Smartphone apps
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GPS Navigation & Maps
Avenza Maps – for iOS and Android. See WalkGPS walk area base maps available on Avenza Maps.
Gaia GPS – for iOS and Android.
Guthook Guides – Aus & NZ – for iOS and Android.
Pocket Earth – for iOS.
Memory-Map – for iOS and Android.
OsmAnd Maps – free, open source, for iOS and Android.
Google Earth – free, for iOS and Android.
Google Maps – free, for iOS and Android. -
Emergency / Alerts
Emergency+ – Australian app for iOS and Android uses GPS to help a Triple Zero (000) caller provide critical location details required to mobilise emergency services. Home screen includes your GPS location to give details to the emergency operator. -
Plants & Animals
Wildflowers of WA
– for iOS.
Field Guide to Western Australian Fauna – WA Museum; for iOS.
Perth Skinks – WA Museum; identification of 29 species; for iOS.
iFungi AU – Australian fungi identification; for iOS. -
Sky & Weather
Weatherzone Plus+ – (or free lite version). Forecast, for iOS and Android.
WillyWeather – Forecast, for iOS and Android.
Night Sky – free (lite), for iOS and Android. -
Food & Gear
TrailChef – U.S. app; for iOS.
Flashlight – free, for iOS and Android. -
Safety & First Aid
First Aid – St John Ambulance Australia; free, for Android and iOS.
First Aid by Australian Red Cross – free, for Android and iOS.
SAS Survival Guide – for iOS. -
Trails
The Cape to Cape Track Hiking Guide
– for Android and iOS.Trails WA
– free, for iOS.