Wikiloc

A trail-sharing platform and mobile app for finding, recording and following outdoor routes with GPS.

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About Wikiloc

Wikiloc hosts a large community library of outdoor trails for hiking, cycling, running, skiing, paddling and dozens of other activities. You can search trails by area, download GPS tracks and follow routes on a map.

The phone app records your own tracks and uploads them directly. It offers free offline maps for outdoor navigation and live tracking. Trails can also be sent to a GPS device. Some features, such as searching by passing area, are part of Wikiloc Premium.

Strengths

  • Tens of millions of community-shared trails
  • Covers around 80 outdoor activities
  • Free offline maps and GPS track recording
  • Sends trails to GPS devices

Limitations

  • Several navigation features require Premium
  • Trail quality depends on community uploads

Details

Pricing
FreemiumFree to use, with a Premium subscription for extra features.
License
Proprietary
Developer
Wikiloc
Platforms
Android, iOS, Web
How it runs
Downloadable app, Web application
Works offline
Yes
Best suited for
Hikers and cyclists looking for routes shared by others
Last verified
Added
Provenance
Facts checked against the developer's own pages and store listings, 1 sources on file.

Alternatives to Wikiloc

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Software that can replace Wikiloc for an important use case, and what changes if you switch.

  • AllTrails

    A trail guide and mapping service for finding, planning and recording hikes, rides and runs.

    FreemiumProprietaryiOSWeb

    AllTrails offers a large trail database with reviews, photos, a route builder and downloadable maps, but its listing covers iOS and web and shows sponsored collections.

  • Komoot

    Route planner and outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and mountain biking with community routes.

    Komoot plans sport-specific routes for hiking and cycling with turn-by-turn navigation and community routes, and it requires an account with some paid features.

  • Outdooractive

    An outdoor platform and app for finding, planning and following hiking, cycling and winter sports routes.

    Outdooractive is free with routes from guides and trail wardens across hiking, cycling and winter sports, with a web planner and GPS apps focused on Europe.

  • Gaia GPS

    Outdoor mapping app with topographic and satellite layers and offline maps for hiking and off-road trips.

    Gaia GPS focuses on topographic and satellite map layers with offline downloads for hiking and off-road trips, rather than a large shared trail library.

  • Mapy.com

    Map service with world search, hiking and cycling trails, city maps and route planning.

    Mapy.com offers marked hiking and cycling trails with outdoor route planning on Android, iOS and web, with the most trail detail in Europe.

  • Locus Map

    An outdoor navigation app for hiking, cycling and geocaching with offline maps and route planning.

    Locus Map is a highly configurable outdoor navigator with offline maps, offline routing and geocaching support, though iOS gets only a Lite version.

  • OpenRunner

    A route planner for hiking, running and cycling, with a web editor and mobile app.

    OpenRunner offers a web editor and Android app with automatic route tracing and a route library, with community routes strongest in France.

  • RouteYou

    Web platform for finding, planning and downloading cycling, walking and motorcycle routes for GPS devices.

    FreemiumProprietaryWeb

    RouteYou is a web platform with cycling, walking and motorcycle routes to download to GPS devices, but it has no mobile app and uses tracking cookies.

Wikiloc as an alternative

Listings that name Wikiloc as an alternative.

  • Bikemap

    A cycling route planner and bike computer app with a large library of community-shared routes.

    Wikiloc covers around 80 activities with tens of millions of shared trails, free offline maps and GPS recording, while several navigation features require Premium.

  • FarOut

    A navigation app with offline trail guides for long-distance hiking, biking and paddling routes.

    PaidProprietaryAndroidiOS

    Wikiloc relies on tens of millions of community-shared trails across many activities, with free offline maps and some navigation features in Premium.

  • OpenTracks

    Open-source Android sport tracker that records runs, rides and hikes with GPS while keeping data private.

    Wikiloc records GPS tracks with free offline maps across iOS, Android and the web, but it is a closed-source community platform with some navigation features in Premium.

  • Relive

    Mobile app that tracks outdoor runs, rides and hikes and turns them into animated 3D video stories.

    Wikiloc records and shares outdoor routes with free offline maps and a large community trail library, but offers no animated 3D video recaps.

  • Trailforks

    A crowd-sourced map of mountain bike trails with trail conditions and ratings from riders.

    Wikiloc offers tens of millions of community trails across around 80 activities with free offline maps, but trail quality depends on community uploads.

  • wanderer

    A self-hosted trail database for storing, planning and searching GPS tracks from hikes and other outings.

    Wikiloc is a hosted trail-sharing platform with community trails, phone apps and GPS recording, so tracks live on its service rather than your own server.

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