Share a live journey, not just an ETA.
When you start a walk, run, bike, or scooter trip, you can share a link. The people you send it to watch your live location move along your route until you arrive. An ETA gives one predicted time; a live journey shows your actual progress.
Set out
Start any trip in Hytch, whether you are on foot, on a bike, or in a car.
Share the link
Send it into a Hytch chat, or share the link with anyone: a partner, a parent, a friend.
They follow along
Anyone with the link watches your location move along your route, with distance, time, and pace updating as you go, plus an ETA.
You arrive
The link closes when your trip ends. You can stop sharing at any point before that.
A flag if you move faster than your mode allows.
A live journey knows your travel mode, so it knows the speed range that mode allows. If you are walking, running, biking, or scootering and you move faster than that range for more than a few seconds, followers watching in the Hytch app see a warning across the top of the journey screen. GPS can be imperfect, so it is a prompt to check in, not an alarm.
- The speed flag applies only to walking, running, biking, and scootering, the modes with a predictable speed range
- You can share a live journey on any trip, including a car, rideshare, or transit ride. Those modes just never get a speed flag, because their speed varies
- The warning shows on the follower's journey screen in the app, not as a push notification
Steps, distance, and pace on foot.
Your steps and distance on foot are summarized for today, the last 7 days, and the last 30 days. Nothing is auto-deleted: your full history is kept for good, so you can look back over time.
Steps and miles
Steps and distance on foot for today, the last 7 days, and the last 30 days.
Daily average and best day
Your average steps per day and your highest step day over the last 30 days.
Apple Health sync
Opt in to read steps and workouts from Apple Health, and save your Hytch walks and runs back as workouts.
Runs and walks, mapped.
Each walk and run is saved with its route, pace, and duration.
Pace, distance, time
Every activity records distance, pace per mile, and duration.
Route maps
The route you traveled is drawn on a map for each activity and across your history.
Shareable recaps
Turn a run or walk into a recap card to share with contacts or a buddy group.
Trip stats and impact.
Every trip records its distance and how you traveled, and estimates the driving and emissions you avoided.
Distance and trips
Total miles and total trips, with your longest and average trip and the buddies you traveled with.
Impact grade
Each trip gets an impact grade from A+ to D based on how you traveled.
CO₂ and fuel saved
Estimated emissions reduced and fuel saved when you walk, bike, carpool, or take transit instead of driving alone.
Points, streaks, and achievements.
Movement earns Activity Points. Consistent movement builds streaks and unlocks milestones.
Streaks and daily goals
Set a daily goal and build a streak. Milestones at set day counts unlock point jackpots and monthly badges.
Achievements
Unlock achievements for firsts and milestones, from your first trip to your fiftieth and beyond.
Weekly leagues
Weekly leaderboards against a small group, with tiers to move through as your points add up.
Sharing you control.
A live journey is tied to one trip and ends when the trip ends. You can disable the link at any time, and everything you share you can take back.
- A live journey is tied to one trip and closes when you arrive
- Disable the link at any time to remove access for everyone who had it
- Health and step data stays on your device, and you choose what to share
Activity questions
My Activity collects your movement in one place: steps and distance on foot for today, the last 7 days, and the last 30 days; your runs and walks with pace, duration, and a route map for each one; and trip stats for each journey with distance, estimated CO2 reduced, and an impact grade. Streaks, achievements, and weekly leagues sit alongside it.
A live journey shares a link so the people you choose can follow you in real time until you arrive. Unlike a single ETA, they see your actual location move along your route, with distance, time, and pace updating as you go. You can share it on any trip, send it into a Hytch chat or anywhere else, and stop sharing at any time.
If you are walking, running, biking, or scootering and you move faster than that mode's speed range, followers watching in the Hytch app see a warning across the top of the journey screen. GPS can be imperfect, so it is a prompt to check in rather than an alarm. You can share a live journey on any trip, but the speed flag applies only to walking, running, biking, and scootering, the modes with a predictable speed range; cars, rideshare, and transit, whose speeds vary widely, never trigger it.
No. A live journey is tied to a single trip and is revocable. It ends when your trip ends, and you can disable the link at any time, which removes access for everyone who had it. Location sharing supports a specific journey, not continuous background tracking.
Yes, when you opt in. Hytch can read your steps and workouts from Apple Health to build your on-foot stats and route history, and it can save your Hytch walks and runs back to Health as workouts. Health data stays on your device, and you choose what to share.
Get the app.
Rewards are earned in the app. Coordinate with your group, verify the trip, collect the points.
Join the email list for occasional Hytch updates.