Maptrails
Maptrails
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Maptrails

Master the outdoors with offline topographic maps, technical GIS layers, and seamless sync across your iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. All the power you need for hiking, hunting, and exploring—without the subscription fatigue.

Key Figures

Downloads

30K+

User Rating

4.8/5

Total Ratings

300

Publisher

Pasi Salenius

Category

Navigation

Locales

11

Latest Version

2025.7.2

Size

28.0 MB

First Released

Aug 2, 2020
Features

Advanced Navigation for the Serious Adventurer

Maptrails delivers professional-grade mapping and seamless Apple ecosystem integration for technical hikers, hunters, and navigators—all with no subscriptions.

Seamless Apple Ecosystem Sync

Plan your trek on your Mac or iPad with Apple Pencil support, then navigate with confidence using your iPhone and Apple Watch via instant iCloud sync.

Professional Data & Offline Maps

Import GPX, KML, and Shapefiles for precision planning. Download map tiles for 100% offline reliability even in the deepest backcountry.

The following screenshots and description are sourced directly from the app's official store listing and are the property of the app developer.

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Screenshots

Maptrails - Maptrails app interface on iPad Mac and iPhone showing iCloud synchronization of hiking maps and tracks.

Maptrails app interface on iPad Mac and iPhone showing iCloud synchronization of hiking maps and tracks.

Maptrails - iPhone screenshot of Maptrails app showing a topographic map and a list of preconfigured public maps like OpenTopoMap

iPhone screenshot of Maptrails app showing a topographic map and a list of preconfigured public maps like OpenTopoMap

Maptrails - Maptrails app interface for adding custom Tile Map WMTS and WMS layers

Maptrails app interface for adding custom Tile Map WMTS and WMS layers

Maptrails - Maptrails app interface showing GeoJSON and Shapefile map layers with location pins and coordinates

Maptrails app interface showing GeoJSON and Shapefile map layers with location pins and coordinates

Maptrails - Smartphone screen showing map annotations with various colored drawing tools and export options.

Smartphone screen showing map annotations with various colored drawing tools and export options.

Maptrails - iPhone screenshot showing the Maptrails app interface for selecting and downloading topographic map tiles for offline use

iPhone screenshot showing the Maptrails app interface for selecting and downloading topographic map tiles for offline use

Maptrails - iPhone screen showing the Maptrails app topographic map with a custom hiking path drawn using the track planning tool.

iPhone screen showing the Maptrails app topographic map with a custom hiking path drawn using the track planning tool.

Maptrails - Maptrails iPhone app recording a GPX track on a map with real-time distance and speed data

Maptrails iPhone app recording a GPX track on a map with real-time distance and speed data

Maptrails - Maptrails app interface showing GPX track management with folder support on a topographic map

Maptrails app interface showing GPX track management with folder support on a topographic map

Maptrails - Maptrails app interface showing detailed cursor customization options like color and size over a topographic map

Maptrails app interface showing detailed cursor customization options like color and size over a topographic map

Description

Maptrails is a modern map browser that packs an amazing experience for hiking, hunting, orienteering, or just enjoying your time outdoors. Only Maptrails offers full featured apps for iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch and Mac. The app comes preconfigured with a large selection of built-in maps in topographic, nautical, and aerial imagery styles. Save places as map markers that sync between your devices over iCloud. It is easy and fun to measure distances and draw paths on the map, or use Look Around to see street level imagery at any address. Maptrails Pro one-time purchase unlocks a professional grade feature set. Add your own maps and data layers from standard APIs, and bring in GeoJSON, GPX, IMG, KML or Shapefile data. You can even draw notes directly on the map using touch or pencil! Maptrails makes it easy to plan your upcoming hike by letting you download map tiles for offline use, view up-to-date weather forecasts, or draw tracks on the map and save them to GPX files. During your hike, record the route to a GPX track or workout in Health app, and graph out its speed and altitude data. For hunters, integration with Oma Riista lets you import hunting areas using area code. Share your current GPS location with a private group of other Maptrails users. Build your own dog tracker by installing separate Beacon app to another device and pairing it with Maptrails. Its position can then be tracked on the map in Maptrails. Maptrails Pro one-time purchase unlocks full functionality • Use folders to organize tracks and markers • Attach images to markers from photo library • Track other devices with Beacon app installed • Import hunting areas from Oma Riista service • Get weather forecast for targeted location • Draw notes on map using touch or pencil • Import tile maps from web using browser • Download map areas for offline use • Share your GPS location with groups • Draw tracks on map and save as GPX files • Import GPX files and view them on map • View workout routes from Health app • Record workouts and export to GPX • Add Tile Map, WMTS and WMS maps • Add GeoJSON, GPX, IMG, KML and Shapefile map layers • Get new features in future versions If some map available via open data APIs is not yet included, or you want to make your maps available in Maptrails, please email me at feedback@freshbits.fi. Also follow on Instagram at @KartastoApp. This app has been built by one developer as a hobby project during many evenings and weekends. Please be nice and take this into account when giving feedback. Icon symbol credit to Wolf Böse (Creative Commons).

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