HikeTracker keeps recording when the signal stops — because that is exactly when it matters.
Your route, the hazards you report and any alarm you raise are saved on your phone and sent the moment signal returns. Nothing waits on a bar of reception.
Tell it when you expect to be back. If you have not ended the hike, the people you nominated are told — and that works even if your battery is flat, because it is a clock, not a signal.
A washed-out path, a closed gate, a spring that still runs. Downloaded before you set off, so warnings still fire where there is no map.
Hold the button and your contacts are emailed with where you were. No signal? It offers to send an SMS from your own handset instead.
The app is free, permanently, and everything in it works without paying — recording your hike, raising an alarm, hazard warnings, your full hike history, GPX export, and being watched for going quiet or being overdue.
That last one matters most and is worth spelling out: if you do not come back when you said you would, the people you nominated are emailed your last known position and a map link. Free. A safety app that charges for that is not one worth having.
R250 a year buys one thing: a live tracking link, so somebody at home can watch your walk as it happens instead of waiting to hear. Every new account gets 14 days of it from your first hike.
HikeTracker does not contact emergency services. It tells the people you nominated. If someone is in danger, call them, and call your local emergency or mountain rescue number yourself.
HikeTracker is still being built and tested. There is no download link here yet, and this page will change when there is.