Record GPS rides with your iPhone locked

Start the ride, then put your phone away

Select the horse and open GPS hacks. Start outdoors and allow the location access requested by StableCue. Wait for a useful position before setting off.

The native recorder continues in the background and with the screen locked. You do not need to keep the app open on screen. Location permissions, GPS signal, battery settings and interruptions can still affect a recording; force-quitting the app can stop it.

Pause, resume and keep a useful route

Use Pause for a break and Resume when you are ready. Pauses and signal gaps remain separate route segments rather than being joined as if you travelled a continuous recorded path.

Review elapsed time, distance and the recorded route as a record of the accepted GPS positions. Signal quality affects accuracy, particularly under cover or where reception is poor.

Finish, save and export

Choose Finish & save, review the route and linked exercise entry, then wait for Cloud saved. Export the route as GPX when you want a copy for your own records.

Device drafts support recovery after an interruption. Check the recovery state and resume or finish the ride deliberately. GPS tracking is not an emergency location or rescue service.

How to use it in StableCue

1. Select the horse, open GPS hacks and start the ride with location permission.
2. Wait for a useful fix; lock the phone or use another app while the native recorder continues.
3. Pause or resume as needed, then finish, save and optionally export GPX.

Read the step-by-step user manual →