Join the Switchback TestFlight beta

Why ride along

A real app, built in the open - and you help steer.

TestFlight is Apple's way of trying apps before they hit the App Store. This is the actual Switchback app, on your real phone, on real trips. It's how the games and the journal get good - one family's drive at a time.

Founding families stay free

Get in during the beta and you keep the app for free, for good - whatever it costs later. No subscription, ever.

Your feedback shapes it

Tell us what feels great and what gets in the way. We read every reply by hand and it changes what gets built next.

You're early on the trail

New games and the route map land in your hands first. You see Switchback grow from day one.

How to join

Three stops and you're driving.

It takes about two minutes. You'll need an iPhone and Apple's free TestFlight app - that's the whole list.

Install TestFlight

Get Apple's free TestFlight app from the App Store. It's the front door for every beta on iPhone - one small download, no account beyond your Apple ID.

Free · from Apple · App Store

Get your invite

Drop your Apple ID email into the form below and we'll send you a personal invite link. Open that email on your iPhone and tap Accept - TestFlight installs Switchback for you.

Use your Apple ID email · accept on your iPhone

Start a trip

Open Switchback, tap Start a trip, and you're spotting plates before you leave the driveway. No sign-up, no setup - the app is for the road.

Open · tap Start a trip · go

iPhone A recent iOS version The free TestFlight app

What to expect

It's a beta, and that's the point.

Being honest beats being polished. Here's the deal going in.

Things will changeUpdates land often. Screens shift, games get tuned, the occasional rough edge shows up. That's a beta doing its job.

Your feedback mattersHit something odd, or have an idea? Email hello@switchbacktrips.com. A real person reads it and it shapes what's next.

Your trips are safeBeta or not, your data is yours: it lives on your device, syncs end-to-end encrypted, and exports or deletes on one tap. Nothing held hostage.

The book comes laterThe keepsake book ($29 soft / $69 hard) is still in the works - it arrives after the beta. Everything in the app stays free.

The promise still holds

You're the customer, not the product.

A beta doesn't loosen a single privacy pillar. Your trip lives on your device. When it syncs, it's end-to-end encrypted - we only ever hold scrambled data we can't read, and you hold the keys. See how it works ↗

End-to-end encrypted No accounts No ads No tracking You own, export & delete your data Pay at most once - never with data

Get in early

Be a founding family.

Add your Apple ID email and we'll send a personal TestFlight invite to your inbox. Accept it, start a trip, and you're collecting the country - free for good as a founding family.

Ride along from day one.

We read every name by hand. Founding families stay free for good.

Your Apple ID email

One last thing, optional - when the trip's over, would you buy a printed keepsake book of it?

Yes - I'd buy the book Maybe - depends how it looks No - the free app's plenty

We email your invite, then we're out of your inbox. No spam, no tracking.