Feature tour

A quick reference for every PinDrift feature: what it does, where to find it, and what to know.

Static teleport

Pin the phone at one location and hold it there.

• Where: Location tab
• How: drag the red pin on the map, click anywhere on the map, search by address, type lat/lng directly, or pick a Preset / Favorite. Then click Teleport This Location.
• Stops when: you click Stop Teleporting, or the phone disconnects, or PinDrift is closed.

Routes (walk / bike / drive)

Drop multiple waypoints and the phone moves between them at realistic speeds, snapping to roads when in Drive mode.

• Where: Route tab
• Mode: Walk (~5 km/h), Bike (~19 km/h), Drive (snaps to roads, real speed limits), Custom (you set the kph)
• Driver type (Drive only): Normal (posted limit), 5 Over, Speeder - for testing how apps respond to different velocity profiles
• Behavior toggles: Loop (restart from waypoint A on finish), Stop-and-go (pause briefly at each waypoint), Jitter (~4 m GPS noise so the trace looks real)
• Editing waypoints: click a waypoint row in the panel to fly the map to it, or click Edit to rename, change coordinates, or change the address - updates apply live as you type
• GPX import: click Import GPX to load a route file from your bike computer, watch app, etc.

Multi-device

Teleport up to 10 iPhones from one PC at the same time on the Yearly and Lifetime plans. Android is on the roadmap and will share the same concurrent cap when it ships.

• Where: Device tab
• How: connect each phone (each one needs its own one-time setup), then check the boxes next to the devices you want to edit. Apply / Stop / Route actions fan out to every selected device.
• Bulk-select pill: top of the device list. All selects every connected phone; None clears the selection. The pill also shows current state at a glance.
• Per-phone editing: uncheck a phone to leave it alone while you edit another. Different phones can be at different locations simultaneously.

Favorites

Save the locations you teleport to often. One click and the pin jumps there.

• Where: Location tab → Favorites
• Add: click + Add current as favorite. PinDrift uses the current pin's address as the name; rename later if you want.
• Remove: hover a favorite, click the X, confirm.

Presets

A collapsible grid of well-known places - Times Square, Apple Park, Eiffel Tower, etc. Useful for testing or demos.

• Where: Location tab → Presets
• Collapse: click the section header to hide / show. The state is remembered between launches.

Match phone clock to teleported location

Looks up the timezone of every teleported location and shows the local time on the map. Useful for verifying that the phone's auto-timezone followed the teleport.

• Where: Settings → Clock
• What it does: when on, the TELEPORTING banner over the map shows the timezone and current local time at the teleported location.
• What it can't do: set the phone's clock directly. iOS doesn't expose that to host-side tools. The phone will follow automatically when Settings → General → Date & Time → Set Automatically is on. The match-clock display lets you verify the phone got the memo.

Map labels & overlays

The map can show street names, place names, and country borders on every base style, including Satellite (giving you a Google Maps "Hybrid" view).

• Toggle: the lines icon top-right of the map (under the locate button)
• Default: off for Standard / Terrain (those tiles already have labels), on for Satellite
• Per-style memory: PinDrift remembers your preference for each map style independently

In-map search

The search bar floating at the top of the map searches anywhere on Earth - addresses, place names, points of interest. Picking a result moves the pin and recenters the map.

• Where: top-center of the map area
• Same backend as: the sidebar Location search; whichever is closer to your hand wins

Wireless mode

After a one-time USB pairing, PinDrift talks to your iPhone over Wi-Fi. The cable becomes optional.

• Hosts supported: Mac and Windows - same wireless mode, same one-tap pairing on both
• Works for: static teleports and routes - no cable required for either
• Auto-reconnect: when your phone comes back on the same network, PinDrift picks it up automatically
• Setup: see Wireless mode docs
• Best with: always-on mode for set-and-forget

Always-on (headless, runs on any machine you keep on)

Always-on mode runs the teleport from any machine you leave on - a spare laptop, a mini-PC, a home server. With Tailscale support you can be anywhere on Earth, open your phone's browser, pick a location, tap teleport, and your iPhone back home reports that location. No cable, no PC tied up, and it is built into the app.

• Control surface: your phone's browser, no app to install and no laptop required
• What you get: built into every paid plan, no separate purchase and no extra hardware to buy
• Remote access: Tailscale support, no router config, no public IP, no port forwarding
• Setup: see the always-on / headless setup

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