How it works
Three steps, then forget about your phone
You set it up once at home. Out on the trail there is nothing to touch.
- 1
Choose who to tell
An email address is enough. Your mother, your partner, the friend who always asks you to text when you get back.
- 2
Press start and go
Waypost keeps working with the screen off and the phone in your pocket. You do not have to look at it again.
- 3
They get an email
Every 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes, as you choose: where you are, how long you have been out, how far you have gone and how much battery is left.
What they receive
An email that makes sense at a glance
No app, no link to create anything, no password. It arrives in the inbox they already read.
And if the updates stop coming, the email itself tells them when to expect the next one and when it is worth worrying.
On the trail, all good.
See the current position
- Position
- 42.65300, −0.03110
- Accuracy
- ± 8 m
- Left at
- 11:58
- Out for
- 2 h 14 min
- Distance
- 2.21 km
- Phone battery
- 62 %
The next update should arrive in about 30 minutes. If much more time goes by with no news, try to get in touch. It may be poor coverage or a flat battery, but it is worth checking.
What it does
Made for going out on your own
It does one thing and does it well: someone knows where to look for you.
With the phone in your pocket
It keeps sending updates with the screen locked, and uses far less battery than a navigation app.
No account, no sign-up
No username, no password. Install it, add who to tell and go.
They install nothing
They just get an email. It works with any inbox, on any phone.
Battery in every update
So they can tell “stopped moving” from “phone about to die”.
Your contacts are never stored
The list lives on your phone. The addresses travel with each update and are not kept afterwards. No ads, no analytics, nothing sold.
Races too
If your race uses Waypost, the organisers follow you through the checkpoints and know where to look for you.
For organisers
Organising a race?
The same idea for a whole start list. You set up the race, upload the route, place the checkpoints and load your participants' emails. Each one gets a personal link and joins from the app, with no account to create.
- Live: who has started and which checkpoints they have passed
- When it closes, the report and timings land in your inbox
- You pay per participant and see the price before you pay
Setting up the race costs nothing.
See the organiser dashboardLog in
Or create your account in a moment: you stay signed in on the dashboard.
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Go to your races