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Cachly

Advanced iOS geocaching app with offline lists, filters and GPX support

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Our verdict

#1 of 4 in Geocaching apps · For advanced iPhone and offline geocaching

Pros

  • Best advanced iOS feature set and offline workflow
  • A single purchase with no required Pro subscription
  • Excellent GPX, filter and logging control

Cons

  • iOS only, with a noticeable learning curve
  • Pro offline maps and Geocaching Premium cost extra
  • No Message Center or proprietary Trails map

Skip if: Beginners and anyone who needs Android support or a completely free advanced app.

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Rankings and alternatives

Geocaching apps scores

Evaluated Nov 12, 2026 Evidence ↓
  • Offline navigation 5

    5/5 means: Full offline maps and cache data with GPS navigation

    Unlimited offline lists are included; Pro adds worldwide vector maps with contours, hillshade, trails and offline map search.

  • Discovery and filtering 5

    5/5 means: Rich live discovery and comprehensive attribute filtering

    Search by current location, coordinates, place or GC code, 63 filter types with saved templates, and offline attribute filtering provide the richest discovery controls.

  • Logging and field workflow 5

    5/5 means: Complete field workflow with drafts, photos, trackables, GPX and sharing

    Online drafts, log templates/keywords, multi-photo logs, multiple trackables, GPX import/export and Pocket Query support cover the complete field workflow.

  • Beginner usability 3

    3/5 means: Technical but learnable with documentation

    It is powerful but has a learning curve; the developer and independent review both point first-time users to the official app.

  • Advanced control 5

    5/5 means: Extensive customization, waypoints, GPX, saved filters and integrations

    Saved filters/templates, custom waypoints/corrected coordinates, GPX/GSAK, Pocket Queries, offline maps and CarPlay provide extensive advanced control.

  • Platforms and account support 3

    3/5 means: Android or iOS with official geocaching.com integration

    iOS-only with official Geocaching API integration and useful Apple Watch/CarPlay support, but no Android version and some API features unavailable.

  • Price and access 4

    4/5 means: Low one-time purchase or a useful free tier

    A $4.99 one-time purchase includes offline lists and full standard logging. Pro and Geocaching Premium are optional separate costs for advanced maps and account limits.

  • Reliability and support 4

    4/5 means: Active support with some documented friction

    Official API partnership, help site, forums and issue tracking support reliability, with strong ratings and favorable practitioner accounts; learning curve and API limitations remain.

Pricing

  • App purchase $4.99 one-time Includes unlimited offline lists, filters, drafts and standard logging
  • Cachly Pro monthly $1.99 /month Optional offline vector maps, CarPlay and other advanced features
  • Cachly Pro yearly $14.99 /year Optional; seven-day free trial

From the vendor’s pricing page, checked Nov 12, 2026. That page is authoritative.

