Trips to Take, Trips Completed, and Planned Trips
Quote from MarcoZ on 31.08.2026, 02:11Hi everyone,
I'd like to understand how those of you who use Scenic manage your trips.
I've installed Scenic on my personal iPad and currently use it only to plan future rides. However, I find the folder management system quite immature and not very user-friendly.
How do you manage your trips from a PC? I understand that trip management is not the primary purpose of a navigation app, but some competitors offer at least a basic web interface that allows users to better organize their trips and choose what to synchronize with their devices.
I come from a Garmin Zumo XT, where I used BaseCamp. Unfortunately, due to differences between the maps used during planning and those used by Scenic, some routes change unexpectedly, so I eventually stopped using it.
I then moved to MRA Routeplanner, which uses OSM maps. The route planning experience is excellent: you can define waypoints as stops or vias and even specify break times to improve travel time estimates. Unfortunately, it does not synchronize with Scenic, and I lose the benefit of having my recorded tracks in a single ecosystem.
I've also tried Furkot. It is simple and easy to use, and it makes the import process straightforward, but it offers far fewer trip customization options compared to MRA Routeplanner.
Because of the way folders are currently managed in Scenic, organizing trips feels unclear and somewhat cumbersome. Hopefully this aspect will improve in future updates.
As for recorded rides, the only way to review them is through the app itself, but the limited viewing and organization options make them difficult to browse effectively.
So I'm curious:
How do you manage your tracks and trips when using Scenic? Where do you store and organize them?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Marco
Hi everyone,
I'd like to understand how those of you who use Scenic manage your trips.
I've installed Scenic on my personal iPad and currently use it only to plan future rides. However, I find the folder management system quite immature and not very user-friendly.
How do you manage your trips from a PC? I understand that trip management is not the primary purpose of a navigation app, but some competitors offer at least a basic web interface that allows users to better organize their trips and choose what to synchronize with their devices.
I come from a Garmin Zumo XT, where I used BaseCamp. Unfortunately, due to differences between the maps used during planning and those used by Scenic, some routes change unexpectedly, so I eventually stopped using it.
I then moved to MRA Routeplanner, which uses OSM maps. The route planning experience is excellent: you can define waypoints as stops or vias and even specify break times to improve travel time estimates. Unfortunately, it does not synchronize with Scenic, and I lose the benefit of having my recorded tracks in a single ecosystem.
I've also tried Furkot. It is simple and easy to use, and it makes the import process straightforward, but it offers far fewer trip customization options compared to MRA Routeplanner.
Because of the way folders are currently managed in Scenic, organizing trips feels unclear and somewhat cumbersome. Hopefully this aspect will improve in future updates.
As for recorded rides, the only way to review them is through the app itself, but the limited viewing and organization options make them difficult to browse effectively.
So I'm curious:
How do you manage your tracks and trips when using Scenic? Where do you store and organize them?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!
Marco
Quote from Dae on 31.08.2026, 04:21I currently do all my planning and organising of trips in MRA. This is due to the lack of sub folders and layover/departure timings in Scenic.
I import my routes into Scenic for navigation only. I only store my recorded rides in Scenic - I’m not really bothered about them in MRA.
Scenic is useful for vehicle management log, so that’s stored in Scenic.
PC planning isn’t an issue for me as I have a MacBook, so it runs Scenic.
Guido is releasing a web browser version of the planner later this year.
I’d really like to ditch MRA, but until the organisation and timing is better in Scenic I’ll continue to use the best tool for each function; Scenic for navigation and MRA for planning. I have an MRA lifetime gold, so I’m in no rush.
I currently do all my planning and organising of trips in MRA. This is due to the lack of sub folders and layover/departure timings in Scenic.
I import my routes into Scenic for navigation only. I only store my recorded rides in Scenic - I’m not really bothered about them in MRA.
Scenic is useful for vehicle management log, so that’s stored in Scenic.
PC planning isn’t an issue for me as I have a MacBook, so it runs Scenic.
Guido is releasing a web browser version of the planner later this year.
