THE BEST APPS FOR OUTDOORS
AllTrails
Free (offers IAPs)
From AllTrails, alltrails.com Fancy an excursion in the great outdoors? AllTrails should be your go-to app. It shows you curated walks, hikes, bike rides, and running trails in your area, with routes, photos and plenty of key info.
Apple Fitness+
Free (offers IAPs)
From Apple, apple.com/uk Apple’s Fitness+ service is a superb way to use your Apple Watch to get fit and active. You can choose from a huge range of guided exercises that sync your progress to your Watch in real time. Spyglass £8.99
From Pavel Ahafonau, happymagenta.com Spyglass is your all-inone toolbox for outdoor adventuring. It contains almost everything you could need on a trip, from maps and a GPS system to an augmented reality compass and speedometer.
Seek by iNaturalist
Free
From iNaturalist, inaturalist.org We’ve all been on a walk and found a plant or animal we couldn’t identify. Seek by iNaturalist helps out here – just point the app’s camera at the mystery flora or fauna to find out what it is.