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title: "CalTopo: Backcountry Mapping - Reviews, Revenue and Downloads in United States | Apple App Store"
description: "New on CalTopo: the CalTopo app is now satellite ready, allowing you to use many features of the app offline with satellite data!  Take the best mapping app with you wherever you go with the CalTopo a"
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# CalTopo: Backcountry Mapping — United States
> Route Planning & Navigation

![CalTopo App Icon](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Purple211/v4/ae/40/bf/ae40bf91-98f4-e812-7e8b-f6803b0471ac/AppIcon-0-0-1x_U007emarketing-0-8-0-85-220.png/434x0w.png)

**Developer:** [CalTopo](https://apptail.io/developer/caltopo-kSQ) (United States)
**Category:** Navigation
**Rating:** 4.8/5 (7,495 ratings)
**Price:** Free
**Bundle ID:** com.caltopo.app
**Store:** Apple App Store
**Country:** United States
**Version:** 1.30.1 (released 2026-09-26)
**Original Release:** 2020-10-17
**Languages:** English

**App Store Link:** [Download on Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/app/id1460038458)
**AppTail Page:** [https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/united-states](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/united-states)

## CalTopo Description
New on CalTopo: the CalTopo app is now satellite ready, allowing you to use many features of the app offline with satellite data!

Take the best mapping app with you wherever you go with the CalTopo app for iOS. Trusted by professional mountain guides, avalanche educators, and search and rescue teams, CalTopo has all the features you need to plan your next off-grid pursuit. Seamless integration between CalTopo online and your mobile device allows you to access and update your maps no matter where you are. Any changes you make will automatically sync across all devices, making exporting and importing your latest map a thing of the past.

The CalTopo app allows you to easily take your planning and navigation to the next level. Real time decision making in backcountry terrain is made easy with the ability to download maps and layers like slope angle shading to your device for offline use. Plan for conditions on your route with sun exposure, wind, precipitation and avalanche forecasts. View and track your location on the map using GPS, even if you are offline. Share maps with your teams or travel partners to plan collaboratively, and to ensure everyone has the necessary data. Monitor real time updates from the field, like your friends progress on a long outing with live tracking on shared maps. 

Plan and navigate your next adventure with the CalTopo App today!

Map layers include:
• MapBuilder Topo, Hybrid and Overlay
• Forest Service Maps
• Scanned Topos
• Global Imagery
• Shaded Relief
• Slope Angle Shading (including high resolution elevation data where available)
• Parcel data
• Public Lands
• Weekly Satellite Imagery
• NAIP Satellite Imagery
• Sun Exposure
• Marine Charts
• Weather Forecasting (including wind, precipitation, and temperatures)
• Snow and Water Gauge Data
• Fire History/Activity
• And many more

Support and Feature Requests:
Email us at help@caltopo.com.

## CalTopo Screenshots
- [Screenshot 1](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/52/bf/0d/52bf0db3-36b6-e5e3-842e-6361abb30929/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_1.jpg/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 2](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource221/v4/8b/2c/dd/8b2cddfd-356a-0641-6226-50cdc98777b5/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_2.jpg/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 3](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/6f/ad/f3/6fadf362-e26c-4300-e76e-5c2242d3796a/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_3.jpg/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 4](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/e1/fa/30/e1fa3071-d305-ed78-5900-04c3c8b4d166/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_4.jpg/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 5](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/61/e5/4d/61e54dc6-24c0-7fdd-c62c-6b48f32697f5/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_5.jpg/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 6](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/6f/90/52/6f905236-4704-05ce-1265-16187910eae4/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_6.jpg/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 7](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/26/99/90/269990c4-7a5d-9190-67e3-feb0e60ab543/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_7.jpg/1284x2778.png)
- [Screenshot 8](https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/PurpleSource211/v4/8b/f9/2e/8bf92eff-a79d-8600-4b2c-31a5caadf542/App_store_6.5_inch_2024_update_panel_8.jpg/1284x2778.png)

