Growth · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to GridTravel – A community based travel app for users to share routes
Hey HN, My co-founders and I have been building GridTravel, a free iOS app for planning and sharing travel routes with turn-by-turn GPS nav. We just launched yesterday after App Store approval. We're three 21-year-old cofounders and best friends since middle school. We built GridTravel after years of frustration navigating new cities on every trip we took together. The idea: most people either search Google for "top 10 places to visit in…" lists or go on social media to get inspiration on where to go. GridTravel is built around user-generated routes — actual paths someone walked, that you…
GridTravel is a free iOS app that lets travelers plan and share walking routes in cities. Users can browse routes created by other travelers, follow them with turn-by-turn GPS navigation, and create their own routes to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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Hi HN! This is a trail companion web app (think AllTrails) I hacked together in a couple weeks time. I was inspired to create this project while training for an extended backpacking trip. My motivation was to create a UI tailored exactly to my liking, and to be able to track my progress along the trail without draining my battery. I also wanted to experiment with PWA technologies. I successfully used it on my five day adventure along the Knobstone Trail in southern Indiana, and even though it's web-based it hardly consumed any battery life on my old first-gen Pixel XL. It's set up currently…
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Manymap▲577Route planner for explorers with real-time collaboration
2023 · mapmagic.app · its alternatives →
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I made TripGeeks, a website where you create and share travel itineraries. Would love to hear any feedback you might have. Thanks!
2024 · tripgeeks.app · its alternatives →
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Routes.guide▲202Explore a city through personal itineraries made by locals.
2016 · its alternatives →
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Polarsteps▲131Automatically track your journeys on a stunning map
2015 · polarsteps.com · its alternatives →
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Mapify on Mobile▲158A global community of travelers, built by travelers 🗺
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hey guys, I built a route planner that is mostly focused on bike touring and using existing bike infrastructure. For each request you're shown what bike tracks/trails your route uses and can further explore them by showing them on map or going to the official trail route. The main idea for the app is to have a friendly and easy to use planner that would make heavy use of official bike trails data (mainly from OpenStreetMap) and make it easy to plan a longer trip using the best possible bike routes out there. Currently the app only works for the Euro region but I'm planning to add North…
2024 · trailimap.com · its alternatives →
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Plan hikes, share trip reports, map routes, and browse photos from the trail.
2012 · wenthiking.com · its alternatives →
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I go on a lot of backcountry trips where I barely get cell service. If my group splits, nobody knows knows where anyone is until you regroup at camp or at your destination. You can buy Garmin radios or try to set up an ATAK, but ATAK is Android-only and assumes you have a TAK Server running somewhere to make use of all of the functionality. Cool tools themselves, but expensive to set up correctly. I just wanted two iPhones to share their location directly over Bluetooth when cell coverage was lacking. Red Grid Link does that. Start a session, and anyone nearby running the app shows up on…
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Mobile-first collaborative travel planner and mapper
2020 · wanderlog.com · its alternatives →
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A simple way to share your travel recommendations
2018 · tripscout.app.link · its alternatives →
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Ambulate was created because planning hiking trips using spreadsheets and various map solutions got chaotic. I wanted an app to manage and map multi day trip itineraries in the outdoors/backcountry. Features - Manage itineraries - Add activities and map markers - Add routes (upload GPX or plot by hand on map) - Desktop and mobile It is free to try (login using Google or create a user). Alternatively the slides on the home page give an idea of the UI. I'll appreciate any thoughts and feedback you care to share:)
2024 · ambulate.app · its alternatives →
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Plan Harmony▲64Hi HN, I built Plan Harmony because trip planning—especially with friends or family—kept turning into a mess. We’d juggle group chats, scattered Google Docs, random links, and always miss something. I wanted a tool to help structure an itinerary, suggest smarter options, and keep everyone on the same page—without feeling like work. The idea: most travel tools either hit you with generic “Top 10 things in Rome” lists or dump everything into a calendar/map with no real structure. I wanted something in between—something that helps you actually plan a coherent trip across days, cities,…
2022 · planharmony.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN! I've always wanted a simple app to just track my flights and see how they look on a map. I know there are a lot of apps out there for this, but most of them make the process of loading flights really slow and require you to create an account. I wanted to focus mainly on these two issues and make it really simple and quick to load flights: just the mandatory origin and destination, you can add the rest of the flight details later if you want. You can also use it offline, basically as a "calculator" if you just want to quickly see data on a single flight route. On top of that, there's a…
Jan 2026 · myflightroutes.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m a high school student in Seattle who loves riding hills. I found that route makers like Google Maps get you from point A to B on a bike, but they don’t give you fun routes. So i made my own RouteScout lets you: - Control the surfaces (never gravel or dirt with a road bike!) on the route - Indicate your preference for hills (I LOVE or HATE hills gives you different routes) - Prefer routes with bike lanes and cycling paths and roads made for bikes. - Filter types of roads (big roads gone!) - And when looping around it won’t take you back on the same exact road on the way back…
2025 · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I made the web app that helps plan your routes/road trips. It has so many options that I don’t know how to explain in simple words :), so I’ll try like this. What is cool about it is that your routes are shareable and hackable. The routes come in the format ie. https://camptarget.com/London,Uk/Vienna,AT/Istanbul,TR/5h:6d, meaning we travel from London via Vienna to Istanbul, driving 5 hours daily while our total time budget would be 6 days. At given breakpoints (after 5 hours) we can explore the nearby locality in radius of some 30-40 miles, for…
2020 · its alternatives →
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PlanAway▲6Hey HN This app will finally get your trips out of the group chat. I built PlanAway because planning group trips with friends always turned into: 200 unread messages arguing about dates A spreadsheet nobody updates Ten different apps for flights, stays, and activities PlanAway puts everything in one place: - Create a trip with friends - Add reservations, expenses, and itineraries - Collaborate in real time (no more lost notes) - Get AI suggestions for activities and food It’s live now as a web app. You can mess around with it WITHOUT creating an account! Still early, but usable — and I’d…
2025 · planaway.xyz · its alternatives →
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