Tracks: Routes, GPX and Waypoints | iOS User Guide

Saved Tracks

Track details include distance, time, elevation gain, elevation loss, maximum and minimum elevation, uphill and downhill distance, moving time, speed, and the number of waypoints and recorded points. Maximum speed uses displacement over at least 30 seconds, so a single GPS jump does not inflate it. For imported GPX files with implausible timestamps (most segments above 120 km/h), moving time and maximum speed are hidden.

Gain and loss are estimates: GPS altitude jumps up and down, so the altitude has to move a set amount from the last counted level (normally 10 m) before it counts, and small wobbles on flat ground or gentle slopes are not added up as climbing. If the phone has a barometer, the app combines air pressure with GPS altitude while recording (the first recording asks for Motion & Fitness access, used only to read air pressure) and the step drops to 3 m, so elevation gain is closer to reality; if you decline or the phone has no barometer, GPS altitude is used as before. Air pressure also changes with the weather; the app slowly corrects it with GPS, but a fast weather change can still cause some error.

Scroll down for the Elevation Profile. On a round trip (up, then back down) the colours tell the stretches apart: red is uphill, blue is downhill and gray is level, and the ascent, descent and uphill and downhill distances are listed under the chart, so you can see at a glance where you climbed and where you descended.

Import and View GPX Routes

Tap the add button in the top right corner of "Tracks → GPX Routes", or tap the GPX import button in the map tab, and select a GPX file.
You can also open a GPX file directly from the "Files" app or share menu using Aki Map. After import, it will display "GPX route imported".
Enter the route details to preview the route and photos, and choose "View on map" (switch to the map and fit the whole route) or "Navigation" (additionally enable GPS, center the route, and start live tracking).

GPX Route Details — Route details: distance, elevation gain and altitude statistics.

Show Several Routes at Once (from 1.2)

For a multi-day trip you can import one GPX file per day and draw every day's route on the offline map at the same time.

In "Tracks → GPX Routes", each route has an eye icon and a colour dot on the left. Tap the eye to show the route on the map or hide it.
"Show All" and "Hide All" above the list switch every route at once.
Tap a non-green route on the map and a card appears at the bottom: "Hide" it, or "Make Active".

The active route is always shown, in green. Navigation, off-route alerts, waypoints, trip sharing and the GPX attached to check-ins use this route only.
Other routes are drawn in magenta, dark teal, yellow, navy, charcoal and purple, matching the dots in the list. Importing a new route does not change the colours of the older ones.
When you import a new GPX, the route that was active stays on the map; turn its eye off if you do not want it.
Turning off "Navigation route and waypoints" in the map layers hides all routes at once. Available in both the free and the full version.

Route Details: Elevation Profile, Playback and Photos

Route Details Bottom — Scroll down: view on map, replay route, photos and elevation profile.

View on Map
Switch to the map tab and center this route without activating GPS (GPX routes only).
Replay Route
Play the entire route in full-screen animation with adjustable playback speed, a switchable tracking or distant view, and 2D or 3D terrain; with Uphill and Downhill Track Colors on, the part already walked is colored by slope. When automatic playback reaches a photo, the photo enlarges for about 2 seconds, shrinks back to the thumbnail above the pin, and the route continues.
Elevation Profile
Display elevation changes along the route in a chart, coloured by slope: red is uphill, blue is downhill and gray is level (within ±3% grade). Under the chart are the ascent and descent totals and how many kilometers were uphill and downhill. Ups and downs shorter than 0.15 km are merged into the stretch around them, so noisy GPS elevation does not chop the line into bits. From 1.1.8, if a route has "day end" waypoints (for example a multi-day traverse GPX), the profile is colored by day instead, one color per day, with each day's distance, ascent and descent under the chart; the red/blue slope coloring applies to single-day routes. A "3D Terrain Preview" button shows the whole route in 3D; see 3D Terrain.
Photos
Multiple photos can be selected and deleted; use "Save" in the header to save photos to the photo library, or "Import" to import from the photo library (only photos with GPS coordinates will be added).
Edit Recording Points
Browse original GPS points, multi-select and delete, or trim extra points at start and end.
Export, Pre-trip Package PDF
"Export" in the top-right toolbar exports GPX. The pre-trip package PDF contains the route overview and map, waypoints, elevation profile, permit reminders, emergency contacts, a segment table, daylight and weather, risks and retreat information, and a gear and supplies list; the free version has monthly limits for each.