## CalTopo Rating Breakdown in United States
- 5 stars: 6,693 (89%)
- 4 stars: 537 (7%)
- 3 stars: 124 (2%)
- 2 stars: 39 (1%)
- 1 stars: 102 (1%)

## CalTopo Reviews in United States

### ***** "Solid maps"
For planning and navigation works great!
-- Logan2119, 2024-12-12

### *---- "Lousy log in"
You must use a third party login to use it. Either Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, or Yahoo. Of course they do. There is no such thing as a free lunch, or app.  You pay for it in lack of privacy and your personal information being sold and shared.
-- Yaslicious, 2024-11-08

### ***-- "Apple CarPlay"
My search and rescue unit utilize CalTopo . It would be so helpful if I could view this app in Apple CarPlay
-- Eric54311, 2024-09-21

### *---- "the “find” option rarely finds anything useful"
It couldn’t find most major trails in Mt Rainier NP. Slow downloads. Non intuitive user interface. Low resolution maps. Not worth $20/ year.
-- NoWayJose6, 2024-09-15

### **--- "Won’t load full map"
I’ve tried everything and it only loads part of the map. Very frustrating.
-- Summerluuvin, 2024-09-10

### ***** "Awesome"
This is the best mapping app
-- Chmangan, 2024-08-31

### *---- "Needs to join with some 3rd party app to signup"
Cannot use without an account
Cannot use without a 3rd party account such as
Google
Apple
Microsoft
Yahoo

Guess it’s back to Gaia
-- in IT for over 35 years, 2024-08-30

### *---- "Removed my prior review somehow."
Application uses the old image based instead of vector based graphics.  This means that a single zone about one third the size of an average state and two other much smaller zones added up to downloads around 70GB.  And to make matters worse these took a full day to download with some coming down quickly and others taking as much as 5-10 minutes for a single tile.  

To make matter worse the loading of the maps from disk is slow and choppy.  Though the map details seem fine for what they are.  

The actual data provided while hiking is very minimal.  Distance, and net elevation change is about it.  So you have no idea how much elevation change actually happened throughout the trip.  

As a comparison Gaia (which is now owned by a less than trustworthy company and is far too much money a year for the least expensive option) allowed me to download about 1/2 the country as one zone and most of California as another for a total of about 10 GB of disk.  They download in about 20 minutes with no slowdowns. And they load very quickly.  They actually so more useful information and map detail that the much larger downloads from this application. 

Tracking a hike tells me distance amount of elevation rise and fall and net.  Average speed average speed moving time moving total trip and time stopped. 

It also shows on a bar graph the speed over time and the elevation change over time.  

So while I don’t like the other company nor the new pricing, I am afraid that I will have to not use this application as it simple does not let a minimum requirement.
-- Rokair, 2024-08-18

### *---- "Great…when it works"
I use CalTopo from home on WiFi - it’s great. The problem is when I am in the field the maps that I have downloaded don’t always load. In theory, my GPS location should place me on one of my downloaded maps (this is exactly how other apps like Trailforks work). In practice, the maps load…sometimes. This is hugely frustrating for a paid app.
-- Deeplaps79, 2024-07-27

### **--- "Confusing"
Bought the upgrade and nothing changed
-- 11/11/1917, 2024-07-12

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## CalTopo Store Rankings
| Chart | Country | Category | Rank |
|-------|---------|----------|------|
| Top Free | United States | Navigation | #92 |
| Top Free | Canada | Navigation | #93 |
| Top Free | New Zealand | Navigation | #122 |
| Top Free | Hungary | Navigation | #138 |
| Top Free | Australia | Navigation | #146 |
| Top Free | Argentina | Navigation | #157 |
| Top Free | Nigeria | Navigation | #162 |
| Top Free | Chile | Navigation | #234 |
| Top Free | Colombia | Navigation | #235 |

## CalTopo Discovered Keywords
- gps
- onx backcountry snow trail gps
- drive tracking
- fleet view
- topo maps
- hr_gps
- crux
- grounded map
- caltopo
- gaia gps mobile trail maps

