Your trip on a map, photos and all
Start a journey in the app when you set off and it draws your route on the map as you travel, with the phone in your pocket. Each photo you add goes on the map where you took it. Send one link and anyone can see the lot in a browser.
The line is the way you went
Pebbls records in the background, a point roughly every 15 metres you move, so the line follows the coast road or the railway you were on, not a straight line from one stop to the next. Pick how you're travelling when you start a chapter and the line shows it. If you fly partway through a chapter, the map shows the flight as a dashed line.
Photos go where you took them
Add a pebbl when you want to keep something: a few photos and a note, pinned to the spot where you took them. By the end of the trip they're dotted along the route, and tapping one opens its photos. With no signal they wait on your phone and go up later.
One link to send
Send people the link and it opens in any browser with your map, photos and notes. Nobody needs the app or an account. Anyone who wants to hear when you post can leave an email address.
A short film of each chapter
A chapter with a few photos gets a flyby film that follows your route over a 3D map, with your photos along the way. Pebbls makes it for you and it's free.
Their routes, as their phones drew them
None of these lines was drawn by hand afterwards. Each is what a phone recorded on the way, and the photos sit where they were taken.
How these trips were mapped
Nine weeks in one journey
Julia and James set off from Austin in April 2025 and reached Seattle in June, about 15,000 km later, by way of New Orleans, New York, Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon. They made a chapter for each stretch, like the Blue Ridge Parkway or Chicago to Yellowstone, and added over 300 photos. You can open the whole map or one chapter at a time.
A week of trains
Greg went by train from Exeter to Oban at the end of June 2025. His train from Birmingham to Glasgow was cancelled, so he stayed on to Edinburgh and the line on his map goes up the east coast. From Oban he took the train to Mallaig over the Glenfinnan Viaduct, crossed to Skye on the ferry for a day and came home by train through Glasgow.
Written in Chinese
Qinggong flew to Fort Lauderdale in November 2025 for a cruise along the coast of Cuba, through the Panama Canal and up the Pacific side of Central America and Mexico to San Francisco. The notes are in Chinese, and Pebbls translates them for anyone reading in another language.
Trip maps to look through
Julia and James took nine weeks to drive from Austin to Seattle, the long way round. Greg's trip was a week of trains to the west coast of Scotland. Qinggong wrote up a Panama Canal cruise in Chinese, and readers see it translated.
- Austin to Seattle by car · Julia and James · 2 countries · 65 days · by car
- Exeter to Oban and Mallaig by train · Greg · 2 countries · 7 days · by train and on foot
- Through the Panama Canal on a cruise ship · Qinggong · 6 countries · 15 days · by cruise ship and bus
Films made from these trips
Pebbls made each film from one chapter's route and photos. Tap one to watch it with sound.
What it costs
Tracking, photos and notes, your map and journal, flyby films and sharing are free, with no time limit and no adverts. Explorer is £20, €20 or $20 a year if you want more: your map keeps up with you faster, journeys can be private, and you can print your map as an A3 sheet or a 50 × 70 cm poster.
Questions
How is this different from the countries visited map?
The countries visited map colours in every country you've been to, and it's free with no sign-up. A Pebbls journey is one trip: the line you travelled, your photos along it and what you wrote.
Can I map a trip I've already done?
Yes. Import a route file (GPX) from a GPS watch or a planning app and add your photos afterwards.
Can I print my trip map?
Yes. Open Share on a journey and choose Print or download a map. A4 and US Letter are free for everyone. Explorer members can also make A3, US Tabloid and a 50 × 70 cm poster.
Does it work without signal?
Yes. It keeps recording and sends the route when you're back in coverage, an hour or a week later. Photos wait on the phone too.
Will it flatten my battery?
A full day of tracking on one charge is normal on most phones. On long days a battery pack is still worth carrying.
Do the people I send it to need the app?
No. The link opens in any browser. They only leave an email address if they want to hear when you post.
Can I keep my trip private?
On the free plan journeys are public and you share them by link. With Explorer a journey can be private or have a password.
Is it free?
Yes. Tracking, photos, the map, sharing and flyby films are free with no time limit. Explorer is optional.