spot·ter — the person who's got you if it goes wrong.
Everyone who lifts heavy has one. Now everyone who runs, rides, hikes or walks alone does too.
Start your activity and the people who love you watch the whole thing live on a map: your real-time route, your expected return time, your battery, your last known spot. They open one link in a text. They install nothing, make no account, and never pay a cent. Not just a dot on a map.
RunSpotter is running safety and live location for runners, walkers, hikers, cyclists and anyone who heads out alone.
NEVER RUN UNWATCHED
Solo runs, early-morning miles, dark evening loops, long trail days — your people see when you start, that you're still moving, and the moment you're safely home. You stop sending "made it" texts.
ALERTS THAT FIRE ON THEIR OWN
If you can't reach your phone, RunSpotter speaks for you. Switch on the ones you want:
- Fall detected — an impact plus stillness sets off an alarm. Don't answer it within 3 minutes and your spotters are told where you are.
- Overdue return — they're told when you're late. You never have to remember to text.
- Signal lost — they see your last known spot and what time it was. Silence becomes information, not panic.
- Low battery — they're warned before your phone dies, not after.
- Stopped too long — a stop that lasts turns into a message.
- Off route — upload a GPX route and your spotters see it on their map, and hear about it if you drift about a kilometer off.
HURT AND CAN'T WALK? RESCUE MODE.
Hold SOS to share your exact location with your spotters and reach emergency services fast. Rescue mode gives you your own GPS coordinates to read out loud, and the fastest walking route to the nearest road a vehicle can reach. Saved a spotter's number? One tap texts them your location from your own phone — the path that still works when data doesn't. On their side: one tap to drive to you, or hike to you.
NO SERVICE, NO PROBLEM
Your track keeps recording with no cell service at all and uploads the moment you are back in range. Start in a dead zone and it still starts, instantly. Remote trails, canyons and dead zones stop being gaps in the story.
ONE SPOTTER, EVERY ACTIVITY
Run, ride, hike, walk. Pause an activity and pick it up hours or days later — one track, one summary, however long the day gets. Forget to hit stop and RunSpotter nudges you.
INDEPENDENCE FOR YOU. CALM FOR THEM.
Keep doing what you love without carrying everyone's worry. Your mom, partner, sister or running friend gets real peace of mind — without nagging you, and with no app to learn.
BUILT BY SOMEONE WHO RUNS ALONE FOR A LIVING
I broke my ankle near the top of a mountain at my first race as a pro, and for a while nobody knew where I was. I built RunSpotter so that stops happening — then kept using it on my own record attempts. 6x world-record ultrarunner.
ALSO INSIDE
- GPX route upload, shown on your spotters' map
- Expected return time, so people know when late really means late
- A shareable tracking link, plus activity summaries and history
- Family and sponsor plans, so a loved one can cover a runner
Running safety for solo runs, night running, trail running, walking, hiking and cycling — and for long training days and multi-day efforts on remote routes, where lost signal or a delay would leave people guessing.
SUBSCRIPTION
Solo Yearly starts with a 3-day free trial. Solo Monthly $14.99/month, Solo Yearly $59.99/year (about $5/month), Sponsor a Runner $59.99/year, Family / Sponsor $179.99/year for up to five runners. Auto-renews; cancel anytime in Google Play — it takes about ten seconds and we don't ask you why.
RunSpotter is not an emergency service and does not contact emergency responders on your behalf. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
Privacy Policy: https://runspotter.app/privacy
Live location for every run. Your people watch, and know you're safe.