HikeTracker
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About this app
Hiking is safer when somebody knows where you are.
HikeTracker records your route, shares it live with the people who care, and tells them if you do not come back when you said you would.
RECORDS THE WHOLE WALK
Start a hike and put the phone in your pocket. The route keeps recording with the screen off, for four hours or eight. You get the track, the distance and the time when you are done.
WORKS WHERE THERE IS NO SIGNAL
Most hikes cross dead zones. Everything is written to your phone first and sent when signal comes back, so a valley with no bars does not put a hole in your track. You can see what is still waiting to send.
SHARE A LIVE LINK
Send one link to whoever is waiting at home. They open it in a browser, see where you are on a map, and watch it update. No app to install, no account to make.
IF THINGS GO QUIET
Tell the app when you expect to be back. If you are not finished by then, the contacts you chose are emailed your last known position and a map link. If the phone stops reporting for longer than you set, they are told that too. Both work on a free account.
RAISE AN ALARM
Hold the alarm button and your contacts are emailed straight away, with where you are and when you raised it. No signal? The app offers to send it as a text from your own phone, because voice and SMS often work where data does not.
HAZARDS OTHER HIKERS MARKED
Drop a pin for a washed-out path, a closed gate, a water source, a good viewpoint. Other hikers see them; you see theirs, and get a warning when you are heading toward one. Download an area before you set off and the warnings still work with no signal.
WHAT IT COSTS
Recording hikes, alarms, overdue and gone-quiet alerts, hazard warnings, your full history and GPX export are free. Always, on every account.
R240 a year buys one thing: a live tracking link, so somebody at home can follow a walk as it happens. Every new account gets 14 days of it, starting at your first hike.
A link you have already sent keeps working to the end of that hike even if your subscription lapses. Nobody watching a mountain should see "subscription expired".
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
It does not call mountain rescue or any emergency service, and it never will pretend to. It tells the people you chose. There is no offline map and no turn-by-turn navigation.
BACKGROUND LOCATION
HikeTracker uses location in the background to record your route while the app is closed and the screen is off. A notification is visible the whole time it is recording. Without it the track stops the moment your screen turns off.
HikeTracker records your route, shares it live with the people who care, and tells them if you do not come back when you said you would.
RECORDS THE WHOLE WALK
Start a hike and put the phone in your pocket. The route keeps recording with the screen off, for four hours or eight. You get the track, the distance and the time when you are done.
WORKS WHERE THERE IS NO SIGNAL
Most hikes cross dead zones. Everything is written to your phone first and sent when signal comes back, so a valley with no bars does not put a hole in your track. You can see what is still waiting to send.
SHARE A LIVE LINK
Send one link to whoever is waiting at home. They open it in a browser, see where you are on a map, and watch it update. No app to install, no account to make.
IF THINGS GO QUIET
Tell the app when you expect to be back. If you are not finished by then, the contacts you chose are emailed your last known position and a map link. If the phone stops reporting for longer than you set, they are told that too. Both work on a free account.
RAISE AN ALARM
Hold the alarm button and your contacts are emailed straight away, with where you are and when you raised it. No signal? The app offers to send it as a text from your own phone, because voice and SMS often work where data does not.
HAZARDS OTHER HIKERS MARKED
Drop a pin for a washed-out path, a closed gate, a water source, a good viewpoint. Other hikers see them; you see theirs, and get a warning when you are heading toward one. Download an area before you set off and the warnings still work with no signal.
WHAT IT COSTS
Recording hikes, alarms, overdue and gone-quiet alerts, hazard warnings, your full history and GPX export are free. Always, on every account.
R240 a year buys one thing: a live tracking link, so somebody at home can follow a walk as it happens. Every new account gets 14 days of it, starting at your first hike.
A link you have already sent keeps working to the end of that hike even if your subscription lapses. Nobody watching a mountain should see "subscription expired".
WHAT IT DOES NOT DO
It does not call mountain rescue or any emergency service, and it never will pretend to. It tells the people you chose. There is no offline map and no turn-by-turn navigation.
BACKGROUND LOCATION
HikeTracker uses location in the background to record your route while the app is closed and the screen is off. A notification is visible the whole time it is recording. Without it the track stops the moment your screen turns off.
Record your hike, share it live, and let someone know if you are overdue
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Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
- No data shared with third partiesLearn more about how developers declare sharing
- This app may collect these data typesLocation and Personal info
- Data is encrypted in transit
- You can request that data be deleted
What’s new
New in 1.0.3:
- Start page: pick a saved route, and send your tracking link before you set off
- Hazard pins: choose how serious and how long they last; warnings work offline
- Pause for lunch or a summit stop
- "Are you all right?" - we ask you first before telling your contacts, if you are late back or have not moved
- History: the whole hike on the map, ascent, save as a route
- Profile: your totals, and email settings
- Start page: pick a saved route, and send your tracking link before you set off
- Hazard pins: choose how serious and how long they last; warnings work offline
- Pause for lunch or a summit stop
- "Are you all right?" - we ask you first before telling your contacts, if you are late back or have not moved
- History: the whole hike on the map, ascent, save as a route
- Profile: your totals, and email settings
App support
phone
Phone number
+27836648798
About the developer
LENSCAP STUDIOS (PTY) LTD
michel@lenscap.co.za
6 THE OLD RD
CAPE TOWN
7806
South Africa
+27 83 664 8798