WristTopo: Maps for Watch Apple

WristTopo: Maps for Watch

Hiking, Running & Biking GPS

Overview

Rating:
4.80 +2
(59)
Version:
7.0.2
Last updated: 2026-08-19
Ranking
#161,975 1,976
Overall

Features & Capabilities

Completely rebuilt in 7.0: a new look, saved places, a far more interactive watch map, and navigation you can start straight from your iPhone.

Find your way with a glance at your wrist. Plan a route on your iPhone, then follow it on Apple Watch: spoken turn-by-turn directions over topographic maps. Record the outing while you are at it. The watch runs on its own, so the phone can stay home, and downloaded maps cover you where there is no signal.

FOR EVERY ACTIVITY

WristTopo is built for hiking, running, gravel and mountain biking, skiing, and paddling: 30 activity types across foot, bike, snow, and water. It adapts to however you move.

TURN-BY-TURN NAVIGATION

Stay on course with spoken guidance and turn alerts on your wrist. See the next turn and how far to it, and hear the direction called out. It works with routes you plan in WristTopo and with GPX files you import.

ROUTE PLANNER

Tap the map to drop waypoints and the route snaps to real trails, with distance and total climb updating as you add them. Close it into a loop, extend it into an out-and-back, or reverse it in a tap. Five routing modes cover running, hiking, biking, mountain biking, and straight lines for when there is no path at all. When the route is ready, one tap starts navigation on the watch without saving it first.

RECORD YOUR WORKOUTS

Start a workout from your wrist and follow distance, pace, elevation, and heart rate. The screens are fully yours: choose which metrics appear, how they are grouped, and in what order, with a separate layout for every activity. Everything saves to Apple Health, and finished workouts can go straight to Strava. If you would rather record in Apple's Workout app, run it alongside WristTopo. Recording and navigation stay independent.

QUICK ROUTE ON YOUR WATCH

Set a point on the watch map and Quick Route builds a path to it from where you stand. Useful when you spot a viewpoint on the far ridge and would rather not dig the iPhone out of your pack.

SAVED PLACES

Mark the trailhead parking, a water source, a shelter, a campsite. Save them on the iPhone while you plan, or drop one from your wrist the moment you stand there. Places sync both ways, carry their own symbols on the map, and one tap routes you to any of them.

BACKTRACK TO YOUR START

One tap while recording turns the track you have already covered into a route home, with turn-by-turn guidance all the way to the start.

OFFLINE MAPS

Download summer, winter, or satellite maps straight to the watch. Take a whole region for general use, or grab just the area along a route in one tap. The maps show contour lines, shaded relief, and marked ski trails, and they pan and zoom smoothly on the watch.

IMPORT YOUR OWN ROUTES

Import a GPX file on the iPhone and it reaches the watch in seconds. Generate turn-by-turn directions for any imported route and follow them by voice on Apple Watch. Toggle routes with a tap, show several at once, and read the gradient at a glance: orange for climbs, blue for descents, with arrows for direction.

ICLOUD BACKUP

Routes, places, and downloaded map regions sync across your devices through iCloud, and they survive a reinstall or a new iPhone.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN

No account to create, no ads, and no tracking. Your routes and recordings stay on your device and sync only to your own iCloud.

FREE TO START

The free version covers shorter days out: • Up to 3 saved routes • Up to 20 saved places • 3 small offline map regions • Plan with up to 5 route points • Follow routes on your Apple Watch

UNLOCK PRO

Pro adds: • Unlimited routes and places, larger offline regions • Voice-guided turn-by-turn navigation • Workout recording with Apple Health sync • Quick Route planning on your Apple Watch • GPX export and Strava sync • Support independent app development

Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://wristtopo.app/privacy

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
Piotr Janik
Rating:
4.80
(59)
2 new ratings
Version:
7.0.2 Last updated: 2026-08-19
Version code:
889928525
Creation date:
2025-01-01
Compatible devices:
Size:
162.11MB
URLs:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-08-27
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Contact the developer

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Developed by:
Piotr Janik
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wristtopo-maps-for-watch/id6739765329
Website:
https://wristtopo.app

User Reviews

I have been looking for years for outdoor navigation on a watch that best suits my use case. As a hiker and mountain biker, but not a serious athlete in training, I have used Garmin watches and various apps on an Apple Watch. Having used this app for several months now, I think WristTopo is as close to perfect for me as any device or app I have found. And it keeps getting better! It rivals Garmin routing and navigation. Routes can be created in-app but if creating a route using other applications such as QGIS, OSMAnd, or other mobile apps then GPX imports are a breeze. WristTopo base maps are sourced from OpenStreetMap and updated more frequently than Garmin. Edits I make to trails in OSM appear much sooner in WristTopo than they do in Garmin apps. The developer is super responsive to inquires and issue reporting. Support this excellent independent developer and make a purchase now!
by GI*****, 2026-08-22

This is the maps app you were looking for. Easy, robust, and always improving.
by Th*****, 2026-06-09
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