Alternatives to FarOut
A navigation app with offline trail guides for long-distance hiking, biking and paddling routes. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
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FarOut
A navigation app with offline trail guides for long-distance hiking, biking and paddling routes.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as FarOut.
AllTrails
A trail guide and mapping service for finding, planning and recording hikes, rides and runs.
AllTrails provides a large trail database with reviews, photos and downloadable maps on iOS and web, with a freemium model instead of paid per-trail guides.
Gaia GPS
Outdoor mapping app with topographic and satellite layers and offline maps for hiking and off-road trips.
Gaia GPS offers many topographic and satellite layers with offline downloads for hiking, ski touring and off-road trips, on a freemium model with advanced features in Premium.
Komoot
Route planner and outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and mountain biking with community routes.
Komoot plans sport-specific hiking and cycling routes anywhere with turn-by-turn navigation and community routes, on web and mobile, requiring an account with some paid features.
CalTopo
Backcountry mapping and trip planning tool with collaborative map editing, terrain layers and offline mobile use.
CalTopo suits detailed backcountry planning with collaborative map editing, slope and snow layers and offline mobile maps, though many layers focus on the United States.
onX Backcountry
GPS trail map app for hiking, backpacking and ski touring with 3D terrain and offline maps.
onX Backcountry offers offline 3D terrain, LiDAR topo maps and slope angle shading for several outdoor activities, on a paid subscription after the trial.
Locus Map
An outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and geocaching with offline maps and route planning.
Locus Map is a configurable outdoor navigator with offline maps, offline routing and track recording, though iOS gets a Lite version and casual users may find it complex.
Wikiloc
A trail-sharing platform and mobile app for finding, recording and following outdoor routes with GPS.
Wikiloc relies on tens of millions of community-shared trails across many activities, with free offline maps and some navigation features in Premium.
Outdooractive
An outdoor platform and app for finding, planning and following hiking, cycling and winter sports routes.
Outdooractive offers routes from guides and trail wardens with a web planner, free to use and strongest for European hiking and cycling routes.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
Avenza Maps
A mobile map app that shows your position on georeferenced PDF and GeoTIFF maps without internet.
Trailforks
A crowd-sourced map of mountain bike trails with trail conditions and ratings from riders.
gpx.studio
A free online editor for viewing, creating and editing GPX files with route planning tools.
PeakVisor
A mobile app that identifies mountain peaks with augmented reality and shows trails on 3D maps.
Topo GPS
A GPS app for phones and tablets that uses official topographic maps, available offline.
