Install GPX Path on your phone
Add the GPX editor to the Home Screen of your iPhone or Android phone: it opens in one tap, full screen, like an app. It is free, with no app store and no account.
Why install it
One tap away
The GPX Path icon sits on your Home Screen with your apps and opens straight into the editor, in English.
Full screen
No address bar, no tabs: the map and the route panel get the whole screen.
Free
It is the editor from the website, with the same tools and the same GPX export.
No app store, no account
Nothing to download from the App Store or Google Play, no sign-up. The app always opens the latest version of the site.
On iPhone
With Safari
1 Page Menu
2 Share
- Add to Home Screen
3 Add to Home Screen
- Add
GPX PathOpen as Web App4 Open as Web App
- AddGPX PathOpen as Web App
5 Add
- In Safari, open the GPX editor.
- Tap Page Menu, then tap Share. If your Tabs layout is Bottom or Top, tap Share directly.
- Scroll down the list, then tap Add to Home Screen. Not there? At the bottom of the list, tap Edit Actions, then add Add to Home Screen.
- Leave Open as Web App turned on: it has been the default since iOS 26.
- Tap Add. The icon appears on the Home Screen of this iPhone only.
With Chrome
1 Share
- Add to Home Screen
2 Add to Home Screen
- AddGPX Path
3 Add
- In Chrome, open the GPX editor.
- On the right of the address bar, tap Share.
- Tap Add to Home Screen.
- Check the name, then tap Add.
On Android
With Chrome
1 More
2 Install and create shortcut
- InstallCreate shortcut
3 Install
- In Chrome, open the GPX editor.
- On the right of the address bar, tap More, then Install and create shortcut.
- Tap Install, then follow the on-screen instructions.
Pick Install: Create shortcut adds an icon with the Chrome logo, which opens the site in Chrome, with the address bar.
What the app does not do
It needs a connection
The map, routing along trails, elevations and place search come from online servers. Without a connection the editor does not load: plan the route before you set off and export the GPX for your watch or hiking app.
It is not the Mac app
GPX Path for Mac is a separate app that works offline, with maps stored on your disk.
Steps checked on 28 October 2026 against the iPhone User Guide (iOS 27) and Google Chrome Help. Menus change with updates: if anything differs, Apple’s or Google’s help is the reference.