The best hiking apps for Android

The free ape@map hiking navigation for Android not only offers ready-made routes, but also numerous maps.

• In the ape@map app you can choose between the sports of hiking, mountain biking, cycling and ski touring and have the corresponding routes displayed.
• Within the app you can choose whether you want to search for a route online or whether the app should display a ready-made offline route.
• In this app you can also choose from route suggestions or put together your own route. It is also possible to record routes here.

Rother Touren Guides is available free of charge for both Android and iOS . Rother is known for his books for hikers.

• In the Rother app you can choose your favorite route from tested hiking and mountain tours. You can take a look at the tour beforehand with lots of pictures and detailed directions.
• It is also possible to classify the tours according to duration, distance and difficulty. This is optimized based on reviews from other hikers.
• If you are currently on the tour, you have the option of using a speedometer to display the current, average and maximum speed, the remaining time based on your average speed and the current altitude.

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