Record every road you take. Find where to go.

Automatically record every walk, run, ride and drive — and turn them into a living map of everywhere you've been. Build round trips in a single click. Design, share, import custom routes, and edit them as you need.

Zero features behind a paywall, no subscription or account required, data fully local and yours.

Just a companion map that helps you explore everything around you.

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Free · No account · Requires iOS 17 or later

Every feature, in detail.

The Long Way is not an Apple Health workout importer — it is a complete map companion with GPS recording and advanced routing/editing features. See the list of features and live demos below.

Colourised World Map

Each trip colours in the roads you cover, so your history isn't a list of dates — it's a map. Let it record on its own, or start and stop trips by hand.

Round Routes in One Click

Pick a distance and get a loop that ends where you started — on foot, by bike, motorcycle or car. Ask again and you get a different loop, same distance, different streets.

Automatic Recording

Leave it switched on and recording begins the moment you start moving, then keeps going in the background. No more “forgot to press start” — every ride and walk lands on your map.

Route Creation & Editing

Draw a route point by point, or convert a recorded trip into a route and reshape it from there. Reverse the direction, cut a leg, pull a corner onto the road you'd rather ride. Any route can be simplified, too — thousands of points down to a few.

Export and Import

Everything you record or draw is stored as plain GPX. Export a single trip, or your whole history in one file for backup. Bring tracks in the same way — one file or a batch — from a bike computer, another app, or a friend.

Privacy First

There's no account and no server behind the app — your trips and routes are stored on the phone itself. The only copies anywhere are the GPX files you choose to export.

Free

Our goal is simple: the whole app, every feature, available to everyone. If you feel it's worth supporting, you're welcome to leave a tip.

And More

There's more inside — regular step-by-step navigation, in-app map customisation or via theme builder, activity filters, stats.

01World map

Paint every dark corner of the earth with colour.

If you struggle to choose where to go this evening, just check the map and explore places you've never been. Use the round-trip generator to build the exact route.

  • Walking, running, cycling, motorcycle and driving each get their own colour.
  • Filter by activity for just the cycling map, or just the walks.
  • Select individual trips and do anything you want with them — edit, remove, share or convert into a route to experience it again.
  • Check stats about each trip or the whole map you filled.

02Round trips

Generate round trips of desired distance.

A 3 km walk, a 50 km motorcycle ride — say how far you want to go and you get a loop from where you're standing back to it. Retry as much as you want to get a better route, the same length through different streets.

  • Supports walking, cycling, motorcycling or driving, each routed its own way.
  • Save suggested route for later — navigate through it using map overlays, edit or share.
  • Bring your own GraphHopper API key to get even better route suggestions.

03Route editing

Create, edit and simplify anything.

In-app editor allows you to modify navigation points as you want. Add or remove points, split a path to have more geometry, simplify a whole path in one click.

  • Convert recorded trips into routes to overlay them and drive later.
  • Edit any existing, recorded or imported routes and trips. Tap to select a point, hold to add a point or split the path.
  • Build a completely new route starting from zero points, without external tools.
  • Simplify any route from thousands of points into a human-editable version while keeping the original shape.

04Automatic recording

Automatically starts and ends recording your movement.

You don't need to manually start recording. Toggle auto-recording once, and the app will automatically start recording your trips, even if it's completely closed.

  • You can still start and stop recording by hand when needed.
  • Take over an auto-started trip, or stop it by hand, from the same panel.
  • Use any other application feature while a trip is recording in the background.

05Route overlays

Show routes on the Navigation map.

Toggle multiple routes overlay on the Navigation map, each in its own colour. Follow visible paths while travelling without hard requirement to use step-by-step navigation.

  • Show or hide any route with one swipe in the Routes tab.
  • Toggle any number of favourite routes to stay visible on the map.
  • Edit a route and its line on the map changes with it.

06Navigation

Classic turn-by-turn navigation.

Search for a place, or hold a point on the map to set a destination, then start classic turn-by-turn navigation — with the distance left and your arrival time.

  • Use saved routes to start step-by-step navigation.
  • Stray off the line and it tells you how far off you are.
  • Replan from where you actually are, without starting over.

Get in touch

Need to contact us?

Don't hesitate to send us a message about anything related to the application or website.

Something not working, a feature request, feedback or a suggestion — we will try our best to help you.

We don't store your email and don't use it for marketing or any other purpose, just to reply to you regarding your request.

Or write to us directly at way@xelblch.dev.