Fife Flyer wrote:Interesting and useful topic.
I started off using Maverick, then changed to Viewranger and I was out yesterday and decided to do a bit of a trial.
I uploaded a route onto Viewranger, Outdooractive (the new Viewranger) and Locus.
Viewranger was pretty hopeless, I don't know if it being wound down but all I was able to display on my phone was the route, no map & it wouldn't zoom in beyond 1km.
Outdooractive - annoying as every time you open it you get the pop up message asking you to subscribe (£29.99), so gave that up as a bad job.
Locus, I haven't paid anything and that worked a treat, route was displayed and the map facility was excellent, was able to zoom right in, all hills were named and the contour lines were also showed.
Bottom line - I will be changing to Locus until that changes.
I haven't used Viewranger on a walk for over a month now but I have noticed that it's suddenly very slow, it does seem like it's on its last legs.
I tried Locus and it was pretty good, however I settled on alternatives that suited my needs a little better.
If you're sticking with Locus be sure to download the free Locus map offered, it can be used offline.
Also might I suggest trying
https://www.openandromaps.org/en for a good downloadable map for Locus.