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## CalTopo Available In
- [United States](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/united-states)
- [Canada](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/canada)
- [Norway](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/norway)
- [Australia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/australia)
- [United Kingdom](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/united-kingdom)
- [South Africa](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/south-africa)
- [Belgium](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/belgium)
- [Chile](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/chile)
- [Mexico](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/mexico)
- [Germany](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/germany)
- [Italy](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/italy)
- [Croatia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/croatia)
- [Brazil](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/brazil)
- [New Zealand](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/new-zealand)
- [Austria](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/austria)
- [Netherlands](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/netherlands)
- [Slovakia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/slovakia)
- [Russia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/russia)
- [Türkiye](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/turkey)
- [Estonia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/estonia)
- [Czechia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/czechia)
- [Spain](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/spain)
- [India](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/india)
- [Israel](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/israel)
- [France](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/france)
- [Switzerland](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/switzerland)
- [Finland](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/finland)
- [Portugal](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/portugal)
- [Ireland](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/ireland)
- [Indonesia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/indonesia)
- [Sweden](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/sweden)
- [Slovenia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/slovenia)
- [Argentina](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/argentina)
- [Japan](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/japan)
- [Denmark](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/denmark)
- [South Korea](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/south-korea)
- [Colombia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/colombia)
- [Hungary](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/hungary)
- [Nepal](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/nepal)
- [Taiwan](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/taiwan)
- [Ukraine](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/ukraine)
- [Bulgaria](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/bulgaria)
- [Romania](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/romania)
- [Ecuador](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/ecuador)
- [Poland](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/poland)
- [Philippines](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/philippines)
- [Bermuda](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/bermuda)
- [Panama](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/panama)
- [Saudi Arabia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/saudi-arabia)
- [North Macedonia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/north-macedonia)
- [Lebanon](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/lebanon)
- [Vietnam](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/vietnam)
- [Malaysia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/malaysia)
- [Uzbekistan](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/uzbekistan)
- [Venezuela](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/venezuela)
- [British Virgin Islands](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/british-virgin-islands)
- [Mauritius](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/mauritius)
- [Armenia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/armenia)
- [Angola](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/angola)
- [Azerbaijan](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/azerbaijan)
- [Barbados](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/barbados)
- [Bahrain](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/bahrain)
- [Brunei](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/brunei)
- [Bolivia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/bolivia)
- [Botswana](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/botswana)
- [Belarus](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/belarus)
- [Belize](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/belize)
- [China](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/china)
- [Cyprus](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/cyprus)
- [Dominican Republic](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/dominican-republic)
- [Algeria](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/algeria)
- [Egypt](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/egypt)
- [Grenada](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/grenada)
- [Ghana](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/ghana)
- [Greece](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/greece)
- [Guyana](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/guyana)
- [Hong Kong SAR China](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/hong-kong)
- [Honduras](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/honduras)
- [Iceland](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/iceland)
- [Jamaica](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/jamaica)
- [Jordan](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/jordan)
- [Kenya](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/kenya)
- [Kuwait](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/kuwait)
- [Cayman Islands](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/cayman-islands)
- [Kazakhstan](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/kazakhstan)
- [Sri Lanka](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/sri-lanka)
- [Lithuania](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/lithuania)
- [Luxembourg](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/luxembourg)
- [Latvia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/latvia)
- [Madagascar](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/madagascar)
- [Mali](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/mali)
- [Malta](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/malta)
- [United Arab Emirates](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/united-arab-emirates)
- [Namibia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/namibia)
- [Nigeria](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/nigeria)
- [Nicaragua](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/nicaragua)
- [Oman](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/oman)
- [Peru](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/peru)
- [Pakistan](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/pakistan)
- [Paraguay](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/paraguay)
- [Qatar](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/qatar)
- [Singapore](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/singapore)
- [Senegal](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/senegal)
- [Suriname](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/suriname)
- [El Salvador](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/el-salvador)
- [Thailand](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/thailand)
- [Tunisia](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/tunisia)
- [Uganda](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/uganda)
- [Uruguay](https://apptail.io/app/caltopo-backcountry-mapping-NDr/uruguay)

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