Description
PreRun.io is the GPS navigation app built specifically for off-road adventure. Whether you're scouting desert routes, navigating remote trails, or exploring backcountry, PreRun gives you the tools you actually need.
REAL FEATURES
- Import GPX Routes — Load your route data instantly
- Turn-by-Turn Audio — Distance callouts to every waypoint, configurable zones
- Next 3 Waypoints Display — Always know what's coming: turn, danger, checkpoint
- Quick Keys — Add waypoints on the fly while driving with one-tap buttons
- Checkpoint Proximity Alerts — Never miss a checkpoint
- Loop Mode — Run the same route repeatedly with automatic lap tracking
- Section Delete — Clean up wrong turns or adjust routes in the field
- Live Group Tracking — See your crew's live location on the map during rides
- Offline Group Tracking via LoRa Mesh — Connect a Meshtastic device via Bluetooth and track your group even without cell service. Bring your own hardware.
BUILT FOR THE REAL WORLD
- Works Offline — Download maps ahead of time, navigate without cell service
- Speed Display — Real-time MPH with large, glanceable readout
- Compass Pointer — Always points toward your next waypoint
- 3D Flyover Preview — Visualize the route with terrain before you drive it
- Export GPX with Waypoints — Share routes with your team, annotated with your notes
BUILT FOR THE DIRT
PreRun wasn't built by a navigation giant with generic "outdoor" features tacked on. It was built by people who actually drive off-road and know what matters when you're bouncing through the desert at speed. The interface is designed to be used with gloves, in sunlight, while moving fast.
The Quick Keys system lets you create custom buttons for the hazards and waypoints you actually care about — cattle guard, wash, soft sand, fuel stop, spectator point. Tap once while driving. No menus, no fiddling.
The turn detection algorithm understands off-road waypoints — it knows the difference between a note at a gate and a critical turn at a Y-intersection. Audio callouts are configurable with warning zones, approach zones, and arrival zones so you're never surprised.
PRICING
Free to try: Load GPX files, preview routes, explore the map interface.
PreRun Pro ($49.99/year): Unlock follow mode, audio navigation, Quick Keys, exports, and all premium features.
WHO THIS IS FOR
- Off-road adventurers exploring BLM land, desert trails, and backcountry
- Overland travelers navigating remote routes across continents
- Anyone scouting routes and marking hazards
- Trail runners and explorers who need reliable GPS in remote areas
- Anyone who needs more than "turn right on Main Street"
- Racers that want to save time and be safer.
PreRun.io gives you real off-road navigation without the complexity. If you've ever wished Google Maps understood dirt roads, this app is for you.
DISCLAIMER: PreRun.io is intended for off-road and recreational use only. GPS signals can be inaccurate and routes may contain errors. Always verify routes independently and drive according to conditions. PreRun.io is not responsible for the accuracy of directions provided. See our full Terms of Service at prerun.io/terms.html.
Nouveautés (v3.0.0)
PreRun 3.0 is our biggest update yet. Here's what's new since v2.0:
**Cloud Sync (Pro)**
Routes, collections, and settings now sync across every device you sign in if you choose. Edit a route on your phone, see it on your tablet. Real-time updates, soft delete with a trash list, item-level merge so two devices editing at once don't lose work.
**Find Me Chase Cam**
Double-tap the Find Me button to enter a heading-up follow camera. No navigation, no audio, no run circles — just you and the map, with the camera rotating to match your direction of travel. Tap once to exit.
**Configurable Run Display**
Three customizable circles in the bottom of follow mode. Pick what each shows: speed, ETA to finish, time to next waypoint, elapsed, distance to next, waypoint arrow, or lap count. Size is configurable.
**Rally Pacenote Mode**
Optional 1–6 turn severity scale (classic rally pacenote style) instead of the standard 5-level severity. Pacenotes spoken with your route.
**Countdown Distance Callouts**
Speak distance numbers as you approach waypoints — "500, 400, 300, 200, 100, here" — fully configurable distance list.
**28-Language Audio**
On-device ML Kit translation means turn-by-turn audio callouts can be spoken in any of 28 supported languages, fully offline. Pick the language and speech rate in Voice Settings.
**Off-Course Warnings + Speed Zones**
Automatic alerts when you drift more than your configured distance from the route. Configurable speed zone keywords (e.g., "SZ START" / "SZ END") with optional audio over-speed alerts.
**Lap Counting in Loop Mode**
Loop Mode now counts and announces laps automatically.
**Flyover Preview**
Preview any saved route as a 3D camera animation before you drive it — no need to start follow mode.
**Quick Keys Improvements**
52-icon library covering Terrain, Elevation, Man-made, Navigation, Race, Safety, and General categories — from silt beds and whoops to checkpoints, speed zones, danger triple-bangs, and Y-junction forks. Plus an unsaved-changes warning so you don't lose your config, audio ducking so callouts pause your music briefly, and fork detection for branching routes.
**Settings, Reorganized**
Settings is now broken into focused sub-pages: General, Trail Overlay, Route Preferences, Navigation, Map Display, Turn Detection, Flyover. Easier to find what you want.
**Region Download**
Polygon-drawing region selection, automatic zoom to fit, route overlays drawn on top so you can see what you're downloading.