Question 1

How does FARON work?

Accepted Answer

Create a trip, log overnight stays and stops, and see them together on the same map. Over time, those journeys form a private archive you can reopen when you want to remember a place or find your way back.

Question 2

Can I add an older trip?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Create a past trip and add overnight stays and stops with their actual dates and places. FARON works during a journey and when you rebuild an older season afterwards.

Question 3

Can I add photos and notes?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Attach your own photos and notes to trips, overnight stays and stops so the map carries more than coordinates and dates.

Question 4

Can I install FARON on Android or iPhone?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Open FARON in Safari or Chrome and add it to the home screen. It then opens like an app on Android and iPhone without the Play Store or App Store. This is a progressive web app, or PWA.

Question 5

Does FARON work offline?

Accepted Answer

FARON works best online but accounts for roads with weak signal. Overnight stays and stops can enter a local sync queue and upload when the connection returns. The app shows what is waiting, saved or needs another attempt.

Question 6

Can I plan a road trip before leaving?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Create an upcoming trip with stops, overnight stays, ferry segments, packing list, offline map and private travel guide. A planned route with at least two points can also be reversed before departure.

Question 7

Is FARON a GPS tracker?

Accepted Answer

No. FARON does not track GPS in the background or follow your movements automatically. You decide when to save an overnight stay, stop or trip.

Question 8

Can I share a trip without making my account public?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Share one specific trip without opening the rest of the account. Selected parts lets you curate the content; Entire trip creates a complete read-only timeline.

Question 9

What is the difference between Entire trip and Selected parts?

Accepted Answer

Entire trip displays every stop, overnight stay, trip photo and saved detail in read-only form. Selected parts is the default and contains only the stops, overnight stays and content types you choose.

Question 10

Can several people log the same trip?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Travel companions can add overnight stays, stops and memories to the same trip. Their access applies to that trip, not the whole account.

Question 11

Can I send one companion link to several people?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Create a link for a trip and let several people request access. Nobody joins automatically; you approve or decline every request before they can contribute.

Question 12

What is the difference between companions and a shared link?

Accepted Answer

Companions are for people contributing to the same trip. A shared link is for someone who should only view a finished trip without editing it.

Question 13

Is FARON free?

Accepted Answer

FARON is free for 60 days after account creation. Afterwards, Premium is needed for new trips, logging, imports, uploads, edits, sharing changes and new trip downloads. Existing material remains readable and a full account copy stays available.

Question 14

How long is the free trial?

Accepted Answer

Every new account receives 60 free days from its registration date. Nobody joining today gets a shorter trial.

Question 15

What happens after the trial?

Accepted Answer

Premium is needed to create, log, import, upload, edit, change sharing and create new trip or report downloads. Saved trips, maps, photos, places, statistics, existing reports and route replays remain available in read-only mode. A complete ZIP account copy also stays available.

Question 16

What does Premium cost?

Accepted Answer

Premium costs SEK 59 per month or SEK 299 per year. You first get 60 free days, and no card is required to start.

Question 17

Can I give FARON Premium as a gift?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A FARON gift card costs SEK 299 and gives the recipient 12 months of Premium without automatic renewal. You deliver it yourself as a link, QR code or printable PDF.

Question 18

What if the recipient already has Premium or a trial?

Accepted Answer

The 12 gift months begin after the recipient's existing Premium or trial period. A verified FARON account with the email address supplied by the buyer redeems the gift.

Question 19

Can I import saved places from Google Maps?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Import saved Google Maps places through Google Takeout instead of starting from zero. They can join the historical place archive or become Want to visit places for a future trip.

Question 20

Which imports does FARON support?

Accepted Answer

FARON supports trips from Polarsteps and GPX tracks from services such as Komoot, Wikiloc, Strava or Garmin. Places can come from Google Takeout, Google My Maps, Google Earth and .kml, .kmz, .geojson, .json or .zip map files. Every import is previewed before saving.

Question 21

Can I import a route file as an upcoming trip?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A GPX import can create either a completed or upcoming trip. It works for an old track you want to keep and for a Komoot or Wikiloc route used as the start of a new plan.

Question 22

Can I download my data?

Accepted Answer

Yes. A full ZIP account copy with data.json and related files remains available without an active subscription. Trip downloads such as PDF, GPX and photo collages require Premium.

Question 23

Can I download one trip as a PDF?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Create a PDF for one trip with its map, statistics, stops and photos. Trip PDF downloads require Premium.

Question 24

Does the year report appear automatically?

Accepted Answer

Yes. The year overview grows as you log trips, overnight stays and stops. The detailed year report with additional statistics, maps and a PDF requires Premium.

Question 25

Does FARON count municipalities, regions and countries?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Logged overnight stays, stops and routes can build an overview of countries, Swedish counties and municipalities. Travelled routes can count too, so the map reflects more than the places where you stopped.

Question 26

Are my trips private by default?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Trips, overnight stays, stops, photos and notes are private by default. You choose whether one specific trip is shared or downloaded.

Question 27

Where is my data stored?

Accepted Answer

FARON uses a secure database and stores core travel data in the EU. This includes material saved in the app and the account records needed to run the service.

Question 28

What happens if I delete my account?

Accepted Answer

You can permanently delete the account from the profile page. Personal data is then removed from the active service.

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