Rockd +4

I was told about this app by a friend that’s a geologist. He suggested using it when I’m out in the field for botanical surveys as a easy reference for local formations. Works fantastic when in cellular range, but the downloadable maps for when I’m out of a service area (which is almost every time) absolutely does not work. I’ve essentially had to screen shot the area and reference those to my GPS which is extremely hard. The All Trails app has that function and it works flawlessly. If the creators of this app got it working, I’d happily pay whatever subscription fee they would require to use it. All-in-all, it’s a fun app to use when you’re in cellular service, but do NOT depend on it for real-world applications.

I downloaded this when it first came out, and while it was fun right out of the gates, it was pretty clunky with much room for improvement. Well, the developers have heard the feedback and consistently added new features and are always fixing small bugs to make this the best (and only) “geological social media” app available! Anyone from a casual rockhound to a geology student (which I was when I first started using it, now have my B.Sc.) to PhD researchers can use this, and every checkin added by users helps supplement the amazing amount of data already built into the app. I love the recent additions of paleomaps, the ability to click through to linked literature in professional journals, and the interaction with other rock nerds!

I look forward to whatever is coming next, but at the moment this app is top-notch and I struggle to recommend any new features or fixes.

This is crucial to a research project I have going, and I need to look up hundreds of sites manually. Sometimes I need to leave to app to check an exact location in another app but when I come back, the app refreshes and I have to go zoom in to that location again. This is infuriating to deal with over and over and over again. There’s no reason the app needs to refresh and start over from the beginning like this. Please consider changing this, or at least provide a setting that I can flip on and off. Thanks for the otherwise great app.