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, 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. Share cards are built to show your exploration without giving away where you live.
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
