When you’re recording while following a hike, HiiKER celebrates each summit on the route the moment you reach it. How to switch the celebration off, and how to bring it back from Settings.

Hike time settings tell HiiKER how fast you walk, so every estimated time you see is based on your pace. What the presets mean, how the estimate is worked out, how to show times in hike days or hours and minutes, and how to change it in the app and on the web.

HiiKER lets you personalise how route lines are drawn on the map. You can set a different colour, thickness and opacity for each kind of route — and because your choices are saved to your HiiKER account, they follow you across your phone, tablet and the web. This article explains what each route type means, […]

A quick action puts one thing you do often on its own button on the map: drop a waypoint, switch between two maps, toggle a POI category and more. How to assign one, and what you can choose.

Off-route warnings tell you when you stray from the route you’re following (PRO+). How they work, how to turn them on or off, set the warning distance, and what to do when one goes off.

Choose the coordinate system HiiKER uses to show exact locations: World Geodetic System (Lat, Long), Latitude/Longitude (DMS), Great Britain Grid Reference, Irish Grid Reference or New Zealand Grid Reference. Change it from the map information bar settings.

To change your measurement units on HiiKER: Go to the Home page Tap the Settings icon Select “App Settings” Tap “Customise” Select “Measurement Units” From here you can adjust the units the app uses to display measurements and distance.