The climb, before the climb
Every gradient on the line is read before you leave, not discovered at the bottom of it.
/// Starting is the short part
From the first point to the GPX file.
Five steps, and none of them is a settings screen you have to learn first. The planner opens on a map; everything else happens while you draw.
The five steps
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Pick the sport
Road, gravel, MTB, running, hiking, skating. This is not a label on the same line: each one is a different routing engine, so the same two points come out as different routes.
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Drop the points
Tap the map for the start, the finish and anything in between. Drag a point and the route follows it. Drag the route itself and it takes a new point exactly where you pulled it.
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Say how you want to move
A preset is one tap and changes the engine's trade. Under it sit the switches — skirt the towns, avoid steps, stay on cycleways — and, if you want them, the advanced settings.
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Read the numbers
Distance, time, ascent, the elevation profile under the map, gradient metre by metre and how much of it is tarmac, gravel or path. All of it recalculates while you edit.
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Save it, or take it
Saved, it is on the phone you actually leave with. Exported, it is a GPX on the bike computer or the watch. Both, usually.
/// While you draw
Nothing here is a wizard.
There is no order to follow. Set the sport after the points if you like — the route recalculates. Change your mind about the surface at the last minute and the profile under the map changes with it. The only irreversible step on this page is leaving the house.