Relive alternatives
Users often look for Relive alternatives due to frequent app crashes, disappearing activity data, and the removal of key features like route trimming. Many also express frustration with mandatory photo access, poor customer support, and a perceived decline in value for the paid subscription.
Why users look for alternatives to Relive
- The app frequently crashes, leading to lost activity data, and struggles with connectivity in areas without strong internet, making it unreliable for outdoor activities.R1R24R37
- Key features, such as the ability to trim routes and edit videos, have been removed or made more difficult to use, frustrating long-time subscribers.R7R16R22R25
- Users report activities disappearing from their accounts and issues with photo management, including being forced to grant full photo access to save videos locally.R4R10R19R34
- Many users find the subscription expensive, especially given the perceived decline in features and value, and report issues with billing and unresponsive customer support.R13R15R28R30
- The app is criticized for bugs, a clunky interface, and a lack of music options, diminishing the video creation experience.R9R12R42R43
The alternatives
AllTrails is a highly-rated app for discovering and navigating trails, providing essential information, user photos, and offline map capabilities. Users appreciate its extensive trail database and ease of use.
Better for: AllTrails is better for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who need a reliable resource for finding and navigating trails, especially in remote areas with limited cell service R57. It's also suitable for those who value user-contributed information and map previews R57.
Head-to-head: Relive vs AllTrailsStrava is a popular platform for tracking various sports activities like running, cycling, and swimming, offering accurate tracking and a social aspect for connecting with other athletes. It serves as a useful tool for journaling workouts.
Better for: Strava is better for athletes who want accurate tracking for a variety of sports R72R75R78 and enjoy a social platform to share their activities and connect with friends R69. It's also good for those who like to keep a detailed journal of their workouts R69.
Head-to-head: Relive vs StravaTimehop helps users rediscover past memories by showing photos and videos from previous years, often linked to social media accounts. Users enjoy its daily trip down memory lane.
Better for: Timehop is better for individuals who enjoy daily nostalgic trips down memory lane, viewing photos and videos from past years, especially those linked to social media R80R83R89.
Head-to-head: Relive vs TimehopThis app provides a simple and easy-to-use system for tracking miles and setting goals for running and walking activities. It offers Spotify integration and a mostly free experience.
Better for: This app is better for users who need a straightforward, simple, and mostly free tracker for their running and walking activities R94R95R97R100. It's also suitable for those who appreciate Spotify integration R94.
Head-to-head: Relive vs Running Walking Tracker GoalsGaia GPS offers detailed maps for off-roading, overlanding, and general outdoor navigation, with capabilities for storing data and providing reliable trail guidance. It is considered a professional-grade tool by some users.
Better for: Gaia GPS is better for serious outdoor enthusiasts, overlanders, and professionals who require accurate and detailed maps for navigation in backcountry or off-road environments R108R109R111. It's particularly valued for its USGS Topo layer and data storage capabilities R108R112.
Head-to-head: Relive vs Gaia GPSYou should stick with Relive if you primarily value its unique video creation feature for sharing activity highlights and are satisfied with the current feature set and pricing .
Evidence note: No alternative had too-thin evidence.
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What reviewers actually said
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- [R1] Relive When it works: The app is great when it works. However 1 in 5 it will crash and lose the ride data. Highly disappointing since I am paying for the app. Probably won’t renew. Now it doesn’t even load without strong internet connections. Seems kind of stupid that an app intended for tracking outdoor activities in the backcountry would not work without strong cell service. It used to I’ve been trying
- [R24] Relive Love it but….: I love this app but randomly it just decides to stop working and it is extremely frustrating because I assume for an hour and a half my route is being tracked and then I get all the way home and I find out that nothing has been tracked and it asked me if I want to resume my route although I already selected resume when I started to head home. I am really starting to get frustrated b
- [R37] Relive WORST APP! Don’t waste $: This is the worst app. In theory, it’s cool, but it disconnects every 2 seconds. While AllTrails and Strava remain connected and you have full or enough bars, relive continuously disconnects and doesn’t make a sound to even tell you that’s it’s disconnected so you have to watch it like a hawk, put your safety in jeopardy, and hope that it tracks your route and miles. I h
- [R7] Relive Can’t trim route: Relive discontinued the functionality to trim routes. If you forget to stop recording after an activity, it records everything until you remember to “finish” making the data and map useless. Please fix this because it is a deal breaker.
