Komoot alternatives
Alternatives to Komoot for hiking, off-trail routes and terrain maps, what each one is best for, and how to move your Komoot routes and tours to Goat Maps.
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At a glance
| Feature | Komoot | Goat Maps | AllTrails | Gaia GPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | ||||
| Paid plan | $59.99/year Premium, or regions from $3.99 once | $29.99/year | $35.99/year Plus, $79.99/year Peak | $59.90/year, or $89.99 with Outside+ |
| Free version | Yes Planning anywhere; navigation in one free region | Yes Topo, satellite, public land, slope shading, tracks, waypoints | Yes Trail search, reviews, recording, web route planner | Yes Gaia Topo, tracks, waypoints; no offline maps |
| Platforms | ||||
| Apps | iPhone, iPad, Android, web, Apple Watch, Garmin | iPhone, iPad, web | iPhone, iPad, Android, web, Apple Watch, Wear OS | iPhone, iPad, Android, web, Apple Watch, CarPlay, Android Auto |
| Android | Yes | No In development | Yes | Yes |
| Plan on the web | Yes Full web planner | Yes Web map with route planning | Yes Custom routes free on the website | Yes Saving routes on the web needs Premium |
| Maps | ||||
| Offline maps | Limited Free region, or buy regions once | Paid plan Downloads in the background | Paid plan Plus | Paid plan Downloads lock if membership lapses |
| Slope angle shading | No | Yes Free, with custom angle ranges | Paid plan Peak only | Paid plan |
| Public land (US) | No | Yes Free | Paid plan Peak only | Paid plan |
| Private land ownership (US) | No | Paid plan Owner names; online only | Paid plan Peak only | Paid plan |
| Recent satellite imagery | No Standard satellite base map | Paid plan Updated about every 14 days | No Standard satellite base map | Paid plan Recent satellite layer |
| Weather forecasts | Paid plan Weather along the route, Premium | No | Yes 7-day forecast free; trail conditions with Plus | Paid plan Weather overlays; smoke and air quality free |
| Planning & navigation | ||||
| Snap-to-trail routes | Yes Automatic; needs a connection | Paid plan Needs a connection for now | Yes Free on the web; in the app with Peak | Yes Works offline since 2026 |
| Off-trail and freehand routes | Limited Straight lines where no path is mapped | Paid plan Draw by hand, mix with snapped segments | Yes On the website | Limited Straight-line segments |
| Voice turn-by-turn | Yes In unlocked regions | No | Paid plan Plus, with wrong-turn alerts | Yes “Guide Me”, also on CarPlay and Watch |
| GPX import and export | Yes Exports the route line only | Yes Free | Yes GPX, KML, FIT and more | Yes GPX, KML, GeoJSON and more |
| Discovery | ||||
| Trail guides and reviews | Yes Community Highlights and Collections | No OpenStreetMap trails on the map | Yes 500,000+ trails, 72 million reviews | Yes Hikes with reports; Trailforks with Outside+ |
| Made by | Bending Spoons, since 2025 | Independent | AllTrails, Inc. | Outside Inc. |
Yes Paid plan Limited No
Why people look for an alternative to Komoot
Komoot's automatic routing and voice navigation are excellent, especially on a bike and in Europe. People started looking around after a turbulent 2025:
- New ownership. Bending Spoons bought Komoot in 2025. Press reports said most of the original staff were laid off soon after, and long-time users worried about where the app was heading.
- Pricing changes. Reports in early 2025 described new users needing Premium to send routes to their devices. Komoot's current rules let free users sync routes within their free region.
- No terrain layers. Komoot has hillshade and contours, but no slope angle shading, land ownership or recent satellite imagery.
- Off-trail routes. Komoot routes along mapped paths. Where there isn't one, it draws a straight line.
- Planning needs signal. Planning, editing and rerouting don't work offline.
If you ride, navigate mostly on mapped paths, and like being talked through a route, Komoot is still very good at that.
The alternatives
Goat Maps: best for hiking off trail
Goat Maps is built around the terrain layers Komoot doesn't have, with a planner that lets you draw where there's no path.
- Price: $29.99 a year. Topo, satellite, public land and slope angle shading are free. Membership adds offline maps, the route planner, private land and recent imagery.
- Better than Komoot: slope angle shading, US public and private land, satellite imagery from the last couple of weeks, and hand-drawn off-trail segments.
- Not as good as Komoot: no voice navigation or off-route warnings, no bike computer integrations, and no Android app yet.
Goat Maps vs Komoot in detail.
AllTrails: best for finding hikes in the US
AllTrails has the biggest library of trails, with reviews, photos and recent conditions, plus turn-by-turn directions with Plus.
- Price: Plus is $35.99 a year, Peak is $79.99.
- Better than Komoot: many more reviewed hiking trails in the US, and trail conditions.
- Not as good as Komoot: in-app route planning needs Peak, and it's weaker for cycling.
Gaia GPS: best for turn-by-turn with terrain layers
Gaia GPS combines turn-by-turn guidance with a huge layer catalog, including slope angle and land ownership, on iPhone, Android, Apple Watch and CarPlay.
- Price: $59.90 a year, or $89.99 with Outside+.
- Better than Komoot: terrain and land layers, and snap-to-trail routing that works offline.
- Not as good as Komoot: fewer bike computer integrations, and no one-time map purchases.
In Europe
Wikiloc has a huge library of user-recorded routes in Spain, the rest of Europe and Latin America, with free offline maps and Premium at $19.99 a year.
Which should you pick?
- You hike off trail and want terrain and land layers: Goat Maps.
- You want popular US hikes with reviews: AllTrails.
- You want voice guidance and terrain layers on Android or a watch: Gaia GPS.
- You mainly ride bikes on mapped roads and paths: Komoot is still hard to beat.
Moving from Komoot to Goat Maps
Komoot exports one route or activity at a time, as GPX. There's no bulk export.
Export from Komoot
- On the website: open your profile > Saved routes or Completed activities > open one > Download GPX file. On some pages, it's the ⋯ menu next to the title > Export GPX.
- In the app: Profile > Saved routes or Completed activities > open one > Download GPX file, or Share > Export GPX.
The catch: Komoot only exports routes that start in a region you've unlocked, either your free region, a region you bought, or anywhere while you have Premium. If you have Premium, export everything you want to keep before it lapses.
Import into Goat Maps
- In Goat Maps, open the My Data tab and create a new project called something like "From Komoot". Make it the active project, so everything you import lands there, together and easy to hide with one switch.
- Tap + in the top right and choose Import GPX File, then pick the file. You can also open a GPX file from Files, Mail or AirDrop and choose Goat Maps.
- If you exported a lot of separate files, put them in one zip file first (select them all in Finder on a Mac, or in the Files app on iPhone, and choose Compress) and import the zip. Goat Maps imports every GPX file inside it.
Importing is free, so you can bring everything across before deciding on a membership. The import guide has more detail.
What doesn't come across
Komoot's GPX files contain the route line only. Waypoints you added while planning, Highlights, photos and voice directions aren't included.
Try Goat Maps free.
Topo and satellite maps, slope angle shading, public land, track recording, waypoints and GPX import are free. Membership adds offline maps and the route planner for $29.99 a year.
