A free Komoot alternative for mountain terrain.

Komoot is a route planner for hiking and cycling across Europe. Traverse is a free 3D mountain map with slope angles. Here is where each is stronger.

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/ The short answer

Pick by how you go out.

If you plan hiking and bike routes across Europe and want surface types and community highlights, Komoot is built for that. If you want to read mountain terrain and slope angle and leave a trip plan, Traverse does that for free in the area it covers. Traverse has no road-cycling or bike-route planning.

Feature	Traverse	Komoot
Free plan	Yes, no ads	Yes, with limits
Paid plan, per year	Pro €44.99 (€19.99 in the region)	Premium, about €59.99
Route planning	Walking, trail running, snowshoe, ski touring and mountain bike over mapped trails, with climb, time and a terrain rating. No road or bike-route planning	Hiking and cycling route planning across Europe, with surface types and community highlights
Slope-angle layer	Free, but only for Kosovo, Albania and the Sharr range	Not listed when we checked
3D terrain	Free 3D map that works worldwide	Not listed when we checked
Offline maps	3 routes free; whole regions and unlimited routes with Pro	With Premium. One-off map packs were reported to have ended for new accounts in 2025
Sending routes to a watch or bike computer	Not available yet	Reported to need Premium for new accounts
Overdue alerts	Free trip plans: your emergency contact is alerted step by step if you do not check in	Not listed when we checked

Checked 7 October 2026. Komoot figures come from press coverage and its own announcements; prices and plans change and differ by country. “Not listed when we checked” means we did not find the feature. See all four apps side by side on the comparison page, or the Traverse pricing page.

/ Where each is strongest

Both have a place.

Traverse

Free mountain terrain and safety: a 3D map you can read, slope and aspect where we have data, trip plans with check-ins, and an SOS that is honest about what it knows. Strongest in the Western Balkans today.

Komoot

Planning hiking and cycling routes across Europe, with surface information and community highlights, and syncing routes to devices with a subscription.

Want to see Traverse’s terrain first? Open the 3D hiking map or look at any track in the free GPX viewer. Coming from FATMAP? See the FATMAP alternative.

/ Questions

Is there a free alternative to Komoot?

For mountain terrain and safety, Traverse is free. It is not a replacement for Komoot’s bike and hiking route planning across Europe: Traverse plans over mapped trails in the area it covers and does not plan road or bike routes.

Does Komoot have a slope-angle layer?

We did not find one listed when we checked on 7 October 2026. Traverse has one for Kosovo, Albania and the Sharr range.

Can I use both?

Yes. Plan a route in the app you prefer, export it as GPX and open it in the free GPX viewer to see it in 3D with slope shading where our tiles exist.

Does Traverse sync routes to a watch?

Not yet. Garmin and other connections are planned but not available, and we will not say they are until they are.

Is Traverse affiliated with Komoot?

No. Komoot is a trademark of its owner and is named here only to compare.

/ Sources

Komoot is a trademark of its owner. Traverse is not affiliated with them.