What's new in Tripperz

Chats the way you’re used to, tidier notifications, and Home, Work and School without internet.

• Ticks in three steps. One tick means sent, two grey ticks mean delivered to the phone, two blue ticks mean read. In trip and group chats this updates live.
• Hide a trip chat. Swipe a trip chat in Social to the left. It comes back as soon as someone writes something new. "Undo" puts it back right away.
• Nicer and fewer notifications. Short notices at the bottom are a light card with an icon. Messages from the same chat share one row ("3 new"), and so do new riders of a trip. Reading a chat marks its notifications read too.
• Profile. The page stops at your last post and the top bar stays in place. Post tiles show the route on a small map.
• Home, Work and School without internet. The buttons above the map stay when you’re offline. Tap one without a connection and the app tells you so, then shows the route choice by itself once you’re back online.

No stray second route line, and no second trip while you are already driving one.

• One clear route. The whole-trip line now starts where your current leg ends, so you no longer see a different road next to the route you drive.
• One trip at a time. While you drive a trip you can’t start, join or ride along with another one. The app tells you to stop or leave your current ride first.

While paused you see the normal screen again, with the tab bar.

• Pause with the normal screen. While paused you can search and go to Trips, Discover, Social or Profile. A bar at the bottom shows Paused and Resume. The ride keeps going: you share your location and see the other riders.

Pause a ride, for yourself or as road captain for the whole group.

• Pause a ride. The ride menu now has Pause. While paused the route is hidden, but the map, chat and reports keep working. Resume brings the route back from where you are.
• Group pause. Anyone can pause for themselves. The road captain can also pause the whole group and resume it again.
• Pause sign on the map. Anyone who pauses stays on the map with a pause sign on their photo.

Go back to the previous stop and more road in view while you drive.

• Back to the previous stop. Skipped one stop too many? The ride menu now has Back next to Skip. In a group ride the road captain does this and everyone follows.
• More road in view. The arrow sits a bit lower while you drive, so you see more of the route ahead.

Lane arrows, a notice at the country border, trip chat on the map while you drive and copying a trip as your own.

• Lane arrows. Under the turn you see a row of arrows for the lanes. The lanes you need are highlighted.
• Country border. From 1 kilometre before the border you see which country you are driving into, with its flag.
• Trip chat while driving. When someone in the trip sends a message, it shows on the map for a moment with their name and photo. Tap it to open the trip chat.
• Copy a trip. In someone else’s trip, pick "Copy as my trip" in the menu. You get a trip of your own with the same route and stops. On shared routes the button is now called "Copy ride".
• Edit route. The trip screen has an "Edit route" button, and you can also tap the map to change the route.
• Small improvements. An invite in the chat opens the screen to join straight away. Skip closes the ride menu. Fuel prices now also work for stations that had no country yet.

Deleting a trip works again, and a trip with a post stays in the archive.

• Deleting a trip. If someone posted a ride from the trip, the trip stays in the archive. The post keeps its route, likes and comments. Without a post the trip is really gone.
• Clear messages. If deleting does not work, you no longer see a technical error but a plain explanation, for example that you need to stop the trip first.

Fuel by price, rank emblems, more privacy on the leaderboard and agreement to the terms and privacy statement.

• Fuel by price. In Settings → Fuel choose your fuel, how much you fill up and your consumption. On the road each pump shows the price per litre, the detour and what you save. Sort by best deal, nearest or cheapest. After filling up you can share what a litre cost, so other drivers see the real price. Prices in Germany come from tankerkoenig.de.
• Rank emblems. Every rank has its own emblem. You see it on your profile photo, in the leaderboard, with your achievements and on other people’s profiles. From Explorer up it also shows next to your dot on the map.
• Leaderboard with more privacy. People who are not your friends only see your first name and the first letter of your last name. You only appear on the public leaderboard if you switch it on yourself, on the leaderboard or in Settings.
• Agreement to terms and privacy. Before you use Tripperz, you tick a box yourself to agree to the terms of use and the privacy statement. Your agreement is recorded. When the texts change, we ask again.
• Calmer menus and night rides. Menus have a new, calmer style and the proposals block is gone from the trip screen. A night ride now counts from 00:00 to 04:00 and an early ride from 04:00 to 07:00.

