Recently got this app,recomended by a couple friends, I live in an area that has lots of public and private sections, with lots of logging roadswe locals have coon hunted for years,, seems pretty handy,, anyone else use it?

I do, works well.

Both my wife Eileen and I have been using it for several years. I started first with a Garmin GPS, but Eileen added it to her cell phone a couple years later. We considerit pretty much essential anymore.

Seen them recommended before but what concerns me is cell service and battery life of my phone more so than anything. It will be nice to hear some reviews on it from folks who have used it in a lot of different situations. Dave

Dave,

One reason I still use the Garmin GPS is the batteries last a lot longer than a full charge in Eileen's cell phone--and I can replace them in the field, which is handy in more remote country here in Montana.

Love it, use on airplane mode to save battery, download 10x10 and 100x100 maps first.

I have onX for Wyoming. Loaded to Garmin. I create waypoints on desktop and upload to Garmin. I think it's a valuable tool.

When I've talked to Wyo F&G they think highly of onX too. My concern is private vs public land boundaries.

It's a big improvement over paper maps.

No cell service is needed to use it. If you think you’ll be in an area with limited cell signal, download the map ahead of time. Use it “offline” and the gps function still works perfectly. I buy it nationwide annually. Used it yesterday to watch how far we trolled and the path we took fishing off of Cozumel, Mexico.

This is just one example of what you can use it for.


Forgot to turn the track on until halfway through. 25 miles of tracking.

Edit to ad, the resolution is low because I wasn’t letting it fully load in the poor cell signal. If I’d loaded it ahead of time, it could be full blown satellite imagery or topo map with land ownership.



Hand sketched an approximation of the first half in for another 25 miles.

I've never used it but my oldest son does. He loves it so I might need to give it a try.

Gaia is just as good if not better, 1/3 the cost.

I use it. I need it on the state and national forests I hunt. Those forests are broken up into tracts and it's easy to wander off them and onto private land.

I've been using it for 3 years. I dumped the gps 2 years ago. The cell in airplane mode lasts a long time.

I did 28 days solo in a row last year without a glitch. Download the area map in advance and go offline.....you will use more battery taking a picture.

I do, love it. People here in New Jersey have been posting State and County land for years. A buddy of mine's son was turkey hunting State land that some douche landowner posted. The landowner called the CO on the kid. When the CO showed up the kid showed him OnX and no ticket was issued. The CO made the landowner take down the signs on the State property.

The nice thing with using the phone is you can download offline maps, either 5 or 10 sq miles, to your phone, and then when in country where cell service is an issue you put your phone on airplane mode so it stops searching for towers. The GPS will still work on the phone and the battery will last all day, possibly more depending on which model you have.
I love mine.

I had the maps for 4 years, very highly recommended.

I carry a small power cell and a very short power cord in my pack that will charge my iphone two full charges. Weighs next to nothing. Never tried just running my iphone on airplane mode but that would help for sure. I pretty much have cell service everywhere I hunt so I like to stay wired in to my business if possible.

I like OnX hunt, mostly use prairie dogging out west.

I see there are others, Huntstand Pro & Gala for starters. I may check them out.

I use OnX and like it, it works very well.

Great tool.

Download your maps, turn it on airplane mode and battery lasts a long time.

Great for boundaries, obviously.

Also, will have some landowner information, so if you are resourceful and want to do some digging, you might be able to gain access to private. Certain hunt trips I've done, this is a vital tool.

The tracking feature is nice, but I don't use it as much now as I used to.

I own some hunting land in an area broken into 10 and 5 acre parcels. Most of it with no fences or visible property lines. It can be a bit of a mess. Instead of paying for a bunch of expensive survey work, the landowners all agreed to use OnX to set the property lines. There can be a few feet of variance sometimes, but for the most part, it has been a great way to decide who owns what in a practical way. I know it wouldn't stand a legal challenge, but it's a great rule of thumb.

If you are looking at real estate online, it's also a nice tool to map property lines.

I had ONX for a couple years. Liked it, but I have switched to basemap and I like it better for what I use it for. I use mine for hunting, but more for trail riding in the SxS.

Base Map is pretty popular with the locals here.

I've used it for 4 or 5 years. It's not as pin point accurate as my Garmin Montana but it's close enough 99% of the time. Unless you need super accuracy, like for geocaching, it will work fine. The accuracy depends on the unit, not the program. A dedicated gps, like a Garmin, will be more accurate than a phone's gps. It will eat a battery if you have it running all the time. Downloading maps and running on airplane is a battery saver. Most of our elk hunting areas have no cell service, so mine spends a lot of time on airplane.

Downloading maps can be an issue with a phone with small storage, like a 32gb phone or a 64gb phone if you have a lot of apps or photos stored. A 10mile map will use about 140mb. If you're short on phone storage, that can get to be an issue if you need a lot of maps. You can't put them on an SD card. They will only save in the main memory. If you have storage problems, here's something you can do if you have an old smart phone that works but you aren't using it. Even if a phone isn't connected to any phone service, the internet will still work on WIFI. Set it up at home on WIFI and download all the maps you need. Then put it on airplane and go hunting. It can be used as a gps or as backup if you run out of battery on your main phone.

It costs about $30/state/yr. I use mine in several states so I pay the $99/yr and get the entire US. It's seamless between states so you don't have to open and close states as you cross borders.

Here's site that helps explain how the GPS in your phone works. If you have cell service, it will be using AGPS which is faster and saves battery. If you're out of cell range, it'll be using regular GPS. HOW GPS WORKS

They aren’t very accurate compared to a survey, many yards off

RC that's a great idea about using the old phone for maps! Also, with the $99 Elite membership, there are several groups out there that have promo codes that I think can get you up to 20% off that membership fee.

My Garmin Montana is accurate down to about 3'. My phone with OnX can be 20 or more feet off. That's plenty close enough for anything I do but it certainly isn't close enough for surveying.
I've had a tracking issue with my phone. I don't know if it's the phone or the software. The tracking is recorded on the program but it doesn't always show up on the screen. Then it might suddenly appear. It'll show me where I am, but the tracking line is missing. It comes and goes. OnX hasn't been able to resolve it. I'm getting a new phone (should be here later today). We'll see if the problem's still there.

I'm not tech at all but love the On X app.

Get on their website and learn how to use it.
1) Run it in airplane mode to save battery life. I keep a battery pack to recharge the phone on extended hunts.
2) You can download map areas and don't need cell service to use them offline.

SG, that is a practical solution until someone, probably a new owner, builds a fence or a cabin in the wrong spot...

Land surveys are cheap in the long run.

When my 15 year old GPS started malfunctioning, it made more sense for me to buy onX for a subscription of $100 per year than spend $500+ on a new device. I download maps and use my phone in airplane mode. The only negative is that it does not give a bearing to a destination, only a general direction and distance. It means that you have to watch the phone to go somewhere in a straight line rather than grabbing a bearing and distance and using a compass. But, I will renew when my first year is up.