Polly Track

Tablets and iPad

On a big screen Polly puts a panel next to the map with the turn, the profile of the road ahead and the ride figures. With "Ride" you watch speed and altitude being drawn as you go.

FreeAndroid and iPadTurns on by itself

When it turns on

By itself, when the short side of the window is at least 600 points, as on an Android tablet, an iPad mini or an iPad Pro. If you split the screen with another app and the window gets narrow, Polly goes back to the phone layout.

  • Landscape: map on the left, panel on the right (44% of the width, between 460 and 600 points).
  • Portrait: map above, panel below, without overlapping.
iPad Pro in landscape (Italian interface) on the ride to Varese Ligure: roundabout in 280 m, next three turns, profile coloured by surface, dirt in 19 km, gradient over 500 m, highest point 676 m, climb and descent done, riding time.
iPad Pro, "Route" tab: profile of the road ahead and six figures.
iPad Pro in portrait (Italian interface): map above, panel with turn, next three turns, profile and figures below.
iPad in portrait.

Figures in the panel

  • Climb done and descent done.
  • Gradient of the next 500 m.
  • Next surface and how far it is.
  • Highest point ahead.
  • Riding time.

The profile is coloured by surface, the part already ridden is lighter and a marker shows where you are.

Live charts: "Route" and "Ride"

A switch changes the chart in the panel.

  • "Route": the profile estimated from elevation data and, on top, the real altitude already measured by GPS, with the gap between them.
  • "Ride": speed and altitude filling in as you ride, with average and top.
Tablet, "Ride" tab: speed chart with average and top, and altitude chart filling in while riding.
"Ride" tab: live speed and altitude.
Tablet, "Route" tab: estimated profile with the real altitude on top and the gradient of the next 500 m.
"Route" tab: real altitude over the estimate.

Real altitude is above sea level. The gap between real and estimated is the median of the last 5 points, so a GPS glitch does not spoil it.

Roadbook, free ride, night

  • Roadbook: a large "Data" / "Roadbook" switch puts the rally roadbook in the panel. "Hide map" leaves only the roadbook.
  • Free ride: a wide dashboard with speed, average, top, altitude, climb and the speed and altitude charts.
  • My tracks and Offline maps: detail with map and profile side by side, region list in two columns when there is room.
Tablet, free ride: dashboard with speed, average, top, altitude and climb, with speed and altitude charts below.
Free ride on a tablet.
iPad Pro at night (Italian interface): dark map, left turn in 160 m, elevation profile and figures.
At night, on iPad Pro.

The numbers

600 points
minimum short side for the tablet layout
460–600
points of panel width in landscape
500 m
stretch ahead whose gradient you see
1 per second
live chart points, up to 600; then they are merged, keeping the speed peak

What it does not do

  • In Split View with a narrow window you get the phone layout.
  • Live charts show speed and altitude; lean and braking are in the report after the ride.

How does it compare with Calimoto, Kurviger, OsmAnd, DMD2 and other apps? See the feature-by-feature comparison.