DerbyOn Help & Guides

Everything you can do with DerbyOn, explained in plain language. Start with the basics, or jump straight to what you need.

DerbyOn turns the walking, running and cycling you already do into a race across a real map — against your friends, your team, or nobody but yourself.

Our mission #

We built DerbyOn because of a simple, stubborn problem: most people don't stop being active because they're lazy. They stop because it's repetitive, invisible, and lonely. A walk is just a walk. Nothing is at stake, nobody notices, and the streak quietly dies in week three.

So our mission is to make an active, healthy lifestyle something you actually want to keep up. Not a punishment, not a training plan you'll abandon — a race you're in the middle of, with people you know, that you'd rather not lose. Every kilometre you cover moves you somewhere real on a map. That small change is enough to get most people out the door on the day they'd otherwise skip.

You do not need to be fast, fit or sporty to get something out of DerbyOn. Walking counts, and it counts fully — see how XP works for why an hour of brisk walking is worth about as much as an hour of easy cycling.

DerbyOn in 60 seconds #

Here is the whole idea, start to finish:

Pick a routeChoose a ready-made route like Race to Rome, or build your own between any two places on Earth — say Berlin to Dresden. The app works out the real routed distance.
Invite people (or don't)Share an 8-character invite code or a link. Friends tap it and they're in. Prefer to go it alone? Solo mode needs no challenge at all.
Go outside and moveTap record and walk, run or ride. DerbyOn tracks it with GPS, and keeps tracking with your phone locked or in your pocket.
Watch yourself move along the mapThe distance you cover pushes your marker along the real route, live, next to everyone else racing it. Checkpoints at 25%, 50% and 75% mark the way.
First to the finish winsWhoever covers the target distance first tops the standings. Everyone earns XP, levels and streaks along the way — win or lose.

DerbyOn is free to download on iPhone and Android, and the core of it — racing, recording, stats and leaderboards — is free to use.

Four ways people use it #

Most people fall into one of these. You can do all four with the same account, and the first one is the reason DerbyOn exists.

Race your friends

Set a route, share a code, and settle it over a week. The most fun DerbyOn gets.

Build a habit solo

No challenge, no rivals. Just streaks, personal records and a number that goes up.

Get your team moving

Office, club or class. One public challenge, everyone joins by link, everyone sees the board.

Travel the world on foot

Walk the Inca Trail or ride the Danube from your own neighbourhood, a few kilometres at a time.

Read the full walkthroughs →

All the guides #

Getting started

Install the app, create an account, understand the permissions, and record your first session.

Ways to use DerbyOn

Four end-to-end playbooks, from racing friends to solo streaks.

Challenges

Creating, inviting, joining, running and finishing a race — plus every ready-made route.

Recording activities

GPS, background tracking, offline recording, and what counts as a fair session.

Progress & rankings

Your dashboard, stats, streaks, records, XP, levels, tiers and leaderboards.

Account & privacy

Your profile, notifications, language, Premium, and exactly who can see what.

FAQ & troubleshooting

Short answers, common fixes, and a glossary of DerbyOn words.

DerbyOn is here

The story behind the app and why we made it.

A quick look #

Tap any screen to enlarge it.

DerbyOn home dashboard showing a live segment and recent sessions — Home — your live race and recent sessions

DerbyOn live map showing a route and current position — Map — where you are on the route

DerbyOn challenges list showing your challenges and ones to discover — Challenges — yours and ones to discover

DerbyOn performance screen showing total distance and activity mix — Performance — your numbers over time

Still stuck? #

The FAQ and troubleshooting guide covers the questions we get most — missing distance, GPS problems, flagged sessions, invite codes that won't work. If you can't find your answer there, email us at muhshuh2000@gmail.com and tell us what happened.