Plan trips and stay safer in the woods, with Gaia GPS.
Join hundreds of thousands of backpackers, hunters, offroaders, mountain bikers, backcountry skiers, firefighters, guides, and other serious outdoor adventurers and professionals that use Gaia GPS for work and play. Hike, hunt, and offroad with the best topo maps and outdoor navigation tools.
►► The Best App for Topo Maps
Gaia GPS has been showcased in Apple's "Your Verse" stories, and covered in countless major publications, from Outside and TrailRunner, to the New York Times and FOX News TappedIn.
The name Gaia (guy-yuh) comes from Greek mythology - she is the Goddess of the Earth, or Mother Nature.
►► Maps
• view easy-to-read, modern maps, with fast and beautiful rendering
Free Level - You can use Gaia GPS for free. You'll be limited to the default map source, and you won't be able to download maps for offline use.
Member Level - As a Member, you can download a worldwide catalog of topo, road, and satellite maps.
Premium Member Level - As a Premium Member, you also get access to these map sources:
• NatGeo Trails Illustrated • ESRI World Satellite Imagery • France IGN • SwissTopo • US Private Land Ownership (owners and addresses for parcels) • US Hunting Layers, including GMUs, public land, and fires • US NeoTreks Topo • US Motor Vehicle Use Maps (MVUM) • Hill-shading, contour lines, slope angle, and other overlays
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Sep 9, 2025
Maps & Navigation
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Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, App activity and 2 others
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 4 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted
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September 3, 2025
No complaints but a request: please add an "are you sure you want to finish this track?" pop up or similar when hitting "finish track" like other similar apps have. I cannot be the only one out there who accidentally hits "finish track" instead of "pause recording" on occasion and it's frustrating as there's no way (that I've seen) to be able to undo that.
19 people found this review helpful
Rob Harwood
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October 20, 2025
Very buggy app...often will not show map layers that I have definitely downloaded for offline use. I've also had issues with various overlays randomly disappearing, which is not fun in the middle of a 10-day backpacking trip that you've meticulously route-planned ahead of time with all kinds of way points and notes. Literally the only reason I've stuck around was for the NatGeo Trails Illustrated map overlay, and now they got rid of that too. I will not be renewing my subscription.
1 person found this review helpful
Outside, Inc.
October 22, 2025
Sorry for the trouble. Please contact Support so we can help with any issues you may be experiencing: https://help.gaiagps.com/hc/en-us/requests/new
Eric Quinn
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October 23, 2025
Since Outside acquired Gaia the app and support just keeps getting worse. I've been a premium member for years and now I'm getting pop up ads to join premium membership in the app while I'm navigating offline. The ad cuts off access to the app until you deal with it. If you click the close x the pops up every 10 minutes. If you click sign-up off network everything freezes up and you lose your track. I emailed help. They gave me advice for a different problem on IOS.
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What’s new
We've squashed some pesky bugs! Say goodbye to sticky folders (your selected folder will now reset for new objects), and we've significantly improved route planning and map display issues for a smoother experience. We've also made some under-the-hood improvements to enhance stability.