HikeSim3.1 - App Store

Overview of HikeSim
HikeSim is a cross-platform health and fitness application that transforms everyday exercise routines (such as neighborhood walks, runs, cycling, or indoor treadmill sessions) into an immersive visual journey through national parks, state parks, and local trails. As you move in the real world, the application advances a synchronized sequence of scenic trail photos and metadata, keeping you motivated and connected to nature.

Key Features
Virtual Trail Simulations: Take virtual hikes across famous locations-such as the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Petrified Forest, Lassen Peak, Capitol Reef, Joshua Tree, and local preserves.

Real vs. Simulated Modes:

Simulated Hikes: Distance, photos, elevation charts, and GPS checkpoints are driven programmatically by pre-recorded trail photo datasets at a selected pace.

Real Hikes: Uses real-world GPS hardware, live telemetry, and actual device sensors to track your real-world path, altitude changes, and pace.

Interactive Trail Maps & Elevation Profiles: Real-time map rendering tracks your position via custom green hiker annotations, alongside interactive elevation charts featuring live vertical progress indicators and altitude bounds.

Custom Hike Maker (iOS): Turn your own outdoor walks into shareable HikeSim Photo Hikes by utilizing your phone's camera and location services to record geographic data, photos, and altitude profiles for upload.

Voice Narration Support: Built-in audio capabilities can read trail notes and photo checkpoints aloud as you progress.

Health & Fitness Integration
Apple Health / HealthKit Integration: Seamlessly syncs workout metrics and telemetry directly to the iOS Health and Fitness ecosystem.

Tracked Metrics: Captures and displays heart rate, active calories burned, total distance traveled, exercise duration, current pace, and Apple Activity Rings progress.

Post-Workout Summaries: Comprehensive breakdown screens present total duration, distance, steps, pace, and net elevation gain/loss upon finishing a workout.

Standalone Capabilities (Phone & Apple Watch)
Both the iPhone and Apple Watch apps are fully capable of operating independently:

Apple Watch App (Standalone):

Operates with complete functionality regardless of iPhone proximity or cellular/internet connectivity.

Features dedicated workout selections (walking, running, cycling).

Displays real-time metrics, media playback controls, a live GPS coordinate screen, and dual-line altitude/heart rate graphs directly on your wrist.

iPhone App (Standalone):

Allows you to launch active workouts directly on your phone/tablet.

Provides a larger interface for viewing high-resolution photo galleries, interacting with trail maps, reading detailed trail notes, and recording custom photo hikes out in the field.

Version History Bug fixes and modified the way photos are packaged when creating a hike. 3.1 Aug 27 Added automatic hike creation and import.
Ability to perform a hike with just the phone.
Link to HikeSim.com server to download prescreened hikes generated by the user community.
Trail simulators for the Apple Watch and iOS devices providing to the user the ability to preview hikes. 3.0 Aug 22 New build to set App Ratings. 2.2 12/27/2025 Changed the order of screen displays on the watch app. The photo screen is now the primary screen and now shows the hike photos full screen. Also, an additional screen added to the watch that shows graphs of your current heart rate and altitude. Release 2.0 (released recently) also included the capability to display your hikes on the iPhone app as well as allowing you to create your own hike for possible inclusion in a future HikeSim release. 2.1 08/05/2025 Added capability to display your workouta in the HikeSim iPhone app. Re-arraranged opening page to group like items. 2.0 07/31/2025 Added Skull Rock Trail hike. The Skull Trail Hike is in Joshua Tree National Park near the Jumbo Rocks area. 1.5 06/10/2025 New graph display and minor text changes. Add heart rate graph during indoor workouts. 1.4 09/13/2022 Added hikes for Grand Canyon National Park, Petrified Forest National Park, and Bryce Canyon National Park. Modified workout screen on watch for better usability and visibility. Modified iOS app to provide a button to connect to the hikesim.com server to enable hike simulation viewing in the iOS app. 1.3 07/24/2022 Heart rate red line graph line added to the watch app altitude display screen. The altitude display now shows two graph lines. A yellow altitude line graph along with a current red heart rate line graph. 1.2 05/08/2022 Changed order of watch screens such that the picture screen is the main screen. 1.1 04/16/2022 1.0 09/20/2021