I have been using AllTrails for several years to track my paddles. It tracks and records my route, distance travelled, pace, …
It allows me to set up contacts to monitor my progress against my planned paddle route (this is important to me as I almost always paddle alone and often in the mangrove tunnels where there is a chance to get lost even with GPS and a map).
I am fairly satisfied with AllTrails but it seems to be geared more for hikers and it has not been helpful in finding new paddle routes to explore.
I recently stumbled upon Wikiloc. I looks like it provides similar functionality and has far more paddle routes in my area that other paddlers have posted. One concern I have has to do with the recording of the paddle routes. On several of the posted routes there are “perfectly straight” sections on an otherwise meandering path. I looks as if maybe the GPS signal was lost and when it was found again the mapping software just connected the two points with a straight line.
Have any of you used Wikiloc? If so, how do you like it? Have you experienced the dropouts in the mapping?
Is there another product that you would recommend over these two?
I can’t compare directly but I can vouch for Gaia GPS as my favorite first-stop mapping/routing app. The key feature is map overlays which you can select and then dial up or down the transparency on. The “river and fishing” map isn’t super useful for my area (it might be for you) but two of my favorites for finding interesting places are the historical topo maps, from 1900 and 1930. Old railroads, mines, towns, trails, etc are cool to poke around.
Nothing is really built for paddlers but Gaia is a solid tool for me for planning paddling, biking, hiking, and even sailing.
One friend uses “paddle paddle” and another uses “map my fitness”. For hiking I make maps on Caltopo and then use them on Caltopo app or any app that can import geospatial pdf files. Lots of friends use Gaia GPS too.