Apple Watch App

The Travel Logs Apple Watch app is a quick trip tracker for your wrist. Use it to select a vehicle, start a trip, stop a trip, and sync trip details back to your Travel Logs account.

Sign in

1. Open Travel Logs on Apple Watch.
2. Choose one of the sign-in options:
   • Enter your Travel Logs email and password on the watch.
   • Select Sign in on iPhone and finish sign-in from the paired iPhone when available.
3. If two-factor authentication is enabled, enter your authenticator code or recovery code.
4. Wait for the app to sync your account and vehicles.

If your session expires, the watch prompts you to sign in again.

Load your vehicles

After sign-in, the Apple Watch app syncs vehicles from your account.

If no vehicles appear:

• Add a vehicle from the web app or iPhone app.
• Make sure the watch has a network connection.
• Tap the refresh button on the watch.
• Confirm you are signed in with the correct Travel Logs account.

The watch app currently uses vehicles available through the watch trip tracker. For assigned shared fleet vehicles, use the Travel Logs iOS or Android mobile app.

Start a trip

1. Open the Apple Watch app.
2. Select the vehicle from the Vehicle picker.
3. Tap Start Trip.

The watch records the start time, selected vehicle, start location when available, and route tracking details. The starting odometer is based on the vehicle's latest synced odometer value when one is available.

Stop a trip

1. Open the Apple Watch app while a trip is active.
2. Check that the screen shows Tracking and the correct vehicle.
3. Tap Stop Trip.

The watch records the stop time, stop location when available, route points, and an estimated stop odometer based on tracked distance. You can review and edit the completed trip later from the web app or mobile app if details need correction.

Offline trips and pending sync

If the watch cannot reach Travel Logs during start or stop, it saves the trip action locally and shows it as pending.

When you are back online:

1. Open the Apple Watch app.
2. Tap the pending sync button if it appears.
3. Wait for the status to show that pending trips have synced.

Use refresh if the app is showing cached vehicle or trip data.

Active trip recovery

If you start a trip and close the app, the watch keeps the active trip state locally. Reopen the app to see the tracking timer and stop the trip.

If the same account has an active trip on the server, the watch syncs that active trip during refresh so you can continue from the watch.

Account actions

Use Account to see the signed-in email address or sign out of the watch app.

Signing out clears local session data on the watch. You need to sign in again before starting or stopping trips.

Best practices

Refresh before starting your first trip of the day so vehicle and odometer data are current.

Start and stop the trip from the watch as close to the actual driving time as possible.

Review synced trips later in Travel Logs to confirm odometer, route, notes, trip type, and any fleet submission details.