Footpath Route Planner - Running, Hiking, Bike Map
Maps & NavigationHalf Mile Labs LLC
Map routes with your finger: distance measure, run tracker, & GPX viewer
About Footpath Route Planner - Running, Hiking, Bike Map
Ratings & Reviews
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Fantastic GPX route planning app
Sep 1, 2016 This app is absolutely fantastic for planning hikes. Even though we have used other online route apps, we've been looking for an easy to use route planning app for our phones that exports GPX route files for use with our favorite iPhone GPS software (GaiaGPS). Footpath does it seamlessly. We also upload the route files to fitness apps like RunKeeper where it tells us in advance how many calories our planned hikes will burn. Wonderful! Suggested future updates: add the ability to import existing GPX route/track files for easy sharing and editing (this is Footpath's most glaring deficiency in our opinion--right now you can only export routes to other apps); make it possible to easily move starting and mid-points of a route you want to edit (right now you can only edit an existing route by deleting segments of the route starting at the end until you get to a fork or turn you want to explore and then continuing along a new path from there); and it would also be great if your routes were automatically saved to a personal account on a website maintained by Footpath so they could be more easily managed and exported to your favorite GPS and fitness apps. All that said, Footpath is pretty awesome as is and has already benefited us greatly by giving us the ability to quickly and easily plan and execute our weekly hikes anywhere we are whenever we have a couple minutes. Thank you!more -
Mar 19, 2021 It's really helpful. We have long wondered where a particular route went. It wasn't showing on the OS or Google, but this has it! -
The best has just gotten better
Sep 8, 2018 OK this is going to be a rave. Nobody is mentioning what I thought was the most interesting thing about new version 3. The old version would switch maps automatically depending on zoom level, but the new Footpath Outdoors map appears to just combine all the information of the old maps without the jarring switch. The tutorial is very brief with only the basics covered, but if you haven’t found a feature you want - for me it was how to switch snap types on the fly - keep poking controls in the corners and it’s a good bet you’ll find it in one of them. (The snap switch is a few extra taps to switch but it does work smoothly and consistently.) The new editing tools are hugely welcome! I don’t recall if I could edit saved routes in the old version, but that’s in here now. I haven’t found a way to edit start points, so unless I’m just missing something I’d recommend zooming in very close on your start point and then backing out to complete the route. I also appreciate the new account system where I can create/edit routes on my iPad and see the same routes on my iPhone. The grandfathering of my old saved routes into the iPad was very nice - I was briefly afraid I’d have to pay again until I found the secret instruction to invoke it. (Pssst - hey dev, I’d have paid it anyway, but thanks, that was very kind.)more -
Mar 27, 2021 brilliant app for planning walks and exploring the countryside, with easy draw feature that will select footpaths and bridleways accordingly. I only tried the free version which let's you save 5 routes. -
Could be good, but not for my needs
Apr 6, 2020 I feel bad rating this too low because I did not use it for very long. However, that is because I started to get genuinely upset with it. It seems that it would be great for legitimate trails, city streets, etc. However, I had great difficulty getting it to stick to actual suburb roads. At one point it decided I should take a nice detour and bike through the pond. When drawing a simple path with a stylus, it thought it would be fun to throw in a few circles. Additionally, it did not give me sufficient editing abilities. On one trip I tried to map, it had a random straight line going through a woods. I attempted to erase it so I could shift it over, but it just kept reappearing in a different, equally incorrect location. It also completely ignores a popular footpath. The “snap to map” is somewhat a useful, and certainly an innovative feature. It just needs some love. I could see this working on longer trips that need less accuracy, but for my suburban 10 mile excursions it brought nothing but anger. For now, I’m going to stick to drawing vauge lines on a map, and finding out the mileage later. TLDR: I can see it’s applications and situations it could be good in. It just is not at all conducive to my biking or running excursions.more
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Free version of app is horrible!
