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FAQ

A country isn't colored.
Photos need location data. Photos taken with location turned off, or with location removed, can't be placed. Also check that FootPrints has access under Settings > Privacy & Security > Photos.

I visited a country but have no photos.
Tap the country on the map and turn on "I've been here" in the detail sheet. It will appear hatched on the map.

How do I mark places I want to go?
Tap a country you haven't visited and turn on "Want to go". It appears with a dashed outline on the map and is listed in Statistics. To add a city, tap Add City under Places to go in Statistics and search by name. It appears as a star on the map; touch and hold the star to remove it.

How do I show World Heritage Sites and Japanese castles?
Tap the stacked squares button (Map Layers) at the top right and choose World Heritage or Castles of Japan (the 200 castles of Japan's Top 100 Castles and the Next 100). A site counts as visited if you took a photo near it (within 2 km for World Heritage Sites, a little more for large sites, and 1 km for castles); visited sites are gold and castles purple. Statistics shows the counts, lists and badges, and they also appear in country and trip details and in Year in Review. In the list, search by name or country (prefecture for castles), or filter by country or prefecture with the button at the top right. Tap a site you've visited to see the photos you took there.

How do I show capital cities on the map?
Tap the stacked squares button (Map Layers) at the top right and choose Capitals. Countries with more than one capital show all of them.

Can I count the capitals I've visited?
If you took a photo within 10 km of a capital's center, that capital counts as visited. Statistics > Capitals shows how many you've visited and a list with flags that you can filter by country. As with World Heritage Sites, touch and hold to mark a capital as visited, add it to places you want to go, or mark it as not visited.

How do I mark a site I visited without photos, or fix a match?
Touch and hold a mark on the map or a row in the list in Statistics to choose Mark as Visited or Add to Wish List. For a site matched from your photos, choose Mark as Not Visited to remove it, and Use Photos Again to undo.

A photo is counted in a country I never visited.
Photos others sent you, for example, may carry a location that isn't where you were. Touch and hold the photo in the detail sheet and choose "Not Taken Here" to leave it out of your totals. You can put it back from the left-out photos in the same sheet.

Photos near a border or coast are placed in the neighboring country.
Locations are matched against map data on your device and may be off near borders. Leave out the wrong photos as described above and mark the right country with "I've been here".

Can I see where I took my photos?
Tap the layers button at the top right of the map and choose Photo Locations to show the places where you took photos as small red dots. Photos taken close together share one dot, and places with more photos get bigger dots. Tap a dot to see the photos taken there; Trips Here at the top opens the trips those photos belong to. The dots are never included in map images you share or in what you share with family and friends.

Can I see a satellite map? How do I go back to the plain map?
The map starts with satellite imagery. Your visited countries and regions stay colored, and you can zoom in down to the streets (up to 3000×). Turn off Satellite in the Map Layers menu (the stacked squares at the top right) to go back to the plain map, on both the flat map and the globe. When you're offline, the plain map is shown automatically. On cellular, satellite imagery uses more data. The flat map uses the Mercator projection for both the plain map and satellite imagery, so switching keeps the same place and zoom. When you share your map as an image, you can choose satellite imagery or the plain map (the world map is centered on where you are).

How do I make a route video?
Tap the film button at the top right of a trip. The map follows the line as it traces your trip. Before making it, choose satellite imagery or the plain map, and pinch and drag to choose the area shown at the end. The names of the regions and cities you stopped in appear too. Turn on Include Photos to pause the line at the places where you took the most photos and show them. When you're offline, you get a video on the plain map.

What are the city names in the trip list?
They're the cities you stopped in on each trip. While Satellite is on, FootPrints looks them up from the locations of your stops with Apple's address lookup and saves them on your device. They're looked up a few at a time, so it takes a while before every trip shows them. When Satellite is off, nothing is looked up.

How do I share my map?
Tap the share button at the bottom left to create an image of your map with the number of countries and a legend. You can choose the whole world or your home country, and a light or dark look. For an image of one trip, tap the share button at the top right of the trip and choose Trip Image. The route is drawn over satellite imagery or the plain map, and you can add photos.

How do I find a trip?
Pull down the trip list to show the search field. You can search by trip name, countries and regions, cities, World Heritage Sites and castles, notes, and year.

How far have I traveled?
Statistics > Distance traveled shows the distance along the places where you took photos, and how many times around the Earth that is. Moves near home are not counted. It also shows the photos taken farthest from home and farthest north, south, east and west; tap one to open the photo and its trip. The distance is calculated on your device only.

Can I add an upcoming trip?
Above the trip list, use Upcoming trips to enter a destination and departure and return dates. The Next Trip widget shows how many days are left. Upcoming trips sync between your devices with iCloud and are removed when they end.

What is the trip shown on my Lock Screen?
When you open FootPrints during a trip, the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island show the day of the trip, its name, the places you stopped that day, and the number of places and photos (a Live Activity). It updates each time you open the app and disappears when the trip ends. iOS ends it after a few hours, so open FootPrints again to bring it back. To turn it off, use Show Trip on Lock Screen in settings (the gear button).

How are trips created?
The place where you took photos on the most days is treated as home. Photos taken away from home are grouped into trips by date. Tap the suitcase button at the bottom left to see your trips, their routes, and a calendar. To keep a photo out of a trip, use "Not Taken Here" as described above.

A visit to my family home and an outing from there became one trip.
In the trip's details, tap "Add as a Regular Place" to register the place. Photos taken within 2 km of it are grouped as visits there, and outings from there become separate trips. You can remove regular places under "Regular Places" in settings (the gear button).

