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Should I use Onxmaps?

GPS map apps for hunting, off-roading, backcountry, and fishing - onxmaps.com

Depends. Buy if you hunt, off-road, or hike public land and need property lines plus offline maps for roughly $35/yr. Skip if you want one subscription covering every outdoor sport or mainly need road navigation.

Confidence

Medium. Based on 40+ public sources; snippets truncated, so no aggregate star rating verified.

Ratings

  • Value for money
  • Ease of use
  • Feature depth
  • Support qualityNo direct support evidence found
  • Security posture

Pricing

$0

Free version

ModelNot disclosed
Monthly feesNot disclosed
HardwareNot disclosed
Free tierYes
Hunt membership$34.99/yr
Hunt EliteNot stated in sources

Best for

  • Hunters scouting public/private land lines
  • Off-roaders and overlanders mapping trails
  • Backcountry hikers needing offline maps
  • Midwest anglers wanting fishing maps

Not for

  • Daily drivers wanting road navigation — offroad turn-by-turn draws complaints
  • Multi-sport users wanting one subscription — each app bills separately
  • Enterprise or team mapping buyers — consumer product, no org features in evidence
  • Anyone needing proven support quality — 185 PissedConsumer complaints on record

Gotchas - check before you buy

high

Each sport needs its own paid membership; multi-sport users pay two to four times

medium

Free versions limited enough that users openly ask whether upgrading is worth it

medium

Elite tier details sit behind marketing pages; verify what it adds before upgrading

medium

185 PissedConsumer reviews exist — scan recent ones for recurring complaints first

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Land-ownership and property-line layers are the flagship feature
  • Offline maps across Hunt, Offroad, and Backcountry apps
  • Four sport-specific apps cover hunting, off-road, backcountry, fishing
  • $388M raised, 400+ employees — stable vendor, not a gamble
  • Published security page; disclosed site vulnerability reported patched

Cons

  • Separate subscriptions per sport — Hunt, Offroad, Backcountry, Fish bill individually
  • Offroad turn-by-turn navigation draws recurring user complaints
  • 185 complaints compiled on PissedConsumer
  • Web sign-in privacy prompts frustrate some users
  • Forums show unresolved onX vs GoHunt and Garmin value debates

Sources & method

Analyzed 10/05/2026 - 16 sources - One community-disclosed onxmaps.com vulnerability, reported patched; published security page and dedicated security hires suggest normal hygiene.

official x5review x6security x2news x3
  • Open Bug Bounty report (patched), Community researchers disclosed vulnerabilities on; report marked as patched with no known active issues.

Key stats

  • Value for money: 3/5

    Rating

  • $0

    Starting price

  • 16

    Sources

  • Analyzed

  • Value for money: 3/5. Users actively debate subscription worth in forums
  • Ease of use: 3/5. Turn-by-turn and web sign-in complaints reported
  • Feature depth: 4/5. Offline maps, land layers, four sport apps
  • Support quality. No direct support evidence found
  • Security posture: 4/5. Patched disclosure, security page, security hires
  • $34.99/yr Starting price onX Hunt and onX Fish annual memberships
  • Yes Free tier Free versions of each app before paying
  • $388M Total funding Incl. $87.4M Series B (2022); TCV invested 2025
  • 400+ employees Team size Per vendor scaling case study

Pricing

Free version

$0

  • Basic maps, limited layers

Hunt membership

$34.99/yr

  • Land ownership and property lines
  • Offline hunting maps

Hunt Elite

Not stated in sources

  • Public and private land features

Security

One community-disclosed onxmaps.com vulnerability, reported patched; published security page and dedicated security hires suggest normal hygiene.

  • Open Bug Bounty report (patched)Community researchers disclosed vulnerabilities on; report marked as patched with no known active issues.⁷

What users say

Hunters broadly treat onX Hunt as a must-have, while Offroad and web-app users report navigation and sign-in frustrations.

“to OnX, I hate everything you're doing with the site”
Mountain Project forum
Full analysis

Based on 40+ public sources; snippets truncated, so no aggregate star rating verified.

Solid $35/yr mapping for hunters and off-roaders; skip if you need one subscription across sports or mainly road nav.

Methodology

Based on 40+ public sources; snippets truncated, so no aggregate star rating verified.

Sources

  1. onX Maps homepageonxmaps.com
    official
  2. onX Hunt vs Offroad vs Backcountry (pricing)support.onxmaps.com
    official
  3. onX Fish pricing ($34.99)onxmaps.com
    official
  4. onX Hunt app featuresonxmaps.com
    official
  5. onX Hunt Elite membershiponxmaps.com
    official
  6. onX security pageonxmaps.com
    security
  7. Open Bug Bounty report for onxmaps.comopenbugbounty.org
    security
  8. onX $87.4M Series Bonxmaps.com
    news
  9. PitchBook: onXmaps raised $388Mpitchbook.com
    news
  10. onX 400+ employees (Centime post)linkedin.com
    news
  11. Is onX Offroad worth buying? — Redditreddit.com
    review
  12. onX Hunt App Review — Reddit r/Huntingreddit.com
    review
  13. 185 onXmaps reviews — PissedConsumeronxmaps.pissedconsumer.com
    review
  14. Offroad turn-by-turn complaints — Facebookfacebook.com
    review
  15. GoHunt vs onXmaps — HuntTalkhunttalk.com
    review
  16. onX site auth complaints — Mountain Projectmountainproject.com
    review

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