Sep 9, 2018 I got the free version of this app to create routes for cycling with my bike club/walking my dog and it was awful! You can only view your most recent route that you’ve made and you have to delete all others to see just one! The idea is great and I’m sure the “elite version” is amazing because until I found out I can only view my most recent route, I was loving this app. If you are willing to pay for the full version then this app is great for you but if you aren’t, steer clear of this app and don’t waste your time. Also, with the free version, once you have saved the route you can’t edit it and you have to make an entirely new one! If you are in need of an app like this and think that you would use it on a daily basis then I think you should get the full version but if you’re like me and just getting this app to try out and use rarely then definitely stay away.more -
Mar 26, 2021 rubbish thinking about deleting the app, worked well the first time, but now can even get off the start -
Mar 4, 2021 Why is everything subscribtion nowadays. Let me pay 5 dollars and store the maps on my device... Edit: ok I can't even edit my old route, not duplicate, EDIT. This is ridiculous -
Mar 1, 2021 Doesn't work, can't start a route. Works great on iOS -
Clunky, hard to use for long distance
Feb 4, 2018 The drawings don't really go where you want them to--the app has a hard time figuring out not to turn you around on bridges, for instan ce. Also if you want to go more than a very short distance you have to go through the clunky process of moving the map, pushing draw again, drawing, undoing six times until the thing reads where you want to go, then pushing done, then moving the map and repeating until your route is complete. And if you want to make a change to your route, forget it-you have to start over. It's a great idea and on its way to being something that could resolve routing without a computer handy, but honestly it's disappointing for a paid app. It works like an early beta test at best.more
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Fantastic GPX route planning app
Sep 1, 2016 This app is absolutely fantastic for planning hikes. Even though we have used other online route apps, we've been looking for an easy to use route planning app for our phones that exports GPX route files for use with our favorite iPhone GPS software (GaiaGPS). Footpath does it seamlessly. We also upload the route files to fitness apps like RunKeeper where it tells us in advance how many calories our planned hikes will burn. Wonderful! Suggested future updates: add the ability to import existing GPX route/track files for easy sharing and editing (this is Footpath's most glaring deficiency in our opinion--right now you can only export routes to other apps); make it possible to easily move starting and mid-points of a route you want to edit (right now you can only edit an existing route by deleting segments of the route starting at the end until you get to a fork or turn you want to explore and then continuing along a new path from there); and it would also be great if your routes were automatically saved to a personal account on a website maintained by Footpath so they could be more easily managed and exported to your favorite GPS and fitness apps. All that said, Footpath is pretty awesome as is and has already benefited us greatly by giving us the ability to quickly and easily plan and execute our weekly hikes anywhere we are whenever we have a couple minutes. Thank you!more -
Mar 19, 2021 It's really helpful. We have long wondered where a particular route went. It wasn't showing on the OS or Google, but this has it! -
The best has just gotten better
Sep 8, 2018 OK this is going to be a rave. Nobody is mentioning what I thought was the most interesting thing about new version 3. The old version would switch maps automatically depending on zoom level, but the new Footpath Outdoors map appears to just combine all the information of the old maps without the jarring switch. The tutorial is very brief with only the basics covered, but if you haven’t found a feature you want - for me it was how to switch snap types on the fly - keep poking controls in the corners and it’s a good bet you’ll find it in one of them. (The snap switch is a few extra taps to switch but it does work smoothly and consistently.) The new editing tools are hugely welcome! I don’t recall if I could edit saved routes in the old version, but that’s in here now. I haven’t found a way to edit start points, so unless I’m just missing something I’d recommend zooming in very close on your start point and then backing out to complete the route. I also appreciate the new account system where I can create/edit routes on my iPad and see the same routes on my iPhone. The grandfathering of my old saved routes into the iPad was very nice - I was briefly afraid I’d have to pay again until I found the secret instruction to invoke it. (Pssst - hey dev, I’d have paid it anyway, but thanks, that was very kind.)more -
Mar 27, 2021 brilliant app for planning walks and exploring the countryside, with easy draw feature that will select footpaths and bridleways accordingly. I only tried the free version which let's you save 5 routes. -
Mar 5, 2021 Possibly the best app for planning and plotting walks, hikes, tours, etc. Easy to use, great UI, good data. Need to upgrade and use all functions for a while, then I'll be able to give more detailed review.
