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HiiKER named “Best in Test” by The Great Outdoors — ahead of OS Maps
We’re delighted to share that HiiKER has been named Best in Test in the July 2026 issue of The Great Outdoors, the UK’s original mountain magazine, coming out ahead of OS Maps, MapOut, Topo GPS and a strong field of navigation apps. The review was carried out by TGO contributor James Roddie, who tested the…
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Plan Your Route, Walk It Offline: HiiKER Teams Up with Cotswold Way Guide and TMB Trail Guide
HiiKER now integrates with Cotswold Way Guide and TMB Trail Guide, letting walkers bring personalised itineraries into the app for reliable offline navigation on trail.
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Looking for an OS Maps Alternative? Why HiiKER Goes Further
HiiKER beats OS Maps in the UK: same OS Explorer and Landranger maps, plus Harvey, Purple Lizard, in-app historical layers and a real Apple Watch app — £5 cheaper a year. And it works in the Republic of Ireland, where OS Maps stops.
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The Best Hiking Apps in Ireland in 2026
Ireland is one of the finest hiking destinations in the world. From the wild Atlantic coastline of Connemara to the rolling peaks of the Wicklow Mountains, the rugged Mournes, and the dramatic peninsulas of Kerry and Donegal, the island has no shortage of world-class trails. But to get the most out of those trails, you…
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HiiKER Comes to Your Wrist: Introducing Our Companion Watch App
We’re thrilled to announce that HiiKER is now available on your smartwatch! After months of development and testing, our companion watch app is rolling out to both Android and iOS users, bringing navigation and tracking capabilities right to your wrist. Your Hike, At a Glance The HiiKER watch app puts essential hiking information exactly where…
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Share your hikes with the world.
Introducing Community Hike Submissions on HiiKER: Help Us Map the World’s Hikes At HiiKER, our mission has always been to make the outdoors more accessible — one trail at a time. Over the years, our dedicated hike team has spent countless hours curating, verifying, and adding over 120,000 hikes to our ever-growing global database. From…
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HiiKER 26. Now available.
We have launched our most advanced update yet, bringing a new standard of hike planning Available now to update now form the app stores, HiiKER 26 introduces powerful new tools for planning, navigating, and sharing hiking adventures. At the core of this release is a major expansion of the our hike planner. Hikers can now:…
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HiiKER is Now Satellite-Ready with T-Mobile T-Satellite
No matter how far the trail takes you — deep into the backcountry, across wild coastline, or up a lonely mountain pass — you can now bring the full power of HiiKER with you. T-Mobile has announced the rollout of T-Satellite, giving compatible phones direct satellite data access in areas with no cell signal. We’re…
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Building a Global Hiking Map
At HiiKER, we’ve been on a mission for the past four years: to help people plan and navigate their hikes through some of the world’s most beautiful wilderness. Along the way, one thing has become crystal clear — we’re obsessed with maps. Not just any maps, but topographic hiking maps. It started with the classics:…
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How digital maps work in a hiking app
Your Map Isn’t One Image. It’s a Pyramid.TL;DR: A HiiKER map looks seamless, but under the hood it’s built from millions (and at global scale, billions) of tiny square images called tiles. We fetch exactly the ones your screen needs, when it needs them—so it feels instant. The illusion of one big map When you…
