Best Hiking Log App

0+ iOS apps curated and reviewed

4.7 avg rating
18 free apps
Updated June 2026

Out of 0+ hiking log app on iOS, 18 are free and the rest sit in the paid tier. This page sorts them so you can compare both sides before you commit.

Compare top Hiking Log App (June 2026)

#AppPriceRatingAdsIn-App PurchasesUpdated
1AllTrails: Hike, Bike & RunAllTrails: Hike, Bike & RunFree4.9★ (1M)YesYesAug 2026
2Summit, Hiking Log PeakhunterSummit, Hiking Log PeakhunterFree4.2★ (18)NoNoMay 2026
3onX Backcountry: Trail GPS ApponX Backcountry: Trail GPS AppFree4.8★ (6.2K)YesYesAug 2026
4Wikiloc - Trails of the WorldWikiloc - Trails of the WorldFree4.8★ (5.3K)NoYesAug 2026
5Hiking ProjectHiking ProjectFree4.4★ (2K)NoNoAug 2026
6Compass∞Compass∞Free4.6★ (5.1K)NoYesAug 2026
7Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail MapsGaia GPS: Mobile Trail MapsFree4.8★ (32K)NoYesAug 2026
8WTA Trailblazer: Go HikingWTA Trailblazer: Go HikingFree4.9★ (2K)NoNoAug 2026

Top Picks for Hiking Log App

AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run#1

AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run by AllTrails, Inc.

GPS Hiking & Biking Trail Maps
Editor's Choice
💪 Health & Fitness
4.9😐(1M ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
#5in Health & Fitness
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Discover and navigate over 500,000 trails worldwide for hiking, biking, and running. Find detailed reviews, plan your adventures with GPS and offline maps, and share your experiences with a community of outdoor enthusiasts.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Excellent for finding and tracking trails
  • 📍 Accurate GPS and offline maps
  • 📸 Helpful user-submitted photos and reviews
  • 🗺️ Wide selection of trails

Room to Improve

  • 🔋 High battery consumption
  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and glitches
  • 🤔 Unintuitive user interface changes
Summit, Hiking Log Peakhunter#2

Summit, Hiking Log Peakhunter by Peakhunter AG

Logbook with Topo Maps
Strong Contender
🗺️ Navigation
4.2(18 ratings)
Free
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Log your mountain ascents with GPS verification and offline topo maps. Discover new peaks, share your experiences, and track your progress with challenges and badges. This app works entirely offline, relying only on GPS for location confirmation.

onX Backcountry: Trail GPS App#3

onX Backcountry: Trail GPS App by onXmaps, Inc.

Offline Hiking & Biking Maps
Worth Considering
🗺️ Navigation
4.8😊(6.2K ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
#22in Navigation
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Navigate the backcountry with offline maps and GPS tracking for hiking, skiing, and biking. Discover new trails, plan routes, and access detailed terrain data, weather forecasts, and hazard information. Your ultimate companion for outdoor adventures, even without cell service.

What We Love

  • 🚀 Great mapping features
  • 👍 Intuitive user interface
  • 🗺️ Offline maps work well
  • 📍 Accurate GPS tracking

Room to Improve

  • 🇨🇦 Limited content for Canada
  • 🚫 Difficult to cancel subscription
  • 🔢 Lacks metric units

More Hiking Log App apps to explore

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Wikiloc - Trails of the World
Wikiloc - Trails of the World
Wikiloc - Trails of the World
Hiking, bike, trekking
Free

Discover and record millions of outdoor trails worldwide for hiking, biking, and more. Enjoy offline maps and GPS navigation. Premium features include route planning, 3D maps, and live tracking.

Discover millions of outdoor trailsRecord your own routes with waypointsOffline topographic maps
🗺️ Navigation
(5.3K)
freemium
5
Hiking Project
Hiking Project
Hiking Project
by Adventure Projects Inc.
Free

Discover and navigate over 74,000 miles of trails with detailed GPS route information, elevation profiles, and high-resolution maps. Find featured hikes near you or in a searched area, with insights from local experts. Download trails for offline use, ensuring you can explore even without cell reception.

