DashLX vs Hiker's Logbook
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DashLX
This app transforms your physical experiences into digital data, enriching it with contextual information like weather and topography. You control who sees your data, enabling brands to improve products and services based on your lived experiences.
- Sync data from wearables
- Enrich data with context
- Control data sharing
- Partner with brands
- Improve products and services
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Lived Experience (LX) data translates your physical experiences into your digital world. Collect and enrich your LX data, then share it with the brands & organizations who will use it for good... and make it worth your while! Bring data about your efforts and experiences into DashLX by syncing devices such as Garmin, Apple Watch (by integrating with the Apple Health app), Polar, Coros, Fitbit and more! Context matters: DashLX enriches that data, going beyond simply "what you did" to also explore "in what conditions" you did something (by using weather, topographical, and other data). Put your data to work: You always control who to share data with (if anyone) and what data to share. Team up with leading brands and empower them to deliver you better products, experiences, services, and outcomes.
Hiker's Logbook
This app helps long-distance hikers meticulously document their journeys. It allows users to track daily miles, weather, and unique statistics like zero days and shower streaks. The app supports numerous famous trails and enables exporting your entire logbook as a PDF for lasting memories.
- Track daily miles and hike details
- Monitor weather with custom locations
- Calculate statistics like zero days and streaks
- Support for major long-distance trails
- Export entire logbook as PDF
- Designed by thru-hikers for ease of use
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Track all of the details of your long-distance hike with Hiker's Logbook! A journaling app designed by thru-hikers for thru hikers makes your daily log a breeze. Keep your hike on track with the forecast feature, and add custom forecast locations. Ever wonder how many zeros you've taken, how many miles you've slackpacked, your longest no-shower streak, or how many nights you've slept on the ground? Hiker's Logbook presents all of these statistics and more. After your thru is completed, export your entire logbook as a PDF to keep the memories for ever. Now supporting: - Appalachian Trail - Arizona Trail - Colorado Trail - Continental Divide Trail - Florida Trail - Foothills Trail - Ice Age Trail - John Muir Trail - The Long Trail - Pacific Crest Trail - Superior Hiking Trail Please submit any suggestions and feedback to hikerslogbook@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Hiker's Logbook at 74% against DashLX's 22%. Hiker's Logbook also leads on rating (4.4 vs 2.7) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). DashLX's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Hiker's Logbook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. DashLX asks for nothing beyond the download.
Hiker's Logbook holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 2.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 25 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 22% of DashLX's written reviews are positive against 74% of Hiker's Logbook's.
DashLX ships an update every 4 months, Hiker's Logbook every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DashLX | Hiker's Logbook |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.7 (14 ratings) | 4.4 (25 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 22.2% of reviews | 73.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 14 | 25 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Move2Thrive LLC. | Aaron Byers |
Customer experience
DashLX
Hiker's Logbook
In-app purchases
DashLX
No in-app purchases
Hiker's Logbook
- Logbook Pro$9.99
