FollowMe
Travel
$3.99 · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
--- record and show the geographical locations during a tour (walking, cycling, skiing ...)
--- import of GPS-tracks as GPX-file
--- "Send to FollowMe" for tour plans in GPX format
--- simultaneously painting of a preloaded track and the actual track
--- instant sending of GPS-coordinates (z.B. per Mail, WhatsApp, Threema, AirDrop)
--- instant transmission of GPS-coordinates as google-maps-link
--- photo-, video- and audio-snapshots, linked with the snapshot-location within track
--- edit-mode for tour data like label and type
--- export of photo- video- and audio-snapshots (z.B. per Mail, WhatsApp, Threema, AirDrop, ...)
--- export of reusable GPS-tracks as GPX-file
--- permanent location transmission per iCloud
--- observe tracks (FollowFriend) per iCloud
more Bug fix in the editor (merging tours)
4.9.22 Mar 5
Bug fixes and improvements for snapshots
Positioning of camera controls independent of zoom level
Display optimization for switching between portrait and landscape modes
Editor bug fix for distance calculation for the first trackpoint
Tour name now retained when repeating a tour
4.9.21 11/10/2025
Elevation label in the tour editor
Editor: Display of duration and distance from the tour start to any point
Speed display in the tour editor
Map display on the watch
Bug fix for starting a tour via the watch
Tour stop disables map maximization
4.9.20 07/28/2025
Functional improvement of tour import
Display of memory usage depending on the year selection
Summary view only in portrait mode
Automatic switching to full map view only when a tour is running
4.9.19 02/23/2025
The new version is designed for IOS version >=15
Statistics:
The memory usage for GPX, audio, video and photo files and the program version are also displayed.
The year selection is expanded so that statistics older than 4 years can also be displayed
New tour:
The creation of snapshots (photo, audio, video or memo) has been completely revised
The POI display can now be ended with a swipe gesture
Editor:
The initial marker for deleting a tour section is now at the end of the tour
The title is adjusted in the photo view (tour name or “all tours”)
The media is displayed in the original size ratio
Bug fixes:
Swipe gesture within the media view on IOS18
Tour start time in UTC
GPX restore (retry lock during ongoing restore process)
Media restore (retry lock during ongoing restore process)
Sharing on iPad
4.9.18 01/31/2025
Bug fix for tour editor
Privacy label
4.9.17 06/27/2024
--- Location for Portugal
4.9.16 06/10/2024
Pace calculation between the last waypoints (instead of GPS pace)
Watch display with tour speed for the last tour
Save GPX file back in overwrite mode (any existing file will be overwritten)
Improved map markers for photo, video, audio and text
new feature in the tour editor: deletion of a tour section
Complete restoration of the map display after media recording has ended.
Adjustment of display and control elements
Improved map positioning with maximized map display (compass visibility)
Corrected merging of two tours (database update of the base tour)
Bugfix: App crash when merging two tours (search field not initiated)
Bug fix for watch interface: WatchOS 10 compatibility
Bug fix for watch interface: Detecting and closing the statistics view on the iPhone/iPad
Bug fix for watch interface: Display of the remaining distance when using tour templates
4.9.15 01/30/2024
Bug fix: When a tour has started, a template import can now also be aborted without ending the tour
Bugfix: Display of geogr. altitude on the watch
Change: Altitudes without decimal places
4.9.14 09/04/2023
Relocation of the follow functions to the "Trip recording" module
Revision of the follow functions
Camera perspective as user defaults (dyn/fix)
Position recognition only when the tour has been started
Improved overlay handling
Reloading a tour template even when a tour is started
Bug fix: Audio levels for video and sound recordings
4.9.13 07/26/2023
Location usage in the background is signalled
Localization completely revised
Improved the positioning of the navigation bar and its neighbors
Improvement of the snapshot preview for photo and video recordings
Search in the tour list
Watch display with improved formatting
4.9.12 05/31/2023
Improvement of the watch interface regarding activation and data exchange
Improved display of navigation bar and status bar
Import of tour files now with the waypoints and affiliated media (if the media is pre-existing)
Import of the tour name during tour import
Merging 2 tours
The tour label is also saved under trk/name within the associated GPX file for the purpose of importing
Bug fix for tour sorting
Bug fix for tour repetition (initial creation of the required directory)
Bugfix tour sorting (year in the time part of the tour name)
4.9.11 03/24/2023
CollectionView for displaying tour media
Tour type "ship" added
4.9.9 10/31/2022
STOP button in watch interface better accessible
View POI details (name, url, phone number) by clicking on the tour map
4.9.8 05/10/2022
Waypoints can now store text information in addition to photo, video and audio recordings
Tour categories of the tour list can be expanded and collapsed
H264 codec for video recording for maximum format compatibility
Recording of tour and waypoints with time stamp in local time
Tour categories of the tour list can be expanded and collapsed
Single import of a GPS file
Update of watch tour statistics following termination or deletion of a tour
Protection against unintentionally ending a tour on the watch interface: STOP switch must be pressed for 3 seconds to activate.
4.9.7 03/24/2022
Map display is maximized shortly after the tour starts
Tour details are briefly shown again by clicking on the map
Maximizing the map prevents unintentional termination of a tour
4.9.6 08/13/2021
Bugfix for GPX-Import
4.9.5 07/06/2021
privacy update
4.9.4 05/05/2021
Bugfix for watch interface
4.9.3 01/04/2021
New localisation for Spain
4.9 11/11/2020
Zoom function for tour photos and tour videos
More compact representation of the tour data on the watch
Display of the remaining distance on the Apple Watch when using a tour template
Acquisition, storage and display of tour breaks
Sorting the tour table (type or year) as a permanent setting
Various troubleshootings for the watch interface and for importing tour templates
4.8 07/15/2020
Bugfix for watch interface
more compressed view of tour data for watch
4.7.1 06/15/2020
Interface for Apple Watch:
++ Display of the last tour
++ Display of top activity
++ Start of a new tour
++ Display of tour data (start time, duration, distance, geographic altitude, altitude difference up/down, GPS altitude accuracy)
++ Stop of the tour recording
Various improvements:
++ Smoothing the height profile of a tour
Bugfixes
4.7 06/01/2020
Selectable sections for tour-type or tour-year
Colored marking of tours with media-link
Namespace-definition for GPX-extensions xmlns:FollowMe : https://ib-gi.ddns.net/namespaces ; thus exact presention within GPXpod(NextCloud)
Tour-templates, „opened with .. FollowMe“, may be loaded after starting a new tour by clicking the refresh-button, too.
Privacy-decision „No“ is stored, to avoid using the app without accepting the privacy declaration
Deletion of files within the tour folder, which do not conform to the FollowMe-Pattern
4.6 12/23/2019
backup media files to iCloud and restore media files from iCloud
table sections for different types of tours (hiking, bicycle, ..)
use your own tour as template for the next tour
rescan tour template within FollowMe, generated by other apps ("open with FollowMe")
improvement for reading of iCloud-GPX-files
adjustments to IOS13 inclusive full screen presentation under IOS13
4.5 11/19/2019
Bug fix in the editor (merging tours)
more Version 4.9.22 Mar 5
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