Paddle Ways - Lets Go Paddling
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About this app
Paddle Ways: Your Ultimate Whitewater, Kayaking, Rafting, SUP and Canoe App
NOW with nationwide coverage of rivers and access points.
PaddleWays is your indispensable digital guidebook and GPS navigation tool for whitewater adventures. Whether you're kayaking, rafting, canoeing, or stand-up paddling, PaddleWays has you covered. Developed in collaboration with American White Water, this app delivers crucial information to ensure safe and informed decisions before you hit the water.
Discover Exciting Paddling Locations
Explore new rivers and sections, near and far, through interactive maps. Dive into guidebook descriptions, match your skill level with provided difficulty ratings, and connect with related resources for comprehensive insights.
Effortless Planning
Plan your perfect outing with confidence using PaddleWays. Measure river miles, access thousands of points of interest like access points, boat ramps, campsites, and more. Bookmark your favorite rivers, check real-time weather, and river flow rates (CFS) by location to find the ideal time for your adventure.
Seamless Navigation
Navigate with ease using detailed interactive 2D and 3D maps, available online and offline. Choose from Satellite, Outdoor, and Street map modes, measure distances in river miles, and set location-based alerts for upcoming take-outs, camps, or rapids.
Connect with the Paddling Community
Stay in the loop with user comments on recent conditions, and reference notes, photos, and saved places from previous trips. PaddleWays is not just an app; it's an interactive atlas and community forum designed for paddlers, by paddlers.
Who is PaddleWays?
PaddleWays is powered by NRS, dedicated to making human-powered recreation more accessible, safe, sustainable, and enjoyable. With technology developed by onWater, PaddleWays donates 1% of sales to promote responsible use and resource conservation.
PaddleWays Plus
Unlock premium features with a PaddleWays Plus subscription, including offline maps, river guidebooks, real-time flow data, and public & private land data.
Discover the ultimate tool for your whitewater, kayaking, and rafting adventures. Download PaddleWays today and explore the waters like never before.
USGS, go, levels, flow, white water, whitewater, weather, kayaking, rafting, raft, boat, canoe
NOW with nationwide coverage of rivers and access points.
PaddleWays is your indispensable digital guidebook and GPS navigation tool for whitewater adventures. Whether you're kayaking, rafting, canoeing, or stand-up paddling, PaddleWays has you covered. Developed in collaboration with American White Water, this app delivers crucial information to ensure safe and informed decisions before you hit the water.
Discover Exciting Paddling Locations
Explore new rivers and sections, near and far, through interactive maps. Dive into guidebook descriptions, match your skill level with provided difficulty ratings, and connect with related resources for comprehensive insights.
Effortless Planning
Plan your perfect outing with confidence using PaddleWays. Measure river miles, access thousands of points of interest like access points, boat ramps, campsites, and more. Bookmark your favorite rivers, check real-time weather, and river flow rates (CFS) by location to find the ideal time for your adventure.
Seamless Navigation
Navigate with ease using detailed interactive 2D and 3D maps, available online and offline. Choose from Satellite, Outdoor, and Street map modes, measure distances in river miles, and set location-based alerts for upcoming take-outs, camps, or rapids.
Connect with the Paddling Community
Stay in the loop with user comments on recent conditions, and reference notes, photos, and saved places from previous trips. PaddleWays is not just an app; it's an interactive atlas and community forum designed for paddlers, by paddlers.
Who is PaddleWays?
PaddleWays is powered by NRS, dedicated to making human-powered recreation more accessible, safe, sustainable, and enjoyable. With technology developed by onWater, PaddleWays donates 1% of sales to promote responsible use and resource conservation.
PaddleWays Plus
Unlock premium features with a PaddleWays Plus subscription, including offline maps, river guidebooks, real-time flow data, and public & private land data.
Discover the ultimate tool for your whitewater, kayaking, and rafting adventures. Download PaddleWays today and explore the waters like never before.
USGS, go, levels, flow, white water, whitewater, weather, kayaking, rafting, raft, boat, canoe
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Ratings and reviews
363 reviews
Shannon Bradford
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August 26, 2026
Crippled by lack of features in the free version. People keep complaining about the lack of features in the free version, and the developer keeps promising that they're going to add them, but they never do. The price is exorbitant for what you get because you can get most of the features for free just running a couple of other apps. If it wasn't a monthly fee I might consider it, but the fact that they want $50 a year is insane. They need to lower the price and add more features to the free ve
1 person found this review helpful
onwater llc
August 27, 2026
Thanks for the honest feedback and sorry we've missed the mark. We hear the frustration on free-tier features and pricing; we're actively working on improving that balance. If you can tell us which features matter most for your time on the water at team@paddleways.com, it really helps us prioritize. Appreciate your time and thoughts!
Tyla Davis
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July 20, 2026
I hope I'm just doing something wrong, and if so, I'm happy to change my rating... on the website I have access to the information on any of the bodies of water and their access points with a free subscription. On the app, that same information isn't viewable. As soon as I click the "More Info" on any description, it takes me to the page to change to the paid subscription. I click the options to continue with the free one, but it never lets me see the "More info". So I have to use the website.
1 person found this review helpful
onwater llc
July 21, 2026
Hey there, we really apologize for this! Please contact team@paddleways.com with your account and device details so we can dig into the issue
Sue Romero
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June 25, 2026
This app promised great information, but once I paid the $25 introductory annual fee, I found out it doesn't deliver much. Not for a kayaker in New York anyway. I checked a couple of routes I have paddled. In one case the app doesn't mention a section of rapids that has to be portaged around in Old Forge. In another case, it doesn't distinguish between sections of the Susquehanna. There's a huge difference between that river in upstate NY and in Harrisburg, PA.
2 people found this review helpful
onwater llc
August 4, 2026
Hey there, apologies for the content gaps here! Our team is always working on sectioning streams and filling in details. You can submit public Waypoints for rapids, dams, and other points of interest for all users to see on the map as well. Please reach out to our team at team@paddleways.com with any questions
What’s new
You can now see algal blooms on the map, check live USGS webcams before you head out, and get lake surface temperature on waterbody overviews and in My Waters.
We've also added upvotes and New, Top, and Nearest sorting to the community feed, along with sign in improvements, and bug fixes.
Thanks for Paddling with us, and thanks for your help finding bugs. Please keep sending us feedback, we're always listening.
We've also added upvotes and New, Top, and Nearest sorting to the community feed, along with sign in improvements, and bug fixes.
Thanks for Paddling with us, and thanks for your help finding bugs. Please keep sending us feedback, we're always listening.
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About the developer
ONWATER LLC
support@onwaterapp.com
1885 Continental View Dr
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
+1 720-316-4257
