# The Alaska App

> GPS Driven Alaska Travel Guide

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id385577797](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id385577797)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id385577797`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alaska.org
- **Category:** Travel
- **Rating:** 3.90 / 5 (50 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.7.4
- **Last updated:** 2024-05-12
- **First published:** 2010-08-18
- **Size:** 36 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-17
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-alaska-app/id385577797)
- **Website:** [https://www.TheAlaskaApp.com](https://www.thealaskaapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.alaska.org/advice/the-alaska-app-support](http://www.alaska.org/advice/the-alaska-app-support)

## Description

Official Mobile Guide to Alaska's Best Places
Powered by Alaska.org, The Alaska App is your ultimate interactive Alaskan discovery guide -- whether you’re planning your first trip to Alaska or live here!
 
Plan Your Trip
• Expert Advice: When is the best time to visit Alaska? What are the must sees? How many days do you need for your trip? What do you do if you encounter a bear or moose, and much more!
• Guides: The best Alaskan hotels, cruises, tours, attractions, restaurants, shopping, and nightlife
• Trip Planning Help: Request free itinerary recommendations from local Alaska experts
 
Like a Local
• Hidden Gems: The best glaciers, mountains, parks, trails, scenic viewpoints, ghost towns, and wildlife-viewing spots only locals know about
• Outdoor Recreation: A comprehensive list of Alaska’s public use cabins, RV parks, campgrounds, and trails
• Dining: Best restaurants, pubs, breweries, and coffee shops
• Local Knowledge: Listen to bush pilots, park rangers, and wilderness guides tell you about their favorite places in our audio guides
• Videos: 100+ videos, produced by us, showcasing Alaska’s top destinations and tours
 
Reviews
App store reviewers call The Alaska App one of the best travel apps:
• "All travel apps should use the Alaska app as a model..."
• "I've lived here my whole life. This app has taught me things I never knew."
• "Nowhere else have I found an app with this much useful, intuitive, and accurate info..."
 
Download this free app today!

## Rankings

- #186,527 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise the app for its breadth and ease of use as a strong Alaska-travel planning tool. However, recurring issues include broken links, incomplete coverage, and persistence problems with saved favorites. Weather data removals or gaps, navigation changes that hide features, and occasional stability problems on certain devices are common drawbacks. If content reliability and retention improve, the app remains a highly valuable Alaska travel resource.

### Pros

- Broad, up-to-date Alaska travel information with extensive recommendations and details.
- Very easy to navigate and user-friendly, with a large information base.
- Strong planning tool for trips, useful for both locals and visitors.
- Recent updates are visually improved and enhance usability.

### Cons

- Broken links and dead or outdated content on multiple articles.
- Weather data and forecasts (aurora, sunrise/sunset) have been removed or are intermittently missing, causing frustration.
- Favorites or saved lists can disappear or be wiped between sessions.
- Usability changes after updates can bury features in menus, making them hard to find.
- Stability issues on some devices (e.g., freezing on iPad, occasional audio/video problems).

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