Frequently asked questions
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Does Tourello really work without a connection?
Yes. Once a region is downloaded, map, contours, 3D terrain, elevation profile, place search, route planning, navigation, recording and sun/moon work offline. A connection is needed only for aerial imagery, fetching marked routes, lift status, text suggestions and syncing with your storage. Where no region is downloaded, View online shows the map over the network (Online map (limited), without search, planning and heights).
Where can I get Tourello?
For Android there is a beta test on Google Play that needs no email to us: with the Google account on your phone, join the “Tourello Beta Testers” group, opt in via this link and install Tourello from Google Play. For iPhone, iPad and Mac you can get tester access until the App Store release: write to info [at] tourello.org and tell us which device you use. If you only want to hear when the apps are out, write the same.
Does Tourello come with ready-made tours?
No, on purpose. Tourello is made for tours you plan yourself or adapt: put together your own loop with the planner, take a tour from a tour portal, a guidebook or friends as GPX and make it yours – a different start point, one more summit, a shorter stretch. Tourello then tells you how hard the path is, how long you will take and where the sun is. Waymarked routes from OpenStreetMap (long-distance trails, for example) can be fetched as GPX with a tap.
Which regions are available?
Almost all of Europe: every EU country plus Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, the United Kingdom, the Balkans and Ukraine – large countries split into parts. The map of regions shows which region lies where and where there is aerial imagery. The maps are built from OpenStreetMap; if something is missing, tell us where you go.
What does Tourello cost?
Without a licence you can use maps, planning, navigation, recording and your archive, and download one region. Further regions, map updates, the online map, 3D including flight, slope shading and videos need a licence. The apps from the App Store and Google Play are to get a three-week trial with all features, with no account and no payment details, followed by a subscription; price and details are still being worked out. The beta 0.5 gets a beta licence until 31 March 2027. The Mac takes over the licence of your phone or iPad via the storage. The app shows the current status under Settings → Licence.
Which devices does Tourello run on?
Android phones and tablets, iPhone and iPad, and the Mac (macOS). iPhone and iPad use the same app.
Which languages does Tourello speak?
All three apps speak German, English, French, Spanish and Italian. They follow the system language and can be switched under Language (phone and iPad: Settings → Display, Mac: Settings → General). Voice prompts, AI tour descriptions and the texts in flight videos follow the app language; on the Mac you can also pick a different language for a single video.
Where are my tours stored?
Wherever you set it up: on your own server (WebDAV – e.g. Nextcloud, a NAS or a router share), in your Dropbox, in your Google Drive or only on your device. OneDrive will follow. Tourello runs no cloud for your tours and needs no account of its own; on Dropbox and Google Drive the app only sees its own folder. The storage is a plain folder structure with GPX files.
What happens to my data?
The apps contain no analytics or tracking tools. Search and routing run on the device; your destinations never leave it. A language model for text suggestions is optional, set up with your own key and asked only when you press the button – even a self-hosted model works.
Does Tourello work with Garmin, Wahoo or other GPS devices?
There is no direct connection. But tours can be exported and imported as GPX – so they reach any device that reads GPX.
Can I bring tours from other apps?
Yes, as a GPX file: via "Open with" or "Share" on phone and iPad, on the Mac by dragging or File → Import GPX … (⌘I).
How accurate are the walking times?
Out of the box per DIN 33466 (hiking), the German Alpine Club (MTB) and Naturfreunde (cycling). With your own pace profile from your recordings they get much more accurate: on the developer's archive the typical error of hiking times fell from 20 % to 9 %.
Where do maps, elevation and aerial images come from?
The map from OpenStreetMap, elevation from Mapterhorn – the national mapping agencies' terrain models, complemented by Copernicus. Aerial imagery comes directly from the mapping agencies (e.g. Bavaria, Tyrol, South Tyrol, swisstopo, IGN). Each app lists exactly the sources of the loaded regions under Licences and sources → Data sources.
Is the ski profile meant for ski touring?
The ski profile is made for pistes and lifts: pistes only downhill, lifts only uphill. For ski touring off-piste, the hiking profile with the sun calculation and 3D terrain is the better choice.
Does Tourello contain GPL software?
Yes, one piece: for route planning the Mac app ships a slim Java runtime built from OpenJDK (the java.base module only, made with jlink, source unchanged). It is licensed under the GPL v2 with Classpath Exception. The exact version is listed in the app under Help → Third-party licences, with a link to its source; all versions are at openjdk/jdk21u. On request to info [at] tourello.org we send the source of the shipped version, for at least three years. The Android and iPhone/iPad apps contain no GPL software.