's not a slow phone. If you want to identify peaks from the passenger seat if a car before they go out of view, this isn't the app for you.

4 years ago, Joe Coughy

Issue resolved

After initially having some tech issues the developer reached out to Me and the issue had been quickly resolved.

Description

PeakVisor will make you a superhero of outdoor navigation by putting state-of-the-art 3D maps and mountain identification magic wand in your hand. "PeakVisor uses your iPhone's camera and augmented reality (AR) technology to display names and elevation of nearby peaks. The information will appear on your phone like magic." - App Store, Take the Trail Less Traveled Key Steps to Becoming a Superhero: ● 3D Map your Hike Get your topo maps of the future. The cutting-edge technology with high-precision terrain modeling allows simple yet effective insight into the landscape of the mountains. It is the most convenient way to explore a mountainous area, its trails, summits, passes, viewpoints, and even parking areas. ● Identify Mountains hundreds of miles away Identify more than a million mountains & hills all over the world and get a detailed profile for each of them, including altitude, topographic prominence, mountain range, what national parks or reserves it may belong to, as well as photos and additional Wikipedia articles. ● Plan Hiking Routes A vast network of worldwide hiking trails and walking pathways included in PeakVisor’s 3D Maps will help you compose a hiking route which includes evaluating the distance you can expect to hike as well as a route’s elevation profile and estimated time for completion. ● Use GPS Tracker to share your epic adventures Track your outdoor adventures, see your stats such as elevation gain and walking distance as well as your path in the 3D world. The app also allows you to import and export GPX files. ● Everything works Offline All the data is downloadable and ready for off the grid journeys. ● Identify Mountains in Photos If you have photos from previous hikes that you have not taken through the app, you can still find out what peaks you have been by importing your images into the PeakVisor app. ● Ski and Snowboard when Winter Comes PeakVisor is extremely useful for any kind of winter sports in the mountains. Topographic 3D Maps allow for a better understanding of the terrain and provide detailed information about mountain lifts, ski runs, and popular backcountry skiing opportunities. No matter where you go and how hard you challenge yourself this winter, PeakVisor will be the perfect booster for your outdoor adventures. PeakVisor is the Swiss army knife of outdoor adventure and will soon be indispensable to all your future hiking needs. Just keep it in your backpack and you'll get value from it every time you’re on the trail! PeakVisor PRO is a premium subscription that allows you to use the app without any limitations. By subscribing to PeakVisor PRO you make it possible for us to focus on ever-excelling the app. PeakVisor PRO is available as a monthly or an annual subscription. If you choose to get PeakVisor PRO, the payment will be charged to your Apple ID account once you confirm your purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless it is canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage and cancel your subscriptions through the App Store account settings after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to the publication, where applicable. You may find more details in our Terms and Privacy Policy available by the link => https://peakvisor.com/en/terms.html If you have any questions or just feel like talking about mountains, please contact us at [email protected]