GPS route informationElevation profilesInteractive trail maps
⚽ Sports
(2K)
free
6
Compass∞
Compass∞
Compass∞
The #1 Compass Navigation App
Free

This app provides an accurate and easy-to-read compass for outdoor activities like hiking and camping. It displays heading, magnetic north, cardinal directions, temperature, and altitude. A flashlight is also included for nighttime use.

Accurate compass readingsMagnetic North displayCardinal direction indicators
🗺️ Navigation
(5.1K)
free with in-app purchases
7
Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail Maps
Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail Maps
Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail Maps
Hiking, Overlanding, Camping
Free

Discover trails, campsites, and routes with detailed topographic maps and GPS navigation. Plan your adventures with offline maps, weather updates, and distance tracking. Explore hiking, off-roading, camping, and skiing with this comprehensive outdoor companion.

Topographic mapsGPS navigationOffline maps
🗺️ Navigation
(32K)
free with in-app purchases
8
WTA Trailblazer: Go Hiking
WTA Trailblazer: Go Hiking
WTA Trailblazer: Go Hiking
Washington’s hiking app
Free

Discover over 4,000 Washington state hikes with detailed trail information, real-time conditions, and safety alerts. Find trails suitable for families, pets, or accessibility needs, and save them for offline access. Share your own experiences to help the hiking community.

4,000+ Washington hikesReal-time trail conditionsInteractive maps with fire/air quality/snow layers
💪 Health & Fitness
(2K)
free
9
Topo Maps+: Topographic Maps
Topo Maps+: Topographic Maps
Topo Maps+: Topographic Maps
Offline Maps & GPS Navigation
Free

Plan and execute backcountry adventures with offline topographic maps and GPS navigation. Features include route building, waypoints, land boundaries, and on-trail tools. Integrates with Apple Watch and CarPlay for seamless outdoor exploration.

Offline topographic mapsSmart route buildingWaypoints and proximity alerts
🗺️ Navigation
(9.3K)
freemium
10
RepCount - Gym Workout Tracker
RepCount - Gym Workout Tracker
RepCount - Gym Workout Tracker
Weight Lifting & Exercise Log
Free

This app helps you track and analyze your strength training workouts. Log unlimited exercises and programs for free, with an optional premium subscription for advanced features like supersets and detailed progress charts.

Workout loggingExercise creationWorkout program creation
💪 Health & Fitness
(13K)
freemium
11
Cairn – Hiking Safety Tracker
Cairn – Hiking Safety Tracker
Cairn – Hiking Safety Tracker
GPS, Trail Maps & Alerts
Free

This app provides offline maps and GPS tracking for outdoor adventures, ensuring you stay on course. It allows you to share your live location with a safety circle who will be automatically alerted if you are overdue.

Offline maps and GPS trackingLive trip sharing with safety circleAutomatic overdue alerts
💪 Health & Fitness
(529)
free with in-app purchases
12
Hiking and Skiing - PeakVisor
Hiking and Skiing - PeakVisor
Hiking and Skiing - PeakVisor
Peak Finder AR / 3D Topo Maps
Free

Navigate mountains with advanced peak identification, 3D maps, and GPS tracking. Plan routes, explore trails, and get detailed information on over a million mountains worldwide. Ideal for hiking, skiing, and climbing.

Augmented Reality Peak Identification3D Topographic MapsWorldwide Hiking Trail Planning
⚽ Sports
(13K)
free with in-app purchases
13
FarOut: Hike, Bike, Paddle
FarOut: Hike, Bike, Paddle
FarOut: Hike, Bike, Paddle
Offline GPS Trail Maps
Free

This app provides reliable offline navigation for long-distance adventures like hiking, biking, and paddling. It offers trusted trail data, detailed waypoint information, and a check-in feature to share your location with loved ones. Explore the world with confidence, even in remote areas.

