NomadTracks vs. Komoot
Komoot is a route-planning and discovery network: a huge community library of tours, turn-by-turn voice navigation, and a strong social side. Since its 2025 acquisition it has moved to a subscription-only model and retired the old one-time region packs for new users — which is what sends a lot of people looking. NomadTracks solves a narrower, different problem: a private recorder with no account, where the special maps are the ones you bring yourself. This comparison is only fair if you know which of those you actually want.
Side by side
| NomadTracks | Komoot | |
|---|---|---|
| Community route library & discovery | No | Yes — a very large community of tours, its core strength |
| Turn-by-turn voice navigation | No — your planned route is shown on the map to follow by eye | Yes — spoken turn-by-turn |
| Route planning | Yes (Pro) — snaps to real roads and trails | Yes — its signature planner |
| Your own georeferenced paper/PDF maps | Yes — free, unlimited, in-app georeferencing | No |
| GPS track recording | Full recorder: elevation/speed/pace charts, photo waypoints, trimming | Recording with its maps |
| Apple Watch standalone recording | Yes — GPS + heart rate without the iPhone | Companion app |
| Account required | No — none exists | Yes |
| Where your data lives | Your device + your own iCloud/Dropbox/NAS | Vendor cloud account |
| Price model | Free core; optional Pro subscription | Subscription-only; one-time region packs discontinued for new users |
| Platforms | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — Android coming soon | iOS and Android |
Feature overview as of June 2026, written by the NomadTracks team in good faith — products evolve, so please verify current features and pricing with each vendor. All product names are trademarks of their respective owners.
Choose Komoot if …
you mainly want to discover community routes and be guided along them by spoken turn-by-turn navigation. That social planning network is Komoot's whole point, and NomadTracks has no equivalent — it won't suggest where to go or talk you through the turns.
Choose NomadTracks if …
you're done with subscriptions and accounts, you value privacy, you already know your route (or you're somewhere no community has mapped), you record a lot, use an Apple Watch, or your best maps are paper and PDF.
FAQ
Is NomadTracks a free Komoot alternative?
For private recording, your own offline maps, GPX, Apple Watch and accountless sync — yes, and the core is free forever. But it is not a like-for-like replacement: NomadTracks has no community route library and no turn-by-turn voice navigation. If those are why you use Komoot, NomadTracks won't replace them.
Can I move my Komoot tours to NomadTracks?
Yes — export your tours from Komoot as GPX and import them into NomadTracks. You can then follow that line on the map while recording your own private track. Nothing is locked in either direction.
Does NomadTracks have turn-by-turn voice navigation like Komoot?
Not today. When you follow a saved route, NomadTracks shows it on the live map and you navigate by sight; there are no spoken turn cues yet. It is honest about being a recorder first, a guide second.
Do I need a subscription for NomadTracks?
No. Recording, custom maps, GPX, iCloud and Synology sync, and the Apple Watch app are free. The optional Pro subscription only adds route planning, Dropbox sync, and Google/OSM basemaps — and there is no account to create.