The first time you open the app after this update, it asks you to agree to the terms and privacy statement.

XP and ten ranks, leaderboards, XP for every report straight away and shared routes that simply open.

• XP and ten ranks. You earn XP with shields, reports and driving: a ride on your own from 5 km, a ride in a group trip, an active month and every year with Tripperz. Ten ranks, from Rookie to Tripperz Icon, each with a short explanation. Everything is now kept with your account, no longer only on your phone.
• Leaderboards. Compare yourself with other drivers on XP, kilometres, rides, hours and confirmed reports. Guests are not listed, and in Settings you can take yourself off.
• XP for a report straight away. Every report during a ride earns XP straight away. When another driver confirms it, it is doubled. You see it in a white card right under the turn card.
• Shared routes open. A shared route link now shows the route on tripperz.eu, with map and distance. On Android the link opens the route straight in the app.
• Links without www. Invites and shared routes now use tripperz.eu without www. Old links keep working.
• New app icon. Tripperz has a renewed icon on your home screen.

Achievements to collect as shields, renewed Insights, all your shortcuts in one bar and a calmer map while navigating.

• Achievements to collect. A screen of its own with hexagon shields. Twelve shields, each in five levels: bronze, silver, gold, platinum and diamond. You earn points and a rank. You find them through the trophy on your profile and under Insights. For now they are kept on your phone.
• Insights renewed. A calmer layout, with your total on top and the distance per day. Ride times follow the language of the app everywhere and thousands get a separator.
• Shortcuts in one bar. All your shortcuts sit at the top of the map in a bar that scrolls sideways. With the star at the end you choose which ones you see and in what order.
• Home while you are at home. When you tap Home while you are already at home, the old menu no longer appears.
• Calmer map while navigating. The map no longer creeps on when you stand still and no longer jumps when you open the ride menu. In bends the map turns along faster.
• One route screen for posts. The map and “View route” open the same screen, with the text of the post, the driving time and “Plan a trip”. Your own post opens your own ride. You no longer see other people’s speeds.
• Small improvements. Posts show Public, Friends or Private in the language of the app, and ride times now match your own time zone.

The menu during a ride is calmer, whoever proposes a stop counts as a yes right away, and the list of proposals has become a log.

• Calmer ride menu. The buttons sit in one row, with Invite and Log below. Skip is now next to the stop it belongs to. When you pick or propose a stop, the menu closes again right away.
• Your position stays put. Opening or closing the menu no longer moves your position on the map.
• Whoever proposes counts as a yes. When you propose a stop you count as a yes straight away. You no longer have to vote on your own proposal.
• The right stop in the route. When the group says yes, the place you voted on goes into the route, also on a winding road. Before, the app could pick a different place there because it thought you had already passed the first one.
• Log. The list of proposals is now a log: you see what was proposed and decided during the ride. You can no longer change things there.
• Members. The members list and the menu per member have a fresh look that matches the rest of the app.
• You’re together. When the group is back together, the app says so briefly: "You’re together".

Before every ride you choose the fastest, most economical or most scenic route, Tripperz reminds you to fill up, and the offline notice is much quieter.

• Route choice before every ride. Before you drive to a place, you first choose how you want to drive: Fastest, Eco or Scenic. The routes are drawn on the map and you can tap them there too. Scenic takes the back roads and stays off the motorway. Your last choice is remembered and still applies when the route is recalculated along the way.
• Fuel. Tripperz notices when you stop at a petrol station and asks whether you filled up. After a few fill-ups the app knows how far you usually get on a tank and reminds you in time, with a button to your usual station. Under Settings → Fuel you find your fill-ups, you can tap "I just filled up" yourself and you can switch the reminder off. Your fill-ups stay on your phone.
• Quieter offline notice. The big pink bar at the top is gone. Without internet there is a slim line above the tab bar; tap it and the app tries again.
• Messages in your own language. Error messages such as "no connection" now follow the language of the app, and on Trips the message shows only once.

