Footpath Route Planner

Running, Hiking, Bike Map - Draw routes with your finger and navigate with GPS

Footpath Route Planner lets you quickly draw routes on a map with your finger, snapping to roads, trails, and paths for accurate distance and elevation measurements. Perfect for running, hiking, biking, and other outdoor adventures, it offers turn-by-turn voice navigation and the ability to save, share, and import GPX routes.

Upgrade to Footpath Elite to unlock premium topo maps, offline maps, unlimited saved routes, advanced exports to Garmin and Wahoo devices, and more. Designed for adventurers of all types worldwide, Footpath helps you mix up your routine and pave your own path with ease and precision.

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By:: Half Mile Labs LLC
Downloads:: 855,600+ 4.96K
Rating:: 4.59
(7,088) 0.03
Version:: 2.3.2 (Last updated: 2025-02-13)
Version code:: 1559
Creation date:: 2020-09-29
Permissions:: android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION
android.permission.INTERNET
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Size:: 24.46M
Email:: su*****@footpathapp.com
URLs:: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:: See detailed description
Source:: Google Play Store
Updated:: a day ago

Ranking

# 66,130 ▲ 151

Other rankings

#74 in Maps and navigation (Gross)

User reviews

Footpath Route Planner is praised for its intuitive route drawing, accurate maps, GPS reliability, and useful elevation and navigation features. Users value voice directions and the ability to export/import routes. However, UI changes have impacted user experience, and the app suffers from bugs like timeouts and crashes. Map data can be outdated, affecting route accuracy. Navigation functions are limited or inconsistent without premium, and subscription customers report declining stability and lack of updates. Overall, it is a useful tool but has notable stability and map data challenges.

Pros

Easy and intuitive route drawing directly on the phone, saving time compared to mapping on PC.
Accurate and detailed maps with good GPS accuracy, useful for planning hikes, runs, walks, and cycling routes.
Helpful elevation profile and time estimation features based on adjustable speeds.
Useful voice navigation and directions during activities, appreciated by users.
Allows export and import of routes, providing flexibility for users to customize and use routes in other apps or devices.

Cons

Recent user interface changes reduced usability, such as removal of auto-snap to sidewalks and inability to edit snapped segments.
App has experienced bugs including timeout errors, random crashes, and issues with navigation prompts causing frustration.
Maps sometimes outdated, missing trails or showing incorrect information, negatively affecting route planning in new or undermapped areas.
Premium version subscription issues: users report decreased stability over time, lack of meaningful feature updates, and some features locked behind paywall.
Limited navigation capabilities without premium upgrade, with some users noting inaccurate or incomplete turn-by-turn directions especially on repeating routes.

Recent reviews

It's everything I wanted in a route planner for hiking. Simple and reasonably intuitive. The map itself is very accurate and the GPS accuracy is excellent. (looking at you, google maps....) Being able to draw routes with your finger straight into the app saves having to map on PC and export to phone, although you can do this too. Elevation profile is awesome. Calculates time based on adjustable average speed. These are just free features, I will definitely look into upgrading this awesome app.

R Wilson, 2024-11-16

Route planning UI recently became awful. Used to auto-snap to the sidewalk (where people run) but now snaps to the middle of the road, with no way to change this. Once a segment snaps into place, it cannot be changed in any way; only deleted.