Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail Maps

Gaia GPS: Mobile Trail Maps

By TrailBehind

  • Category: Navigation
  • Release Date: 2017-05-22
  • Current Version: 2026.4.3
  • Adult Rating: 4+
  • File Size: 120.55 MB
  • Developer: TrailBehind
  • Compatibility: Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
Score: 4.7604
4.7604
From 32,003 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

  • So sad

    1
    By John23415
    Bumping your price by 50% is totally unacceptable to me. Gaia is one of the few apps I’ve been willing to pay a significant amount for, due to its functionality. That being said, $59.90/year is unacceptable. Looks like corporate mergers have destroyed another valuable thing. After years of using Gaia, I’m really sad to have to use something else, but it looks like that’s where we’re at. Bye. PS: developer responses like “write to our support team” in response to this sort of complaint, is telling. Additionally, data mining paid users is super lame. Gaia and Outside Inc will not get any money from me.
  • Too Expensive

    1
    By Mischievous Mr C
    Paywalling features is understandable, to a point, but kneecapping the app and then incessantly popping up upgrade prompts is unforgivable. Combined with the price hike to $60/yr? Get wrecked.
  • Super useful

    5
    By Nunnayerbidnes
    I would be confused which way to go during hikes with lots of intersections and turns. Gaia has saved me more times than I can count.
  • Not recommended

    1
    By mtgriz07
    Prior to being purchased by Outside Inc., Gaia was amazing. The support was top-notch and the mapping layer options were the best. Now, unfortunately, the support is lacking and the removal of the National Geographic Maps layer has really degraded the overall quality of Gaia GPS. The base map selections are not even remotely as close in quality to the National Geographic maps. And the satellite imagery layers are quite terrible as well. The only reason Gaia still exists is because they do not have any real competition.
  • Constant Crashes

    2
    By YourFriend73
    Since the June “Pride” update, the app crashes constantly for me on my iPhone 16 Pro. It is unusable. I switched over to a different off-road software and it’s working better.
  • Features not working offline … where you need it

    1
    By Ele20283
    Snap to trail doesn’t work when you’re offline. Despite downloading all maps and layers, wouldn’t work. Incredibly frustrating in backcountry. From reading Reddit this has been an issue for years and Gaia refuses to fix. Just tested it at home and wouldn’t work either. Most experienced backpackers recommending Caltopo instead.
  • Great Maps, So-So App

    3
    By AllNickNamesIWantedWereTaken
    Gaia has some of the best maps for off roading, overlanding and in general enjoying the outdoors. However, the app is only ok. Map downloads are comically slow and difficult to setup. In the era of TB phones, why can’t I just download whole states like in other apps? Why does a download of 100MB take minutes on gigabit connection? Relatedly, sharing of plans and routes is needlessly complicated. And the Car Play app sometimes can’t show maps the phone app has for some reason. It is all worth it because the maps are great. But I wish the app was better.
  • Needs polishing

    2
    By PirateJabez
    I am shocked this app has such a high rating. The navigation is not at all intuitive. It’s functional and there’s a lot of potential and I’m sure those who use it regularly are able to get used to it but it’s just so painful to get started with. Hard pass unless you already know you need it.
  • Off Trail in the High Sierra’s

    1
    By Randal328
    I was backpacking in the high sierras and got off trail. That moment you hear about being lost and turned around… never thought it’d happen to me. Well it did. However, thankfully I turned on my Gaia maps and was able to get back on trail, even in the dense tree cover. I use multiple mapping apps but Gaia is one I can always count on.
  • Updates change what you knew

    1
    By booksandmountains
    Gaia has gotten so bad! Do not buy it! Updates remove or change functionality, automatically publish your private tracks, and require purchases when you’ve already purchased items. It takes customer service FOREVER to restore maps and layers you’ve already bought. Find another app.

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