HikeTracker keeps recording when the signal stops — because that is exactly when it matters.
Your route, the hazards you report and any alarm you raise are saved on your phone and sent the moment signal returns. Nothing waits on a bar of reception.
Tell it when you expect to be back. If you have not ended the hike, the people you nominated are told — and that works even if your battery is flat, because it is a clock, not a signal.
A washed-out path, a closed gate, a spring that still runs. Downloaded before you set off, so warnings still fire where there is no map.
Hold the button and your contacts are emailed with where you were. No signal? It offers to send an SMS from your own handset instead.
Recording your hike, raising an alarm, hazard warnings, and being watched for going quiet or being overdue are free, permanently. A safety app that charges for the alarm is not one worth having.
R250 a year adds a live tracking link you can send to someone at home, your full hike history, and GPX export.
HikeTracker does not contact emergency services. It tells the people you nominated. If someone is in danger, call them, and call your local emergency or mountain rescue number yourself.
HikeTracker is still being built and tested. There is no download link here yet, and this page will change when there is.