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Navigate the Te Araroa trail with offline maps, elevation data, and information on campsites and huts. This app provides essential trail notes and topo maps, ensuring you have guidance even without cell service. It is not a substitute for proper safety equipment or preparation.
Discover over 3,000 hiking tracks, huts, and campsites across New Zealand. Plan your adventures with detailed track information, weather forecasts, and safety alerts. Build custom routes and share trip details with emergency contacts for a safe and enjoyable outdoor experience.
What We Love
👍 Very useful for planning walks/tramps
🗺️ Great for mapping routes
✅ Helps ensure things go to plan
🌍 Well-informed, especially for NZ
🆘 Includes emergency contacts and DOC notification
💪 Makes users feel more confident
🚶 Ideal for anyone going into NZ outdoors
📚 Good info and user reviews/photos
✅ Useful for finding suitable tracks
💡 Great idea for an app
✅ Helps prevent going on closed hikes
👍 Easy to use
👍 Full of incredible walks
👍 Great interface
👍 Good concept
👍 Helpful for researching walks
👍 Great for avid walkers
👍 Fantastic family day walk
👍 Useful for deciding between options
👍 Good up-to-date info on hikes
👍 Highly recommend for short or long hikes
👍 Better than All Trails
👍 Gear list is super helpful
👍 Useful tool to support outdoor adventure
👍 Easy to create trip plans and share
👍 Custom track feature is useful
👍 First class app
👍 Automatic weather updates and track alerts
👍 Love that it includes council tracks
Room to Improve
👎 Doc website not easy to navigate
🤔 Not user friendly, needs time to understand
❓ Can't figure out how to start the trail
📶 Doesn't load without internet connection
⚠️ Constantly prompts to turn on notifications
🫗 App can be jumpy
❓ No elevation on hike summary
❓ No facility to upload to Garmin
😵 Clunky and not user friendly
⚠️ Some tracks do not load on map
📝 Track descriptions can be vague
⚠️ Logs out frequently
🐛 Bug: App not saving date when planning
🐛 Bug: Reverts to current day when adding walk
🐛 Bug: Sign in text fields and buttons invisible
🐛 Bug: App no longer loads, stuck on opening screen
🐛 Bug: Did not receive authentication code
🐛 Bug: App restarts itself when viewing tracks on map
🐛 Bug: App continuously restarts/reloads
🐛 Bug: App crashes on the map
🐛 Bug: Restarts when filtering tracks
🐛 Bug: Keeps restarting on main page
🐛 Bug: Crashes every 10 seconds or restarts on map/track
🐛 Bug: Crashes and restarts when Location Services is on
🐛 Bug: Keeps refreshing every few seconds
🐛 Bug: Keeps backing out every 5 seconds
🐛 Bug: Constantly restarting when trying to download maps
🐛 Bug: Unusable, restarts over and over
🐛 Bug: Crashes all the time and reloads
🐛 Bug: Too many issues, not a finished product
🐛 Bug: Can't load anything and crashes every time
🐛 Bug: App restarts when under strain (zooming map)
Explore public access land in New Zealand with offline maps. Discover recreation spots, tracks, and campsites. Generate elevation profiles and share your location.
What are the best avoid trail notes apps for iPhone?
Te Araroa - The Trail App tops our avoid trail notes apps ranking as of October 2026, with a 4.0-star average from 5 App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Are there free avoid trail notes apps for iPhone?
Yes — 19 of the top avoid trail notes apps we rank are free to download, including Te Araroa - The Trail App and Plan My Walk.
Does Te Araroa - The Trail App have ads or in-app purchases?
Te Araroa - The Trail App has no ads and has no in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of October 2026.
How many avoid trail notes apps are on the App Store?
We track 246+ avoid trail notes apps on the iOS App Store as of October 2026, ranked by rating, recency, and analysis of real user reviews.
