Comparison

Hike Log & Replay vs Zenith

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

Head to head
About

Hike Log & Replay

Features
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Trailfold turns every hike into something you can walk again later. Record the real route, elevation, time, weather, and pause points of each outing, then replay the day as a 2D story with photos and journal notes pinned to the trail. Whether you hike with just your iPhone or add Apple Watch and HealthKit, Trailfold keeps the experience simple while giving you a record worth keeping. What you can do in Trailfold - Record real distance, pace, elevation gain, altitude, time, and steps while you hike - Add quick marks for water, views, picnic, coffee, or summit moments without breaking your pace - Turn a finished hike into a 2D replay that brings the route back with journal nodes and visual highlights - Import timestamped photos after the hike and match them to the right point on the route automatically - Export your trip as GPX, replay video, or WashiNote Markdown for archiving and sharing - Use Apple Watch, Lock Screen Live Activity, and HealthKit as optional companions instead of requirements How it works 1. Start a hike and let Trailfold record your real route. 2. Mark moments or add notes and photos during or after the trip. 3. Open the recap to replay the trail, review the stats, and export the story. Trailfold is built for hikers who want more than a line on a map. It is for remembering the pause at a ridge, the coffee stop halfway up, the summit photo, and the weather that shaped the walk. Walk. Pause. Replay.

About

Zenith

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Know your elevation, distance, and climb on every drive, hike, walk, run, or ride. Zenith tracks your altitude in real time as you move — then logs every track with its high, low, net gain, total climb, and a full elevation profile. GLANCE, DON'T UNLOCK A Live Activity keeps your current elevation, trend, and climb on the Lock Screen while you move, so you never open the app just to check your altitude. • Lives in the Dynamic Island too • Mirrors to CarPlay and the Apple Watch Smart Stack • Current elevation, high, low, and climb at a glance PRECISE BY DESIGN Zenith fuses the barometric altimeter's responsiveness with GPS's absolute accuracy, so your current elevation reacts instantly without drifting. • Live current-elevation readout, updated as you move • High, low, net gain, total climb, average, distance, and duration • Keeps recording in the background while your phone's in your pocket • Smart idle auto-stop that always confirms — it never ends a track silently FIND YOUR WAY BACK Slide the map up mid-track and watch your route draw itself behind you. A heading marker shows which way you're facing and a compass gives you the bearing, so retracing your steps means turning around and following the line back to the flag. • Your route drawn live, from the start flag to right now • Heading marker and compass bearing for backtracking • Heading-up mode turns the map as you turn • Street or satellite, with your elevation still on screen EVERY CLIMB, IN DETAIL Open any track for its full elevation profile and the peak Zenith reached. Scrub the chart to trace your position on a route map drawn over real terrain. • Scrub-to-trace elevation chart, by distance or time • Track history with rollups: total distance, total climb, and your highest point ever • A warm, glanceable design that adapts to light and dark • Feet and miles or meters and kilometers FREE TO TRACK Real-time elevation tracking, the Live Activity and Dynamic Island, and your recent track history never cost a thing. ZENITH PRO One purchase unlocks the automatic, connected, and unlimited extras — starting with a 7-day free trial: • Automatic activity detection — Zenith knows when you're hiking, walking, running, riding, or driving, and labels each track for you • Live map with compass — see your route as it happens and find your way back • Route maps traced on real terrain, linked to the elevation profile • Apple Health export — hikes, walks, runs, and rides saved as workouts with route, distance, and elevation gain (drives stay in the app) • Apple Watch app with live heart rate — start, watch, and end tracks from your wrist • Unlimited track history Two ways to buy Pro, and either grants every feature. Zenith Pro Yearly is an auto-renewing subscription: 1 year for $9.99 per year, starting with a 7-day free trial. It renews at $9.99/year unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends, and you can manage or cancel it anytime in your Apple Account settings. Zenith Pro Lifetime is a one-time $24.99 purchase — not a subscription, nothing renews. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Zenith reads elevation on-device — your tracks stay on your iPhone unless you export them to Apple Health. Move. Glance. Climb. — Support: https://zenithelevation.app/support Privacy Policy: https://zenithelevation.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Hike Log & Replay4 screens
Zenith4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hike Log & Replay and Zenith are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Hike Log & Replay sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Zenith sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hike Log & Replay versus Zenith: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHike Log & ReplayZenith
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, Apple WatchiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size39 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTANG CHENGJUNSteve Smith

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Hike Log & Replay

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99
2 purchases

Zenith

Subscriptions1
  • Zenith Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Zenith Pro Lifetime$24.99

Questions

Is Hike Log & Replay free?
Hike Log & Replay is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Zenith free?
Zenith is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Hike Log & Replay or Zenith have ads?
Neither Hike Log & Replay nor Zenith shows ads.

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