- [R16] Relive Bring back route trimming!: One of the features I valued most, the ability to trim my route (e.g., when I forget to end a walk recording and it continues as I drive away), was recently deleted. I don’t care at all about the new music and opening features, but the loss of the ability to trim will probably result in my not renewing my subscription when it runs out.
- [R22] Relive I miss this app!: This app used to be AMAZING but they keep sabotaging every possible feature so that they can lock it behind a paywall. It’s so slimy and underhanded. I understand limiting some functions like number of photos to encourage users to switch to the premium version but trimming your route and changing the title should still be baseline features. If the app worked better, I would happi
- [R25] Relive Updates removed features: I have used the paid version for several years but will be unsubscribing. Features in previous versions that I found useful have disappeared in the latest version. It used to be easy to view and trim a downloaded video inside Relive, but that feature is gone. It used to be easy to trim an entire Relive. That feature was especially useful if I forgot to end the Relive rec
- [R4] Relive No longer usable: Unfortunately, Relive has decided that they will only allow you to use the app, even if you’re paying for it, if you give them complete access to your entire photo collection. I can only assume that they use this to sell your data to other companies. At one time they allowed access to just the photos taken during the activity, but that seems to no longer be the case. I would say
- [R10] Relive Activities Disappearing: Dozen of activities disappeared. The app is not trustworthy.
- [R19] Relive Forces you to share all photos: The app forces refuses to save a video locally unless you select “share all photos” in the apps permission. Even if you select “Add photos only” or “limited access” (with which the app is capable of saving the video), the app will refuse to do it.
- [R34] Relive Do NOT trust with memories: The company simply deleted my content from once in a lifetime trips! Photos and memories from places I will never visit again. I received one, confusing email to which I replied immediately. I got NO response. I tried contacting them a 2nd, then 3rd time. Then POOF. EVERYthing was gone!!!! What’s really infuriating was that THEN they decided to respond to my emails te
- [R13] Relive No billing support: The whole company is run by bots, and refunds are not given for any reason. I have a dated screenshot of my cancellation and they still charged me.
- [R15] Relive Unfair play: I used to like this app a lot because it created nice videos about my rides with some statistics like top speed or max attitude, however, recently I noticed that those things are no longer presented on the free videos and now it’s also asks you each time to subscribe to the page version, and you constantly need to opt out out of it, which was a little easier previously. I understand t
- [R28] Relive False sub info in app: The product is novel, and a bit cool. It works and I like the product during the trial. However, not enough to keep it as the subscription is $38.99. During the trial, the app says you will not be charged at the end of your trial. I was charged without notice. The website says cancellation will not entitle you to a refund. This is bullsh.
- [R30] Relive Too expensive: Nice app but nobody can ant to pay $6.99 per month for an occasional hiking video. Please make an option for someone who only wants to make a few videos per year.
- [R9] Relive I want to love it, but…: Once you’ve uploaded photos and made the video, it is seemingly impossible to change the photo aspect ratio - even if you do so in your phone’s photo app, deselect the old and select the new. I wish there was a clear way to just entirely start over on a video. Otherwise, it’s a great app.
- [R12] Relive Need to fix this flaw in the new Relive: One function has gotten worse., That is “Set Location” which I use many times when creating videos. The movement of the slider at the bottom is not acceptable. For example, I wished to place a photo at Mile 15 from a group bike ride. “Set Location” always starts from the start. Previously I was able to place my finger on the map and very quickly move
- [R42] Relive Needs more music!: Friends are getting really bored now of the same old tunes which frankly are pretty nasty. With all the money Relive are making, you would have thought that they could afford to get some new tunes to stop the novelty wearing off.