How do I compare maps with family or friends?
Tap "Friends & Family" at the bottom, choose a group such as “Family” or “Friends”, then tap "Invite" to send an invitation by Messages or Mail. When they open the link, you can overlay your maps and see the countries you've both visited, the places you both want to go, and the heritage sites and castles you've visited. You choose what each group can see (countries, regions, heritage sites and castles, places to go, trip destinations and months). Photos and notes are never shared, and you can stop sharing at any time.

Are videos included?
Yes. Like photos, the location and date of your videos color the map and are included in trips and the calendar. Tap a video in trip or place details to play it.

Can I use FootPrints with Siri?
Yes. Ask “How many countries have I visited in FootPrints”, “My travels this year in FootPrints” or “On this day in FootPrints”. You can also say “Open my year in review in FootPrints” or “Show my trips in FootPrints”. The same actions are available in the Shortcuts app.

How do I add a widget?
Touch and hold the Home Screen or Lock Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget, and choose FootPrints. There are five widgets: Countries Visited, This Year’s Travels, On This Day, Traveling, and Next Trip. The medium and large Countries Visited widgets also show the distance you've traveled. Traveling appears only during a trip, with the trip name, the day of the trip, and the cities you stopped in that day. Next Trip shows how many days are left until your upcoming trip. Widgets update when you open FootPrints.

I opened the invitation link, but the map wasn't added.
The other person needs FootPrints installed and must be signed in to iCloud. Invitation links can't be opened in an in-app browser. If the link arrived in an app other than Messages, touch and hold it and open it in Safari. If you installed FootPrints after opening the link, open the link again.

How do I send trip photos to the people I traveled with?
In a trip's details, tap "Select", choose photos, then tap "Share". You can remove where the photos were taken before sending.

Can I keep a trip on one page?
In a trip, tap the book button (Trip Album) at the top right. It puts the title, dates, route map, places, your notes and nine photos on one page. Photos are chosen automatically; tap Choose Photos below the album to pick your own. Use the share button at the top right to send or save it as an image or a PDF. Choose Journal PDF from the share button to add one page per day (date, places, your note for the day, and photos with captions) after the album, ready to print or save to Files.

What badges are there?
Besides the number of countries, continents and regions of your home country, there are badges for countries in one year, countries in one trip, years in a row with a trip, Japan's eight regions (when your region is Japan), and World Heritage Sites, castles and capitals. Statistics shows when you earned each badge and how many more you need.

Can I add notes to trips and days?
Add a title and notes in a trip's details. To add a note for a day, tap the pencil next to that day in the trip, or open the day in the calendar. While viewing a photo full screen, tap Add a caption to give that photo a caption; captions also appear in the trip album. Trips with a title show the destination below the title in the list.

Can I zoom more precisely?
Touch and hold the zoom indicator at the bottom right, then move your finger up or down to zoom around the center of the view. A quick tap shows the whole map again.

How do I see where I am on the map?
Tap the round button above the zoom indicator at the bottom right. The map zooms to your location and shows it as a blue dot. If location access is off, FootPrints shows a note once to open Settings, and hides the button until access is allowed.

How many days did I spend in each country?
Statistics > "Most Days Spent" counts the days you took photos in each country and lists them from most to fewest. The country you lived in (your home for each year) is left out.

Can I see all my trip routes on one map?
Tap the stacked-squares button at the top right (Map Layers) and choose "Trip Routes". Every trip is drawn as a line from home. Move the year slider in the legend to show trips up to that year.

What is the Passport Stamps page?
Statistics > "Passport Stamps" shows the countries you've visited as stamps dated the day you first went. The country you lived in is left out. Share it as an image with the share button at the top right.

Can I print my map on large paper?
In Share Map, tap "Poster PDF" to make a landscape PDF from A4 to A1. Choose a title, light or dark, region borders, and visited country names. The map stays as vector shapes, so it prints sharp even at large sizes.

Can I use FootPrints on Apple Watch?
With FootPrints on your iPhone, you can install it on your paired Apple Watch. See your countries and map, the day of your trip and where you stopped while traveling, your next trip, this year's travel, and counts of heritage sites, castles and capitals. You can also add complications to your watch face. FootPrints on your iPhone sends the latest numbers to the watch when you open it.

Can I see trips next to the map on iPad or Mac?
On wide screens, trips, details and statistics open on the right side of the map. Tap a country on the map while the panel is open to switch to it.

Can I use FootPrints on Mac?
FootPrints for Mac is on the same App Store page as for iPhone and iPad (one purchase for all). From the Map menu in the menu bar, open Trips (⌘1), Statistics (⌘2), Friends & Family (⌘3), Share Map (⇧⌘E) and Scan Photos (⌘R). Settings is ⌘,. It syncs with your iPhone and iPad through iCloud.

Are regions shown for other countries too?
Yes. For any country you've visited, with photos or "I've been here", zooming in switches to its states, provinces, or prefectures. From a region's details you can open the whole country, and from a country's details you can open the regions you've visited.

How do I change the country used at the top and in Statistics?
Tap the gear button at the bottom left and choose a country under "Country for regions". By default, the country in your device's region settings is used.

How do I change the language?
Go to Settings > Apps > FootPrints > Language. FootPrints is available in English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Korean, and Simplified and Traditional Chinese. Tapping "Language" in the app's settings opens the same page.

Only some of my photos are scanned.
If you allowed access to selected photos only, only those photos are scanned. Touch and hold the refresh button at the bottom left to change the selection.

Where is my data stored?
Photo scan results stay on your device. Some data, such as places you added by hand, syncs between your devices through your own iCloud. Nothing is sent to the developer. See the privacy policy for details.