Comparison

HikeTracker vs TrekkingPoint

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

HikeTracker

This app provides accurate GPS tracking for outdoor activities like hiking, walking, and cycling. It focuses on simplicity, ensuring a smooth and error-free experience for recording your routes and distance traveled. All your data is saved in a standard GPX file format.

Highlights
  • Accurate GPS tracking
  • Simple user interface
  • Records distance and elevation
  • Saves data in GPX format
  • No social media integration
  • No ads or in-app purchases
Features
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Why another tracking app? ACCURACY - GPS receivers, including smartphones, can record locations every second but have inherent and unavoidable errors that are small compared to the distance traveled in that second by an automobile, airplane or cruise missile but are large enough to overwhelm the data when used in human-powered activities like • Hiking • Walking • Running and Cycling This is especially true In situations where the GPS satellite signals can be compromised by things that block or absorb microwaves: • Hills and mountains • Heavy tree cover • Rain and clouds SIMPLICITY - Most apps have a lot of features that may be very useful for some folks but they often make the user hunt for the simple stuff. Also I have occasionally lost all my data when I accidentally touched the wrong thing on a busy and complicated screen HikeTracker was designed with Accuracy and Simplicity in mind to support hiking in the mountains of the beautiful Pacific Northwest but it works just as well for less challenging activities like walking and biking around town. It uses several strategies to combine and curate the raw GPS data, filtering out some of the inherent errors and saving only enough points to get a smooth and accurate picture of the user’s track and accurate distance measurements. But all that fancy-schmancy stuff is kept out of sight - to use it you just: • Open HikeTracker • Press “Start” • Go What it does • Makes an accurate GPS-based track of your activity • Shows accurate distance traveled and elevation gained • Saves that info in a standard GPX (GPS file exchange format) file that can be saved and/or shared with other apps and programs What it lacks • No social media • No ads • No in-app purchases • No saving or sharing of personal data • iPhone only • Currently lacks support for languages other than English

About

TrekkingPoint

Navigate the outdoors with an offline GPS tracker and trail planner. Record routes, add waypoints, and access worldwide offline maps for hiking, biking, and more. Includes weather forecasts and elevation data.

Highlights
  • Offline GPS tracking
  • Worldwide offline maps
  • Route recording and planning
  • Waypoint creation
  • GPX export/import
  • Weather forecast
  • Live tracking
Features
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Find your road inside nature! GPS Outdoor chart-plotter for trekking activity. An easy-to-use offline Outdoor GPS tracker and trails planner featuring worldwide offline maps. Tread with your favorite device around the world, turn your smartphone or tablet into an Outdoor GPS with an offline map. Choose between hiking, running, bike, MTB, kayak, and outdoor sports. Record your routes and trails on a map, add waypoints, create the itinerary and share them with your friends via GPX Export / Import - Your mobile will be a GPS outdoor navigator. Your smartphone will guide you with a heading indicator. - Live Tracking - Plan, Create and Export/Import into standard GPX format your Trails. - View trails passing through your chosen specific areas. (by WayMarkedTrails ) - Weather forecast for an outdoor activity. - Advanced Elevation data - Available in different languages: English, Italian, French, Spanish, Brazilian, Turkish and German,Indonesian -Easily get information for your device's car navigator to reach the start of your trails By purchasing you’ll be contributing in helping us out to maintain infrastructure and create new features Trekking Point is available with the full version, purchase it and use it forever in your outdoor adventures. MAPS OFFLINE: Enjoy offline topographic, satellite and OpenStreetMaps maps from all over the world. Great GPS Outdoor when you're out in the mountains or traveling without Internet connection. MAPS AVAILABLE: MapView: http://www.fishpoints.net/mapsview/ •World topographic map by ESRI •Satellite imagery for the world by ESRI •OpenStreetMap & WayMarkedTrails LOCATION PERMISSION Location information is processed locally on your device, ensuring your privacy. HELP US Download Trekking Point and let us know about any bugs, feature requests or any other suggestions. Stay tuned for more features and options in this GPS Outdoor tracker app. LEARN MORE ABOUT TREKKING POINT http://www.fishpoints.net/trekking-point/ A link to the terms of use: http://www.fishpoints.net/eula-trekkingpoint/ A link to the privacy policy: http://www.fishpoints.net/privacy-trekkingpoint/

Screenshots

HikeTracker4 screens
TrekkingPoint4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: HikeTracker at 100% against TrekkingPoint's 0%. HikeTracker also leads on price (Free vs $1.99). TrekkingPoint's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs monthly) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

HikeTracker is free to download; TrekkingPoint costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

HikeTracker ships an update monthly, TrekkingPoint every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
HikeTracker versus TrekkingPoint: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHikeTrackerTrekkingPoint
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB64 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlan HeezenMarco Palaferri

Customer experience

HikeTracker

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

TrekkingPoint

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

HikeTracker

No in-app purchases

None

TrekkingPoint

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is HikeTracker free?
HikeTracker is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TrekkingPoint free?
TrekkingPoint costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do HikeTracker or TrekkingPoint have ads?
Neither HikeTracker nor TrekkingPoint shows ads.
Which is updated more often, HikeTracker or TrekkingPoint?
HikeTracker ships an update monthly, and TrekkingPoint every 5 days. Most recently, HikeTracker was updated on October 3, 2026 and TrekkingPoint on October 13, 2026.

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