Reviews of QuickMap

By: California Department of Transportation App

List of user reviews and ratings for QuickMap

Total ratings

3.47 (Rating count: 697)

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Review summary

QuickMap is praised for strong driving-usefulness, with easy route planning, traffic updates, and road-closure awareness, plus highway cameras and driver-friendly features. However, recurring reliability problems—unreliable live data, broken UI links, inconsistent camera updates, noise from notifications, and regional limitations—undermine its value. Overall it’s a helpful tool when it works, especially for professional drivers, but consistency and data freshness are the main areas needing improvement.

Pros

Extremely useful for drivers' trip planning with traffic, routing options, and toll estimates.
Provides timely traffic updates and road closure information, helping users avoid delays.
Highway cameras along routes are a valuable feature for real-time situational awareness (when updated).
Easy-to-use interface that makes it quick to check area traffic and plan moves.
Particularly helpful for professional drivers (truckers, Uber), who rely on route planning and traffic data.

Cons

Unreliable live traffic data and incident details; maps often fail to load or show outdated information.
UI/UX issues such as details links breaking after updates and descriptions not displaying fully.
Camera feeds and other live data are not consistently updated, reducing usefulness.
Push notifications are too noisy without options to customize; excessive alerts.
Limited regional support (e.g., Canada not supported) and ongoing outages/reliability problems.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 1.30

All time rating average: 3.47

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37% (32)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-08-13	Ro*****	liked it better the old way. the triangle is way too light to even see. it blends in with the map.
liked it better the old way. the triangle is way too light to even see. it blends in with the map.
2026-08-08	Cr*****	This may be the most ridiculous map application ever written. It shouldn't be that hard to simply view any CalTrans delays on highways. In fact, the prior version did it.
This may be the most ridiculous map application ever written. It shouldn't be that hard to simply view any CalTrans delays on highways. In fact, the prior version did it.
2026-07-13	*****	The interface after the update is horrible. It was good as it was. It should have been left alone.
The interface after the update is horrible. It was good as it was. It should have been left alone.
2026-07-01	Be*****	Update makes it difficult to get a idea of overall traffic conditions due to grouped icons. This could be fixed using a toggle that would group and ungroup. To actually see what is happening, you have to zoom in, but then you can't see the surrounding conditions which makes it difficult to compare routes and make decisions. Please fix this.
Update makes it difficult to get a idea of overall traffic conditions due to grouped icons. This could be fixed using a toggle that would group and ungroup. To actually see what is happening, you have to zoom in, but then you can't see the surrounding conditions which makes it difficult to compare routes and make decisions. Please fix this.
2026-06-18	Ro*****	Broken and unusable. Your clustering of the alerts make it difficult to get an overall view of conditions. It was a good app before CalTrans broke it with their idiotic update.
Broken and unusable. Your clustering of the alerts make it difficult to get an overall view of conditions. It was a good app before CalTrans broke it with their idiotic update.
2026-05-24	Ma*****	Recent changes have ruined this app. Once visually appealing and user-friendly, it now resembles an unfinished product. Before, when opened, it showed your exact location. Now it takes 2+ times to get it into position. For over a year there has been major road construction in my area where 2 highways meet. The alert is no longer shown on the map. The graphics and icons are ugly and confusing and the search bar is intrusive. A shame, once a simple to use alternative, I can no longer be trust it.
Recent changes have ruined this app. Once visually appealing and user-friendly, it now resembles an unfinished product. Before, when opened, it showed your exact location. Now it takes 2+ times to get it into position. For over a year there has been major road construction in my area where 2 highways meet. The alert is no longer shown on the map. The graphics and icons are ugly and confusing and the search bar is intrusive. A shame, once a simple to use alternative, I can no longer be trust it.
2026-05-17	KM*****	Recent changes have ruined this app. Once visually appealing & user-friendly, it now resembles an unfinished product. Before, when opened, it showed your exact location. Now, it takes 2+ times to get it into position. For over a year, there has been major road construction in my area where 2 highways meet. This alert is no longer shown on the map. The graphics and icons are ugly and confusing and the search bar is intrusive. A shame, once a simple to use alternative, it can no longer be trusted.
Recent changes have ruined this app. Once visually appealing & user-friendly, it now resembles an unfinished product. Before, when opened, it showed your exact location. Now, it takes 2+ times to get it into position. For over a year, there has been major road construction in my area where 2 highways meet. This alert is no longer shown on the map. The graphics and icons are ugly and confusing and the search bar is intrusive. A shame, once a simple to use alternative, it can no longer be trusted.
2026-05-05	Ka*****	The new update is terrible. No, we don't just need to use the new version awhile to "learn" it. Its memory is gone. I have to enter my zip code every time I use it and even then I'm still zooming in to the correct area. yes, I chose SF. This is even after a stunning delay in trying to get it to connect. I use T-Mobile and Xfinity. And what's with the circle around accidents? Clutter! Developer, open up in your phone, not your laptop to see why we're complaining 😒
The new update is terrible. No, we don't just need to use the new version awhile to "learn" it. Its memory is gone. I have to enter my zip code every time I use it and even then I'm still zooming in to the correct area. yes, I chose SF. This is even after a stunning delay in trying to get it to connect. I use T-Mobile and Xfinity. And what's with the circle around accidents? Clutter! Developer, open up in your phone, not your laptop to see why we're complaining 😒
2026-05-05	St*****	This was a great app until the recent grouped icons. now slow to load and twice as many clicks for information. recently changed from 5 star everyday user.
This was a great app until the recent grouped icons. now slow to load and twice as many clicks for information. recently changed from 5 star everyday user.
2026-04-24	Br*****	works well.... well it worked well. now it is terrible
works well.... well it worked well. now it is terrible