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ROND

THE ROND EXPERIENCE

A world
within reach.

Your movement moves the world.

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features for your next chapter.

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CORE

Your journey. Free.

Movement, Passport, rewards and recaps.

CONNECTED

Go around together.

Country teams and friends with your account.

ROND PRO

A deeper perspective.

Replay, history, insights and arrival planning.

IPHONE

Move through the world

8 features

Apple Health connection

Core

Choose supported Apple Health permissions and sync movement from your iPhone. An Apple Watch is optional.

Historical journey reveal

Core

Readable movement since 2020 can place your traveler on a personal world journey. Historical distance does not become a competitive head start.

Normalized movement

Core

Walking, running and supported hiking distance count fully. Cycling contributes 25% to MOVE. Steps remain counts and do not add duplicate distance.

Persistent world journey

Core

See your animated traveler, next destination, remaining virtual distance, today’s movement and completed Earth circuits.

Interactive world map

Core

Explore, rotate, zoom and recenter the map. Your virtual position stays separate from your physical location.

Virtual destination weather

Core

See weather for your current virtual position and next stop. Forecasts depend on the weather service and show freshness and attribution.

Starting place and preview

Core

Try a sample world, choose a virtual starting city manually or request an optional one time location suggestion. Core progress needs no continuous GPS tracking.

Saved progress and sync recovery

Core

Keep your personal journey locally and refresh supported movement. Saved progress remains visible when a refresh fails.

IPHONE

Explore

3 features

Upcoming stops and place stories

Core

Explore upcoming destinations, read place stories and see which passport stamps you have collected.

Search countries and cities

Core

Find countries and cities in the offline place catalog and save a travel wish. A wish does not reroute your current journey.

Independent country choices

Core

Your current country preference, competitive country team and special day calendar are separate choices.

IPHONE

Your country

5 features

Represent a country or Global

Account

Choose the country you represent or join Global. Eligible contributions begin after joining your team.

Five country ranking boards

Core

Compare progress per traveler, open totals, top 10 travelers, top 100 travelers and consistency measured by active days.

Periods and activity filters

Core

Explore monthly, quarterly and yearly country boards. Filter all movement, on foot movement or cycling.

Country and traveler detail

Core

Search countries and open public team detail. Sign in to see your own contribution. Public traveler profiles are opt in and private travelers remain anonymous.

Transparent beta scores

Core

Rankings use synced device reported movement. Health corrections can update scores. Pro and journey rewards never increase competitive scores.

IPHONE

Levels and rewards

7 features

Lifetime traveler levels

Core

Progress through levels up to 100. Rest days do not reset your level or take collected rewards away.

Quarterly Journey Pass

Core

Follow a quarterly season with 20 free tiers. Previously unlocked rewards remain claimable after the season ends.

Daily, weekly and seasonal missions

Core

Complete movement and active day goals automatically from synced eligible movement. Missions use UTC periods.

Journey coins and titles

Core

Claim rewards, collect journey coins and unlock or equip traveler titles. Coins have no cash value and do not improve rankings.

Medals and reward collection

Core

Browse earned medals, milestones and season seals. Use an earned only filter to revisit your collection.

Special day calendars

Core

Choose a country calendar and discover published global and national celebration events with their sources. National coverage varies by country.

Celebration goals and bonuses

Core

Complete event movement goals for bonus XP and medals. Bonuses are free, awarded once and capped at 120 XP per calendar day.

IPHONE

Your passport

4 features

Virtual passport stamps

Core

Collect destination stamps as your traveler reaches places. View route progress and completed Earth circuits.

Arrival stories and sync replay

Core

Revisit milestone stories and see the virtual progress gained during a Health sync. This is world progress rather than a private recorded GPS trail.

Monthly recap

Core

Review real distance, normalized journey distance and active days for your month. Monthly recaps remain part of the free core.

Share your journey

Core

Create passport, milestone and monthly share cards or share your traveler level. Sharing is an explicit action you control.

IPHONE

Go together

6 features

Friend invitations and codes

Account

Invite friends, accept invitations and manage your friend list from Online play in You. Connected features need a signed in ROND account.

Shared friend journeys

Account

View shared aggregate progress on a virtual route. Friends do not receive your private recorded GPS trail.

