What is Kraina?
Kraina turns your GPS history into a fog of war map. Every eligible activity clears a corridor through the fog along the route you actually recorded, so the map becomes a record of where you have been and a prompt for where to go next. Activities can come from Strava, from Wahoo, from a GPX upload, from Apple Health workout routes on iPhone, or from Kraina's own iPhone recording. Territory and XP are calculated server-side from the activity geometry, not by the app on your phone.
The thing to know before you sign up: there is no free tier any more. Kraina moved to a membership-first model. Eligible new accounts can start 14 days of free Premium (no card, no automatic charge), and after that, imports, recording and map processing stop unless you pay. Your last map snapshot stays viewable, but it stops updating. It is €4.99 a month or €29.99 a year on the web.
Key Features
Three map modes
Classic keeps everything you have ever revealed. Rolling Fog only keeps territory you have visited inside a window you configure, so old areas fade back to fog and keeping a zone clear becomes upkeep. Heartland is a rolling view of the places you actually go most often, which is closer to a picture of your current habits than of your lifetime.
Loop capture
When an activity forms a valid closed route, Kraina can reveal the whole area enclosed by the loop rather than just the line you traced. This is the mechanic that separates it from a heatmap, and it gives you a reason to plan a lap of a neighbourhood instead of an out-and-back. Geometry validation and anti-farm limits apply, so not every loop counts.
Weekly missions and expeditions
Kraina generates exploration goals from your area that sit outside your usual routine, plus longer-range expeditions. Alongside them are XP, 50 levels and one-time achievements. Kraina deliberately does not award progress for speed, night riding or bad weather.
Private by default
Maps are private, there are no public user maps, and private zones let you hide sensitive locations. Sharing is something you do on purpose: Share My Map exports only the map area you frame, as a still or animated story, and nothing is posted automatically.
Who It's For
- Runners, cyclists and hikers who want a game layer on their GPS data rather than another analytics dashboard
- People who already explore: the loop capture and the missions both reward branching out, which is wasted on a fixed daily route
- Anyone willing to pay for it. With no permanent free plan, this is now a paid app first and a curiosity second
What does Kraina cost?
€4.99 a month or €29.99 a year on the web, with annual working out around half of twelve monthly payments. Eligible new accounts can explicitly start a 14-day free Premium trial with no card and no scheduled charge. There is no permanent free plan: when the trial or subscription ends, live imports, recording and map processing pause and only your last map snapshot stays viewable. On iPhone the price is set by Apple in local currency (the US App Store lists a $29.99 membership), and Apple's confirmation screen is the one that counts.
Is there an iOS or Android app?
There is an iPhone app, released in June 2026, and it needs iOS 15 or later. It can record activities directly as well as show your map. As of October 2026 an Android app is in closed-beta preparation and you can request test access, but it is not yet public on Google Play; Kraina says it is still finishing device tests and Play review. The web app works in any browser.
Where does Kraina get my activities?
Strava, Wahoo, GPX upload, recording an activity in the Kraina iPhone app, and (on iPhone, with your permission) Apple Health workout routes. Workouts without route data can't reveal territory. Kraina describes Strava and Wahoo as activity providers rather than social feeds, so nothing you do inside Kraina posts back to them.
What is Rolling Fog?
It is one of the three map modes, not the default behaviour. In Rolling Fog, revealed territory only stays visible while you have visited it inside a time window you set; older areas return to fog. Classic keeps everything revealed forever, so pick the mode that matches whether you want a lifetime record or an upkeep game.
Is my map public?
No. Maps are private by default and Kraina does not publish user maps at all. You can also set private zones over locations you would rather not have revealed, and Share My Map exports only the area you frame.
