Make a useful comparison without ignoring different conditions.

The distinction that matters

A Waymark trip is a recording session with a start and end, accumulated distance, moving and stopped time, a maximum speed and a vehicle profile. It is not a stored line of route points. Trip distance is the main instrument reading; speed remains available beside it. An unfinished session and a saved trip are different states, so the final save is an important part of the workflow.

Choose the profile before starting and confirm the units. The recorder accepts usable location fixes, filters implausible movement and avoids inventing a distance across an unusable gap. Keep Waymark in the foreground during recording. If you leave the app or stop location access, a complete background travel log should not be expected from this release.

Read the information in context

Similar start and end locations do not guarantee identical observed distance.

  • Match profiles and units
  • Compare timing definitions
  • Note pauses and location interruptions

What this does not establish

A regular route includes different stops on different days. This is an illustrative scenario, not measured field-test evidence.

Read distance and timing together rather than judging a session from one number. Moving average excludes stopped time by default; the alternative average includes it. A pause you chose, an automatic pause and a GPS interruption have different causes. Note which occurred when comparing two sessions, especially if one journey included long stops or a period away from the app.

Quick reference

ItemMeaningKeep in mind
Moving timeTime counted as movingUsed by the moving-only average
Stopped timeTime counted as stoppedRelevant to the overall average
Saved distanceAccumulated accepted movementDoes not include invented distance across an unusable gap

At a glance

  1. 01 →Match profiles and units
  2. 02 →Compare timing definitions
  3. 03 ✓Note pauses and location interruptions

Sources & further reading

Product instructions describe the current Waymark implementation. Operating-system labels can vary by version and device.