Arcavia vs SwissHike
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arcavia
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Arcavia vous accompagne dans des randonnées enrichies par des contenus culturels, historiques et patrimoniaux conçus avec des personnes locales. Au fil de l'itinéraire, découvrez des points d'intérêt autour de vous: lieux remarquables, anecdotes, éléments du paysage, traces du passé, récits culturels et informations pratiques. La carte vous aide à vous orienter, tandis que les alertes de proximité peuvent vous prévenir lorsque vous approchez d'un point important du parcours. Arcavia est pensée pour une découverte active, sur place, à votre rythme. L'application met en valeur les régions traversées avec des contenus de qualité, produits par des personnes qui connaissent le territoire, ses histoires et ses spécificités. Fonctionnalités principales: - Itinéraires de randonnée avec carte interactive - Points d'intérêt géolocalisés - Contenus historiques, culturels et patrimoniaux - Alertes de proximité pendant le parcours - Informations produites avec une connaissance locale du terrain - Expérience adaptée à une utilisation en extérieur - La géolocalisation est utilisée pour afficher votre position sur la carte et, si vous l'activez, déclencher des alertes lorsque vous arrivez près de certains points d'intérêt. Les données de localisation ne sont pas utilisées à des fins publicitaires. Arcavia s'adresse aux curieuses et curieux, aux familles, aux randonneurs, aux visiteurs et aux habitantes et habitants qui souhaitent redécouvrir un territoire autrement.
SwissHike
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Swiss Hike is a trail companion for Switzerland's mountain paths, built on the same official open data the Swiss authorities publish. 4'757 routes across all 26 cantons: from Graubünden and Valais to the Jura, with the map, the weather and the closures that actually apply today. Plan with confidence: • Live trail closures and detours from FEDRO / SwitzerlandMobility • Current conditions and hourly forecasts from Open-Meteo • Interactive elevation profiles with ascent and descent, sourced from swisstopo • Public transport connections to the trailhead via transport.opendata.ch • Sunrise, sunset and daylight-remaining guidance, so you know when to start On the trail: • Record your hike from real GPS - distance, ascent, pace and splits - and keep recording with the phone in your pocket and the screen off • Save the route, profile and a weather snapshot for stretches with no signal • Download the swisstopo national map itself for offline use • Mountain huts, water points and lift stations along the route, from OpenStreetMap • An SOS quick reference and an emergency beacon that composes your exact position • The Swiss hiking scale (T1–T6), with every grade's provenance shown Afterwards: • Every recording kept, drawn on a map, and exportable as a timestamped GPX track that Strava, Garmin Connect and Komoot can import • Ratings, notes, photo memories and a hiking journal • Goals, badges and lifetime statistics Swiss Hike is honest about what it does not know. A difficulty grade from OpenStreetMap is labelled community data, not an official SAC rating. Cable-car timetables and fares are not guessed - the app points you at the operator. Where a hut or a webcam has not been sourced for a trail, the app says so rather than showing an empty screen. In English, German, French and Italian. All data comes from free, public, key-free Swiss federal and open-data services. No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. Your hikes stay on your device. Map data © swisstopo. Trail data © FEDRO / SwitzerlandMobility. Huts, water points and lift stations © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Swiss Hike Pro - optional Everything above is free. Pro adds the planning tools: unlimited offline maps, 3D terrain with every summit named, the 7-day mountain forecast, the multi-day trip planner, trail comparison, route flyover, peak identification and the gear optimizer. Monthly or annual, with a free week on the annual plan. The trail catalogue, the map, live weather, hike recording and every emergency tool stay free - always. Subscription details SwissHike Pro is an auto-renewable subscription, monthly or annual. The exact price for your region is shown in the app before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. It renews automatically unless auto-renew is switched off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours of that. You can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings; any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://sudoswisshub.github.io/SwissHikeLegal/privacy.html App terms: https://sudoswisshub.github.io/SwissHikeLegal/terms.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Arcavia at none against SwissHike's 2. Arcavia also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, 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. SwissHike sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Arcavia asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Arcavia | SwissHike |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Emmanuel Pignat | Alice-Georgiana TURCANU |
In-app purchases
Arcavia
No in-app purchases
SwissHike
- SwissHike Pro Monthly$5.991 Month
- SwissHike Pro Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year








