I bought a premium Gaia subscription on Black Friday. So now have used paid accounts on:
I’ve not but used Wikiloc or ViewRanger.
However I perceive Wikiloc is nice for Europe and South America.
I take advantage of Komoot for bikepacking and have been very pleased with that product. Is it any good for mountaineering?
On this put up I examine offline navigation for the paid subscriptions.
For locating trails close by me (Parksville, Vancouver Island) on their web sites, I felt Komoot was weakest. AllTrails finest, by far.
However, one drawback with AllTrails is displaying too many choices. Too many variations in the identical mountaineering space could be complicated. Since there’s loads of person generated content material, high quality is combined.
Once I selected a well-known, fashionable mountaineering space ➙ Little Qualicum Falls, once more AllTrails was by far finest at giving me mountaineering choices.
By way of description, the AllTrails preview graphic video is most helpful for me. I make loads of choices on which hike to decide on primarily based on these preview movies.
Click on PLAY or watch an instance on YouTube.
To this point, AllTrails is by far my favorite of the three.
Subsequent I went to my iPhones.
Logged into all 3 apps, I looked for “Englishman River Falls“. This is likely one of the hottest and effectively established hikes close by. Komoot recognized the path on a map, however didn’t supply a solution to SAVE and obtain.
I did the hike concurrently utilizing Gaia and AllTrails on two telephones. Each labored effectively on the fundamental operate of navigation.
I received’t use most of the capabilities, together with Lifeline on AllTrails.
IF I need to make a report of any specific hike, I take advantage of the free model of the ReLive app. I’ve had a paid subscription up to now, however discover the free options sufficient for my functions.
Most mornings I take espresso all the way down to Rathtrevor Seashore Provincial Park, my favorite stroll within the space.
Once more,
Johnny Cheng did a deep dive into each apps, concluding that extra inexperienced hikers would most likely like AllTrails higher. That hunters and people going off path would admire the improved mapping options of Gaia GPS.
I’ll seek for hikes utilizing plenty of totally different sources as AllTrails could be complicated.
Take a look at the video preview on AllTrails.
Largely use AllTrails for navigation. And examine with Gaia if there’s any confusion.
Click on PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Truthfully, for almost all of trails I hike I observe signage. And test the free offline Maps.me app to verify I’m nonetheless on fashionable trails. It’s all I used on the difficult Laugevagur Path in Iceland, for instance, summer time 2023.
I don’t thoughts getting somewhat misplaced on path. 😀
