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YAMAP -Social Trekking GPS App

YAMAP -Social Trekking GPS App

Everyone
Rating
V10.15.8
Version
1M+
Installs
4.10
4 + Reviews
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18%
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5
73%

Review By AppsWm

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Magic Points: Trail Discovery and Navigation

This app transforms hiking into a joyful experience, primarily through its detailed trail maps and GPS navigation capabilities. Users can discover new routes and explore with confidence, enhancing their connection with nature. A study of outdoor activity apps shows that accurate mapping and navigation are consistently rated as essential for user satisfaction.

Delight Feature: Offline Maps

The ability to download maps for offline use is a particularly delightful aspect. This ensures users can navigate even in areas with no cell service, adding a layer of safety and freedom to their adventures. Offline functionality is a significant advantage, boosting user confidence and enjoyment.

Happiness Paths: Community and Sharing

The social aspect of the app fosters a sense of community among hikers. Users can share their experiences, photos, and route information, creating a supportive and engaging environment. Connecting with fellow adventurers adds a layer of happiness and motivation to each hike. Research suggests that social features in fitness apps increase user engagement and adherence.

Joy Alchemy: Positives
  • Detailed offline maps
  • Social features for sharing experiences
  • GPS tracking and navigation
  • Trail recording

Wonder Creation: Considerations
  • Battery consumption during long hikes
  • Potential for data privacy concerns due to location tracking
  • Subscription costs for premium features

Wonder Moments: Route Planning and Safety

Planning a hike becomes a wonder-filled experience with the app's route planning tools. Users can customize routes, estimate difficulty, and assess elevation changes. Safety features, such as emergency contact sharing and tracking, contribute to peace of mind. Safety features significantly enhance the overall magical value of the app.

Overall magical value

The app transforms mundane hikes into joyful adventures through its mapping, navigation, and community features. While there are some considerations regarding battery life and data privacy, the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. This application is a valuable companion for anyone seeking to explore the outdoors.

Aspect Assessment
Mapping Accuracy Excellent
User Interface Intuitive
Community Engagement High

Description

YAMAP is Outdoor App in Japan. YAMAP makes your outdoor adventures, like mountain trekking and skiing, safer and more fun with your smartphone. YAMAP does not require a mobile signal to track and log your outdoor activity. Our detailed outdoor maps provide information you need like elevation, parking and trailhead locations. YAMAP lets you build an online outdoor journal easily so you can share your love of the outdoors! YAMAP makes your smartphone a special GPS device for the outdoors. YAMAP could provide accurate positioning information with YAMAP's maps in Japan and your smartphone's GPS, even if you are in places not reached by mobile phone signals, such as in mountainous regions. YAMAP's maps are used as digital ones with your device, and as ones on paper by downloading them to your PC (or tablet PC). You can easily share your outdoor data with your family and friends through YAMAP. Finishing your outdoor and saving your data, you can uploads it to your online 'ACTIVITY REPORT' where you can view your route, outdoor data, and a comprehensive workout history. YAMAP also provides the Wear app. Please check the following important points before you start using the Wear app. - The Wear app can only use on CASIO Smart Outdoor Watch (WSD-F, F, F) and is not available for other wear devices. - The Wear app cannot be used standalone. When you start using the Wear app, you need pairing with the YAMAP Smartphone app that has already logged in. - When you download a map, you need to open paired YAMAP Smartphone app. Please search a map and open map detail page then tap "Forward map to smartwatch" in option menu. Please see the help center for detailed information such as pairing. The following functions can be used with the Wear app after pairing. - Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. YAMAP INC.

All Versions

V10.17.16

Updated: 2024-4-24

61.27 MB

V10.17.9

Updated: 2024-2-28

61.15 MB

V10.17.1

Updated: 2023-12-25

60.84 MB

V10.17.0

Updated: 2023-12-7

60.97 MB

V10.16.9

Updated: 2023-10-12

59.08 MB

V10.16.4

Updated: 2023-9-13

59.51 MB

V10.16.1

Updated: 2023-8-17

59.32 MB

V10.15.18

Updated: 2023-8-3

59.36 MB

V10.15.17

Updated: 2023-7-31

59.23 MB

V10.15.16

Updated: 2023-7-20

59.14 MB

V10.15.14

Updated: 2023-7-12

59.2 MB

V10.15.13

Updated: 2023-6-27

59.07 MB

V10.15.12

Updated: 2023-6-22

59.07 MB

V10.15.11

Updated: 2023-6-18

59.04 MB

V10.15.10

Updated: 2023-6-8

58.98 MB

V10.15.8

Updated: 2023-5-25

56.18 MB

Summary Of User Reviews

Gina Koerner
Gina Koerner
March 31, 2025
It tracks where I am when hiking so I don't stray too far off couse, and it lets people track me so they know I am safe. what more could I want? (The safe watch feature can't be used with foriegn phones, so I just add my friends and family to the group even though they are not with me. it seems to work, although I haven't really tested it. I also carry a Tile they can track as back up (redundancy is rewarded)). I am very happy with yamap by itself though.
Andrew Whitaker
Andrew Whitaker
September 27, 2025
Easy to make hiking plans and check up on recent trail reports. Seeing your precise location on the map is excellent in preventing you getting lost. Would be great if the app gave stats on recent frequency of trail use as well as peak visits to help identify trails which may be overgrown or otherwise unusable.
Onz Brau
Onz Brau
October 1, 2025
The worst hiking app I've ever used. The UI is messy, unorganised, and unintuitive, it's absolutely garbage. The maps are an eyesore, lacking depth, clarity and basic visual design... Unfortunately, it's the main option for accurate online trail information. The Yama to Kogen maps are much better. Yamap gets worse every year, free version is now unusable.