Walking Apps
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Phil Dicky

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7,194 posts

292 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Can anyone point me in the direction of the best walking apps. Something that could pin point our location and advise on the best walks nearby.
We tend to keep below 10k and North of England if that's of any relevance....cheers.

Edited by Phil Dicky on Tuesday 21st January 10:26

alorotom

12,785 posts

216 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Google Maps to a walks plugin thing. This might work?!

-crookedtail-

1,593 posts

219 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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I use an app called AllTrails for this - It will find walks in your local area or allow you to search further afield too. It will show the distance of each walk and how difficult it is so it is pretty useful.

You will also have the ability to download the information to allow for loss of signal or whatever.

ukbabz

1,648 posts

155 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Phil Dicky said:
Can anyone point me in the direction of the best walking apps. Something that could pin point our location and advise on the best walks nearby.
We tend to keep below 10k and North of England if that's of any relevance....cheers.

Edited by Phil Dicky on Tuesday 21st January 10:26
Have you checked out Komoot? I know it's used for bikes and it has a walking option

Yell_M3

389 posts

229 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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ViewRanger
Go Jauntly

C0ffin D0dger

3,440 posts

174 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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Used to subscribe to this sometime ago.

http://www.walkingworld.com/

Really well detailed walks with photos of waypoints, OS mapping, good descriptions and kept up to date by the community.

It's been a while since I did subscribe (kids arrived in my life) but I see it says they now have an app too.

For walking and outdoorsy type stuff generally I use AlpineQuest as it will load the old Memory Map .qct format maps of which I had a full set of OS ones. They're a bit dated but footpaths rarely ever move.

LilPeteMordino

497 posts

219 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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I use Komoot.

Plan & Track routes through it, I find it useful.

Krikkit

27,938 posts

210 months

Tuesday 21st January 2020
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The OS app is great for this - both user and original walks suggested, offline downloadable maps etc. Does cost though - I think it's £24/year or £2.99/month from memory.

DaveH23

3,355 posts

199 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Map My Run

You can search Routes other have done nearby and also filter based on distance.
You can create your own Rotes on a PC/Laptop and send it to your Phone to do at a later date.

Pretty much does exactly what you want and it's free.

Dave.

7,895 posts

282 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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Krikkit said:
The OS app is great for this - both user and original walks suggested, offline downloadable maps etc. Does cost though - I think it's £24/year or £2.99/month from memory.
If you buy hard copies, there's a code inside the back cover which gives you lifetime access to it within the app.

Maps are available on eBay for about £7.

I use a mixture of OS maps, alltrails and maps.me depending on 8f I know the route etc.

JMGS4

8,931 posts

299 months

Wednesday 22nd January 2020
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We use www.komoot.com every week, works well most of the time (98%)

Phil Dicky

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7,194 posts

292 months

Thursday 23rd January 2020
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Trying Komoot and AllTrails see which one we gel with the best... cheers .