The Camino de Santiago app, with the whole guidebook inside.
The dedicated Wise Pilgrim apps are the real guidebook for your Camino — every word of the printed guide, topographical offline maps, weather, elevation, photos, and the accommodation directory, all on your phone. No signup. No login. No subscription. Updates for life.
Made in Galicia by Michael Matynka, guiding pilgrims since 2004.
Get the dedicated guide for your route
Each guide is the original Wise Pilgrim app for one route. Tap yours to get it — and the offline maps come included.
Walking a route that isn't listed yet? It's covered in the free All Caminos overview app.
The whole Camino, on your phone.
Build your own stages
Every word of the printed Wise Pilgrim guide, laid out as one continuous read instead of fixed daily stages. Walk the distances that suit you — and the itinerary planner shapes the route around the stages you build.
Beautiful topographical maps, online and off
Hand-tuned, paper-relief topographical maps you download before you leave and navigate with no signal at all — in a stone village, a deep valley, or airplane mode. Included free in the paid guides.
The full accommodation directory + reservation helper
Every albergue, pension, hotel and casa rural on the route — searchable, with the ones you can book online flagged. Tap WhatsApp and the app drafts your first booking message in the local language.
Yellow X — your geolocation toolkit
The beloved Yellow X is back: see exactly how far you are from the next town or the nearest albergue, the moment you wonder. Your digital reassurance on a long afternoon.
- One interactive elevation profile
- The whole route's climbs and descents in a single uninterrupted profile. Tap anywhere to read distances, and watch your position move along it in real time.
- Weather forecast for the trail ahead
- A 7-day forecast for the route in front of you, plus the next 2½ days hour by hour — so you know whether to start at dawn or wait out the rain.
- Fountains, pharmacies, ATMs, lookouts and more
- The map carries a whole layer of points of interest — water fountains, pharmacies with opening hours, ATMs, picnic areas, archaeological sites, viewpoints — right where they are on the trail.
- Notes — and map pins for what you noticed
- Leave a note on any town, albergue or stop, or drop a pin for water, a viewpoint, a photo spot. Every note gathers on one searchable, exportable page, and stays private on your phone.
- Pilgrim tips & comments
- Leave tips for the pilgrims behind you, and read what those ahead of you left — closures, a great menú del día, a warning. No registration, ever.
- Hundreds of photos, all offline
- Photos of albergues, landmarks and the path itself, stored on your phone so they load with no signal. Know what you're walking into before you get there.
- Pronunciation guide to every place
- How to say every town and place name on the Camino — so you can ask for it, and recognise it when a local says it back.
Plan at home. Carry it on the Camino.
Build your plan on wisepilgrim.com on a big screen, then take it with you.
- 1Choose the towns you'll sleep in, set your dates and add rest days on wisepilgrim.com.
- 2Scan the QR code next to your plan with your phone.
- 3Your plan opens in the app with its dates, and works with no signal.
Not sure which route yet? Start free.
All Caminos is free and covers all 20 routes: every town, every place to sleep, and the plans you make on wisepilgrim.com. When you've chosen your route, add its full guide.
A few dollars, once. That's it.
Each dedicated guide is a one-time purchase — most under five dollars — and a few of the quieter routes are free downloads. No subscription, no ads, no account. Buying one supports the work that keeps every route mapped and updated.
- One-time purchase
- No subscription
- No ads
- No signup or login
“I make these because I walk these.”
I'm Michael Matynka. I walked my first Camino in 2003 and never really stopped. I've been guiding pilgrims since 2004 — mapping these routes, visiting albergues, and talking to every hospitalero who'd give me five minutes. The first Wise Pilgrim app came out in 2012, and all of it is made in Galicia — where the Camino ends, and where I live. These apps are how I keep the whole thing going.
2004
first year guiding pilgrims
2012
first app
20
Camino routes
7
languages in the app
Questions pilgrims ask
What do the dedicated apps include?
The complete printed Wise Pilgrim guidebook for your route, topographical offline maps (included free), an interactive elevation profile, weather, the full accommodation directory with a reservation helper, Yellow X geolocation, personal notes, pilgrim tips and comments, hundreds of offline photos, an itinerary planner, and a pronunciation guide — all working offline, with no signup or login.
How much do they cost?
Each guide is a one-time purchase, most under five dollars (the Camino Francés is $4.99), and a few of the quieter routes are free downloads. No subscription, ever.
Do I need an account?
No. No signup, no login, no account. Open the app and start walking. Your notes and tips stay private on your phone.
Do the apps work without a signal?
Yes — that's the point. The guide, the photos, your notes, and (once downloaded) the topographical maps all work with your data switched off.
What's the difference between this and the free All Caminos app?
All Caminos is the free overview of all 20 routes — great for planning. Each dedicated guide goes much deeper on a single route: the full printed guidebook, offline maps included, weather, photos, the complete directory and more.
¡Ánimo!
Pick your route above and take the original guide with you — every word, every map, every fountain, offline. Or start free with All Caminos.