New · 【Track Completion】An upgraded algorithm snaps tracks more accurately and now supports snapping to railways worldwide. · 【Manage Data】See how your data breaks down by type and source in the redesigned Manage & Delete screen, and manage or delete each type individually. · 【Time Machine】Adjust the playback speed or drag the progress bar during playback. Dots Camera also adds a Time Machine card for exporting videos. · 【Data Import】Import flight and train ticket records from eTicket. · 【Moving While Not Recording】After you stop recording, you’ll get a reminder to start again if you leave the place where you stopped. Improved · Added support for iPhone Duo. · When editing a place, you can choose a location on the map to quickly fill in the place name. · When moving footprint dots, you can now see their key details, and swipe up or down along either side of the screen to switch between dots continuously. · Backing up your data is faster, and restoring from a backup is easier: just choose a backup file in Settings > Data & Backup > Backup & Restore. · E-bike is now available as a Default Transport option in Activity Type Recording. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

Dots of Life now has users in 80 countries and regions around the world! This update adds support for Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Spanish. Fixed · Fixed an issue that could prevent footprint dots from being recorded. · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Color by Time】Use color to tell new footprints from old. See at a glance which places you've explored recently and which you haven't visited in a while. · 【Map Colors】The Default map now comes in understated color schemes like Mint, Citrus, and Sea Salt. · 【Local Time】Times for footprint data, visits, and more now appear in the local time zone. Wherever your footprints are in the world, there's no need to switch time zones or convert times yourself. · 【Family Plan】Dots of Life Pro now offers a Family plan that can be shared by up to six people. Improved · Active Hours and Speed Distribution in Statistics can now be colored by activity. · Touch and hold a flight or train ticket to view its footprints. · Flight and train tickets can now be sorted by date, duration, or distance. · Improved the look of Lines and Smooth Lines in Lifetime view. · Added email as a contact option. Fixed · Fixed an issue where Dots in Lifetime might not appear. · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Color by Time】Use color to tell new footprints from old. See at a glance which places you've explored recently and which you haven't visited in a while. · 【Map Colors】The Default map now comes in understated color schemes like Mint, Citrus, and Sea Salt. · 【Local Time】Times for footprint data, visits, and more now appear in the local time zone. Wherever your footprints are in the world, there's no need to switch time zones or convert times yourself. · 【Family Plan】Dots of Life Pro now offers a Family plan that can be shared by up to six people. Improved · Active Hours and Speed Distribution in Statistics can now be colored by activity. · Touch and hold a flight or train ticket to view its footprints. · Flight and train tickets can now be sorted by date, duration, or distance. · Improved the look of Lines and Smooth Lines in Lifetime view. · Added email as a contact option. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Flyover】When sharing your route from Dots Camera or workout details, take a bird’s-eye flight over it and save it as a video. · 【Video Dashboard】Video Dashboard is now also available when sharing your route from Dots Camera. · 【Visited Regions】Visited region statistics now cover second-level administrative divisions worldwide. Reanalyze to see the results. Improved · Improved the accuracy of visited place detection. · Improved the look of the Lines style in Overview. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Share Cards】When sharing your route from Dots Camera or workout details, choose a map, photo, or transparent card and switch between several layouts. · 【Video Dashboard】When sharing your route from workout details, choose a video to overlay live workout data on it. Improved · Improved the accuracy of metro snapping in Track Completion. · Flash notes now appear in Timeline and Visited Places. · Added support for importing, exporting, and backing up workout data. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【HDR】In Dark Mode, footprints in Lifetime now appear in high dynamic range. · 【Dots Camera】Tap the map to hide the interface, then tap the camera button in the upper-left corner to frame your shot and adjust the focal length freely. After you press the shutter, you can add a depth-of-field effect or adjust brightness, contrast, and more — just like a real camera. · 【Enhanced Lines】Loosens the criteria for connecting dots in Today and Lifetime, so footprints with a lower recording density, such as data imported from other apps, can also be joined into lines. Improved · Improved the subway style on the Transit map. · Batch-delete tools such as Brush Select and Range Select are now available for free, no Pro subscription required. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Draw Group Boundary】You can draw a group boundary, and places inside it, including new ones, will automatically join the group. · 【Move Group】By default, a group is placed at the center of all its places. You can move it elsewhere or restore the default position. Improved · Improved the accuracy of metro snapping and automatic flight detection. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Place Groups】Add visit places to a place group to better organize places that sit within one another, like a shopping center (the group) and the shops inside it (the places). · 【Edit Timeline】Now when you edit the timeline, the range of each visit is highlighted, so you can adjust times more intuitively. · 【Hide Map】Turn on Hide Map in Style to clear away map distractions and focus on your footprints. Improved · Statistics now include US counties. Reanalyze to see the results. · The High-Speed engine is faster, looks better, and uses less memory. Fixed · Fixed the airline code for Air Chang'an. Edit your flights again to select it. · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · Several new Game Center leaderboards — see how your explored area, flight distance and more stack up against everyone else. Improved · New notification switches for Gallery Style Applied and Shortcuts. · A refreshed look for the Footprint Trend card in Stats. · Added Phnom Penh International Airport, Lishui Airport and Yecheng Mierdai Airport — edit a ticket again to select them. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · Several new Game Center leaderboards — see how your explored area, flight distance and more stack up against everyone else. Improved · New notification switches for Gallery Style Applied and Shortcuts. · A refreshed look for the Footprint Trend card in Stats. · Added Phnom Penh International Airport, Lishui Airport and Yecheng Mierdai Airport — edit a ticket again to select them. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Flash Notes】Capture a thought wherever you are. Long-press the “Today” button, or select a footprint dot, to note it down on the map. Every fleeting idea and curious find now has a place to go, ready for you to look back on anytime. · 【Shortcuts】Several new shortcuts. Use Shortcuts to adjust your footprint recording density, or capture a flash note in an instant. · 【Help】A brand-new Help Center with app guides, handy tips and answers to common questions — from your first steps to mastering the app. Improved · Time Machine now works with the Lines and Fog styles in Overview. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

