Route Planning

Sharing routes and pins between devices or exporting to files is a premium feature. Routes and pins can be shared using iCloud sync or exported as a .GPX file:

iCloud sync:

• Routes and pins you save to inRoute’s Favorites can be automatically synced to the Favorites of your other devices if you opt-in to iCloud sync. You are prompted to opt-in to iCloud sync when you subscribe, but if you did not opt-in on a device you will see “Favorites Sync Disabled” at the top of your “Favorites” screen. Selecting that row will open the app’s settings, where you can enable the “iCloud” option.
• Then, in order to sync your current route or pins on the map, save them by tapping the map’s More button (on a Mac, the File menu), and use the “Save” option. iCloud generally starts syncing changes to your Favorites within about 30-45 seconds (you will see a blue progress bar appear at the top of the Favorites screen). Once the sync completes, from the other device’s Favorites you can select a route to restore it to the other device’s map, or select the Globe icon next to a folder to drop the folder’s pins back to the map. 

Send as a .GPX file:

• Tap the map’s Share icon, then “Mail Route” to attach a .GPX file with the current map’s contents (route and pins), which can be imported on another device running inRoute (or select “Share” > Airdrop to quickly transfer to a nearby, unlocked device). You will need a route on the map for sharing, but all non-route pins on the current map are included in the file as well (a simple two location route with a Start pin and a Destination is sufficient). For sharing by email, from a receiving iOS device’s Mail app, tap and hold the attached GPX file (at the bottom of the message), tap “Share”, then from the second row of app icons select “inRoute” (this may be under the “More” button at the far right).

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To remove all pins, tap the map’s More icon (on Mac, the File menu), then “Clear/New”. You can choose to remove the route and/or all the non-route pins.

Or, to remove several pins, tap the map’s Draw icon, draw with your finger around the pins to remove, then under the 3-dots icon at the top-right, tap “Remove from Map” (or “Remove Non-Route Pins”, available with version 8.2, released 06/20/2023).

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To save your current route, use the map’s More icon (on Mac, the File menu), then “Save”.

To start a new route, use the map’s More icon (on Mac, the File menu), then “Clear/New”, then “Remove Route”. 

Saved routes and pins can be reloaded from the “Favorites” screen.

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Under the Route button, you can drag a location up or down in the list to change its order. Or, to reorder waypoints directly on the map, first disable optimization on the Route screen. Then, on the map uncheck the waypoint you want to reorder, and when you recheck the pin you will be prompted to choose its order.

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You can view times and distances for each place or for all places at once:

For each place:

• Tap any route pin on the map, then tap the popup (that shows name/ETA) to show the pin’s details. The “progress” row shows the time and distance from the Start pin (or from your current location while navigating), as well as the time and distance to the next route place.
• Or, tap the ALT button on any route pin and the time and distance to the next route pin will show on the route’s label. The ALT button is available for driving routes only, and shows available alternates for the leg (one route pin to the next). 

For all places at once:

• Tap the Turns button. To show only the times and distances and hide the individual turn-by-turn instructions, tap the “Hide Steps” button. This information is also included when a route is shared by email or printed (see below).

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