Comparison

Hiking Tracker vs TrekDex

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

Head to head
About

Hiking Tracker

Track your hiking fitness with this simple GPS app. Monitor distance, speed, altitude, and calories burned. Share your progress and get real-time voice updates. Integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch.

Highlights
  • GPS hike tracking
  • Real-time stats (speed, distance, altitude, time)
  • Color-coded route maps
  • Voice progress updates
  • Split time analysis
  • Calorie burn estimation
  • Shoe distance tracking
  • Apple Watch integration
Features
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Vima is a GPS based tracking app for people who want to keep track of their hiking fitness goals. It is an app aimed at simplicity that allows hikers to keep track of their hikes easily without a lot of unnecessary stuff getting in the way. APPLE WATCH Easily start, pause, resume, and save a hike without ever getting your phone out of your pocket. Check your distance, speed, time, and altitude from your Apple Watch in realtime. STATS AND MAPS Vima tracks speed, distance, altitude, and time. It also gives you a map showing where you have been while you are saving a hike so you can see where you've been. COLOR CODED When viewing saved walks your route shows up on the map color coded by speed. It shows where you went the fastest (green) and where you were slowest (red). VOICE SUMMARY Don't want to look at the screen every few minutes? You can have the app tell you updates on your progress in set distance and/or time intervals. SPLIT TIMES Added splits to the history review page. Choose from 9 different distances and see how each section of your workout went. CALORIES See calories burned. Set your weight in settings and get your calories burned in real time and on the history page after your run. SHOE TRACKING Track the distance on your walking shoes so you know when it's time to replace them before they start causing problems PAUSE AND RESUME Pause the workout to catch your breath or chat with a friend and then resume when you get back to it. FACEBOOK & INSTAGRAM Share your workout with your friends on Facebook or Instagram with our easy to use integration. UNITS The supports both standard and metric units. HEALTH KIT Apple Health permissions allow us to enhance your data as well as saving your workout information to Apple Health. If you've read this far, you should definitely give Vima a shot. We think you'll love it, and if there is anything you'd like to see for the app in the future just let us know. We love hearing from our users. Note: Continued use of the GPS will reduce battery life. If you upgrade to a premium subscription, payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. The monthly subscription costs USD 4.99 per month, while the yearly subscription costs USD 19.99 per year. Your subscription renews automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. There is no increase in cost when renewing. Subscriptions can be managed and auto-renewal turned off in Account Settings in iTunes after purchase. Once purchased, the current period cannot be canceled. Find the full terms and conditions and our privacy policy at http://www.30-south.com/privacy-policy/

About

TrekDex

Features
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TrekDex turns hiking into something you can actually finish. Browse thousands of parks, preserves, and wilderness areas, each with every trail mapped from open data. Pick one and TrekDex tracks which trails you've completed — so "hike the whole park" becomes a real, visible goal. RECORD YOUR HIKES Start a recording and TrekDex follows your route with GPS, on the map and in the background, then saves the path, distance, and elevation. TRACK EVERY TRAIL Completion is tracked per trail and per area. Finish a trail and it's marked done; watch an area climb toward 100%. Your progress lives on your device, no account required. SEE THE TERRAIN BEFORE YOU GO Every trail carries an elevation profile and a gain-based difficulty rating, and parking is shown for the trail you're eyeing so you know where to start. STATS THAT MEAN SOMETHING Distance, elevation, streaks, and badges — built from your real recordings. BUILT FOR THE OUTDOORS Works offline once an area is loaded. Imperial or metric. A clean map with only the pins that matter. TrekDex is free. An optional tip jar says thanks. It unlocks nothing. Trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Screenshots

Hiking Tracker4 screens
TrekDex4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Hiking Tracker at 3 against TrekDex's 1. Hiking Tracker also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Hiking Tracker sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per 7 days and TrekDex sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hiking Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, TrekDex fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and September 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hiking Tracker versus TrekDex: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHiking TrackerTrekDex
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (46 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews42.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings46 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size78 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer30 South LLCQUENTIN JOHN IVANKIC

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Hiking Tracker

Subscriptions8
  • Vima Premium$4.997 Days
  • Hiking Tracker Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Vima Hike Premium$14.993 Months
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  • Hiking Tracker Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Premium1 Year trial$29.991 Year
  • Hiking Tracker Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Year
  • Vima Hiking Premium7 Days trial$29.991 Month
  • Vima Premium7 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

TrekDex

One-time3
  • Trailhead Tip$1.99
  • Summit Tip$4.99
  • Base Camp Tip$9.99

Questions

Is Hiking Tracker free?
Hiking Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is TrekDex free?
TrekDex is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hiking Tracker or TrekDex have ads?
Neither Hiking Tracker nor TrekDex shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hiking Tracker or TrekDex?
Hiking Tracker ships an update every 3 weeks, and TrekDex fortnightly. Most recently, Hiking Tracker was updated on October 14, 2026 and TrekDex on September 30, 2026.

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