But which apps are best for planning a route and does it depend on your location and where you want to run? We’ve tested a range of mapping apps at home and abroad to bring you our top picks.

Detailed route guides: There are hundreds of thousands of ready-made routes in OS Maps, including every hillwalking route guide we’ve printed in Trail magazine for the past 10 years.

A new, and Carbonized, version of Route 66 is now available for the Mac. Route 66 Route USA 2001-2002 for Macintosh offers up-to-date maps, over 2,600,000 streets in the USA, and more than 725,000 ...