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LATEST ARTICLES ( 361 )

• Your Hikes Are Yours: Export Your Hiking Data from HiiKER, Free

  

  Download every recording, planned hike and waypoint you've saved to HiiKER as GPX files. Free, one tap, on the web, iPhone and Android. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2026

• What’s New in HiiKER: Live Location Sharing, Rebuilt, Pace Splits &...

  

  Live location sharing rebuilt with chat, ETA and weather for whoever follows your hike, plus pace splits, an Ascent card and turn-by-turn on alternatives. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2026

• Share Your Live Location While Hiking: HiiKER’s Live Locator, Rebuilt

  

  Share your live location while hiking. Followers see your ETA, battery, weather and daylight left, chat with you, and can get help fast if they need to. Read more

  Posted on 30 October 2026

• What’s New in HiiKER: A Hiking Compass, Import Any Route File & Heart Rate...

  

  A full-screen hiking compass with grid references and what3words, importing GPX, KML, FIT and more, heart rate zones, and photo stops in your flyover. Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2026

• What’s New in HiiKER: Peak Bagging, the Peak Viewer & Turn-by-Turn Navigation —...

  

  Peak bagging comes to HiiKER — walk over a summit with a recording running and it counts. Plus the Peak Viewer, turn-by-turn guidance, heart rate from your... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2026

• Introducing Turn-by-turn Navigation on HiiKER

  

  Turn-by-turn navigation is live in HiiKER: on-screen directions and spoken cues for every turn on your planned route, on your phone and your watch. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2026

• Why Some Peak Heights Show (est)

  Some HiiKER peak heights show (est): an estimate from a terrain model, not a survey. Why it's a few metres out, and why it never affects your peak bagging. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2026

• Peak Viewer: Identify Every Peak You Can See

  

  Hold your phone up and HiiKER names the peaks on the skyline. Tap any one for its height, its distance and whether you've already bagged it. Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2026

• Peak Bagging in HiiKER: Walk It, and It Counts

  

  Walk over a summit with a recording running, save the hike, and HiiKER works out which peaks you stood on. No checking in, no ticking boxes, no typing anything... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2026

• HiiKER Named Best Hiking App in The Great Outdoors Gear of the Year Awards

  HiiKER has been named Best Hiking App in The Great Outdoors’ Gear of the Year Awards 2026. If you don’t know The Great Outdoors, it’s been covering the hills fo... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2026

• What’s New in HiiKER: Share Cards, Trail Trailers & Redesigned POI Sheets — 7...

  

  Turn any hike or recording into a share card drawn on your phone — five designs, your own photo, saved straight to your gallery. Plus Trail Trailers for any hik... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2026

• What’s New in HiiKER: Printed Maps Rebuilt, CarPlay Navigation & Downloads 20×...

  

  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... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2026

• 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 right into... Read more

  Posted on 28 August 2026

• What’s New: Continue Where You Left Off, and Offline That Holds Up — 11 August...

  

  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... Read more

  Posted on 11 August 2026

• What’s New on iOS: Mark Hikes Complete, 3D Previews & More Offline

  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... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2026

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 17 June 2026

• What’s New in HiiKER — June 2026

  A huge month — Android Auto launches, QR sign-in and in-app subscription management arrive on both apps, and iPhone catches up with completed-hike tracking and... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2026

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2026

• Plan Your Route, Walk It Offline: HiiKER Teams Up with Cotswold Way Guide and TM...

  HiiKER now integrates with Cotswold Way Guide and TMB Trail Guide, letting walkers bring personalised itineraries into the app for reliable offline navigation o... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2026

• 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... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2026