YAMAP -Social Trekking GPS App

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3.8
8.67K reviews
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Content rating
Teen
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About this app

YAMAP is The Most Popular Outdoor App in Japan. YAMAP makes your outdoor adventures, like mountain trekking and skiing, safer and more fun with your smartphone. YAMAP does not require a mobile signal to track and log your outdoor activity. Our detailed outdoor maps provide information you need like elevation, parking and trailhead locations. YAMAP lets you build an online outdoor journal easily so you can share your love of the outdoors!

▲ Video about YAMAP
https://youtu.be/wDq25Yc07nY


▲ Three Main Features of YAMAP
1) Safe
YAMAP makes your smartphone a special GPS device for the outdoors.

YAMAP could provide accurate positioning information with YAMAP's maps in Japan and your smartphone's GPS, even if you are in places not reached by mobile phone signals, such as in mountainous regions.

2) Convenience
YAMAP's maps are used as digital ones with your smartphone, and as ones on paper by downloading them to your PC (or tablet PC).

3) Share
You can easily share your outdoor data with your family and friends through YAMAP. Finishing your outdoor and saving your data, you can uploads it to your online 'ACTIVITY REPORT' where you can view your route, outdoor data, and a comprehensive workout history.


▲ Major awards / podiums of YAMAP
- Good Design Special Award "Monodzukuri Design Award (Small and Medium Enterprise Agency Director General Award)" won (2014)
- Selected as 'Venture 100 to Move Japan' at the magazine AERA(August 24, 2015)
- B DASH CAMP "Pitch Arena" champion (2015)
- Ministry of the Environment (Japan) · National Park Official Partner (2017)
- Red Herring Top 100 Global Winner (2017)


▲ Wear OS
YAMAP also supports Wear OS.
Please check the following important points before using the Wear OS version of the app.

- The Wear OS version of the app cannot be used standalone. When you start using it, you need pairing with a smartphone where the YAMAP smartphone app is installed.
- When you launch the Wear OS version of the app, please start activity using the YAMAP Smartphone app. Then, Wear OS version of the app screen will switch to the activity information screen automatically.

The following functions can be used after pairing.

- Browsing activity information like elevation and distance during trekking
- Displaying your trail on the screen


▲ Regarding the foreground service permissions
- Foreground location data
YAMAP app requires foreground location data in order to record your trajectory. Depending on the smartphone you are using, you may not be able to obtain it correctly. For more details, please check the following help page:
https://help.yamap.com/hc/ja/articles/900000921583

- Foreground screen recording
The 3D replay feature, which allows you to review your trajectory with photos, needs foreground screen recording when recording videos.
https://help.yamap.com/hc/ja/articles/21271985055769

▲ Terms of service
https://yamap.com/terms

▲ Privacy policy
https://yamap.com/terms/privacy

▲ YAMAP Operating Company
YAMAP INC. 
E-mail: support@yamap.co.jp
Help Center: https://help.yamap.com/
Updated on
Mar 14, 2024

Data safety

Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
This app may share these data types with third parties
Personal info, App activity, and Device or other IDs
This app may collect these data types
Location, Personal info and 7 others
Data is encrypted in transit
You can request that data be deleted

Ratings and reviews

3.8
8.08K reviews
Jason Wright
March 7, 2024
A fantastic app that I use alot for mapping and tracking my hikes. It really opens up opportunities when hiking because you can feel more confident in the routes you are taking. It has some clever light social features such as using bluetooth to alert you when you pass a user, I have met and connected to many people using this feature. Just found it doesn't support wear OS! Please add this support!
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YAMAP INC.
April 21, 2020
We are pleased that you are enjoying the app. If there is anything we can do for you, just let us know! Regarding the battery usage, please consider switching to the airplane mode. Have a wonderful day!
A Google user
October 30, 2019
I had some misgivings about this app',at the beginning, the main reason being my poor knowledge of the Japanese language. Today I gave the app' a test try and it was awesome. After doing some research, I found it very easy to use. Since signing-up to this app' I have discovered many like-minded outdoor people and have connected with them. I have also used other's hikes to help plan a hike that I did. I am looking forward to a successful relationship with 'YAMAP'.
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YAMAP INC.
November 1, 2019
Ross-Barry Barcockさん、あたたかいレビューありがとうございます!何よりの励みになります。そう仰っていただけて嬉しい限りです。自然に親しみ、仲間と繋がることで、人生はより豊かになります!位置情報を確認できることはもちろんですが、YAMAPが素敵なアウトドアライフの一助になれれば幸いです^_^より楽しく、より安全な山行のお手伝いができるよう、YAMAPを成長させて参ります。今後ともどうぞよろしくお願いします ^^
Onz Brau
September 5, 2023
The worst hiking app I've ever used. The UI is messy, unorganised, and unintuitive. The maps are an eyesore, lacking depth, clarity and basic visual design... Unfortunately, it's the main option for accurate online trail information. The Yama to Kogen maps are much better.
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YAMAP INC.
September 6, 2023
Hi Onz Brau san. Thank you for the review. If you have any requests for improvement, we would appreciate it if you could send them to us using our dedicated form (https://yamap.com/feedbacks/new). If you have any questions about how to use our products, please contact us through our contact form (https://help.yamap.com/hc/ja/requests/new).

What's new

version 10.17.10 (2024/03/11)

・Fixed some bugs
・If you have any questions, please contact us.
https://help.yamap.com/