Shared expeditions

Account

Create or join a 30 day shared expedition toward 500 km of normalized movement. Progress depends on synced contributions.

Walking VS

Account

Challenge a friend for 7, 14 or 30 days. An accepted duel starts at the next UTC midnight and counts on foot movement. Cancellation and ties are supported.

Traveler safety controls

Account

Block, unblock or report a traveler and manage blocked accounts. Access to social features follows account and service availability.

Your personal 50 km goal

Core

Start a free personal challenge and build toward 50 km of normalized movement recorded afterward. This personal goal is separate from a shared expedition or a friend VS.

IPHONE

Make it yours

6 features

Traveler identity and appearance

Core

Choose characters, gender, hairstyle, skin tone and clothing. Appearance preferences save explicitly. Manage your online traveler name after signing in.

Preferred movement animation

Core

Choose walking, running, cycling or hiking animation. The avatar preference never changes Health classification or scoring.

Languages and distance units

Core

Use English, Thai, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish or French, with system language support and automatic, kilometer or mile units.

Reminders and travel alerts

Core

Choose arrival, movement, daily reminder, VS and special day alerts. Notifications need permission and schedules refresh when ROND reconnects.

Apple account management

Account

Sign in with Apple, edit your account name or log out. Optional email offers use your verified Apple email.

Privacy and data controls

Core

Control Health access and public profile visibility. Online account deletion preserves the local journey and Health records. Clear local journey is a separate action.

IPHONE

ROND Pro

7 features

Recorded activity replay

Pro

Replay the 30 most recent completed supported Health activities with play, pause, scrubbing, speed and follow or entire route views. A readable recorded GPS route and its permission are required.

Monthly world replay

Pro

Explore recorded virtual world progress month by month. World history is separate from the physical GPS routes of your workouts.

Year by year comparison

Pro

Compare earlier chapters at the same date across years, using the history available on your device.

Progress insights

Pro

Review movement trends over 7, 30 or 90 days and compare equal completed periods. Insights depend on recorded data.

Arrival planner

Pro

Estimate days to your next stop or explore a target date. Estimates use movement history and are not training recommendations.

Live journey

Pro

Keep virtual next destination progress on the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island on supported devices. Pro, actual journey data and system authorization are required.

Restore and manage access

Core

Restore verified purchases and manage subscriptions with Apple. Plans and prices shown in the app depend on StoreKit availability. Pro gives no competitive score boost.

WEBSITE

On the web

9 features

Apple login and synced totals

Website

Sign in to view your profile and recent country contributions. The latest ROND app also syncs a private summary of your levels, collection, virtual journey, passport and monthly recap.

Public recorded GPX examples

Website

Explore two credited Garmin GPX recordings with original coordinates and recorded times. Public examples are separate from your account.

Private browser GPX replay

Website

Import a timed GPX file for replay in browser memory. It is not uploaded to ROND. Viewed map areas are requested from OpenStreetMap.

Public country rankings

Website

View anonymous aggregate country rankings from the ROND public API. Empty and unavailable boards are identified accurately.

Strava connection

Account

Connect Strava to view activities and replay recorded GPS routes privately. Eligible synced movement can contribute to your country team. GPS and recorded times are required for replay.

Connect Strava

Levels and Journey Pass

Account

View your exact saved app level, lifetime XP, season tiers, missions, medals, coins, equipped title and special day progress. Collect and manage rewards in the app. Website viewing never awards XP.

World journey and passport

Account

View your synced virtual current place, next destination, remaining distance, Earth circuits, passport stamps, personal goal and monthly recap. These summaries do not expose your physical location.

Friends, expeditions and Walking VS

Account

View connected friends and their shared movement, expedition goals, member scores, Walking VS invitations and results. Create or respond to shared adventures in the ROND app.

Reward medal gallery

Website

Browse native medal artwork for movement milestones, season seals and special days. Search the worldwide calendar by year or preview a country. Sign in to see your saved app collection and archived seals.

TAKE YOUR JOURNEY FURTHER

Your activities.
Another perspective.

Your activitiesOpen Replay

GPS is required for route replay. Features depend on permissions, available data, services and your plan.