The fuel kilometre counter only counts while Tripperz has your location, so not while the app is closed.

Groups have their own chat, the map follows you even when you are not navigating, and you can pick a cover design for your profile or trip.

• Group chat. Every group now has a chat. Messages arrive instantly, Social shows how many messages you have not read yet, and a notification opens the right group straight away.
• Map follows you. Even when you are not navigating, the map stays on your location. Pinch zoom or a double tap keeps following; dragging the map stops it, and the locate button picks it up again.
• Cover designs. Use Choose a design to pick a ready-made cover for your profile or trip, just like the avatars. There are 22 illustrations, from mountain and coast roads to a race track, a car meet and a motorcycle club. Six are free, the rest come with Tripperz Premium.

On 0.4.13 or older, a cover design shows as a grey area. Update the app to see the designs.

Social as one overview, a new trip in two steps with a map editor, smarter search, Tripperz avatars and invite links on tripperz.eu.

• Social. Private chats, trip chats and groups now sit in one list, sorted by the latest message. A person has a round photo, a trip a square tile with the label Trip chat, and a group the label Group. The New button starts a message or a group, or joins a group. Friends and friend requests live under Profile.
• Search. Search now tolerates typos and shows the name, address, distance and a place-type icon for every result.
• New trip. You create a new trip in two steps: first the name, then the route. You pick the route on a full-screen map, by searching, tapping or long-pressing for departure, stops and destination. The same map editor edits the stops of an existing trip.
• My trips. My trips is one list without tabs. If you have no trips yet, an example ride through the Ardennes is ready to take over in one tap.
• Posts. Posts now form one continuous feed, without card frames, with photos across the full width.
• Avatars. You can pick a Tripperz avatar as your profile picture: 32 drawings about driving and travel, 8 free and 24 for paid accounts. You find them under Edit profile.
• Inviting. Invite links now start with www.tripperz.eu/join. Whoever opens the link sees the ride on the website and can join with one tap; if the app is installed, it opens directly.

Old invite links starting with tripperz.app no longer work. Ask for a new link.

Guest accounts secured, warnings at better distances and a map that turns faster during a free ride.

• Guest code. Your guest account is now protected with a secret guest code of 16 characters. Only with that code can you get back into your guest account, for example on another phone. You can find it in Settings. Existing guest accounts get a code automatically. Do not share it with anyone.
• Warnings. Warnings now come at a distance that suits the report: a traffic jam at 5 km, an accident or open bridge at 2 km, a stopped vehicle, object on the road or emergency services at 1 km, and speed cameras at 600 m.
• Speed cameras. Speed cameras that were not shown because their direction of travel was set wrong are now shown.
• Free ride. During a free ride the map now turns with you in bends just as quickly as during navigation.
• Ghost mode. Ghost mode is now a simple switch. Turn it on and you are invisible for 24 hours, then visible again automatically.

Calmer direction indicators during a group ride.

• Direction indicators. The dots at the edge that show where your group members are riding now only appear when someone is really out of view. If you can see someone on the map, there is no extra indicator for them. The indicators sit against the edge of the map instead of halfway into the screen, and they are smaller.

More road reports on the way, navigation that stops when you arrive, a refreshed profile and the feed under Discover.

• Reporting on the way. While driving there is an orange button with a bell. Tap it and choose what you see: mobile speed check, accident, traffic jam, car on the hard shoulder, object on the road, road closed or emergency services. Other Tripperz drivers see your report on the map and in the traffic bar for their route. Each type of report stays up for a set time, from half an hour for a traffic jam to four hours for a closure. Tapped the wrong one? Undo it straight away. You can only report a mobile speed check in the Netherlands and Belgium.
• Arriving. If you use quick navigation to Home or another place, navigation now stops by itself when you get there, with "You've arrived".
• Map. Zooming in and out is now one button. Location sharing is now a round button next to the search bar and lights up while you are sharing.
• Profile. Edit profile has a new layout: labels above the fields, phone number in one field and Save always at the bottom. Your posts are easier to tell apart: a ride without a photo shows the route with its name and distance, a post with a photo shows the photo with a small route badge.
• Discover and Social. The feed is now under Discover, next to Routes. Social is for your friends, groups and chats.
• Smaller things. A notification you open is now really marked as read. You can search in "Share during this ride". The Friends button on your profile no longer stutters.

