Cairn for Android

Cairn provides peace of mind for family when I’m hiking. The ability to “queue” messages until cell signal is established works well in areas of poor coverage. I’d give it 5 stars but the most recent version pulled the Watch app which I found really handy for sending updates.

After using several other outdoor apps throughout the years I’m finally settling on Cairn. Why it’s my favorite: 1. The safety features, when outdoors I don’t want to spend a ton of time on my phone except for photos and safety. Cairn has the right balance between engaging me when needed and not being too busy or distracting. It works well in the background to track and communicate my trip plans, location, battery life, and status to mom. It’s not the only safety tool but an important one. 2. The maps are great and good value for being able to download for offline. 3. Real-time ETA rocks. I like to see time, distance, elevation left and Cairn performs magic here. My state WA has a ton of trail coverage. Outside of the US, trails in the app are limited for ETA and stats, but app still seems to show most of worldwide trails on the map when zooming in.

Great app to keep track of your distance , elevation and duration

I’ve been using this app while hiking overseas and it’s fabulous! I don’t have too many worries about getting lost, since I can download offline maps, and it lets my family keep up on what I’m doing. I most definitely recommend the cairnapp!

My daughter lives in Australia and I live in the US. I’m in her safety circle and can track her progress real time with this app. Recently, I was tracking her progress and saw that she hadn’t reached her destination on the trail. I was able to check her battery life and see that her battery had run out which accounted for her lack of progress. Highly recommend this app for hikes.