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Good for what it is
Apr 19, 2020 This app is pretty good because it allows you to use your finger to create a route and not find a existing route or create a route using particular points. The thing I don’t like is that just to save unlimited routes you have to pay money. I mean common! This is just a route creator and you have to pay! I only kept this app because there is simply no app which can do the same thing but with unlimited routes. Hopefully some day the developers will realize their giant mistake and actually make it free but until then I suggest only get this app if you’re okay deleting routes, only being able to save 5 routes, and if you wanna get all the great features pay.more -
Feb 18, 2021 Great app but editing copied or edited routes not yet possible. but making new routes works very well. -
Does what it promises
Nov 8, 2016 Takes a little practice to finger-draw a path that will snap just to the streets you had in mind. Easy (and often necessary) to draw in segments, mixing snap and non-snap portions, although it can get tedious deleting, since erase is sequential by last-drawn segments only. Plan on paying one more time if you want more than the bare minimum function. Includes and provides easy switching between half a dozen street, satellite, topographical and specialized walking and cycling maps - basic price is worth it just for those.more -
Excellent app! Strange cost strategy
Mar 26, 2019 This app is wonderful for planning a route! Probably the best. The problem is with how they want you to pay to upgrade. Charge me a flat rate rather than this odd route saving purchase or monthly subscription fee. The app functions pretty well without paying so I see no reason to upgrade for a few perks that are more for convenience rather than enhancing the experience. Micro transactions are a hard pass for me on any appmore -
Really Helpfull
May 21, 2019 I am using this app to plan walking tours for my big group family trip to Alaska. The topographical profiles & automatic mileage and ability to search for addresses are all hugely helpful (don't want to overtax anybody old or young). What would make this app perfect would be a stamp or set of stamps or icons to allow you to indicate stops on your walk (it wouldn't have to be more than stop is here, but museum, restaurant, hotel, landmark, etc. would be enormously helpful.more
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Could be good, but not for my needs
Apr 6, 2020 I feel bad rating this too low because I did not use it for very long. However, that is because I started to get genuinely upset with it. It seems that it would be great for legitimate trails, city streets, etc. However, I had great difficulty getting it to stick to actual suburb roads. At one point it decided I should take a nice detour and bike through the pond. When drawing a simple path with a stylus, it thought it would be fun to throw in a few circles. Additionally, it did not give me sufficient editing abilities. On one trip I tried to map, it had a random straight line going through a woods. I attempted to erase it so I could shift it over, but it just kept reappearing in a different, equally incorrect location. It also completely ignores a popular footpath. The “snap to map” is somewhat a useful, and certainly an innovative feature. It just needs some love. I could see this working on longer trips that need less accuracy, but for my suburban 10 mile excursions it brought nothing but anger. For now, I’m going to stick to drawing vauge lines on a map, and finding out the mileage later. TLDR: I can see it’s applications and situations it could be good in. It just is not at all conducive to my biking or running excursions.more -
Footpath ruined my workout
May 4, 2019 While using footpath with my apple watch on a bike ride, my music was pausing every 20 seconds (presumably so it could give voice directions which I had turned off.) Everything got so messed up that i couldn’t get my AirPods working again... it straight up made me so frustrated I stopped my bike ride a block from my house. Footpath: If I’m listening to music, and I have voice directions off, for the love of God don’t mess with the music. 3 stars because the app is fine, just have a grievance on this issue.more -
Needs a major upgrade
Jul 7, 2020 When I use the app to create a route. The app detours me to go another way. Other places on the route has new development, but no updates were on the app. I use the ‘walking’ feature, but the app alway maps it the on the roadways. Not safe or accurate. When will this update/upgrade will be made. It’s very frustrating when I’m try to map the miles for my walks.more -
Maps Are Decades Old & Out of Date
Aug 18, 2019 Maps of my area are so inaccurate I’m not always able to use the awesome Draw feature. I can’t plot an accurate path as the streets are missing. Bummer. I can use the GPS tracking feature and that’s better than the iPhone’s Health app. All said it’s a great app with old sub par maps and not worth the subscription price to me.more -
Not sure I like it. But it has potential.
