Guides
Guides for your Google Maps Timeline
Short, practical guides for turning your location history into a shareable travel video, and for fixing the things that trip people up along the way. Every guide works in your browser, on any phone, with nothing uploaded.
Make a travel video from your Timeline
The three steps to the animated route video trending on TikTok and Reels.
Make a route video on iPhone
Do it on iOS with no app: export in Google Maps, open in Safari, save your video.
Web app vs APK: which to use
Web app, Android APK, or the open-source project? An honest side-by-side.
Timeline empty or missing? What to do
Why a Timeline shows no visits, and what you can still do about it.
How to export your Google Maps Timeline
Step-by-step export of your Timeline JSON on Android and iPhone.