See where other UAE drivers go off-road, and what to bring. Your map keeps working with no signal.
Test builds are open on both platforms today. The map, spots, convoys and SOS stay free.
Test builds are open on both platforms today. The map, spots, convoys and SOS stay free. Here is what you actually get.
Every spot carries a difficulty grade — Beginner, Intermediate or Advanced — so you can judge what suits you and your car before you commit. Each one comes with the season it suits and GPS you can navigate to.
Download one region free before you leave. The map, your spots and your live position keep working with no signal at all — which is most of the desert.
Each spot tells you the grade, what your car needs, and what to know before you go — while you can still change your mind.
Claim spots, learn, bring people with you. Your tier moves as you go, so a year in you can see how far you have come.
Every time we publish a UAE spot guide you get it by email — the grade, the season, and what the drive asks of your car. Course dates go to this list before they go public.
Built in Dubai by a driver who's out in these spots every weekend.
Real data for a real place, the way you would see it before you drive out.
Al Lahbab, southeast of Dubai — beside the Dubai–Hatta road
Difficulty here is indicative, not a measurement. Wind, heat and traffic change a dune between one weekend and the next.
For anyone in the UAE who has sat in traffic in a Land Cruiser, a Patrol or a new Chinese 4x4 and thought "I should take this into the desert. But I don't know where to start."
You get beginner-graded spots near you, a clear list of what to bring, and people to drive with. No WhatsApp group full of acronyms you have to decode first.
Proper offline maps, spot data from real UAE drives, and live convoy tracking. There's also a skill ladder that shows you how far you've come.
Share your exact GPS location with your own contacts over WhatsApp or SMS — so it needs a phone signal. Plan for the places that have none. It's two taps away on every drive. You also get a link to the UAE's official rescue app.
Start a convoy and see your friends live on the map. Nobody to drive with yet? Take the beginner course. You drive your own car, with an instructor, on real dunes.
You're three steps from your first desert drive:
The app is free today as a test build, on iPhone and Android. Install it, pick a spot near you, and claim it when you arrive.
Get the appYou do need a capable 4x4 with low-range or a proper off-road mode, and you should air your tyres down for soft sand. You do not need a heavily modified vehicle. Every spot carries a difficulty grade and says what the drive asks of you — the vehicle, the convoy, the experience — so you can judge what suits you and your car before you commit.
Yes. You can download OffroadPal and use the core features for free: the map, beginner spots near you, your first offline area, the SOS location-sharing button, convoy mode and the skill ladder. There is an optional Pro tier for drivers who want more. You never have to pay to take your first desert drive.
Yes, and that's the point. Download your area while you still have signal. After that, the map, your spots and your live position keep working completely offline. Signal disappears fast in the desert, so OffroadPal is built to keep showing you where you are when you have no signal at all.
Today every spot in OffroadPal is in the UAE — real local spots, desert-specific data, and seasons that match how people actually drive here. It is not a global hiking app with the UAE added on at the end.
Yes. That's exactly who OffroadPal is built for. You get beginner-graded spots near you, a plain-English checklist of what to bring, and short Learn guides written for real beginners. If you want a proper start, our beginner desert driving course teaches you in your own car with an instructor. You don't have to figure it out alone.
Both, today, as test builds: the iPhone version installs through TestFlight, and the Android version through the Google Play test — the buttons above walk you through each. The App Store release follows.
Real spots. Real drivers. Every weekend.
Install the test build, pick a spot near you, and go.
