4x4 and group rides

The whole convoy, on one channel.

Voice, a live map and the route for groups that go off-road together. On the phone you already have.

  • 4x4 clubs
  • Weekend convoys
  • Adventure motorbikes
  • Organised rides
Live map with a video stream pinned to it, next to the route and the group's positions
A ride day, today

You know this day.

The radios

The walkie-talkies reach the next hill, not the next valley. Half the convoy hears half the message.

The WhatsApp group

Nobody reads it with gloves on at 30 km/h. And it doesn't show where anyone is.

The track

A GPX file sent the night before, opened on four different apps. One car has it right; the others follow the dust.

The split

A wrong fork, and two cars are on another track with no idea where the rest went.

The stuck one

Someone is bogged at the back. The front finds out at the lunch stop.

One app, for the whole list.

One app

Voice, map, route, safety. In one place.

Voice

A radio with no range

One channel for the group. Press, talk, everyone on the channel hears, wherever there is signal. No licence, no antenna, no range limit.

Map

Every car, live

Who's ahead, who stopped, who took the wrong fork. Every car that shares its location, while it is on the channel. Tap one to see how far it is and when it was last seen.

Route

The track, turn by turn

Load the GPX once, share it to the channel, and everyone follows the same line. Once started, it keeps guiding you with no signal.

Safety

One press, everyone knows

Hold the emergency button: your position reaches everyone in all your channels, your open mic everyone on the channel. Send an alert with a photo for anything smaller.

Set up like your group

One channel for everyone. A few more if you want them.

Most groups need one channel. Clubs and bigger rides add a couple.

Convoy

Everyone. The day's talk, the route, the photos.

Lead & sweep

The first and last car, and whoever is running the day.

Friends

Your own car and the two you always ride with.

Assistance

The recovery truck, the mechanic, the lunch stop.

Everyone joins for free. On Free you are live in one channel at a time, so stay on Convoy while driving. The person who creates the channels on Core removes the member cap and can listen to several at once.

The route

One line for the whole group.

N 500 m
Illustration: the loop, the fork, the checkpoint and the cars.

Import the track

One person imports the GPX and shares it to the channel. Everyone sees the same line on the map; nobody re-sends a file.

Follow it turn by turn

Start navigation and the app guides you along the track itself, not along the nearest road. Waypoints become checkpoints: the viewpoint, the fuel stop, lunch.

Off the line? It tells you

Drift more than about 45 metres from the track and the app warns you. It does not reroute you onto a road: it brings you back to the line.

No signal? It keeps going

Once navigation has started it needs no network. The route, the checkpoints and your position stay. The background map may be blank: your phone only shows the map it kept from earlier use.

Safety

The whole group is your safety net.

Emergency

Hold the button for one second. Five seconds to cancel, then your position goes to everyone in all your channels and your live microphone to the channel you are on. Their phones sound an alarm; on iPhone, even in Do Not Disturb. It needs signal at the moment you press.

Alert

A text, a photo and your position, pinned on the map for everyone. "Deep water at the ford." "Gate closed, go around."

Ring

Someone not answering? Ring the channel, or one person if they are your contact. Their phone rings again every 15 seconds for two minutes, until they answer.

Find anyone

Bloodhound points a live compass at any car on your map, with the distance. Follow it until you are back together.

Signal, honestly

What needs data, and what doesn't.

Off-road is where mobile signal is thin. We would rather you know this before the ride than during it.

Needs mobile data

Voice, the live positions of the others, photos and video, and anything you send: the emergency button, alerts, ring, messages. Nothing waits to be sent later. What is said while you are out of coverage is not heard.

Keeps working without it

The route guide once started, your own position on the route, the recording of your trail (it uploads when you are back), and the chat you already loaded.

Before you leave coverage

Agree the next checkpoint on the channel. Set the channel to keep locations while disconnected: a car that loses signal then stays on the map where it was last seen, and comes back on its own when the signal does.

Before the ride

Ten minutes, the night before.

  1. Everyone downloads Terraxi Pro. It is free.
  2. One person creates the channel "Convoy" and invites the others, from contacts or by email. At the meeting point: open Invite member and scan each person's own QR code; they tap Accept.
  3. The same person imports the GPX and shares it to the channel.
  4. Everyone turns on location sharing in the channel; it is off until you turn it on. The channel owner sets location to "Keep while disconnected", so a car with no signal stays on the map.
  5. Everyone opens the map once, with signal, so the route is on their phone.
  6. Say hello on the channel before the engines start. If everyone heard you, you are ready.
What it costs

Everyone rides free. One person on Core unlocks the rest.

Free

  • Join any channel, talk, see the map, follow the route
  • Emergency, alerts, ring, Bloodhound
  • One channel live at a time
  • Channels you create hold up to 10 people

Core

  • Channels with no member cap
  • Several channels live at once: hear Convoy and Lead & sweep together
  • A Bluetooth talk button you fix to the steering wheel, and talking from the Apple Watch
  • Planned events with parts: the day's programme, with the route and the stops attached

See the plans and prices

One person on Core lifts the member cap for the whole group. Whoever wants to hear two channels at once needs Core too.

Keep the day

The trail and the photos stay in the channel.

The trail

Follow the route with navigation on and your drive is recorded; replay it after. To hand a new way to the next group, record it as a route and share that.

The photos

The river crossing, the view from the top, the car that needed the winch. In the channel, where everyone finds them next week.

Get on the channel

Get your group on Terraxi Pro.

Terraxi Pro is on the App Store, Google Play and the web. Install it, create a channel, and bring the convoy in.

Free to download

Organising a ride for a club or many cars? Write to [email protected] and we will help you set it up.