HiiKER: The Hiking Maps App

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4.6of 5 · store
939ratings on the App Store
183reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

People use it for planning long routes and previewing trails, some like coverage such as Purple Lizard in Pennsylvania and the free planning. But serious problems repeat: recorded hikes do not sync and disappear, support replies once then goes silent, elevation profiles are wrong, trail difficulty ratings are odd. Plus the interface is busy, the trail inventory is smaller than competitors, and distance is in kilometers only with no miles.

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What people use it for

For those planning long routes who want free planning with trail previews, willing to keep a second app or a paper guide alongside for navigation

What reviews praise

Planning long routes and previewing trails, shows campgrounds during planning, good coverage in some regions, free planning, keeps you on the right trail

What reviews complain about

Recorded hikes do not sync and disappear, support replies once then goes silent, wrong elevation profiles and odd difficulty ratings, busy interface, fewer trails than competitors, distance in kilometers only, promotional notifications

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

the ability to combine recordings. I have a couple hikes where I paused the recording to take a break and accidentally stopped the recording