Outdoor Aficionados

Connecting hikers.

The hikers social network. FREE navigation app and an optional all-in-one communication device.
Built for adventure, designed for peace of mind.

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OA app in the Zorya case: an SOS alert from a hiker in danger, 14 km away, shown on the 3D trail map

The app: real time SOS & hazard alert

Like a “Waze” for outdoor and an optional all-in-one off-grid communication device. Get help faster and notify the nearest hiker (up to 15 km) in case of accident or notify the community about hazards or points of interest encountered on the trail, like wildfires, closed trails.

Hike to: preserve & earn

Use the app, add quality info and contribute to the network.
You’ll be rewarded with outdoor points with great value. You can donate these points to the project you love, cleaning a mountain, remarking a trail. Hike and preserve what we already have!

In the outlet, exchange the outdoor points to get discounted and exclusive gear from the our partners. Hike smarter!

Zorya

The All-In-One-Beacon

Is this a smartphone case, a power supply, an SOS beacon, a multi satellite communication system, a radio mesh or else? Well, it’s all of that in one piece, easy to use, with satellite connectivity embedded, enough for years of exploring. It’s our all-in-one beacon, we call it Zorya. Inspired from real life experiences, designed for the peace of mind.

It helps you transform your smartphone in an off-grid safety navigation device that allows you to explore and enjoy nature in a safe way. We are now in functional prototype phase!

Join us and be among the first to test it!

Zorya, a rugged smartphone case with a red SOS button — IP-65 and IK-10 Rugged Phone CaseS.O.S. ButtonBuilt-in multimodal communication system

Smart Navigation Brain

Outdoor Aficionados is probably the world’s first global intelligent off-grid safety network (GIOSN). Despite the direct-to-cell market messages, physics ≠ marketing! Meaning that we need a mix of communication methods to be truly connected in the most harsh conditions in our adventures.

We truly believe that the future of communication is hybrid.
Our patented beacon system and app allows switching between different ways of communicating and keep you connected with others.

We use a multi band antenna and a « AI-brain » that adapts to the off-grid conditions and positioning and switch between the ways of communicating from GEO sat or LEO sat to mesh communication. All incorporated in the phone case that adapts to your smartphone.

Exploded view of the Zorya beacon: LED bar, SOS button, NTN antenna, main board and battery — up to 10000mAh Lithium BatteryOA Beacon Main BoardSOS buttonNTN AntennaLedbar

Connected

Even in the situation that your phone is broken or no battery, you can use the SOS button to signal that you need help. We’ll see you on the app and we can answer you back that we are coming to help (Led bar communication).

We introduce the hike-to earn model and we created a hike-to-purpose model for a positive sustainable impact. Every hike helps maintaining the trail you are.

Navigation, SOS & notification system, trail and hike management, and donation to support outdoor projects are included in our FREE app.

Enjoy and explore more!

Smartphone in the Zorya case running the OA navigation app — All-In-One BeaconSmart PhoneSmart Navigation App

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Upcoming features

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What is already included

SOS & hazard notification
Offline maps & GPS active
Trail & hike management
Hiker to hiker communication
Hiker Social Network
Hike to preserve
Auto tracking

Coming soon

Hike to earn
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Trail Intel

Download OA today and start exploring

Now you can download the app from App Store and Google Play. Or just scan the QR code to discover the app instantly!

Beyond the offline maps

We started the project inspired by real life events from our personal experiences. We wanted to create a true navigation tool with communication capabilities between hikers in outdoor environments and we realised on the way the real local impact of what we were building.

Out on the trail, a dead zone is more than an inconvenience. A twisted ankle two hours from the nearest road, a storm rolling in faster than forecast, a friend who took the wrong fork at a junction: without a signal, small problems quickly become serious ones. Offline maps tell you where you are — they don’t tell anyone else.

So we built OA to connect hikers to each other, not just to a map. Share SOS and hazard alerts with the people around you, plan and join hikes together, and keep talking when the network drops. With Zorya, our all-in-one beacon, that connection reaches even further, through LoRa mesh and satellite links where there is no coverage at all.

Along the way we met refuge keepers, local guides, rescue teams and mountain communities who face these challenges every day. Every trail update you share and every outdoor point you earn feeds back into the places we love to explore — helping to restore paths, support refuges and protect the outdoors for the next generation of aficionados.

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Outdoor safety

You Pressed SOS. Now what?

The SOS button does not call a helicopter on the spot. What happens after you press it depends on what you carry: a phone with satellite SOS, a satellite messenger or a personal locator beacon.

Oct 18 2026

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