Exorbitant Subscription Increase

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Meltonbmm

• September 01, 2024 02:01

Nothing can excuse such a drastic price increase. However, if I choose to cancel my membership will I be able to preserve and download my track data into a new mapping program? There must be a way to export a history of all your track data to be used in a less expensive or free mapping program.

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  jeffg4558

  • September 05, 2024 14:31

  Agree. I'm canceling too. I can understand a slight or modest price increase, but for a app that hasn't gotten better, I'm not willing to pay that much. I've exported my tracks. If you have many tracks like I do, the export feature isn't very elegant. You have to put all the tracks in a folder and then export the folder. That generates a single .gpx file. Unforutnatley, if you try to import the single file into an app like Alltrails, it is too big to import. I'm hoping this isn't the case with other map apps, but I have had a chance to try. Someone is developing a new app called Goat Maps. It is still in early stages of beta but looks really promising if you are interested in an app without massive amounts of bloat and corporateness, like GAIA and Alltrails. 

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  kbfoot

  • September 09, 2024 04:20

  It's always a big mistake, from the customer POV, to do a single large price increase;  It's much better to slowly creep the prices up over a span of years.  I'll be looking at what comes along. iOS app-wise, before renewing next year.

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  ChipperHazel2288

  • September 28, 2024 15:45

  I just got email about price increase to $89.90 for Gaia GPS Premium with Outside+. What was the old price? $90 sounds like way too much; probably will cancel.

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  hpinson33

  • October 09, 2024 17:39

  I see OnX mentioned as an alternative. Any others that people are having good experiences with.

  This is such a shame, because I really like GAIA.  But with forced logouts and huge yearly price increases, looking for something else. Gaia is expensive AND unreliable.

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  hemantpateltravel

  • January 08, 2025 16:57

  I haven't been to a hike in Maryland yet!

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