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What’s New in HiiKER: Printed Maps Rebuilt, CarPlay Navigation & Downloads 20× Faster — 28 August 2026
A completely rebuilt printed-maps experience, full CarPlay navigation on iPhone, map downloads up to 20× faster on Android, and offline that finally lets you edit a hike and continue a recording with no signal at all.
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HiiKER comes to CarPlay
Android drivers have had HiiKER in the dashboard for a while through DRiiVER, our standalone car app. Now iPhone drivers get it too — built into HiiKER itself: your saved hikes, your recordings and every waypoint you’ve ever dropped, as places you can simply drive to.
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What’s New: Continue Where You Left Off, and Offline That Holds Up — 11 August 2026
Our latest update means a recording is never a one-shot thing you either finish or lose. Continue a saved recording from where it ended, rescue discarded ones for up to 7 days, and get hike details that load properly with no signal at all.
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What’s New in HiiKER: My Stats, Heat Maps & GPX Imports From Your Lists — 5 August 2026
See your hiking life at a glance with the new My Stats page, spot the paths hikers actually walk with the Heat Maps overlay on Android, import a whole folder of GPX files straight from your lists, and edit your hike details on iPhone — plus trail closure warnings and a stack of fixes.
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What’s New in HiiKER: 3D Flyovers, a Redesigned Map & GPX for Recordings — 27 July 2026
Our biggest update in a while: watch cinematic 3D Flyovers of your hikes and recordings, enjoy a redesigned map, and use GPX with your recordings — plus custom tags, lock-screen recordings on iPhone, and a stack of fixes.
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DRiiVER: Introducing Auto app by HiiKER
Meet DRiiVER — your driving companion for every adventure. Built by the team behind HiiKER, it brings the same beautiful maps you love, now with turn-by-turn driving routes to trailheads, towns, viewpoints, and anywhere else you’re headed.
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What’s New in HiiKER — July 2026
Export your routes in any format, lock the screen on the trail, smoother 3D previews and better offline — a round of updates landing on both iPhone and Android.
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HiiKER named Best in Test by The Great Outdoors 🏆
Right, this is a good one. The Great Outdoors Magazine, the UK outdoor magazine that’s been independently testing gear for 40+ years, has named HiiKER the Best in Test hiking app in its 2026 round-up. Best in Test. Ahead of a field that includes OS Maps, Gaia GPS, Topo GPS, MapOut, Komoot and Outdooractive. For…
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What’s New on iOS: Mark Hikes Complete, 3D Previews & More Offline — 24 June 2026
Our latest iOS update lets you track the hikes you’ve completed, preview routes in 3D right from the hike overview, and take even more with you offline — plus smarter search and handy new quick actions.
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Hike Planner: The Free Tool That Maps Your Multi-Day Hike to the Last Mile
Anyone who has organised a multi-day walk knows the planning rarely happens on the trail. It happens at the kitchen table, weeks beforehand, surrounded by browser tabs, a half-finished spreadsheet, and a map app that was never built for thru-hiking. You’re trying to split a route into sensible days, work out where you’ll sleep each…
