Paddle Ways - Lets Go Paddling

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About this app

Paddle Ways: Your Ultimate Whitewater, Kayaking, Rafting, SUP and Canoe App

NOW with nationwide coverage of rivers and access points.

PaddleWays is your indispensable digital guidebook and GPS navigation tool for whitewater adventures. Whether you're kayaking, rafting, canoeing, or stand-up paddling, PaddleWays has you covered. Developed in collaboration with American White Water, this app delivers crucial information to ensure safe and informed decisions before you hit the water.

Discover Exciting Paddling Locations
Explore new rivers and sections, near and far, through interactive maps. Dive into guidebook descriptions, match your skill level with provided difficulty ratings, and connect with related resources for comprehensive insights.

Effortless Planning
Plan your perfect outing with confidence using PaddleWays. Measure river miles, access thousands of points of interest like access points, boat ramps, campsites, and more. Bookmark your favorite rivers, check real-time weather, and river flow rates (CFS) by location to find the ideal time for your adventure.

Seamless Navigation
Navigate with ease using detailed interactive 2D and 3D maps, available online and offline. Choose from Satellite, Outdoor, and Street map modes, measure distances in river miles, and set location-based alerts for upcoming take-outs, camps, or rapids.

Connect with the Paddling Community
Stay in the loop with user comments on recent conditions, and reference notes, photos, and saved places from previous trips. PaddleWays is not just an app; it's an interactive atlas and community forum designed for paddlers, by paddlers.

Who is PaddleWays?
PaddleWays is powered by NRS, dedicated to making human-powered recreation more accessible, safe, sustainable, and enjoyable. With technology developed by onWater, PaddleWays donates 1% of sales to promote responsible use and resource conservation.

PaddleWays Plus
Unlock premium features with a PaddleWays Plus subscription, including offline maps, river guidebooks, real-time flow data, and public & private land data.

Discover the ultimate tool for your whitewater, kayaking, and rafting adventures. Download PaddleWays today and explore the waters like never before.

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Ratings and reviews

Lots of possibilities. But the free version is very glitchy and lacks a lot of detail, like maybe dangerous dams on the Susquehanna that need to be portaged river left. And kayak campsites. Been using onX for my map planning for years. Paddle Ways has promise, but it's almost twice the price of onX and has shown enough value for me. At $20 a year I'd support, but not $50. Mods, message me if things change.

I like it! I'm new to the area so this app has shown me boat ramps and lakes that I wasn't familiar with. Mapping out restrooms is a nice feature as well. Excited to see how the app continues to grow. There do seem to be a good bit of pop ups about subscribing to the app, but nothing that times you out or prevents further usage for not subscribing. Additionally, it would be nice if the mapped rivers had their classes listed but I imagine that would rather time consuming/difficult.

Was happy to see a new app for paddling trips that wasn't entirely crowdsourced, but was disappointed with the lack of content. None of the major rivers or lakes in my state were mapped at all. It seems that this app was designed primarily for whitewater paddlers, as the few rivers that showed on the map were mostly in mountainous areas. I definitely wouldn't subscribe to an app that's yet another crowdsourced alternative to Go Paddling.

What's new

-Better offline support
-Improved flow chart hover and scrub interactions
-Drawer fixes