Improved · Support for iOS 27. · App size reduced by 40%. · More complete Metro data worldwide. · You can now delete unwanted footprint dots while moving them. · Open CSV/GPX footprint data files with Dots of Life from the share sheet to import them. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Add Train Tickets】Now you can add a ticket directly by looking up China Railway services. Improved · Boat has moved out of Transit to become an activity group of its own.

New · 【Default Transport】Set your default transport to bus, motorcycle and more, so trips are no longer recorded only as “Car.” Slower stretches will be recorded as cycling. Improved · Grand Tour is refined: on the day you cross into another country, both countries or regions can now be shown. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Smooth Lines in Lifetime】Lifetime's Lines and 3D Heatmap now use smooth lines by default. The lines you've traveled layer up, tracing footprints that feel more organic. · 【Visits】You can now set the minimum visit duration and the default radius for new places in Settings > Recording & Detection. Improved · 【Heatmap】The heatmap has been refined, making the contrast between dense and sparse footprints more distinct. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Create Palettes】Create and save your own palettes in the Styles panel, with gradient stops and brightness entirely up to you. Works with Solid Color, By Speed, By Altitude and Lifetime’s Heat mode. · 【Share & Get Styles】Screenshots you upload to the gallery carry their style. While browsing, tap the info button or swipe up to see the style, then tap Get Style to apply a look you like. · 【Grand Tour】If you travel across countries, you can choose to show the country or region you were in behind each date in Calendar, making days easier to find and recall. · 【Show Today’s Track in Lifetime】Draw today’s track as an overlay in Lifetime, so you can see today’s exploring alongside all your footprints. · 【Quick Gestures】Set a long press on the Lifetime button to Toggle Today’s Track or Toggle Time Machine. Improved · Turn on Data Expert in Experimental to get a separate Drift Expert switch, which controls whether drift dots show their red “x”. · Improved place statistics (countries lit up, visit counts and more) — results are more accurate after reanalyzing. · Fog of World now imports in the fwss format, making importing simpler. · Added airports and airlines: Linfen Yaodu Airport, Air Guilin, Jiangxi Air and Tianjiao Airlines. Edit a flight ticket again to select them. Fixed · Fixed an issue where Smooth Line could stop working. · Fixed an issue where flight routes and airport names could disappear when switching maps. · Fixed various issues reported by users.

