The Original Camino APP
Complete Guide - Planner - Reservation Helper - Offline Maps
An indispensable tool for pilgrims, celebrating 14 years guiding the way.
No Signup. No Login.
Celebrating their 14th year online, the Wise Pilgrim Guides are the go-to source of up-to-date information on the Camino de Santiago.
Completely Rebuilt for 2026
New Dashboard
A new layout designed to get you to the information you need, faster.
Yellow X Returns
The best features from our beloved geolocation toolkit are back—see exactly how far you are from the next town or the nearest albergue.
Dynamic Elevation Profile
Completely reimagined and interactive. Tap anywhere to see distances to points along your route. See where you are on the profile in real time. One complete elevation from start to finish, uninterrupted by page folds.
Improved Maps
Offline and online versions of beautiful topographical maps. More interactive, more informative, more helpful when you're standing at a fork in the path. Offline map tiles now available as an in-app purchase—individually or as a bundle.
More Routes
Now includes the alternate beginning on the Aragonés and the alternate ending on the Invierno.
Smarter Updates
Over-the-air updates only download what's changed. No more full app downloads eating through your data plan.
Itinerary Planner
Built-in planner, with the ability to import your plan from wisepilgrim.com too.
Pilgrim Tips
Leave tips for pilgrims following behind you, and benefit from those left before you.
Accommodation Directory
A full directory of albergues, camping, hotels, pensions, paradors, and casas rurales. Over 900 in total, with special attention to those that can be booked online.
Stageless Guide
No more "stage anxiety" or guide-created bottlenecks.
Photos
Photos of albergues, monuments and other points of interest along the way. Currently 900+ images and growing.
Comments
Albergue closed early for the season? Have a restaurant to share, or one to warn others about? Every location gives you the opportunity to leave a comment and read comments left by others. No registration necessary.
¡Buen Camino and thank you for your support!
I walked part of the Camino in June 2018 and found this app incredibly helpful overall! Unlike many other pilgrims, I did not have to stop and unpack a bulky guidebook every time I wanted to check distances or find the closest bar. All I had to do was pull out my phone and voila! Overall, I found the descriptions of albergues/towns and the route of the camino itself very accurate. Some of the prices of the albergues were slightly different but otherwise everything was great and I did not have any surprises. I also found the elevation profile very helpful for quickly visualizing distance between pueblos and the amenities offered. The online map was also very useful. For some reason, my phone tracks my GPS location accurately even on airplane mode without wifi so I was always able to know exactly where I was on the map. The map itself was very accurate. The only small annoying thing was that every time you open it, it resets to the standard starting place. Overall, I would recommend this app to anyone looking to get accurate maps and information about albergues and pueblos along the way. I found it to be a very good, and often more up-to-date alternative to carrying around a heavy guidebook. 10/10 :)
A must for the Camino Frances
JohnSutter
This app was the best $5 I’ve ever spent. It has a useful list of albergues and hotels for every city, pueblo and village on the Camino - with reviews to help you decide. Be sure to use the WhatsApp helper feature - you tell it how many people and what date, and it creates a WhatsApp message in Spanish to request a reservation. I use this feature frequently. But the best feature is the map. It shows your location overlayed on a map of the trail. Not sure if you’re on track? Check the app. It will either reassure you or help you correct your course. I have consulted it frequently on the trail and have never gotten lost. Don’t listen to the old, negative reviews. The app is stable, doesn’t crash, and helps you navigate better than any guidebook.
Super-useful walking aid
CaminandoSiempre
Most useful for me were the offline map and the user albergue reviews.The first helped me numerous times to keep my bearings even when I couldn’t count on a cellular connection. The camino is well-marked but even so there are plenty of points when I got a little turned around, and this offline map helped me get back on track.The second was invaluable for choosing where to stay at night. I didn’t always choose only based on this guide but I often benefited from warnings of a bedbug issue or else just glowing comments about a given albergue. It lef me to many wonderful places and people.A third praiseworthy thing that occurs to me is the local historical and cultural info given on many towns. It gave me things to look out for or ways to appreciate where I was and what I was seeing. This context offered good reminders since it was often easy to forget about everything except the matter of walking, eating, and sleeping (of course that was good in its own way).I did use a print guide also and google from time to time so I cannot say what a Camino would be like using only this app guide. Regardless, I am very glad I had it (I still look at it from time to time to remember the experience).
Easy to use, helped me get back on track
sha chicago
Used this app for 500 miles. I used it daily. I was able to see when I deviated from the path a few times and the reviews for paths, lodging and cafes was very helpful. I could link to wahstsapp numbers for lodging to call ahead for a bed. Developer is very responsive to feedback. I’ll use the portugal version for my next camino.
Now with SES Peregrino integration for accommodation guest registration.
This is the biggest update in the history of the app, a complete rebuild from the ground up.
New Dashboard
The app now opens to a new dashboard layout designed to get you to the information you need, faster.
Yellow X Returns
Long-time users might remember Yellow X, a geolocation toolkit I built about a decade ago. I've brought back its best features and rolled them into All Caminos. Now you can see exactly how far you are from the next town or the nearest albergue.
Dynamic Elevation Profile
Completely reimagined—tap anywhere to see distances to points along your route. See where you are on the profile in real time.
Improved Maps
More interactive, more informative, more helpful when you're standing at a fork in the path.
More Routes
I have added to the Francés app the alternate beginning on the Aragonés and the alternate ending on the Invierno.
Smarter Updates
Over-the-air updates now only download what's changed. No more full app downloads just because I fixed a typo.
Offline Map Tiles
Much improved, and available for all three routes.
Every screen, every feature, every detail has been rethought and reworked.
¡Buen Camino!
Version 6.2.1
The developer, Michael Matynka, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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Information
Seller
Wise Pilgrim SL
Size
252.3 MB
Category
Travel
Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPhone Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
iPad Requires iPadOS 15.5 or later.
iPod touch Requires iOS 15.5 or later.
Mac Requires macOS 12.4 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.