About XC Guide
XC Guide is a flight instrument with extensive live-tracking capabilities. Pilots and drivers can track each other using these systems: Open Glider Network (OGN) FANET FLARM (R) SafeSky SportsTrackLive
XC Guide is a flight instrument with extensive live-tracking capabilities.
Pilots and drivers can track each other using these systems:
Open Glider Network (OGN)
FANET
FLARM ®
SafeSky
SportsTrackLive
Telegram (XCView.net)
SkyLines
FlyMaster ®
Livetrack24 ®
Loctome
Garmin inReach ®
SPOT ®
AirWhere
XC Globe
ADS-B (OpenSky, SkyEcho2 or RadarBox)
PureTrack
Meshtastic
Take-off / landing auto email
App features include:
1) Flight Computer.
This indicates altitude AMSL and AGL, ground speed, bearing, climb/sink rate, glide angle, G-force, wind direction, flight duration and distance from take-off.
Barometric pressure can be obtained either from an internal sensor or via a Bluetooth vario.
2) Pilot List.
Showing aircraft type (or photo), relative direction, tracker type and status messages. Contacts permission is requested if the integrated contact features are used.
3) Google map.
Showing other pilots, retrieve buses, airspace, way-points, thermal hot-spots, flight trails plus safety and retrieve messages.
4) A Navigation tool to manage waypoints and tasks.
5) A Thermal assistant widget on the map.
6) Rain radar overlay widget.
7) Competition race tasks.
Tasks are fully compatible with the PG-Race.aero service. Camera permission is requested when scanning QR codes, for easy task sharing with other Apps.
Audible alerts can be set for 'SOS' and 'Retrieve' messages, airspace proximity, and FANET messages.
Flights are logged as IGC and KML files, and can be replayed.
IGC flight logs made by XC Guide are accepted by FAI/CIVL for Cat1 events and are verified by their online validation service. They are also accepted by XContest.
Detailed help, in several languages, is included in the App.
https://xcguide.app/
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of XC Guide since it was posted on our website on 2017-01-01 06:46:33.
The latest version is and it was updated on 2026-06-11 20:34:12. See below the changes in each version.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2026-05-21
Changes: V668 21 May 2026
Meshtastic support added for Android 15 & Android 11.
Volandoo.com is supported
Takeoff and landing distance & speed can both be adjusted, for automatic detection.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2026-05-05
Changes: V666 5 May 2026
Volandoo.com is supported again.
Track Volandoo pilots inside a radius, with your own group ID or an event ID.
New rain radar ranges implemented.
XC Guide now supports softRF with similar features to GxAirCom (FANET).
Meshtastic support improved.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2026-04-06
Changes: V664 6 Apr 2026
Meshtastic support improved.
Meshtastic messages have option for text-to-speech i.e. 'Spoken' upon receipt. (Language is chosen by opening a help guide.)
Bug fix for crash on startup of Version 662.
Old Google Map API key removed. Maps will not be seen on Versions 656 and older.
XC Guide version 1.662
Updated At: 2026-03-15
Changes: V662 15 Mar 2026
Meshtastic support has been added.
Live track all Meshtastic nodes within range (incl radio hops).
Text messaging between XC Guide and other nodes is possible, either as broadcasts or DMs.
Meshtastic diagnostics improved.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2026-03-09
Changes: V660 10 Mar 2026
Meshtastic support has been added.
Live track all Meshtastic nodes within range (incl radio hops).
Text messaging between XC Guide and other nodes is possible, either as broadcasts or DMs.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2026-02-14
Changes: V654 14 Feb 2026
Swiss obstacles in geojson format are now supported. Download obstacles for Switzerland from XContest, (just like airspace).
Live Flymaster tasks can now be loaded using group ID / token.
'Spectator' tokens can now be used to watch live competitions.
The glide angle widget in Flight Computer works properly again.
FlyMaster's new 'Incident' report option is supported.
The latest API from Rainviewer.com no longer supports cloud cover or near future rain prediction.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2025-12-07
Changes: V646 7 Dec 2025
New:
XC Guide home page https://xcguide.app/
PG-Race home page https://pg-race.com/
Terrain (AGL) repository https://www.xcguide.app/agl/
Updated Google Maps, Sun mail and QR code libraries
(may be necessary to clear your App data cache)
XC Guide version 1.640
Updated At: 2025-11-19
Changes: V640 19 Nov 2025
New XC Guide home page is at https://xcguide.app/
WGS84 terrain (AGL) repository is now at https://www.xcguide.app/agl/
Mandatory support for devices with 16 KB page sizes and App targets latest SDK 36.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2025-08-29
Changes: V630 28 Aug 2025
Android 15 (mandatory support for API level 35).
This means the App is now always full-screen.
Livetrack24: Buddies to track can now be individually selected for a particular trip from a long pre-stored list.
To help avoid accidental settings changes whilst flying, there is a new option “Prompt before Settings”. With this enabled, settings accessed from the main screens will bring up a prompt before taking you to the settings pages.
XC Guide version
Updated At: 2025-05-04
Changes: V620 4 May 2025
FlyMaster now supports alternate tracker sources such as FLARM, InReach and SPOT. These technologies are now correctly reported in the Pilot List, tracker status and map bubble.
Fixed a FANET buddy filtering bug.
Other minor bug fixes.
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