Quick verdict
- What it is
- Store information collected; independent summary not yet available.
- At a glance
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- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Reference
- Travel
AppCorpus categories
Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| Family Sharing | Yes | Unknown | App Store | Store published |
| Free app | Yes | Free | — | Store published |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
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Pricing & paywalls
App Store
- Free to download
- In-app purchases
Ratings & reviews
App Store
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5/5Unique mapping solution
The T4A Guide is NOT a navigation solution - there are lots of apps for that. Rather it brings a paper map experience to the digital world. It supplements a navigation app but does not replace it. Navigation apps are hopeless for planning routes and trips as well as for providing big picture orientation while on a journey. This is where the Guide excels. As you zoom out it will still show town names where navigation apps struggle. The v2 update makes a huge difference by introducing far more detailed maps.
nickdmoore · 31 Jul 2026
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2/5Lack of detail=big problem
Purchased this app for a 3-week self-drive safari around Botswana. This app was quite helpful—until you come to any intersections of multiple roads or twisty conflagrations, which is rather common while off-roading in Botswana. In this situations, it’s nearly useless! You have to drive for 5 or 10 minutes, then check again to see if you’ve guessed the right direction. This cost us several hours of being lost multiple times, getting stuck in messy off-road paths, sometimes in dangerous situations, getting dark, very isolated, animals about, and far from our campsite. This was stressful. I am far from a beginner with maps and traveling. The zoom just stops at a level way too high up. At about 1 cm to a mile! The blue dot-arrow with your position is some 200 m across. Why? It seems inexplicable. It was extremely frustrating. I though maybe I was doing something wrong, like I hadn’t unlocked some park of the app. But the app shows the switch for the guide green and good to go. We were very dependent on this app but could not rely on it.
Birsay · 31 Jul 2026
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5/5I live in Namibia and use this all the time
It’s the best. All kinds of cool data for road trips.
hdhrfewoiuawregffhalj · 31 Jul 2026
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1/5Maps won’t download
Got the T4A Guide and bought 3 maps (SA, Namibia and Botswana) for my upcoming trip. None of the maps downloaded. Hoping to resolve this soon. Update August 18: managed to download all 3 GPS maps only after changing VPN to South Africa. Unfortunately downloaded maps cannot be moved to compatible Garmin GPS by following all instructions provided. Very frustrating experience and wasted a lot of time. Suspect that the new Mac IOS is not compatible with T4A maps.
monsieur bobbydick · 31 Jul 2026
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5/5Helpfull
Lots of information for planning a trip and lots of information whilst on the trip. Places you on the map of your gps enabled device and supplies all relevant info in your immediate area such as fuel, lodging, shopping, camping and poi’s. It does not navigate but it gives the waypoints for these places to enter into your navigation system.
NeelsL · 31 Jul 2026
Privacy & accessibility
App Store
Privacy
- Data Not Collected Developer declared
Accessibility
No accessibility labels collected yet.
Versions
App Store
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2.0.17
This release fixes a gremlin that slipped in with iOS 15, and also contains the latest demo points-of-interest data.
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2.0.18
This version contains an updated base map as well as updated demo points of interest data. Updated guides (available as in-app purchases) are also released with updated 2022 Q1 data.
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2.0.20
This version fixes a bug that affected the download and restoration of in-app purchased guides and maps.
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2.0.21
Further updates and fixes to map & guide download & installation.
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2.0.23
This release focuses on stability issues and bug fixes for iPad, as well as some issues that cropped up with iOS 12 compatibility.
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2.0.24
This version includes a further fix for compatibility issues found with iOS 12.
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2.1.2
This version of the app now downloads the IAP guide and map content directly from the Tracks4Africa server, and not from the Apple Appstore hosted content servers. This gives the app better control and stability of the downloads. Downloads wil continue even if the app is not in the foreground.
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2.1.3
This version updates the base map and demo points-of-interest information to the 2022-12 version. New 2022-12 Guides and the HD map are downloadable from the app.
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2.2.11
This version addresses several issues reported, especially when running on iPad.
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2.2.8
We are very excited to make Trips and Favourites available in the app. * You can register on https://map.tracks4africa.co.za/map, plan trips, sync those trips to the app, and view them offline. * You can mark points of interest as favourites, and this will also sync to your account on the Trips4Africa website. * Trips and Favourites can be toggled on (visible) or off (hidden) on the map toolbar, in the same way you hide or show categories of POIs.
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2.3.1
This version contains updated demo listings and base map, and also improves the reset password flow.
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2.3.3
This release improves the download and update of Trips from the online Tracks4Africa TripPlanner to the app. It also adds the ability to delete trips from your iOS device and fixes an issue with synchronisation of Favourites.
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2.3.5
This version updated the base map and demo points of interest that is packaged with the app.
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2.3.6
This version allows you to apply the map settings (zoom level, coordinates, and selected points-of-interest categories) from a previous app session when you open the app again. It also contains a few minor tweaks and fixes.
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2.4.1
We are happy to announce that you can now search across all available points of interest for Africa, whether you own a particular guide or not. To unlock the rich information, you must still buy a particular guide. We also changed the track-up mode to position the current location pin in the lower portion of the screen, providing a better experience when using it while moving around. The previous map tracking mode is now stored with other map preferences and applied again when the app restarts. Apart from these exciting updates, this release includes several fixes and minor tweaks.
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2.4.10
Updated app to use the latest Tracks4Africa base map.
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2.4.11
Improved In-App Purchase reliability: fixed an issue where "Restore Purchases" was not working on newer iOS versions (iOS 18+), and resolved a bug that could prevent purchased guides from downloading correctly.
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2.4.12
Refining the Guide and Map downloads to provide more information during download and apply an improved retry strategy to manage download issues.
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2.4.14
This update includes some performance improvements and refinement of error tracking.
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2.4.15
· 20 Jun 2026
Improved security for downloading maps and content from Tracks4Africa servers.
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2.4.4
This version improves the app's stability and resolves a few issues reported by users.
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2.4.5
This version features an updated base map and demo points of interest data.
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2.4.6
This update version fixes a number of issues reported by users, including crashes that intermittently happened when downloading Trips data.
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2.4.7
This version includes the new 2025-10 base map, as well as addressing a few minor issues reported by users.
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2.4.8
We fixed an issue that could lead to duplicate POI entries when updating an installed Guide, as well as updating the base search index to the latest 2025-10 version.
Alternatives
- iTrack Africa — Same category + similar ratings
Availability by market
- US
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- Live store listing
- Last verified
- 31 Jul 2026
- Sources
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- Independent summary has not been published yet.