Evidence and sources

Geocaching apps scores

Offline navigation 1 quote
  • “Yes. Cachly supports unlimited offline lists in the standard app, so you can save caches to lists and keep finding them with no signal. Cachly Pro adds Pro Offline Vector Maps: whole-globe OpenStreetMap vector maps with contour lines, hillshade, POI and trail layers, region downloads, and offline map search.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
Discovery and filtering 2 quotes
Logging and field workflow 4 quotes
  • “Online Drafts Manage your online geocaching.com drafts by making edits, adding images and allowing you to submit the log(s).”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
  • “Log Caches/Trackables now or later Log them now or save them and send later. - Log Keywords Set default text for logs as well as use keyword replacements for common text such as cache code, date, etc. - Souvenirs See your user Souvenirs as well as other users. - Trackables Drop multiple trackables into a cache - Multiple Image Upload Upload multiple photos to logs”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
  • “Import & Export GPX Import GPX files from Dropbox, iTunes, email and other apps or export and share a GPX of any caches.”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
  • “Yes — Cachly imports and exports GPX files, including GSAK extensions, and can import geocaching.com Pocket Queries directly.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
Beginner usability 2 quotes
  • “If you’re brand new to geocaching, start with the official Geocaching® app — it’s free, simple, and made by Geocaching HQ. If you cache regularly — you work offline, drive to caches, wear an Apple Watch, run Pocket Queries, or filter seriously — Cachly is built for you. Many geocachers use both: Cachly for finding and logging, the official app for its Message Center.”
    cachly.com/compare · checked
  • “There are so many features that it took me a bit of time to learn to use the new app.”
    Noniemcd, App Store reviewer · apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
Advanced control 5 quotes
  • “Yes. Cachly supports unlimited offline lists in the standard app, so you can save caches to lists and keep finding them with no signal. Cachly Pro adds Pro Offline Vector Maps: whole-globe OpenStreetMap vector maps with contour lines, hillshade, POI and trail layers, region downloads, and offline map search.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “Search filters ✓ 63 filter types, saved filter templates — included Filters (size, type, D/T, found/owned) are Premium-only”
    cachly.com/compare · checked
  • “Import & Export GPX Import GPX files from Dropbox, iTunes, email and other apps or export and share a GPX of any caches.”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
  • “Yes — Cachly imports and exports GPX files, including GSAK extensions, and can import geocaching.com Pocket Queries directly.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “Waypoints Create user waypoints as well as set a corrected coordinates.”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
Platforms and account support 3 quotes
  • “Yes — Cachly is an Authorized Geocaching API Developer and an official Geocaching HQ partner app. You sign in through the geocaching.com login page, and Cachly reads and writes your data through the official Geocaching API.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “Fair is fair. The Message Center is not exposed through the Geocaching API, so no third-party app — Cachly included — can send or receive geocaching.com messages. The Trails map is a proprietary Premium layer available only on geocaching.com and in the official app (Cachly’s Pro offline maps include OpenStreetMap trails as an alternative). And because it’s made by Geocaching HQ, the official app is always first in line for new geocaching.com features.”
    cachly.com/compare · checked
  • “No — Cachly is iOS-only. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and CarPlay, and there are no plans for an Android version.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
Price and access 4 quotes
  • “Cachly costs $4.99 as a one-time purchase on the App Store — you pay once and own the app, with no subscription required.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “Yes — Cachly Pro is an optional subscription that costs $1.99 per month or $14.99 per year (US), and every plan starts with a 7-day free trial. Paying yearly saves about 37% compared to the monthly plan.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “They are separate purchases from separate companies. Cachly Pro is a subscription from Zed Said Studio that unlocks extra features inside the Cachly app, while Geocaching Premium is a membership from Geocaching HQ ($39.99 per year or $6.99 per month in the US) that upgrades your geocaching.com account itself.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “That limit comes from your free geocaching.com Basic account, not from Cachly. Groundspeak's Geocaching API allows Basic accounts to load full details for only 3 caches per 24 hours, and that limit applies in every app — including the official Geocaching® app.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
Reliability and support 6 quotes
  • “Yes — Cachly is an Authorized Geocaching API Developer and an official Geocaching HQ partner app. You sign in through the geocaching.com login page, and Cachly reads and writes your data through the official Geocaching API.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “Fair is fair. The Message Center is not exposed through the Geocaching API, so no third-party app — Cachly included — can send or receive geocaching.com messages. The Trails map is a proprietary Premium layer available only on geocaching.com and in the official app (Cachly’s Pro offline maps include OpenStreetMap trails as an alternative). And because it’s made by Geocaching HQ, the official app is always first in line for new geocaching.com features.”
    cachly.com/compare · checked
  • “Saying that Cachly is an improvement over the official app is an understatement. Cachly reliably stores offline data (a feature that the official claims but usually fails), imports gpx files, has superior maps (and better zoom), has better navigaion, allows local storage of draft logs, has superior status indications, and a much better user interface.”
    fizzymagic, Reddit user · reddit.com/r/geocaching/comments/1h4jppx/cachly_or_other_apps · checked
  • “Geocache is better at navigating to a geocache, it just loads better. Its also easier for me to add caches to a list through geocache. I think its nice having both!”
    SilentSupermarket444, Reddit user · reddit.com/r/geocaching/comments/1airxgk/cachly_vs_geocache · checked
  • “There are so many features that it took me a bit of time to learn to use the new app.”
    Noniemcd, App Store reviewer · apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
  • “Start at the Cachly help site, help.cachly.com, which has searchable articles on every feature. You can also ask in the Cachly forums or the Facebook group, and report bugs or request features on the GitHub issue tracker.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked

Facts

License 1 quote
  • “Cachly costs $4.99 as a one-time purchase on the App Store — you pay once and own the app, with no subscription required.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
Runs on 1 quote
  • “Compatibility Requires iOS 15.0 or later. iPhone Requires iOS 15.0 or later. iPad Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. iPod touch Requires iOS 15.0 or later. Apple Vision Requires visionOS 1.0 or later. Apple Watch Requires watchOS 9.0 or later.”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
Needs 2 quotes
  • “Yes — Cachly is an Authorized Geocaching API Developer and an official Geocaching HQ partner app. You sign in through the geocaching.com login page, and Cachly reads and writes your data through the official Geocaching API.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “Geolocation Information. We may request access or permission to track location-based information from your mobile device while you are using our mobile application(s), to provide certain location-based services. This information is never sent to our servers or stored anywhere to maintain your privacy. If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.”
    cachly.com/privacy-policy.html · checked

Other quotes

Not cited by a score or fact 7 quotes
  • “Cachly is a simple and powerful Geocaching app for iOS that includes many advanced features that include the following:”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
  • “Basic accounts are subject to geocaching.com's own API limits (see above), so serious geocachers generally pair Cachly with a Geocaching Premium membership to unlock every cache type and load up to 16,000 full caches per day.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “Yes — Cachly supports Adventure Labs, so you can load nearby Adventure Labs and their stages alongside traditional geocaches. Adventure Labs are played in Geocaching HQ's official Adventure Lab app, and Cachly makes them easy to discover while you're out caching.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
  • “I was forced to change to IOS, then I have paid for the app, I have paid for the Cachly Pro version (looking for premium caches) but then… I also need to pay for premium membership for geocaching… So… Geocaching annual fee Cachly from App Store Cachly pro membership If because of the user interface only… then I don’t think it’s worth it…”
    Just_Income5180, Reddit user and thread author · reddit.com/r/geocaching/comments/1h4jppx/cachly_or_other_apps · checked
  • “Location This app may use your location even when it isn’t open, which can decrease device battery life.”
    apps.apple.com/us/app/cachly-geocaching/id645384141 · checked
  • “Crash Reports. We collect crash reports to help improve the stability and performance of our application(s). These crash reports do not contain any personally identifiable information.”
    cachly.com/privacy-policy.html · checked
  • “Join thousands of geocachers using the top-rated iOS geocaching app — 4.8 stars from 11,481 App Store ratings.”
    cachly.com/faq · checked
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Pricing

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