Jul 27, 2020 Needs more directions on how to use. There was no mention of having to create an account. Yet, I couldn’t even try to define a trail route or have it follow my route via GPS without having created an account. It did not recognize my Apple ID account. So it is custom account for logging in here.more
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Free version of app is horrible!
Sep 9, 2018 I got the free version of this app to create routes for cycling with my bike club/walking my dog and it was awful! You can only view your most recent route that you’ve made and you have to delete all others to see just one! The idea is great and I’m sure the “elite version” is amazing because until I found out I can only view my most recent route, I was loving this app. If you are willing to pay for the full version then this app is great for you but if you aren’t, steer clear of this app and don’t waste your time. Also, with the free version, once you have saved the route you can’t edit it and you have to make an entirely new one! If you are in need of an app like this and think that you would use it on a daily basis then I think you should get the full version but if you’re like me and just getting this app to try out and use rarely then definitely stay away.more -
Could better or easier to use
Jun 26, 2016 Using this for biking I had to plot out like every 15 miles to make sure it kept on the bike trail system from Cincinnati to DC even though the trail covers about 75% of the ride. It was set to biking but loved putting me on interstates, or would just put a line through an area with nothing road or trail-like. It assumes I want to carry my bike and supplies across a river? And...where do I get the turn-by-turn directions? Looked at the Elite aspects to this and it didn't indicate it allows that feature. After getting flustered with this for 3 hours I realized Google Maps allows you to search specifically for a bike trail between two points. *sigh*more -
Use only when network is avail
Aug 1, 2016 Kudos for drawing routes with your finger. But Minus three stars for difficult off-line map loading. The description says you can preload maps for off-line use; however, after viewing maps at home, when I actually got in the back country with no signal the maps were gone and I was looking at a blank screen behind my GPS waypointmore
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Mar 26, 2021 rubbish thinking about deleting the app, worked well the first time, but now can even get off the start -
Mar 4, 2021 Why is everything subscribtion nowadays. Let me pay 5 dollars and store the maps on my device... Edit: ok I can't even edit my old route, not duplicate, EDIT. This is ridiculous -
Mar 1, 2021 Doesn't work, can't start a route. Works great on iOS -
Clunky, hard to use for long distance
Feb 4, 2018 The drawings don't really go where you want them to--the app has a hard time figuring out not to turn you around on bridges, for instan ce. Also if you want to go more than a very short distance you have to go through the clunky process of moving the map, pushing draw again, drawing, undoing six times until the thing reads where you want to go, then pushing done, then moving the map and repeating until your route is complete. And if you want to make a change to your route, forget it-you have to start over. It's a great idea and on its way to being something that could resolve routing without a computer handy, but honestly it's disappointing for a paid app. It works like an early beta test at best.more -
Great app, but backend is falling down
Jul 31, 2018 I used to use this app daily to plan my running route, then it started having backend errors constantly when snapping to roads and sat broken for a long time. The developer updated it but whatever new mapping backend it’s using is not good. The app displays Google Maps but the backend that does the snapping to roads clearly uses a different mapping provider. Very frequently it doesn’t match the Google Maps map and makes it hard to accurately plan a route - it misses a lot of trails and does some odd things on roads. It’s often impossible to make a simple route without disabling road snapping. I’ve switched to a different route planning app without this problem and deleted Footpath.more
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