GPX Navigation Made Simple

GPX navigation should not require a complicated setup. OffTrail lets you open a GPX track, see it on the map and start riding. Maps can be stored on your phone, so once your route is ready you can keep navigating even where mobile coverage disappears. OffTrail is free, available for iPhone and Android, supports GPX import and export, and can display up to five tracks at the same time.

What is GPX navigation?

A GPX file is a standard file format for storing routes, tracks and waypoints. Instead of asking a navigation app to choose the road for you, a GPX track represents the exact path you want to follow — the one a tour organiser drew, a friend recorded, or you planned yourself. That makes GPX the natural format for adventure riding, off-road trips, organised events and anywhere normal road navigation is not enough.

Open a GPX and ride

Open a GPX file from your phone's file manager, email, browser or share menu and choose OffTrail — on iPhone, AirDrop works too. The track appears directly on the map, and navigation follows your position with course-up tracking and off-track alerts. OffTrail keeps up to five tracks loaded at once, each with its own colour: useful when a trip includes alternatives, multiple days or optional sections.

GPX navigation without continuous mobile coverage

GPS does not need mobile internet to know your position — only the map has to be on the device before coverage disappears. OffTrail has offline maps for more than 100 countries; with the map and the GPX track stored locally, the whole ride works without a data connection. The full offline picture is on the offline GPX navigation page.

Import a GPX or build a route in OffTrail

OffTrail is not limited to imported files. The app also builds routes: off-road routing for adventure motorcycles and 4x4s, on-road Road Fun and Road Fast profiles, and circular Round Trips of 50, 100, 150 or 200 km. Route calculation runs on OffTrail's routing service, so generating a route needs a network connection; once the route is on the device, following it works offline. See the off-road route planner for details.

In the car and in a group

The same GPX navigation carries over to Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, where the map and guidance appear on the vehicle display, and to Group Ride, where up to 15 riders share live positions during a session. Every ride is recorded automatically as a GPX file you can export and share. Step-by-step: navigate a GPX on iPhone or on Android.

Get OffTrail free on the App Store or Google Play. Load a GPX track, build a route and ride.

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