We also thought that a hiking app should provide you with some information about your hikes.

When it comes to maps, we were not picky, but we did indeed consider offline maps and/or topographic maps as a benefit. To learn more about GPS tracks check out our article What are GPS tracks and how to use them for hiking. GPS tracks are very useful for hiking because it is easy to get them online and they make navigation during hikes easier. In our opinion every hiking app should provide GPS navigation and GPS tracking.īy GPS navigation we mean that the app can show your current location and direction on a map and supports import of GPS tracks. What features did we consider as mandatory? However, many of these apps are also available for iOS (see the table below), but since we don’t have any iOS device, we only tested them on an Android device.

We only tested hiking apps that come for free and are available for the Android operating system. From those we choose the best five and reviewed them here. For the last couple of weeks, we have been testing the 8 top-rated hiking apps on Google Play. We have mostly been using the Suunto Ambit 2 watch for navigation on our hikes, but we decided to try out the so-called hiking apps. Some hiking apps come with preloaded trails so that you can easily find hikes near your location. Furthermore, hiking apps can also track your hikes and show you details about each hike such as the duration, distance, ascent, decent etc. A hiking app allows you to easily navigate along the trails and quickly find the best route to your destination.

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