I’d really like to ditch MRA, but until the organisation and timing is better in Scenic I’ll continue to use the best tool for each function; Scenic for navigation and MRA for planning. I have an MRA lifetime gold, so I’m in no rush.
Quote from Guido on 31.08.2026, 08:08Hi Marco,
I'll leave it to the community to answer the ride and route organizing question. Just wanted to let you know that a web based planner and organizer is currently in development. It will be ready before the end of this year.
Best regards,
Guido
Hi Marco,
I'll leave it to the community to answer the ride and route organizing question. Just wanted to let you know that a web based planner and organizer is currently in development. It will be ready before the end of this year.
Best regards,
Guido
Quote from Psionic on 31.08.2026, 15:15Here's how I do - using Scenic on Macbook (proper planning, either planning directly in Scenic, or, using GPX-import and finetuning), iPhone (via Carplay) for navigation. Ipad as portable planner (e.g. in the hotel to finetune the next day trip).
I use the "Favorite" folder for static routes (and locations), the few key routes I use every year (such as commute to work with variations, meeting points with the motorcycle club, home location, favorite places etc.).Then I have a folder for every year (2026, 2025, ...), here I drop my daytrips. The daytrips filename format is "YYYMMDD_<key waypoints>", example: "20260831_Gotthard-Nufenen-Furka" was the trip of today. This way, sorting is easy to show the most recent trips and future trips on top.
For multi-day-trips (a.k.a. vacation) I use a dedicated folder "YYYY_Destination" with a day-trip for every day (or sometimes multiple with variations). I prefix with D01, D02, D03.... for day 1, 2, 3...). Then I also create a folder "zYYYY_Destination" (note the "z" prefix) which is my archive folder. I move past trips there. So on day 3, D03 and all future trips are in the regular "YYYY_Destination" folder, while D01 and D02 are in the archive folder "zYYYY_Destination".
Finally, I archive old years by prefixing the past years also with a "z".
(fyi in the past scenic / apple carplay could only show limited records per folder, that's why I needed to "archive" older trips to a separate folder multiple times a year, this is no longer needed.)
So here my current folder structure for routes (examplified), and then similar for locations:
- Favorites
- 2026 (current year daytrips)
- 2026_14-day-trip (upcoming/future trips)
- z2026_14-day-trip (archived trips)
- z2025 (archived last year daytrips)
- z2025_Sicily (archived last year multi-day-trips/vacation)
- z2024 (archived 2024 daytrips)
- z2024_Croatia (archived vacation)
- ...
Tracked rides... all goes into one single default folder. From time to time I export all GPX files and store them locally.
Here's how I do - using Scenic on Macbook (proper planning, either planning directly in Scenic, or, using GPX-import and finetuning), iPhone (via Carplay) for navigation. Ipad as portable planner (e.g. in the hotel to finetune the next day trip).
I use the "Favorite" folder for static routes (and locations), the few key routes I use every year (such as commute to work with variations, meeting points with the motorcycle club, home location, favorite places etc.).
Then I have a folder for every year (2026, 2025, ...), here I drop my daytrips. The daytrips filename format is "YYYMMDD_<key waypoints>", example: "20260831_Gotthard-Nufenen-Furka" was the trip of today. This way, sorting is easy to show the most recent trips and future trips on top.
For multi-day-trips (a.k.a. vacation) I use a dedicated folder "YYYY_Destination" with a day-trip for every day (or sometimes multiple with variations). I prefix with D01, D02, D03.... for day 1, 2, 3...). Then I also create a folder "zYYYY_Destination" (note the "z" prefix) which is my archive folder. I move past trips there. So on day 3, D03 and all future trips are in the regular "YYYY_Destination" folder, while D01 and D02 are in the archive folder "zYYYY_Destination".
Finally, I archive old years by prefixing the past years also with a "z".
(fyi in the past scenic / apple carplay could only show limited records per folder, that's why I needed to "archive" older trips to a separate folder multiple times a year, this is no longer needed.)
So here my current folder structure for routes (examplified), and then similar for locations:
- Favorites
- 2026 (current year daytrips)
- 2026_14-day-trip (upcoming/future trips)
- z2026_14-day-trip (archived trips)
- z2025 (archived last year daytrips)
- z2025_Sicily (archived last year multi-day-trips/vacation)
- z2024 (archived 2024 daytrips)
- z2024_Croatia (archived vacation)
- ...
