Looking for a FATMAP alternative?
What happened to FATMAP: FATMAP was discontinued on 1 October 2024 and merged into Strava. Its 3D maps moved across — but downloaded offline maps, saved waypoints, national topo sheets and the live snow / piste detail largely did not, which left a lot of ski-tourers and backcountry users hunting for a new home.
No app is a one-for-one replacement for FATMAP — its 3D terrain and slope-angle layers were genuinely distinctive. But if what you actually relied on was recording your days, having your own detailed maps available offline, and not handing your movements to a social platform, that is exactly what NomadTracks is built for.
Try NomadTracks free on the App Store
What NomadTracks covers well
A precise GPS recorder with elevation, speed and pace charts and photo waypoints; standalone Apple Watch recording with heart rate; and — the part FATMAP refugees tend to care about most — your own maps, offline. You import a georeferenced PDF or GeoTIFF, or photograph a paper sheet and georeference it in the app, and from then on your live position moves across it with no signal required.
Where it's honestly different
NomadTracks does not (today) render a global 3D terrain view or paint slope-angle shading the way FATMAP did. Its depth comes from the maps you bring rather than a built-in worldwide layer. If 3D flyover and slope-angle were the whole reason you used FATMAP, be clear-eyed about that going in.
Bring your mountains back as maps
The topo and ski-touring sheets you trusted are often published as georeferenced PDFs by national mapping agencies — and those import into NomadTracks in one tap, fully offline. For anything that isn't, a photo of a paper map plus a few control points gets you a live overlay in about two minutes.
Bringing your data across
FATMAP's data moved into Strava when the app closed. To bring your routes into NomadTracks, export them from Strava as GPX, then open the file and share it to NomadTracks — tracks, waypoints and elevation come across, and there's no lock-in afterwards.
FAQ
What happened to FATMAP?
FATMAP was acquired by Strava and the standalone app was shut down on 1 October 2024. Some features (notably 3D maps) were folded into Strava; offline downloads, waypoints, national topo sheets and live snow detail were not fully carried over.
Is NomadTracks a free FATMAP alternative?
The NomadTracks core — recording, custom offline maps, GPX, iCloud/NAS sync and the Apple Watch app — is free. It won't reproduce FATMAP's 3D or slope-angle layers, but for offline maps, private recording and bringing your own topo it's a strong, account-free home.
How do I move my old FATMAP routes over?
Export them from Strava (where FATMAP data now lives) as GPX and import them into NomadTracks. Your tracks and waypoints transfer cleanly.