Speed cameras on the way, your own places in one tap, traffic reports on your route and search that looks nearby first.

• Speed cameras. While navigating you see fixed speed cameras and average speed checks, with the speed limit that applies there and, on an average speed check, how far you still have to go. See a mobile speed check? Report it with one tap: others see it too, and anyone who passes it is asked whether it was still there. If several people report the same check, you only see it once. Works in the Netherlands and Belgium, is on by default and can be turned off in Settings.
• Saved places. Below the search bar there are buttons for Home, Work and School: one tap and you are on your way. You can replace Work and School with any other place by pressing and holding the button. Behind the star you find My places, where you can change them and manage your favourites. Tap the empty search bar to see where you went recently. On the free plan you can save 4 places (Home counts towards this).
• Traffic on your route. Traffic jams, accidents, closures and roadworks on the road ahead appear while you navigate, with how far away they still are. The app leaves out reports on the other side of the road.
• Search nearby. If you search for something that exists in several places, the nearest one is now at the top, even just after opening the app. A slow answer to a half-typed search can no longer overwrite the right result.
• Smaller things. The message about a new version now appears only once each time you open the app. The last remaining English texts in the Dutch version have been translated.

A smoother cursor in bends, a better view in the top-down view and a series of improvements from a test ride from start to finish.

• Cursor in bends. The arrow now turns with the bend instead of trailing a second behind, on roundabouts too. In the top-down view (north up) you are in the centre of the map while driving, so you see as much road ahead of you as behind you.
• Creating a trip. The Next button stays above the keyboard, the map opens at your own location and the stop letters on the map match the list. Search results use the whole screen, show Dutch place names, show a street only once and put nearby streets at the top. If you start within 500 m of the starting point, the app navigates straight to the first stop.
• Smaller things. On a live location request the buttons are now below the name, so the text is readable again. Invite shows Share via straight away. The notifications at a stop and at the destination, and the last English buttons, are now in Dutch. In Dutch, distances and times use Dutch notation (4,2 km, 1 u 20 min).

Traffic reports on the map, deleting messages and buttons that also fit with large text.

• Traffic reports. Turn on Traffic in the layers menu and you see accidents, closures, traffic jams, roadworks, breakdowns and open bridges as icons on the map. Closed sections and traffic jams get a line along the road. Tap a report to see what is going on, since when and until when, and the delay. The reports come from the NDW (Dutch road authorities) and are refreshed every two minutes.
• Deleting messages. Press and hold a message in a private chat or trip chat to copy it or, if it is yours, delete it. It then disappears for everyone. To delete your own messages in a group, use the menu next to the message.
• Large text. If your phone is set to larger text, buttons and tabs now fit on one line. No more cut-off words or dots.

Smoother driving, a speed sign that turns red when you go too fast, faster fuel and food search and a new profile.

• Smooth driving. Your position is now fetched every second instead of every five seconds. Between two readings your arrow keeps moving along the route, so it no longer jumps.
• Speed limit. While navigating you see the speed limit of the road. Every km/h too fast means a fine, so the display already turns red at 1 km/h over the limit. The sign appears about half a minute after you start your ride.
• Faster fuel and food. The options now come from Tripperz's own database and appear straight away. While they load you can also choose "Search a place yourself" right away.
• Profile. Your posts are shown in a grid of three across, newest at the top left. Tap a post to scroll through all your posts. The cover photo runs the full width with your profile photo half over it.

Stop on the way for fuel, food or a place of your choice, also on a single ride, and look around freely while driving.

