Tomstrails GPS UTM 4+

Essential for French Alps mountain safety

France uses a peculiar grid reference system called UTM. If you ever need to call in mountain rescue, you need to know your UTM grid ref - they won’t help you with lat/long! So this app is a life saver if you spend time in the mountains.

GPS UTM

Toms Trails was possibly the best simple app I had on my phone. I used it a lot to tell people where I was (I spend half of my life travelling abroad). I wrote more than once to the developer and told him how fab the app was.

Then one day it stopped working (after an iOS update).

I had to download the new app (GPS UTM) and to put it bluntly I am more than disappointed:

:( I had to pay to use the share option;
:( Gone are the degrees and decimal minutes in the position format;
:( Gone is the ability to edit your message (which allowed me to format the message to a customised message for my family and friends and to add North and South for those who don’t know that stuff);

I don’t know what’s gone wrong at Toms Trails but I can’t recommend this app (like I used to) until the best features are reinstated.

Developer Response ,

You will be glad to know that the original app you referred to has been updated for iOS 13 and sports a whole new design for modern, larger iPhones. Head over to the AppStore to download. Feel free to contact me if you have any questions. tom@tomstrails.com

Great app

Always loved this app. It just functions simply and well. Use it mainly for measuring elevation while walking but also great as an emergency coordinate finder.

Developer Response ,

Thank you.