Offline navigational guidesExtensive global route coverageTrusted, official trail data
🗺️ Navigation
(26K)
free with in-app purchases
14
HuntSmart: Trail Cam App
HuntSmart: Trail Cam App
HuntSmart: Trail Cam App
Hunt Smarter, Bag Bigger Bucks
Free

Manage and monitor your cellular trail cameras remotely. View, analyze, and configure your cameras, accessing high-definition photos and videos. Integrate weather and solunar data to understand game patterns and movement for more effective hunting strategies.

Quick camera setup and activationRemote monitoring of trail camerasView HD photos and videos
📷 Photo & Video
(12K)
free
15
Map My Ride With GPS Tracker
Map My Ride With GPS Tracker
Map My Ride With GPS Tracker
Plan & Track Cycling Routes
Free

This app helps cyclists track their rides, analyze performance, and discover new routes. It offers GPS logging, real-time stats, and integration with popular wearables and fitness platforms. Users can also connect with a community of cyclists for motivation and challenges.

GPS ride loggingPerformance stats analysisRoute discovery and saving
💪 Health & Fitness
(248K)
free with in-app purchases
16
Topo Map & Hiking Tracker
Topo Map & Hiking Tracker
Topo Map & Hiking Tracker
Topo Maps • Hiking Stats • GPS
$0.99

This app allows hikers to track their activity with detailed statistics like distance, vertical gain, and time. It offers detailed topographic and satellite maps, with options to view tracks color-coded by elevation and sync data across devices via iCloud.

Track distance, vertical, time, and calories burnedView color-coded tracks based on elevationUSGS Topo and Satellite map layers
🗺️ Navigation
(1.4K)
free
17
PeakFinder
PeakFinder
PeakFinder
The mountains are calling!
$4.99

Identify mountains and peaks worldwide with a 360° panorama display. This app functions offline and shows over 1 million peak names, overlaying them onto your camera image. Explore landscapes in real-time and discover the names of mountains, even small hills.

Offline and worldwide functionalityOver 1 million peak namesCamera image overlay with panorama
✈️ Travel
(12K)
paid
18
Hubb - Connect & Chat, Enjoy
Hubb - Connect & Chat, Enjoy
Hubb - Connect & Chat, Enjoy
by 浩 张
Free

This app is a comprehensive toolkit and community for hikers, offering AI-powered route and gear advice, real-time team formation, group chat, map tracking, and journaling features. It helps users plan, stay connected, and capture their outdoor adventures safely and enjoyably.

AI Hiking AdvisorMaps & TeamsGroup & Private Chats
🌟 Lifestyle
(1.2K)
freemium
19
HIKE.SH - Hike and Trail Log
HIKE.SH - Hike and Trail Log
HIKE.SH - Hike and Trail Log
Log Every Hike & Summit
Free
$1.99 | 100% OFF
📊 Productivity
(0)
20
Garmin Explore™
Garmin Explore™
Garmin Explore™
Explore with a Garmin device
Free

Navigate off-grid with this app, which pairs with a compatible Garmin device for trip planning, mapping, and navigation even without Wi-Fi or cellular service. Plan routes, download maps for offline use, and sync data to the cloud.

Off-grid navigationTrip planningOffline map downloads
🗺️ Navigation
(985)
free

FAQ about Hiking Log App

What is the best hiking log app for iPhone?
AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run tops our hiking log app ranking as of June 2026, with a 4.9-star average from 1M App Store ratings, and it's free to download.
Yes — 18 of the top hiking log app we rank are free to download, including AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run and Summit, Hiking Log Peakhunter.
AllTrails: Hike, Bike & Run shows ads and offers in-app purchases, according to its App Store listing as of June 2026.
This app helps users discover and navigate over 500,000 trails worldwide for activities like hiking, biking, and running. It provides detailed trail information, community reviews, and GPS navigation to guide users on their outdoor adventures.
Key features include discovering trails by location and interest, GPS turn-by-turn navigation, offline map downloads for areas with no service, planning for trail conditions like weather, recording and sharing activities, and finding points of interest along the way.