7 Best Free Android Apps For Trekking


If you ask me about one feature of Android which makes it super powerful and popular than any other OS in the mobile platform, then I would say that its the fact that you can easily find apps for your Android device for almost each and every need of yours.

Do you like to trek? And do you own an Android device? Then here is the list of some good Android apps for trekking. Yes, these are the Android apps, which every trekker should have.

7 Best Free Android Apps For Trekking

AllTrails – Hiking And Biking

Although the name of the app suggests that it is not meant for trekking, but this free Android app would prove to be an handy one as it lets you find good location to trek nearby or places near any particular location you want. With thousands of guides, this can prove to be the BEST Android app for trekkers.

dTracker

With this trekking app on your Android phone, you can spot your location and see how long you still need to trek. It lets you calculate distance you have trekked and check the routes with the help of its integrated maps.

Google Sky Map

I have done trekking once with a group and one of the things which I loved the most was the walking under sky filled with stars. And with app like Google Sky Map, one can relish understanding the constellations that he is watching at any particular time. Its just incredible.

Trek Track

As the name suggests, this free Android app for trekking tracks you trek. To be more precise, this app lets you track your position on maps.While you are trekking you can mark places of your interests, make notes, save routes, read routes saved by other trekkers in GPX format.

Tricoder

Now this is one interesting app which would surely thrill you. If the movies like Star Trek have fantasied you, then Tricoder would make you live a life like one. With this app you can get information about magnetic fields, geographical information, magnetic fields and much more.

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January 9, 2012 by: Prasanth Chandra

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