A major update! Dots of Life steps into 2.0 with the 【High-Speed Rendering Engine】, and Lifetime has never rendered this smoothly. New · 【High-Speed Rendering Engine】Powered by advanced algorithms, the new engine delivers an incredibly fluid Lifetime view: zoom and pan the map without ever waiting for it to load. · 【3D Heatmap】Tilt the map in Lifetime’s Heat style to see the 3D effect. · 【Lines of Life】Lifetime can now use the Lines style in place of Dots. Zoom in to see your footprint dots joined into lines. · 【Fog】The Fog style has been redesigned for a more lifelike fog effect. 【Please note!】If you imported Fog of World data before, Clear Fog Data first, then import the sync folder again. Improved · 【Style Panel】The Style panel has been redesigned, bringing color selection and adjustments together so switching and fine-tuning are easier than ever — and laying the groundwork for what’s next. · Visited places can now show their arrival order as the icon in single-day views, and place names can be hidden. · Improved the accuracy of Auto Tunnel Completion. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

A major update! Dots of Life steps into 2.0 with the 【High-Speed Rendering Engine】, and Lifetime has never rendered this smoothly. New · 【High-Speed Rendering Engine】Powered by advanced algorithms, the new engine delivers an incredibly fluid Lifetime view: zoom and pan the map without ever waiting for it to load. · 【3D Heatmap】Tilt the map in Lifetime’s Heat style to see the 3D effect. · 【Lines of Life】Lifetime can now use the Lines style in place of Dots. Zoom in to see your footprint dots joined into lines. · 【Fog】The Fog style has been redesigned for a more lifelike fog effect. 【Please note!】If you imported Fog of World data before, Clear Fog Data first, then import the sync folder again. Improved · 【Style Panel】The Style panel has been redesigned, bringing color selection and adjustments together so switching and fine-tuning are easier than ever — and laying the groundwork for what’s next. · Visited places can now show their arrival order as the icon in single-day views, and place names can be hidden. · Improved the accuracy of Auto Tunnel Completion. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · 【Auto Tunnel Completion】When you drive through a tunnel, a lost location signal interrupts recording. This feature detects and completes the tunnel route automatically. · 【Export GPX】Export your footprints as a standard GPX file. Fixed · Fixed an issue where the map could become unresponsive to dragging. · Fixed various issues reported by users. Recent Updates · 【Auto Metro Completion】 · 【Auto Flight Detection】 For full release notes and history, go to Settings > About in the app.

New · Auto Metro Completion: When the metro loses its location signal underground, no footprints are recorded. The app now detects those rides and completes them automatically. You can also use Complete Tracks for Past Trips to complete every metro ride in your footprint data at once. · Auto Flight Detection: The app automatically detects new flights and adds them to My Tickets. Improved · The ticket pages have a fresh look, with airline logos in Add Flight, Edit Flight and the compact flight list style. · Tap the thin gap in a single-day line to start completing that stretch right away. · App & Map Gestures adds an option to toggle map place names by tapping the Today or Lifetime button. · While editing the Timeline, watch activity types change along the line in real time. · Reduced power use while the app runs in the background. · Reduced app size. Fixed Fixed · Fixed an issue where some driving tracks were mistaken for metro rides and completed. If this happens, go to Settings > Recording & Detection > Auto Metro Completion, delete the completed trip, then complete it again. · Fixed an issue where Auto Metro Completion couldn’t be turned on when Background App Refresh was turned off for all apps. · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · Auto Metro Completion: When the metro loses its location signal underground, no footprints are recorded. The app now detects those rides and completes them automatically. You can also use Complete Tracks for Past Trips to complete every metro ride in your footprint data at once. · Auto Flight Detection: The app automatically detects new flights and adds them to My Tickets. Improved · The ticket pages have a fresh look, with airline logos in Add Flight, Edit Flight and the compact flight list style. · Tap the thin gap in a single-day line to start completing that stretch right away. · App & Map Gestures adds an option to toggle map place names by tapping the Today or Lifetime button. · While editing the Timeline, watch activity types change along the line in real time. · Reduced power use while the app runs in the background. · Reduced app size. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

New · Clean Up Footprint Data: Clean up past drifting dots, dense dots, and low-accuracy dots to free up storage and help the app run more smoothly. · Manage Drifting Dots: In single-day views, drifting dots appear as an “X” (turn on Data Expert under Experimental). Tap a drifting dot to restore it as a footprint dot. Fixed · Fixed various issues reported by users.

Improved · Photo thumbnails and visit icons now offer finer adjustment across a wider range. Fixed · Fixed an issue where footprint dots for some activity types were not shown in Lifetime. · Fixed an issue where the Timeline could appear blank when opened. · Fixed an issue that caused the app to quit unexpectedly when switching quickly between Statistics pages. · Fixed various issues reported by users.

Improved - Search now includes a Recents section. - View Route now shows the ETA. - Improved the location and name accuracy for new visit places. Fixed - Fixed an issue that could cause My Flights to quit unexpectedly. - Fixed an issue where flight and railway lines were misaligned with the map when Larger Text was turned on. - Fixed various issues reported by users.