# West Coast Trail — user reviews > 57 indexed App Store user reviews of West Coast Trail by Orca Labs LLC, rated 4.90/5 from 18 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/west-coast-trail/id6469055680/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/west-coast-trail/id6469055680.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17 · 4★ 0 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 0 ## Newest reviews (20 of 57) ### 5/5 — Incredible resource *2026-06-04* Highly recommend this app if you’re doing the trail! It’s a complete game changer and has so much useful and important information! ### 5/5 — Love it!!! *2026-05-18* This app has loads of useful information. ### 5/5 — Incredible app *2026-05-10* We just finished the trail a couple days ago. This app, specifically the pro version, was incredibly valuable. I would give 10 stars if I could. The offline mapping, the route information, the tide charts..it’s all there. Very well done and appreciated. ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-05-04* The details and ease of use is incredible ### 5/5 — Wow!!!!!!!!! *2026-01-14, version 2.11.0* So amazing ### 5/5 — Fantastic *2025-11-26* A must have ### 5/5 — Pro version is Essential piece of hiking greater *2025-09-21* Upgrading to the Pro version of the West Coast Trail app was one of the best decisions we made for our trip. The extensive detail and the ability to use it offline were absolutely critical to our success on the trail. Having reliable, consolidated information at our fingertips—tides, weather, obstacles, and challenges—helped us plan confidently and stay safe. The added historical context was a wonderful bonus that made the journey even more meaningful. Highly recommend upgrading, and a huge thank you to the creator for building such a thoughtful and invaluable tool! ### 5/5 — Easy planning *2025-09-07* This app brings all the info you need together in one place in an easy to navigate format. The only thing it’s missing is elevation gain (ascent) for the beach and forest routes between campsites. ### 5/5 — The best! *2025-09-04* An incredible guide for the WCT! Should be an essential!! ### 5/5 — Love it ‘ *2025-08-25* Great app. Must have for west coast trail! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-08-22* This app covers everything you need to know. Water sources, tides, ladders (counted) and where you can see ship wrecks. No complaints and it’s refreshing to have something free for a change. No strings attached. ### 5/5 — Great tool - even for experienced WCT hikers *2025-08-22* I have done the WCT several times; thought this app would be fine; turns out it was incredible. Cannot recommend strongly enough. ### 5/5 — Amazing! *2025-08-22, version 1.15.2* Incredible app!' Life saving ! ### 5/5 — Organize!! *2025-08-08* Have really loved all the info and access to organizing the trip ahead. We haven’t done the trail yet-on our way now! So haven’t got the on-the-ground feedback yet. I have the upgraded version so we can use it offline and looking forward to having that. ### 5/5 — Complete wct guide *2025-07-23* This app covers possibly every question you have to do wct from tides to water to camp and all. Being a first timer for wct I feel already familiar with the trail all thanks to this wonderful app ### 5/5 — Extremely useful! *2025-07-23* I’m very glad that I had this app and paid the $20 for offline access. It was an extremely useful resource while on the trail. I would read about the next day before I went to bed each night and it thoroughly prepared me for what was ahead. Having the tide schedule as well as sunrise/sunset was super handy. Props to the author of this app. Clearly a lot of love went into this and they must have a deep passion for the WCT! ### 5/5 — Sooo helpful to prepare *2025-07-20* Indispensable!!! ### 5/5 — Don’t do the trail without it *2025-07-17* I’ve don the WCT twice before this app. This made everything easier. It’s a must have essential for your WCT adventure. ### 5/5 — Best resource for the WCT *2025-07-12* This app make navigating the west coast trail so accessible. I’d be lost without it - in the most literal sense! ### 5/5 — Excellent App *2025-06-28* This app is very well designed and makes navigating the WCT so much easier. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 3/5 — Sneaky auto renewal charged me double *2025-05-12, version 1.11.4* Got auto charged on the renewal one year later. Sneaky. Other than that helpful app. ### 3/5 — Fun Facts but No GPS *2024-07-29* Initially I thought this app was incredibly cool. Historical facts, precise tide information, trip planning etc. I decided to pay for the premium version so I could use it offline. It was only once I got on the trail that I realized this app has no real GPS functionality or live map view. There were many times on the trail, especially on the beach routes, where I wondered if I had missed my turn off and how long I had currently hiked. For me this should be the basic function of a hiking route app. I felt like I was misled into thinking the $29.99 version had it all. Disappointed. **Developer response:** Sorry to hear that you were disappointed by the App. Sounds like the discoverability of the GPS locate button didn't work for you. The PRO version does have GPS location - you can activate it by clicking the locate icon in the lower-left corner of any map on a segment page. When on the trail, the App will switch you to the appropriate segment map and show your precise location with a cross-hair on the map and your estimated KM marker along the trail. I hope to add a first-time user tutorial feature in next year's version that will hopefully help other hikers. Hope you had a great hike despite the App letting you down. Really appreciate the feedback. ### 5/5 — Ability to Print *2026-08-24* This is a great app!… not sure how to print out hard copies of my trip planning and site info etc. Thanks ### 5/5 — Season window extension *2026-08-24* Hey, really appreciate the app and all the work you’ve put into it! Super helpful since I did the trail last time before this came out and have been using it in advance of this year’s trip. One thing I wanted to point out and give feedback on that would be an improvement is that you’ve limited the calendar window to Sept 30/Oct 1. Sept 30 is the last day to start the trail - it’s not the end of the window which people will be out hiking. With the ferries running until Oct 7, it would be helpful if the window went until Oct 7. For example, my group will be hitting Owen point in October and I can’t use the app to plan for that. ### 5/5 — Absolutely essential for west coast trail *2026-08-01* Did the trail in 2025 and doing it in opposite direction this year the app is very helpful for trail conditions in real time. Works best when hiking community post to it what they see. The tides are indispensable in planning. My only suggestion would be more accurate route planning for inland route of Thrasher junction to beach access B, as some may want to stay in land and not go down to Thrasher at all on day 1 of there trip. Do not think twice you NEED this app! ### 5/5 — Saved our bacon *2026-07-28* Great app. Really helped with planning our days as well as to and from. What really saved us though was the map. We were pushing hard in the big rain to make the final crossing at Gordon river and near the high point of the trail it was confusing and we took a wrong turn. We were able to use the app to see where we were and correct our course. Kept checking when we were unsure and made the ferry with lots of time!! Not sure what we would have done without it!! ### 5/5 — Must have for the trail! *2026-07-26* Having this app to use on the trail made my trip so simple. Having it show me in real time where I was on the trail was amazing. It was fun to read the shipwreck stories and to learn about what the next day has in store for us. I highly recommend this app for anyone planning to do the trail. ### 5/5 — My opinion *2026-07-24* Just love all the information I keep finding when I go playing with the app. ### 5/5 — Be well prepared *2026-07-14* The app allows hikers to be well prepared. Read beforehand and during the hike. ### 5/5 — Incredible information *2026-07-13* Information on the Apps really helpful to plan and prepare your trip. This makes everything easier and what to expect then you can enjoy the trail. Love it so much. ## Most praised reviews (2 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Clair *2026-07-03* If you are doing the WCT you need this app and get yourself the pro version. ### 5/5 — An excellent resource *2026-06-23* This really accelerated our understanding of the complexities of our bucket-list trip. My fave feature was the calendar with the visuals on how favourable the tide times were - this was invaluable to selecting our dates!!!!!!! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-31.*