Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail Maps

Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail Maps

By TrailBehind

  • Category: Navigation
  • Release Date: 2017-05-22
  • Current Version: 2026.4.01
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 120.53 MB
  • Developer: TrailBehind
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Score: 4.76213
4.76213
From 31,871 Ratings

Description

Welcome the warm weather with the ultimate collection of hiking trails and camping sites around you – Gaia GPS. Find amazing adventures with topographic maps while spending less time looking at your phone. Explore with map layers, weather condition updates, GPS navigation, hill-shading and hiking maps. Discover local routes or map your own trail and share online. Whether you’re looking for hiking trails, off-roading routes, backpacking, or public land, discover with Gaia GPS. Find backpacker trails or offroad routes with the help of Gaia GPS. Make the wilderness your backyard with the best hiking, backpacking, and backcountry navigator – all in one. Navigate routes with offline navigation, weather reports, GPS coordinates, camping sites and distance tracking features to help you explore. Cruise through a popular backpacking route, hiking trail, or walking map with GPS navigation tools to guide you. Download the premier outdoor activity app featured in publications like the New York Times, Washington Post, and GearJunkie. BACKPACK OR HIKE • Hike the largest collection of trails and routes available on Gaia Topo, the ultimate backcountry navigator. • National parks or scenic hiking trails – Discover new outdoor routes waiting to be explored • Backpacking from base camp all along offroad hiking trails and back again is easy with breadcrumbs • Distance tracker with altitude and elevation monitoring for every activity • Travel easily to trailheads with connections to directions CAMPING COMPANION • Explore different camping sites and navigate to them conveniently using GPS coordinates • Discover campgrounds across national parks, forests, and scenic landscapes ROAD TRIP PLANNER MADE FOR YOU • Offline maps: RV travel is easy with offline maps that track your location, even when far from cell service • Discover camping sites, parks and route conditions seamlessly to help you prepare OFFROAD ACTIVITY PLANNING • 4x4 & overlanding adventures are easy to record on Gaia GPS • Activity tracker and route planner make trekking, hiking, and backpacking offroad trails simple • Maps, routes, and waypoints displayed on Apple CarPlay SKIING AND SNOWBOARDING • Discover ski slopes and cross country skiing trails around you with best-in-class topographic maps • Know weather conditions with ski resort information and Nordic trails from OnTheSnow EXPLORE THE WORLD LIKE A PROFESSIONAL • GPS coordinates help explore while creating routes and tracking progress • Share your data with clients to improve Gaia GPS • Access the full NatGeo map collection ELEVATE YOUR OUTDOOR ADVENTURES WITH GAIA GPS PREMIUM WITH OUTSIDE+ • Access 300+ maps including NatGeo Trails Illustrated, Private Lands, weather forecasts, and more • Offline maps to download anytime • Weather, terrain, and safety features • Access the Trailforks GPS biking app • Expert-led online courses on Outside Learn • Premium access to award-winning films, shows, and live TV on Outside Watch • Unlimited digital access to Outside Network's 15 iconic brands including Outside, Backpacker and National Park Trips Explore the world with Gaia GPS to guide all of your adventures. Enjoy GPS navigation, countless hike trails, and more with Gaia GPS – your perfect outdoor companion. SIGNUP • Gaia GPS is part of the Outside Network. Create an Outside account to access the app. TO MANAGE YOUR SUBSCRIPTION: • TURN OFF auto-renewal: https://support.apple.com/kb/ht4098 • Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You will be charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period. • Your Apple App Store Account will be charged at confirmation of purchase. • Privacy Policy: https://www.gaiagps.com/company/privacy • Terms of use: https://www.gaiagps.com/company/terms_of_use

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Reviews

  • Better options out there

    1
    By User 4672
    Used to be great but has fallen behind compared to other options while they continue to jack up their prices.

  • Cool idea, poor implementation.

    2
    By Johnathan Galt
    It might be nice if the password you enter actually works when logging in, WITHOUT forcing the user to spend 5 minutes creating a new one. A great app, so long as your time is free. Furthermore the stupid app keeps forgetting that I’ve paid for it and wants me to “start my free trial”. It’s annoying as hell to have to restore purchases every time I go to use it. Other than these “features “. It’s a pretty decent app

  • Time to say Goodbye

    2
    By seattlehiker66
    I have been using this app for nearly a decade now and improvements have been minimal. None of my constructive criticism has been taken seriously. I have hiked all over WA to the summits of literally hundreds of peaks, and know what this app needs to do. For starters, the crashes, and for finishers, my 15 year old Garmin GPS holds signal better and the battery lasts longer. This thing is an utter resource hog, and it has not improved. That being said, it is easy to use and exporting data in compatible formats never a problem

  • Jeep Friendly

    5
    By cbryant68
    I've been using this app for years now and cannot say enough good about it. I originally downloaded it based on a YouTube review by a fellow off-roader. Initially, I downloaded the app with pretty low expectations assuming it was a paid sponsorship. I signed up for a free trial at the time, hit the trails, discovered a ton of new places to ride, and knew without a shadow of a doubt that I needed this app with me each and every time I hit went off-roading going forward. After that initial trip, I bought a 5-year membership because what it offers is so much more than any app claiming to compare. Now, a few years into my subscription, I have zero regrets and wouldn't hit the trails without it. I couldn't tell you how many times it's both saved my bacon or how many new places I've discovered thanks to it, but what I can tell you is, you NEED this app. It doesn't matter of you're am off-roader like me, you're a hiker, a boater/fisherman (yes, I've even used it on the water because it's THAT good), a hunter, an emergency worker, or anything else that takes people off the beaten path, there hasn't been a better app built. Do yourself a huge favor and download this app. It could save your life, literally.

  • No post-editing

    2
    By Seanking132
    Can’t even merge tracks and do any meaningful post-hike editing

  • Crashing continuously

    1
    By kafkanian
    I have been using this app for years and i never had problems. Now clicking anywhere on the map results in the app crashing. Several back-and-forth with customer support led to nowhere. I have 10+ years of data in this app. The last communication our customer support said that the engineering team is aware of a bug and they’re working on a resolution, but didn’t provide an ETA or a work around. I am so terribly disappointed.

  • Was good now failing!

    2
    By Central paving hp2
    Used this app for years. New updates have wrecked it!

  • Requires online login

    2
    By SamApplePi3
    I don’t want to have to login in the middle of nowhere

  • Great for navigating; terrible privacy

    1
    By Tomzack
    My go to app for planning and navigating (in addition to paper maps) but gets 1 star because during an update a while ago it defaulted my tracks to publicly viewable. Just realized that I can go into settings and change that but until the default is private, it gets 1 star from me.

  • Still buggy

    2
    By loyajirga
    The newest version: 1) Adds more grid lines every time you switch between the map and saved tabs. If you switch between them 20 times, you have 20 sets of distance grids cluttering up the screen. 2) You can no longer delete information, only archive it. 3) When you save a waypoint, it automatically fills the notes section with redundant data. Unnecessary. 4) Where does my Gaia data live on my phone? Other apps save it in IOS Files. It’s disconcerting being many days into the backcountry and not knowing where that data actually resides. 5) Big picture: Gaia/Outside+ needs to stop impersonating a social media site. It’s confusing and clunky. Everyone I know wants a topo map where their data can be quickly and securely saved and accessed. There needs to be two versions: GAIA TOPO for we wilderness misanthropes, and GAIA FROLICK for influencers and tourists.

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