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OS Locate Free

This app from Ordnance Survey provides simple but essential and potentially life-saving information. Using your phone’s GPS it will provide your exact location in the form of a 10-figure grid reference, allowing you to pin-point your position on a map and share your location with others.

OS Maps Free – £24 per year

Giving you OS mapping at your fingertips, there are various ways to use this app. Subscribe for £24 a year and get access to all Explorer and Landranger maps of Britain on your phone or PC (half price for Trail subscribers), or input a code from a newly purchased paper map to also get the digital version on your phone.

Komoot Maps/Premium Free – £60 per year

Offering a range of different subscription or one-off payment options, plus some useful free tools, Komoot is the perfect app for planning your outdoor adventures, be they hiking, cycling, or running. Loads of readybuilt routes, inspiration from other users and hand-picked guides.

iNaturalist Seek Free

If you want to up your natural world knowledge but are struggling to commit the details to memory, then this is the app for you. Seek uses your phone’s camera and the power of image recognition technology to identify plants and animals. You can even earn badges by observing different wildlife.

Star Walk 2 Free

This app makes use of your phone’s camera and GPS to identify celestial objects in the night sky above you. Whether it’s stars, planets, or entire constellations, get more information about what’s going on above your head on your next wild camp with this fascinating and simple to use app.