A simple, private GPS trip & mileage logger. Version 1.2
Record the route. Name the journey. Find your favorites again. Start free with manual recording; choose Pro for automatic recording, iCloud sync and more.
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RoadBook is a personal trip logger for your drives. It records the route, distance, duration, speed and elevation of every drive, can start and stop itself automatically when you set off and arrive, and keeps a bird's-eye view of everywhere you've ever driven. Your private GPS drive files stay on your device or in your own iCloud account unless you choose to share them. Versions with shared licensing send only the purchase and licensing metadata described below.
RoadBook is free with ads. Manual recording includes three photos per drive and one road-trip collection; the collection’s combined map requires Pro. Pro includes unlimited photos and road-trip collections. Choose Map or Satellite from map controls or Settings; your preference is remembered across map screens. The optional RoadBook Pro subscription removes all ads and unlocks automatic recording, the interactive speed, altitude and g-force charts, GPX/JSON export, the Route map, live Driving Mode overlays, and iCloud sync across your devices.
Tap the Driving tab to open Driving Mode — a big, navigation-style map built for the road ahead, with your live speed front and centre. Where local open data allows, it shows nearby speed cameras and red-light cameras and gives you a chime as you approach one. These camera alerts are free.
Camera locations depend on regional policy and data coverage — RoadBook detects the country you're driving in and applies its camera restrictions. Availability is not a guarantee of legal permission; follow applicable local rules. The data comes from public open-data sources: government open data in Hong Kong and Singapore, and OpenStreetMap elsewhere — Singapore uses its government camera source when available and falls back to OpenStreetMap if that source fails. It may be incomplete or out of date, so always follow the road and posted signs.
With RoadBook Pro, Driving Mode also overlays live parking-space availability and traffic cameras (tap a camera for a recent snapshot), where that open data is available.
With RoadBook Pro, if you are signed in to iCloud and have iCloud Drive enabled, your trips are stored in your own iCloud Documents container (iCloud.com.edfd.DrivingRecorder) and follow you across your devices automatically. There is no separate account or password — iOS uses your Apple ID. The Settings → iCloud Sync section shows the current state: Syncing… while trips are downloading, and a green Synced with iCloud once they're all backed up; there's a one‑tap reload too. The first time you open RoadBook on a new device (or after reinstalling), it shows Syncing… while your drives download from iCloud. Timing depends on your connection, iCloud availability and the size of your library. If iCloud is not available, trips are kept on the device.
If you're a RoadBook Pro member signed in to the same iCloud account, your trips download back automatically — open the app and let the download finish while it shows Syncing… (you can also tap the reload control in the Trips tab or Settings). On the free plan trips are stored only on the device, so deleting the app removes them — upgrade to Pro to back them up to your own iCloud.
Altitude comes from a combination of GPS and the device's built-in barometer. The iOS Simulator has no barometer and reports only latitude and longitude, so altitude reads 0 there. On a real device outdoors, altitude populates within a few seconds of the first GPS fix.
Average speed is computed over elapsed recording time, including any time you spent stationary (red lights, traffic). It's never higher than your max speed by construction.
Make sure Auto‑start is set to In the Background in Settings, and that location access is Always (not just While Using) — iOS needs that to wake the app. If you swiped RoadBook away in the app switcher, reopen it before setting off, then leave it in the background. In Battery Saver mode, iOS significant-location-change events wake RoadBook, which may briefly check GPS to confirm driving. The first event can arrive after you have already travelled, so the beginning of a drive may be missed. Choose Full Accuracy for continuous GPS monitoring. Start detection still depends on location quality, movement and iOS background execution. You can also pick Only While Open, or just tap Start Recording manually.
Private GPS drive files, routes, vehicle names and plates, business labels and saved reports stay on your device or in your own iCloud unless you choose to share them. In versions with shared licensing enabled, RoadBook sends verified Apple purchase information, installation proofs, random vehicle and trip identifiers, and original dates to its licensing service to check allowances and Business access. This does not upload your GPS drive files. Optional community contributions and explicit sharing have separate data flows, described in the Privacy Policy.
From public open-data sources, read-only: government open data in Hong Kong (speed/red-light cameras, live car-park availability and traffic-camera snapshots, via data.gov.hk), government open data in Singapore (live car-park availability and traffic-camera snapshots, via data.gov.sg), and OpenStreetMap for speed cameras in other regions. If a government camera feed cannot be reached, RoadBook falls back to OpenStreetMap for that region’s cameras rather than showing none. In Singapore, the government camera source is used when available, with OpenStreetMap as a fallback if that source fails. Singapore parking is unaffected — car-park locations ship with the app and live availability still comes from data.gov.sg. RoadBook sends these providers no account, identifier or trip data; for the OpenStreetMap lookup it sends only a coarse (~1 km rounded) coordinate so it can find cameras near you. Camera availability depends on RoadBook’s regional policy and data coverage, and the data may be incomplete or out of date — always follow the road and posted signs. Full details are in the Privacy Policy.
Open a trip from the Trips tab and use Export GPX (for mapping tools like Google Earth, Strava, RideWithGPS) or Export JSON (for raw data). Either option opens the standard iOS share sheet, so you can send to Files, Mail, AirDrop, or any compatible app.
While recording, the app uses GPS continuously, which is energy-intensive. When RoadBook is in the background and not recording, Battery Saver waits for Apple's low-power significant-location-change events and may make brief GPS checks to confirm movement. Full Accuracy keeps GPS active to improve start detection, with higher battery use. Neither mode guarantees an immediate start: location quality, movement and iOS background execution can delay recording. With auto‑start Off or Only While Open, RoadBook does not monitor for a new drive in the background; a recording already in progress can continue.
RoadBook Pro is an auto-renewable subscription — $2.99 / month or $24.99 / year (prices may vary by region). It removes all ads and unlocks automatic recording, the speed, altitude and g-force charts, GPX/JSON export, the Route map, live Driving Mode overlays (parking availability and traffic cameras), and iCloud sync. You can subscribe from Settings → Upgrade to RoadBook Pro. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation; the subscription renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions, or restore a previous purchase from the Membership page.
On the free plan RoadBook shows ads delivered through Unity LevelPlay mediation, which runs an auction across Unity Ads, AppLovin, Meta Audience Network, Mintegral and Vungle — a banner on some screens and a short video when you save a drive (your drive always saves, whether or not an ad is available). At some point after you have answered the location and notification prompts, iOS asks whether RoadBook may track you: choosing Allow permits personalized ads, while Ask App Not to Track still shows ads but non-personalized ones. Subscribe to RoadBook Pro to remove ads entirely. See the Privacy Policy for the details.
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See the RoadBook Privacy Policy.