Polarsteps - Travel documentation & sharing

Polarsteps is a travel companion that enables you to plan, track, and reminisce about your adventures. By automatically recording your journey, the app allows you to keep your phone pocketed and stay present in the moment. With over 5 million users, Polarsteps offers a consolidated travel experience by showcasing popular destinations, providing insider suggestions, and mapping out your route, destinations, and photos as you explore. This results in a personalized digital world map tailored to your travels, with the added option of transforming it into a physical Travel Book. Not only does Polarsteps conserve battery life, operate offline, but also grants full privacy protection.

Features:

- Access Polarsteps Guides crafted by seasoned travelers and fellow explorers for destination recommendations.

- Itinerary Planner for designing and modifying your dream itinerary.

- Transport Planner assisting in navigating between locations.

Tracking:

- Automatically record and visualize your journey on a dynamic digital map that develops alongside your adventures.

- Enhance your memories by attaching photos, videos, and reflections to each step.

- Bookmark your favorite spots for easy rediscovery.

Sharing:

- Provide travel tips for the community on must-visit places and activities.

- Share your travel experiences with friends and family or keep them private with customizable privacy settings.

- Follow other travelers and engage in their journeys.

Reliving:

- Review your journey by browsing through locations, photos, and travel statistics.

- Generate a bespoke Travel Book featuring your tales and images effortlessly.

Press Reviews:

- National Geographic praises Polarsteps for revolutionizing travel journals, making them more accessible and visually appealing.

- The Next Web acknowledges Polarsteps for simplifying journey tracking and sharing in an aesthetically pleasing manner.

- TechCrunch commends Polarsteps for creating impressive travel logs that inspire wanderlust.

Ultimate Polarsteps Tutorial

Create an Account or Log In. Open the Polarsteps app. Select “Create a new account” to sign up if you’re new to Polarsteps; otherwise “Log In” to access an existing account. Enter your email address or login using a social media profile.

Once you’ve made an account you can also log in on the Polarsteps website should you prefer using your laptop.

Create new account.Log in to existing account.

Set up your profile. Add a profile picture, fill in your bio and other personal details, and customise your profile settings. You can update your Polarsteps profile at any time by clicking on your profile and this window will open. You can also find this by clicking the Settings cog, then ‘Profile.

How to create a new trip on Polarsteps?

On the main screen (“Me” tab), click the “+Add Trip” option (pictured above).

Select the kind of trip. A window will appear where you can select whether you’re tracking a past, present, or future trip. This is how you start a trip in advance and record older trips on Polarsteps.

Add your destination(s). A window will appear asking where you are going. You can skip this section if you’re unsure. Search for your destination by typing into the search bar. It’s better to be more specific and provide a city name if you want the map to be more accurate.

Customise your trip details. Select the start and end dates for your trip. If you are going on an open-ended trip, you don’t need to select the end date. Add a name for your trip (e.g. Backpacking Southeast Asia or Overlanding Europe) and add a summary.

You can add travel buddies who also use the Polarsteps app. This means that other people will be able to see this trip on their profiles. This is perfect if you are travelling with a friend or as a group.

Set the trip’s privacy level. ‘Only me’ means that the trip is private. ‘Follower’ means that it will just be the friends that follow you and can see what you post. ‘Everyone’ means that the trip is public and can be found in the discovery section of the app. If you intend to plot your route in advance, you can also toggle the bar to show or hide your planned steps. I prefer to keep this off for safety reasons.

Once you are done, press ‘Create trip’. This will take you to the trip you have created.

Polarsteps will automatically track your location from the day the trip starts until it ends.

NOTE: You can edit the details of your trip at any time by clicking on the menu bar in the top right and clicking ‘Trip Settings’.

Work your way through the list until you’re ready to click ‘Create trip’.Click on the burger icon in the top right to change any settings after the trip has been created.