Visorando Walking Routes vs Espace Randonnée
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Visorando Walking Routes
Discover curated outdoor routes for hiking and cycling, and use your smartphone as an offline GPS. Track your progress, record your own paths, and access detailed route information even without an internet connection.
- Offline GPS navigation
- Curated route discovery
- Route recording and sharing
- GPX file import
- Detailed route information
- Custom route planning
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Visorando helps find curated route ideas and turn your smartphone into a recreational GPS, even offline. Millions of people use the mobile app to explore paths worldwide. A WIDE CHOICE OF ROUTES Find routes all over the United-Kingdom, matching your own needs for free - whether it’s a hike in the mountains or a stroll in the countryside , along the coast, into the woods or even in the city-even abroad. From a family walk to a strenuous hike, for a ramble on your doorstep or your next holidays, find what suits you best ! Walk or cycle, choose your own activity depending your location, the level and the duration you wish. Each route sheet includes an OpenStreetmap map, a GPX, a step-by-step description, length, elevation gain, maximal and minimum altitudes, elevation chart, points of interests, level, weather forecast, and depending on user’s contribution photos and reviews. Find more than 40 000 curated routes available world-wide (more than 12 300 of which in English). LOCATE YOURSELF ON THE MAP AND LET BE GUIDED, EVEN OFFLINE When you found the right itinerary, download it offline before leaving, then press the button start to follow the route. The GPS app will guide you even off the grid. You will be able to see your live location and your real time progress on the map. If you go off-track, an alert will warn you. While moving, the actual route is recorded so afterwards you can share it, analyse it, compare it with the one plotted or simply walk it again later. PLOT AND RECORD YOUR OWN CUSTOMISED ROUTE Doesn’t any of the route suits you? No worries, you can : - Plot your own route, thanks to our route planner available for free from your laptop via our website (and from your mobile phone if you subscribed to Visorando Premium). When your route is saved on your computer, an automatic synchronisation allows you to find it over all your devices (mobile phone, tablet) where you are connected with your Visorando account. - Record a live route and follow your progress on the map (distance, duration, elevation gain…). If you lose yourself, you will be able to find your way back by following the route you just recorded. - Import a GPX file VISORANDO PREMIUM : Premium subscription to explore even further We offer Visorando Premium during a 3 days trial period when you first register on the app. Then, you can subscribe for £5/month or £21/year. Visorando Premium give you access to several add-on features such as : - Access a collection of licensed topographic maps from your mobile phone : OS Explorer, IGN France, Swisstopo Switzerland, Belgium and Spain. - Share you live position to reassure your loved-ones - Hour per hour, detailed weather forecast of your route - Organise and create files to keep your routes in order - And many more… Manage your subscription and choose if you wish to have it automatically renewed or not. OS EXPLORER MAPS : the reference for any outdoor lover Users who subscribe to Visorando Premium have access to the OS Explorer maps 1:25 000 scale on mobile phone : it allows to precisely visualise, elevation, contours, details related to the terrain. It also offers many information related to tourist and leisure activities, and gather national trails and other public right of ways. A QUALITATIVE CONTENT Visorando is a participative platform and community where anyone is welcome to share his/her own route. To assure the quality of the route published, each submitted one goes through a process composed by several steps, where it is checked and edited by a team of volunteers and agreed with the author, before being published. MANUAL A manual to help you use the mobile app is available here : https://www.visorando.com/en/article-user-guide-how-to-use-the-app-visorando.html --- EULA : apple.co/48rVzF5 Visorando privacy policy : https://www.visorando.com/en/privacy-policy.html
Espace Randonnée
Navigate your booked hiking or biking tours with detailed itineraries and offline maps. Access accommodation details, points of interest, and precise location tracking. The app guides you along pre-designed routes for each stage of your journey.
- Offline itinerary following
- Detailed trip information
- Location tracking
- Points of interest
- Route guidance
- Accommodation details
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The Espace Randonnée guidance application allows you to follow your itinerary on a smartphone, with or without an Internet connection. Download the application and upload your trip information using the access code provided after booking. The application can only be used for a trip booked with Espace Randonnée or one of its partner agencies. Detailed trip information includes accommodation details, daily itineraries, tips and much more. Maps provide you with precise information at all times on your location and points of interest along the way: tourist attractions, restaurants, cycle repair shops, etc. The navigation function simply guides you along routes designed for you on each of your daily stages, even offline. Hike, cycle, Espace Randonnée takes care of the rest!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Espace Randonnée at none against Visorando Walking Routes's 6. Espace Randonnée also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 74%). Visorando Walking Routes's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (69 vs 2). On price, rating, ads and iOS requirement 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. Visorando Walking Routes sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $6.00 per month. Espace Randonnée asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Visorando Walking Routes against 4.5 for Espace Randonnée. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Visorando Walking Routes has 69 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 74% of Visorando Walking Routes's written reviews are positive against 100% of Espace Randonnée's.
Visorando Walking Routes ships an update every 9 days, Espace Randonnée every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Visorando Walking Routes | Espace Randonnée |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (69 ratings) — better | 4.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 74.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 69 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 93 MB | 68 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Visorando | Schneider Geo GmbH |
Customer experience
Visorando Walking Routes
Espace Randonnée
In-app purchases
Visorando Walking Routes
- Visorando Premium (1 month)$6.001 Month
- Visorando Club for 3 months$8.993 Months
- Cartes IGN pour 3 mois$11.993 Months
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- Cartes IGN pour 1 an$18.991 Year
- Visorando Club for 1 year$19.991 Year
- Visorando Premium (1 year)$25.001 Year
Espace Randonnée
No in-app purchases
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