Roadmap
What's next for MoveMap.
I'm Gui, the solo developer. This page is the honest version of what I'm building - no dates, no marketing. Things move between sections as priorities shift. If something here matters to you, let me know - real human votes are the fastest way to bump an idea up the list.
Shipping soon
Building now
The next update (v1.3, in TestFlight)
Focused on the things first-week users have flagged. Most of these come from emails and reviews - thank you for writing in.
- Manual refresh button. Right now today's run only appears the next time you open the app. Tap to pull fresh data from Health on demand.
- Paywall later, not on day one. New users see their map first. The upgrade screen only appears when you actually try to use a paid feature - older years, all-time stats, and so on.
- Year picker. Tap a year, see just that year's runs. Replaces the old drag-the-bar timeline that was confusing.
- Recovery if you tapped "Don't Allow" on Health. Clear path back into Settings - no more empty map with no way out.
- Simpler wording everywhere. Less "cartographic record," more "your runs on one map."
- Visual refresh. Warmer palette, new illustrations, fewer generic-looking screens.
- Diagnostics view for when you need to email me with "I'm missing some runs." Copy and paste one block and I can debug from my side.
- Fix for "I redeemed a code but still see the paywall." Sorry to the few people this happened to.
After that
Next up
Real plans, in roughly the order I'd tackle them
These are committed in direction but not in date. Solo dev - one sick week and dates lie to you.
- Faster first sync for big libraries. If you have 1,000+ workouts in Apple Health, the first import can still take a few minutes. v1.2.1 made it parallel; the next pass makes it noticeably faster on day one.
- Custom color per activity type. Running, cycling, hiking, walking - your call on what shade each one renders in. The current "everything is orange" works, but it's a hammer where some people want a chisel.
- Miles or kilometers, your call. Toggle in Profile to switch every distance, pace, and elevation between metric and imperial. Defaults to whatever your iPhone region uses; you override if you want something else.
- Better country and city detection. Currently misses some coastal and island workouts (Bahamas, Greek islands, etc.). Switching to a smarter detection method.
- Accurate per-kilometer splits. The current splits view samples the route at the wrong intervals on long continuous workouts. Coming with the next math pass.
- Year in Review v2. Custom date ranges, more layout options, better social-share crops.
- "Streets I haven't run yet" view. Show me my city with everything I HAVEN'T covered highlighted. The visual inverse of the heatmap.
- Apple Watch glance. Read-only view of your lifetime map on the watch face and in the Watch app.
Maybe someday
Thinking about
Real interest, no commitment
If you'd use any of these, write in - that's how things move up the list.
- Compare maps with a running partner, in a way that respects privacy (no servers).
- Day-of-week patterns ("you run more on Tuesdays").
- Indoor and treadmill activity visualization. No GPS, but distance and duration could still show up.
- Apple Maps Standard look as an alternative to the current dark satellite base.
- Multi-device sync via iCloud Private Database (would respect the no-servers promise).
Not happening
Not doing
Saying no to these is how MoveMap stays fast and private
These aren't on the roadmap and aren't planned to be. If one of them is critical to you, the alternatives below probably already do it well.
- Social feed, kudos, segments, leaderboards. That's Strava. They're better at it.
- Training plans, VO2 max, recovery scores. That's Garmin Connect and similar. Use both - MoveMap pairs fine.
- Android version. Solo dev, iOS-only by choice.
- Real-time workout tracking. MoveMap reads what Apple Health already has. Use Strava, Apple Workout, Garmin, etc. to record.
- A server. Your route data lives on your phone. It's the one thing that meaningfully differentiates MoveMap from the alternatives. I'm not breaking that promise.
The fastest way to bump something up the list: email hello@getrunmap.com with a one-line "I'd use this." Real human votes count more than I can describe. If you found a bug instead, the support page is the right door.