Route Replay — Route replay: play the entire trip in full screen.

Offline Route Planning (1.2.1, experimental)

Without signal you can still plan a route over the walkable network inside the offline map. The feature is off by default: turn on "Offline Route Planning (Experimental)" in Settings → Tracks & Navigation and activate an offline map version that includes the network; older maps without it cannot plan routes.

Go to Tracks → Routes and tap the route icon at the top right (Plan offline route).
Tap the map to add points in order; long-press to choose Set as start, Add as via point or Set as destination. The magnifying glass at the top right searches peaks, trailheads and place names.
Drag a numbered marker to move it; when several ways are close by, the app asks which one to join. The list below lets you move points up or down or delete them, and the top right offers Undo and Redo.
Enter a route name and tap Save Route to store it as a GPX route.

Copy, Rename and Delete

Long press on saved tracks and GPX route items to bring up the menu: Copy (make a complete copy including recording points, photos and waypoints, which are independent of each other) and Edit Name. When deleting, the app provides a brief undo prompt.

Deleted items don't disappear at once; they move to the Trash (the trash icon on the saved tracks screen). In the Trash you can restore an item, or use Delete Permanently or Empty to remove it for good. It covers saved tracks, GPX routes, route photos, voice memos and summit logs, and anything older than 30 days is cleared automatically.

Waypoints and Waypoint Collections

Tap "Add Waypoint" in the map tab to open the add screen.
Enter the name (leaving blank will automatically number as "Waypoint 1", "Waypoint 2"...) and notes, confirm the coordinates and tap "Add".
The added waypoint will remain in the list on this screen and will not be automatically saved to the collection.
Tap the green tray icon for that entry in the list (or swipe right and tap "Add to Waypoint Collection") to copy it into "Tracks → Waypoint Collection". The original entry in the list will be retained, and the two are independent.

Add Waypoint — Add waypoint: name, notes and three coordinate formats.

List After Adding — After adding, it appears in the list: pen (edit), green tray (add to collection), trash bin (delete).

Waypoint Collection — Waypoint collection list.

Show on Map / Hide from Map
The eye icon on the far left of each entry (collection only). Green indicates display on the map, red indicates hidden; useful when there are many waypoints to avoid cluttering the map with pins.
Edit Name and Notes
Tap the pen icon, or swipe right and select "Edit Name".
Copy, Jump to Map
Tap "⋯" to create an independent copy, or directly switch to the map and center on that point (collection only).
Delete
Tap the trash bin, or swipe left to the end.

Paste many coordinates at once (from 1.2): if you already have a list of coordinates (for example copied from a document or a message), you do not have to add them one by one.

Go to "Tracks → Waypoint Collection" and tap the "+" at the top right (Paste Coordinates in Bulk).
Paste one "latitude, longitude" pair per line, separated by a comma, space or tab, for example 23.240957, 121.195813. The top shows "N locations recognized" as you type. Only decimal degrees are supported, not degrees-minutes-seconds.
"Review" lists every line: a line in the wrong format is shown in red with the reason (expected two numbers; latitude must be −90 to 90, longitude −180 to 180), and you can swipe left to "Remove Line"; a coordinate that is already in your collection or repeated above is marked "Duplicate, will skip".
With an offline map downloaded and active, each coordinate is named after the nearest named place within 2 km (shown as "Name will be: …"); if none is found it is numbered "Waypoint N" automatically.
When there are no error lines and at least one new coordinate, the top-right button reads "Add N Waypoints"; tap it to save them all to the Waypoint Collection at once. While any error line remains the button is disabled, so fix or remove it first.