- [R43] Relive A buggy mess: I’m not sure when but this app was recently updated and apparently quality assurance is not something being done anymore. Anyone that spends any amount of time trying to create a video with this current update will have a plentiful list of issues and bugs. I could easily list 10 to 15 critical defects that should have been caught prior to release, but then I’d be doing their job for
- [R55] AllTrails Fantastic value for money even if you hike infrequently: The amount of research and coordination time this app saves you even for a single hike is worth the annual fee.
- [R56] AllTrails Great APP: Use it all the time in the outdoors and planning hikes
- [R57] AllTrails Great Trail Resource: All trails provides all of the essential information to study a route, learn about the features, the pros and cons, and even pictures along the way from other users. There is a very cool map preview feature. I download the map to my device, and I can use it while on trail, even when there’s no reception
- [R58] AllTrails Amazing App: I so love this app. It’s extremely helpful for finding alternate roots during your trails to extend your hike. Highly recommended.
- [R69] Strava Popular n easy to use training platform: I reluctantly joined fearing my unwavering thirst for data. I did it on a friends recommendation and glad I did do I geek out absolutely has it been a helpful tool that’s done more for my comrade within sport instead of competiton(don’t be fooled that’s there too!) I’d recommend to a tone who likes to well it and keep a journal so to speak of your adventure
- [R72] Strava Sports: I absolutely love the app, it has benefited me from tracking my running and swimming. My only complaint is that it doesn’t have baseball, since that is my main sport I am disappointed in it not being an option. But other than that I’d recommend to ever single person.
- [R75] Strava Best Tracking App But…: I love that I can accurately track my runs and hikes. However I wish they would add a horse ride tracker, I’m using the mountain bike to track my rides, and sadly I can’t do any of the events.
- [R78] Strava Sick as: Accurate, and Awesome
- [R80] Timehop Fun memories every day: Enjoyed this app for 3 yrs. It’s hooked to my photos and FB and gives a quick review of several shots o and videos over the years every morning.
- [R83] Timehop 8 years: For 8 years I’ve been looking at years of memories. I love this app.
- [R86] Timehop The memories that you can get: It is good because you can look back and remember yourself so I feel like that gives me memories
- [R89] Timehop Great App: Great app, look forward to checking it every day and taking a little trip down memory lane! 10/10 would download again!
- [R94] Running Walking Tracker Goals Just wanted something to track my miles and got more: Super easy simple tracker, love the features on it and the Spotify connections to it, I tried three other apps but this works best for me
- [R95] Running Walking Tracker Goals Mostly free: So far I’m loving this. I’m 2 months postpartum and I’m ready to feel like my self! I do wish you had a more free features but I understand you have to make money somehow!
- [R97] Running Walking Tracker Goals Little the best: Literally the best
- [R100] Running Walking Tracker Goals Miles: Great tracking system for daily miles could never go wrong.
- [R108] Gaia GPS Professional use: Gaia has been extremely valuable to me in my professional capacity of inspecting commercial industrial scale projects. More user-friendly than normal GIS and the ability to store all of my data in one spot has been extremely valuable.
- [R109] Gaia GPS Great Maps, So-So App: Gaia has some of the best maps for off roading, overlanding and in general enjoying the outdoors. However, the app is only ok. Map downloads are comically slow and difficult to setup. In the era of TB phones, why can’t I just download whole states like in other apps? Why does a download of 100MB take minutes on gigabit connection? Relatedly, sharing of plans and routes is
- [R111] Gaia GPS The Navigation Tool I Trust Outdoors: The one app I consistently rely on for trail navigation whenever I’m out exploring the outdoors.
- [R112] Gaia GPS It was great until Outside Mag: I like the USGS Topo layer, but it seems to me the resolution took a significant hit on both the phone app and web interface.
Synthesized from 120 recent App Store reviews · updated July 2026 · View on the App Store