Why Odys ADV exists.

Every navigation app I tried on a multi-day backcountry route did at least one of three things I didn’t want: required an account, pushed a social feed at me, or treated my ride like a Strava segment.

I’m building Odys ADV because the apps that exist were built for hikers and Jeepers and social-network users, not for one rider on one bike following one GPX track through the backcountry.

It’s an offline-first navigation app. It works without an account. The map takes the screen. Every primary action is two taps or fewer with gloves on. Your group is on the map over mesh radio, not over cell.

The features that aren’t here — feeds, leaderboards, challenges, badges, media bundles, four-wheel filters — aren’t missing. They’re absent on purpose. The route is the reward.

— Josh