Tracked rides... all goes into one single default folder. From time to time I export all GPX files and store them locally.
Quote from Marts on 31.08.2026, 22:59Quote from Psionic on 31.08.2026, 15:15Here's how I do - using Scenic on Macbook (proper planning, either planning directly in Scenic, or, using GPX-import and finetuning).
I do something similar, using Scenic on my Mac. Sometimes, however, Google Maps seems to work better for some trips, so I plan the trip then use Guido's excellent web interface to import the google routes to Scenic.
The only bit about that is I can never remember which is better - to import the route or the track...
Quote from Psionic on 31.08.2026, 15:15Here's how I do - using Scenic on Macbook (proper planning, either planning directly in Scenic, or, using GPX-import and finetuning).
I do something similar, using Scenic on my Mac. Sometimes, however, Google Maps seems to work better for some trips, so I plan the trip then use Guido's excellent web interface to import the google routes to Scenic.
The only bit about that is I can never remember which is better - to import the route or the track...
Quote from pe112 on 01.09.2026, 11:21Coming from a Garmin Device my entire travel history is in Basecamp.
Like you I was unhappy with the CityNavigator Maps. Then I came across the OSM maps packaged by https://alternativaslibres.org/.
They are packaged for Basecamp and match my purposes as well as the maps in Scenic very well. They are free, but if you register for a reasonably small fee you get access to additional large seamless maps like Western Europe. Something I did not find on any other site providing OSM packages for Basecamp.
it might be worth checking out if you can imagine to stick with Basecamp.
Best, Martin
Coming from a Garmin Device my entire travel history is in Basecamp.
Like you I was unhappy with the CityNavigator Maps. Then I came across the OSM maps packaged by https://alternativaslibres.org/.
They are packaged for Basecamp and match my purposes as well as the maps in Scenic very well. They are free, but if you register for a reasonably small fee you get access to additional large seamless maps like Western Europe. Something I did not find on any other site providing OSM packages for Basecamp.
it might be worth checking out if you can imagine to stick with Basecamp.
Best, Martin
Quote from Middelfrangge on 01.09.2026, 12:06Hi,
I was as well a previous Garmin user but startet already with Garmin to use TTQV or now QV (QuoVadis), however somewhen I have changed to do the route planning in Mapsource/Basecamp. Now I use Scenic for the route planning on my IPad and IPhone but still QV for saving my trips as track. That has the advantage that each track can get a different colour and when planning a trip in a region where i have not been for a while I use my old trips as basis for the next tour.
In Scenic I have folders for each region in Germany and each country I travel to. In addition I have a folder for favourites which I need for the next ride or trip and I have a folder for past trips which dies not fit to any region but which I want to save for whatever reasons.
I also have folders for my waypoints of each region and a special folder for windy roads which I know or find just by chance. Those are always visible during a ride.
I would prefer to have folders underneath each country, that would make my life easier to have a country folder like just Germany and folders below for each region. This is how I use that in QV. Even better would be to have not only my trips inside but as well my routes.
.
Cheers
Thomas
Hi,
I was as well a previous Garmin user but startet already with Garmin to use TTQV or now QV (QuoVadis), however somewhen I have changed to do the route planning in Mapsource/Basecamp. Now I use Scenic for the route planning on my IPad and IPhone but still QV for saving my trips as track. That has the advantage that each track can get a different colour and when planning a trip in a region where i have not been for a while I use my old trips as basis for the next tour.
In Scenic I have folders for each region in Germany and each country I travel to. In addition I have a folder for favourites which I need for the next ride or trip and I have a folder for past trips which dies not fit to any region but which I want to save for whatever reasons.
I also have folders for my waypoints of each region and a special folder for windy roads which I know or find just by chance. Those are always visible during a ride.
I would prefer to have folders underneath each country, that would make my life easier to have a country folder like just Germany and folders below for each region. This is how I use that in QV. Even better would be to have not only my trips inside but as well my routes.
. 
Cheers
Thomas