• Fuel and food. Choose from the three nearest places further along your route. When riding solo, it becomes your next stop straight away. In a group you vote: if the road captain or the majority says yes, the stop is added automatically. If the lead rider has already passed it, the next place is chosen.
• Add stop. Search for a place or address yourself and make it your next stop.
• Single rides with others. You also get these buttons with "Navigate". With Invite your ride becomes a trip that others can join. Your stops and navigation simply carry on. Afterwards such a ride is archived automatically.
• Skip next stop. Go straight on to the stop after it. At the final destination the button disappears.
• Look around freely while driving. Move the map without it jumping back. Your arrow stays at your real position. Tap the compass to follow again.
• Meeting up. If you ride together, Tripperz plans where the group meets before you all ride one route.
• Guest accounts. After creating a guest account you see your guest code so you can keep it, "New guest account" and "Continue an earlier guest account" are now separate, and you get a warning before you leave a guest session.
• Small improvements. When you stop a trip you now get only one notification, and a new single ride no longer briefly shows the route of your previous ride.

Location sharing always works both ways, and free ride has been renewed.

• Location sharing always works both ways. Ask a friend to share locations. They accept with one tap and you see each other on the map. If one of you stops, it stops for both of you.
• Answer requests anywhere. In Live location, in your friends list ("Wants to share locations") and in the chat.
• Ghost mode with a time limit. Invisible for 1, 3 or 24 hours. You still see your friends.
• Free ride. Clearly at the top in Start. With "Share during this ride" you share your location only during that ride. When you tap Finish ride, sharing stops automatically.
• Start screen in Dutch. In Dutch, trips now show "Gepland · Tik om te starten" (Planned · Tap to start).

Older versions (0.4.3 and earlier) can no longer accept sharing requests. Update to 0.4.4.

Invitations in the chat, businesses on the map and your own photos.

• Invitations in the chat. Send an invitation to a trip, group or organisation as a card in the chat, and withdraw it again if needed.
• Tap businesses on the map. Shops, places to eat and drink and other places, with opening hours, a call button and website (OpenStreetMap).
• Photos. Profile photo, cover photo on your profile, group photo and trip photo. A profile photo you set yourself stays, even if you sign in with Google or Apple.
• Checkpoints and finishing a trip are instant. You see it straight away. The server is updated in the background.
• Smoother following while driving. The camera and your marker no longer jump with every GPS update.

One style across the whole app and a renewed ride page.

• One style across the whole app. A new profile header for your own and other people's profiles, new post cards, and renewed friends, messages, chat and follow screens.
• Driving. The camera follows smoothly, the speedometer is at the bottom left and the top-down view looks better.
• New ride page. The map scrolls along, there are large tiles and you can tap a moment of the ride to see it on the map.
• More Dutch. Driving panels, notifications and the ride page are now also in Dutch.

Share your live location with friends.

• Share live location. Share your location with friends for 1 hour, 8 hours or until you stop. Friends appear on the map with their profile photo. With ghost mode you are invisible for a while.
• Group trips refresh by themselves. New trips in a group appear without refreshing.
• More Dutch. Trip details, the search bar, invite screens and ride history are now also in Dutch.

Groups, dark mode and a calmer profile.

• Groups. Create a group, join with a code, invite friends and plan group trips. With members and roles.
• Light, dark or same as your phone. Including a dark map.
• Traffic on the map. See busy roads and traffic jams while planning and driving.
• Navigation. The map turns with you while driving and the landscape view has been improved.
• Settings and profile. Settings in the new design and fully in Dutch and English, and a calmer profile. Duplicate search results are gone.

New design with five tabs, Dutch and trip chat.

• New design. The app has five tabs: Map, Trips, Discover, Social and Profile.
• Dutch and English. The app is now available in two languages.
• New trip wizard. Create a trip step by step.
• Trip chat and push notifications. Chat with everyone in your trip and get notifications on your phone.

The foundation of Tripperz.

• Riding together. Create and share trips, join via a link, everyone live on the map and riding modes for the group.
• Navigation. Routes with Google Maps, a navigation camera, an alert when you go off route and Android Auto.
• Rides and statistics. Ride history, saved routes, statistics and 0–100 timing. Rides are also saved without an internet connection.
• Social. Profiles, friends, a feed with posts and messages.