A Wikiloc alternative with 3D terrain and slope angle.
Wikiloc is where many hikers in Kosovo and Albania share their tracks. Traverse is a free 3D terrain map with a slope-angle layer and trip plans. Here is how they differ, and when Wikiloc is the better choice.
Tracks to follow, or terrain to read.
If you want the biggest choice of tracks other people have walked, Wikiloc is hard to beat: many published tracks for Kosovo and Albania are there, and Premium adds navigation with off-track alerts, live tracking and sending trails to your watch. If you want to read the terrain before you go, see how steep it is and leave a trip plan that alerts your contact if you are late, Traverse does that for free in Kosovo, Albania and the Sharr range. Many people will use both.
| Feature | Traverse | Wikiloc |
|---|---|---|
| Built for | Mountain days in Kosovo, Albania and the Sharr range: terrain, local routes and trip plans | Finding and sharing tracks for hiking and many other activities, worldwide |
| Free plan | Yes, no ads: the 3D map, the slope-angle layer, every route, unlimited recording, trip plans and SOS | Yes: find trails and record and share your own; navigation features need Premium |
| Paid plan | Pro €44.99 a year or €6.99 a month, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan (€19.99 a year in Kosovo, Albania and the region) | Premium: $19.99 a year or $9.99 a quarter on the US App Store; prices differ by store and country |
| Trails | 18 routes built on the OpenStreetMap trail network, labelled unverified until a club walks them | A very large library of tracks uploaded by members; quality varies from track to track |
| 3D terrain | Free in the app and on the website’s 3D map (free account) | 3D maps listed among the Premium features |
| Slope angle | Free, from 27°, for Kosovo, Albania and the Sharr range | Not listed when we checked |
| Following a route | See your position on the route while you record; no off-route alert yet | Premium: GPS navigation with a heading indicator and sound alerts when you go off-track |
| Live location | Free, while a trip plan is open | Premium: Live Tracking for family and friends |
| If you are overdue | Free trip plans: if you do not check in, your emergency contact gets an SMS 30 minutes after your check-in time | Not listed when we checked |
| Watches | Send a route to Garmin as a FIT course or to other watches as a GPX, free; no automatic sync yet | Premium: send trails to Garmin, Apple Watch, Suunto and COROS |
| Offline | 3 routes free; whole regions with Pro | Free offline topographic maps of the whole world |
| Your own files | Import a GPX, KML, FIT or TCX as a private route: 5 free, unlimited with Pro | Upload and share your own tracks |
Checked 16 October 2026. Wikiloc facts come from its App Store listings and an App Store price tracker (sources below), read through search results because wikiloc.com did not load from our build machine. Prices change and differ by store and country. “Not listed when we checked” means we did not find the feature, not that it cannot exist. Slope angle describes the terrain, not today’s avalanche danger. See more apps side by side on the comparison page, and Traverse’s plans on the pricing page.
One is a library of tracks; the other a map of the terrain.
Reading the mountain before you go, for free: 3D terrain, a slope-angle layer for Kosovo, Albania and the Sharr range, mapped routes with elevation profiles, and trip plans that text your contact if you are late.
A huge, worldwide library of tracks recorded by other hikers, with Premium navigation, off-track alerts, live tracking and sending trails to your watch.
Stay with Wikiloc if this sounds like you.
We would rather you pick the right app than pick us.
Wikiloc’s member tracks far outnumber our 18 mapped routes, and many Kosovo and Albania hikes are published there first.
Wikiloc covers the whole world, with free offline topographic maps. Traverse’s slope layer and routes cover Kosovo, Albania and the Sharr range today.
Wikiloc Premium warns you with a sound when you leave the trail. Traverse does not have off-route alerts yet.
Wikiloc Premium sends trails to Garmin, Apple Watch, Suunto and COROS. In Traverse you send a route as a file for now.
On Wikiloc your tracks can help everyone. Routes you import into Traverse stay private to you.
Find a track there, read the terrain here.
There is nothing to cancel, and the two work well together.
- Download a track for your own useSave the GPX or KML of a trail you are allowed to use, for your own trip. Check Wikiloc’s terms; some downloads need an account.
- Import it into TraverseIn the app: You → Import a route, or Open in… / Share → Traverse. It becomes a private route only you see: 5 free, unlimited with Pro.
- Read the terrain and leave a planSee the route on 3D terrain with the slope layer and how much of it is steep, then leave a trip plan before you go.
Traverse never fetches, copies or republishes Wikiloc tracks. An import is your own file, for your own use, and stays private.
Look at any GPX track in 3D, without an account, in the free GPX viewer. Browse the hiking routes with their elevation profiles.
Not affiliated. Wikiloc is a trademark of its owner. Traverse is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to Wikiloc; we use the name only to compare. Checked 16 October 2026.
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Does Traverse warn me when I leave the trail?
Is Traverse affiliated with Wikiloc?
- Wikiloc on the App Store (US): free offline maps and Premium features
- App Pricing Lab: Wikiloc in-app purchase prices (US App Store)
- Product for Everyone: Product analysis – Wikiloc
Wikiloc is a trademark of its owner. Traverse is not affiliated with Wikiloc. Coming from FATMAP? See the FATMAP alternative.