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Wikiloc: sovereignty score and 8 European alternatives

Wikiloc is an outdoor app and website for hiking, cycling, trail running, mountaineering and many other activities. Its library consists of routes that users have recorded and shared, which can be followed in the app. Members record their own tracks with GPS, add waypoints and photos, and share them with others. The offer includes offline topographic maps, route planning and turn-by-turn navigation. The app runs on iPhone and Apple Watch.

The app is published by Wikiloc Outdoor, S.L., which the privacy policy places in Girona, Spain. No parent company is named on the vendor's pages, and no self-hosted or open-source version is described. Where user data is stored is not stated in the publicly accessible material. For a European organisation this means an operator established in the EU, with the storage location to be confirmed in the contract documents before personal or location data is shared.

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Sovereignty score
71 / 1000 = high exposure
100 = sovereign
  • Jurisdiction SOV-2100
    Headquartered in the EU: European law applies
  • Data residency SOV-3100
    EU-only hosting
  • Cryptographic key sovereignty SOV-360
    Key management with a European vendor
  • Freedom from lock-in SOV-640
    Closed source: switching requires data migration
  • Source & runtime sovereignty SOV-4 · SOV-655
    Closed source, runtime with the vendor

SOV codes: the matching objective in the European Commission's Cloud Sovereignty Framework. Official source

How the score is calculated

Facts and evidence

Last checked October 12, 2026
Headquarters
ES (EU)Verified by hand
Sovereignty model
Vendor-hosted (EU)Verified by hand
Data hosting
EUVerified by hand
Open-source
NoVerified by hand
GDPR-compliant
NoVendor-stated
Category
Maps & Navigation
Type
Product
Website
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Top EU-based & GDPR-compliant alternatives to Wikiloc

The European alternatives to Wikiloc come from our knowledge base of over 8,000 vendors. We only list vendors headquartered in the EU or the EEA; fully European-owned vendors rank before vendors with a foreign owner. For each alternative you see the country, the open-source status and a short description.

Score per alternative: 0 = high exposure, 100 = sovereign

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Why digital sovereignty matters with Wikiloc

Wikiloc is headquartered in ES and therefore falls under European law: the GDPR, NIS2 and the Data Act. No foreign legislation can compel access to your data.

Data is hosted exclusively in the EU, so Wikiloc scores best on data residency.

Wikiloc is closed source and hosted by the vendor. The encryption keys and the runtime sit with the vendor and switching requires data migration. Ask about bring-your-own-key, export options and open standards.

What this means for your organisation depends on your whole stack and context. The free assessment weighs Wikiloc together with your other vendors and gives a total score, a heatmap and the main risk drivers.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best European alternative to Wikiloc?

It depends on your use case. Strong EU alternatives to Wikiloc include Bikemap, BRouter and calimoto. On this page you can compare 8 EU alternatives by jurisdiction, data residency and open-source status.

Are there open-source alternatives to Wikiloc?

Yes. Open-source EU alternatives to Wikiloc include BRouter, Digitransit and GraphHopper. These keep your data fully under your own control and let you self-host if you want to.

Is Wikiloc GDPR-compliant and where is the data hosted?

Wikiloc is headquartered in ES (EU) and hosts data in EU. That makes Wikiloc an EU-sovereign choice in its own right; the EU alternatives on this page are comparable European tools.

Details and sources

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Sources

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Compliance evidence

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Digital sovereignty in Maps & Navigation

Maps & Navigation: Maps, route planning and navigation services. In this category the choice of vendor determines who has legal access to your data, where that data lives and how easily you can switch later.

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