In three steps
- Open a track. Tap a GPX, KML, KMZ or FIT file in an email, a message or your files and choose GPX Atlas, or press Open a file in the library. No file at hand? Try a sample track opens a hike in the Alps.
- Read it. The track appears on the map with its distance, climb and time. Pull the sheet up for the elevation profile: slide your finger along it to find the spot on the map.
- Take it outside. From the menu, Follow this track shows the distance and climb left and your arrival time, and vibrates when you leave the path. Record a track records your own outing, even with the screen off.
The guide
- Opening GPX, KML, KMZ and FIT files — Every way to bring a track into the app, the formats it reads, and what to do when a file won't open.
- Maps and offline maps — Street, satellite, terrain and official maps, your own map servers, and what can be kept for use without a connection.
- Following a track and recording your own — On the ground: distance and climb left, the off-track alert, recording with the screen off, and Bluetooth sensors.
- Drawing routes, editing tracks and exporting — Draw a route that follows the trails, edit any track without losing the original, and share it in the format you need.
- How the numbers are calculated — Distance, climb, moving time, speed and splits: what they mean, and the settings that change them.
- Automating recordings with Tasker — Start, pause, resume and stop a recording, or add a waypoint, from Tasker, Automate or any app that sends Android intents.
Finding your way around
The map takes the whole screen. The button at the top left opens the menu: your tracks, opening a file or a web address, marked trails, following and recording, drawing a route, offline maps and settings. The ⋮ button at the top right holds the actions on the track you are looking at: edit, export, report, colour, offline maps along the track, close.
A few gestures are worth knowing:
- Hold your finger on the map to add a waypoint, copy the coordinates or go to that point.
- Tap the colour legend to colour the track by another value: speed, elevation, slope, heart rate, cadence or temperature.
- On the profile, pinch to zoom in and double-tap to zoom out.
- Two fingers turn the map; the compass puts north back up.
- In the library, hold a track to select several: open them together, add tags, share, export or delete them.
Your library
Every track you open is kept in the library, on your phone only, with a thumbnail, its distance, climb and date. Sort by date, name, distance or climb; filter by activity, favourites, tags or collections; search by name or tag — accents don't matter. Statistics in the menu adds up your year: distance, climb and time, month by month and by activity.
In Settings › My data, back up the whole library to a single zip file, with your settings, and restore it on a new phone.
Questions and answers
- Do I need an account?
- No. There is no account and no cloud. Your tracks and your position stay on your phone; nothing is sent unless you share it yourself.
- Does it work without a connection?
- The GPS always does, so following and recording work anywhere. The map works offline for areas you downloaded on a map whose publisher allows it (IGN, USGS, basemap.at), for your own MBTiles maps, and for the places you have already looked at, kept in a cache for a while. See Maps and offline maps.
- Is it free?
- Yes. One small banner pays for it, and never a full-screen ad while you follow or record. A single purchase in Settings › Remove ads removes ads for good, with no subscription.
- My file doesn't open. What can I do?
- See When a file won't open. If nothing there helps, send the file to contact@ludiccraft.com: we read every message, and a file that doesn't open is a bug we want to fix.
- Why doesn't my climb match my watch or another app?
- Because every app filters GPS noise differently. How the numbers are calculated explains ours, and the settings that change it.
- Which languages?
- The app speaks 43 languages and follows your phone; you can choose another in Settings › Appearance › Language. Units follow your country too and can be changed: metric, imperial or nautical, speed, altitude and temperature separately.
