TrailTime: Hike Planner
How far can you hike?
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Every trail you can reach in the time you have. Coverage now includes all of the United States, with new regions every month.
You have three hours before you need to be back. What can you actually hike?
TrailTime answers that one question. Drop a pin, set your time, and the map lights up with every trail you can reach and still get back from before your time runs out. Not a circle drawn on a map. Real trails, real elevation, and an honest model of how fast people actually walk uphill.
PLAN BY TIME, NOT DISTANCE
Drag the time slider and the map repaints as you move it. Green trails are close. Orange trails will take everything you've got. When the shape looks right, TrailTime pulls out real routes: loops and out-and-backs with distance, climbing, difficulty, and the viewpoints, lakes, and waterfalls they pass.
SET YOUR OWN PACE
A slider covers everyone from a slow wander with the kids to a full trail run. And once you've recorded 25 miles of real hiking, Summit can plan with your own measured pace instead of a guess.
RECORD YOUR HIKES
Hit start and put your phone away. Distance, pace, and elevation keep recording with the screen locked, and live stats sit right on your Lock Screen. If the app gets killed mid-hike, your recording is saved. Finished hikes can go straight to Apple Health.
BACK BEFORE DARK (Summit)
Planning an afternoon out? TrailTime checks the daylight at your trailhead and tells you plainly: back by 5:50 PM, about 40 minutes before sunset.
WORKS WITH NO SIGNAL
Everything is computed on your phone, not on a server. Saved routes download their trail data, so you can plan and navigate in places where your phone says No Service.
PRIVATE, FOR REAL
No account. No ads. No analytics. Your location and your hikes never leave your phone. The privacy policy is short enough to actually read.
FREE AND SUMMIT
The reach map, route planning, and hike recording are free. Summit adds:
• All-day plans up to 8 hours
• Unlimited plans and saved routes
• Offline routes
• Daylight planning with sunset warnings
• GPX export to Garmin, Gaia, and your watch
• Your measured pace, scenic route ranking, and pace analysis
Summit is $3.99 a month or $29.99 a year, and the yearly plan starts with a free week. Prices may vary by region. Subscriptions renew until cancelled and can be managed anytime in your App Store settings.
A NOTE FROM THE DEVELOPER
I'm Bill, and TrailTime is a one-person project. I built it because every hiking app could tell me where trails were, but none could answer the question I actually had: I've got until 4, what can I do? Trail data comes from OpenStreetMap, and coverage grows every month. If your favorite area is missing, email me at willpat9921@gmail.com and I'll move it up the list.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & Reviews
- This app hasn’t received enough ratings or reviews to display an overview.
- Improved hike/run tracking
- Bug Fixes
- Improved UI
- Better Functionality
The developer, William Kirkpatrick, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- William Kirkpatrick
- Size
- 9.4 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 10.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Location
- This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 William Kirkpatrick