Garmin Explore™

Garmin Explore™

By Garmin

  • Category: Navigation
  • Release Date: 2018-10-15
  • Current Version: 4.14.1
  • Adult Rating: 12+
  • File Size: 434.35 MB
  • Developer: Garmin
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 18.4 or later.
Score: 4.11526
4.11526
From 937 Ratings

Description

OFF-GRID NAVIGATION When paired with your compatible Garmin device(1), the Garmin Explore app lets you use your mobile device for outdoor navigation, trip planning, mapping and more — with or without Wi-Fi® connectivity or cellular service. SEARCH TOOL Easily locate geographic points — such as trailheads or mountain summits — associated with your adventure. STREAMING MAPS For pre-trip planning, you can use the Garmin Explore app to stream maps when you’re within cellular or Wi-Fi range — saving valuable time as well as storage space on your mobile device. Download maps for offline use when venturing outside cellular range. PAIR, SYNC AND SHARE With Garmin Explore, you can pair your smartphone or tablet with your compatible Garmin device to sync and share data for off-grid adventures. Use downloadable maps for navigation anywhere. EASY TRIP PLANNING Plan your next trip by downloading maps and creating courses. Specify your start and finish points, and automatically create a course you can sync with your compatible Garmin device. ACTIVITY LIBRARY Under the Saved tab, review and edit your organized data, including your saved waypoints, tracks, courses and activities. See map thumbnails to easily recognize your trips. SAVED COLLECTIONS The collections list allows you to quickly find all data related to any trip — making it easy to sort and locate the course or location you’re looking for. CLOUD STORAGE The waypoints, courses and activities you’ve created will automatically sync to your Garmin Explore web account when you’re within cellular or Wi-Fi range, preserving your activity data with cloud storage. A Garmin account is required for storing your data in the cloud. LIVETRACK™ With the use of the LiveTrack™ feature, loved ones can follow your location in real time(2) and see data such as distance, time and elevation. What You Get with Garmin Explore • Unlimited map downloads; access topographic maps, USGS quad sheets and more • Aerial imagery • Waypoints, tracking and route navigation • High-detail GPS trip logging and location sharing • Unlimited cloud storage of routes, waypoints, tracks, and activities • Online trip planning 1. https://explore.garmin.com/appcompatibility 2. When used with your compatible smartphone, the Garmin Explore® app and your compatible inReach® technology-enabled Garmin device. The Bluetooth word mark and logos are registered trademarks owned by Bluetooth SIG, Inc. and any use of such marks by Garmin is under license.

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Reviews

  • Could not download a map

    1
    By Clarke B.
    No go
  • Not great off grid

    2
    By CosJap
    I just finished a 9 mile run in the Frozen head state park near Knoxville. It was close enough to society that I wasn’t really nervous, but I went a mile off course because I thought my location was updating on the map. It wasn’t updating for some reason. It was also paired to my remix epix so not sure why it wouldn’t update! So frustrating. I was able to just relay on the map on my watch and put the phone away. I’m also very confused about why I need this app and what I’m supposed to do with it. Base map needs a 3D option.
  • Almost great

    4
    By Drewsifer Druid
    I love the app, however a bit disappointed that it does not work with my Edge MTB cycle computer. Makes no sense it works with the watches but not all Garmin products.
  • New and Inferior with Broken Features and Buggy Performance

    2
    By just_some_person
    I legitimately cannot believe that you could have made such a bad product out of such an amazing product. The routing features became worse. You moved the routing engine to the cloud (you do realize people use this in the backcountry???) and yet you made the app take up MORE space with less functionality. It loads slower. Seriously Garmin devs, what gives?!
  • Great app

    5
    By RoughCountry09
    👍
  • Great pairing with my watch and inReach 2

    5
    By JDJr1944
    Easy to use and pair data. I’ve been using Garmin for 30ish years and really like them, bike head units too.
  • Explorer is awesome

    5
    By Bowhuntermike
    Love it
  • Sync

    2
    By RJ McKenzie
    Syncing doesn’t work reliably. Remove items from this app and then sync the GPS. It’s still on that GPS. So either the app is lying about it. Or it doesn’t work.
  • Issues

    3
    By CrystalStalactite
    Hangs up rather frequently. Courses not reliably syncing to InReach Mini3
  • It’s been broken for two years now

    2
    By Mark_Mark
    They tried to improve the app with a new mapping and routing engine. Now the best case for topo lines is 100 foot intervals which can be completely useless for hiking. To make things even better they broke the routing engine: many trails on the map are simply not routable. That means if you click anywhere on the trail, you can get a crazy course to get somewhere near there and then a direct line into that point on the trail. It could be miles out of the way. This problem has been there for years now.

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