During the beta, yes: one at a time and up to six a day, at any size. After the beta a video will cost a small amount, by its size and the route's length. The pricing page has the details.

ToonRoute and Relive compared

People who see a ToonRoute video often ask if it is like Relive. Both turn a route into a 3D video you can share. They go about it differently, and which one suits you depends on what you want the video for.

What we say about Relive here is taken from its own website in November 2026. Relive changes its features and plans from time to time, so check relive.com for the current details.

What Relive is

By its own description, Relive is an app for tracking and sharing outdoor activities: runs, rides, hikes and more. You can record with the Relive app or connect other GPS trackers, follow friends, and it turns your activities into stories with animated 3D videos. It is free to join, and its site says the 3D videos are free.

Relive Plus, its paid subscription, adds HD videos, up to 100 photos and clips in a video, music, a choice of 12 colour themes, control over the video's speed, videos of activities from the past, faster processing, and the option to take off Relive's end credits.

What ToonRoute is

ToonRoute is not a tracker or a social network. You bring it one route, as a GPX or FIT file or drawn on its map, and it makes one video of it, which you download as an MP4 and post wherever you like.

The video is a cartoon. ToonRoute takes the real height of the ground along the route and the open map data around it (roads, rivers, woods, coast, buildings) and builds a toy-town version of that country. Real landmarks near the road turn up as models: castles, churches, windmills, lighthouses. Cows and sheep graze in the fields. You can watch a few examples on the home page.

Where they differ

The picture. ToonRoute draws a cartoon world from map data, in six looks (sunny, golden hour, night, winter, paper map, blocky) and four kinds of weather. Relive offers its own colour themes.
Who goes round. In ToonRoute you pick a character: a cyclist, a walker, a car, a kayak, a plane, a helicopter, a drone, a dinosaur, a bee or a map pin.
The camera. ToonRoute's Auto camera films climbs from the side and picks out a few moments to film properly, such as the top of the ride or the road reaching the sea. Or you take over in the Video editor and set every shot yourself.
Climbs and stops. Each climb gets a banner with its length, gradient and height gained, and about 1,200 known climbs are named. Waypoints become signposts the character stops at.
Shape and size. ToonRoute makes 16:9 or 9:16 at 720p, 1080p or 4K. The banners and chart are laid out again for the tall shape.
How it is made. You set it up in a preview in your browser, and our server then draws the video from the same settings, frame for frame. No account is needed.
Your photos. Relive Plus puts your photos and clips into the video. ToonRoute does not do that at all.
Getting the route in. Relive can pick activities up from a connected tracker. ToonRoute needs the file, one route at a time.

Which to use

If you want a video of every activity without lifting a finger, with your photos in it and friends to share it with, that is what Relive is built around.

ToonRoute is for the rides, walks and trips you want to make something of: a cartoon of the place you went, a character of your choice, a camera you can direct, a tall cut for Reels, or a video of a route nobody has done yet, such as an event course for a briefing. Plenty of people will want both.

Making a ToonRoute video from an activity

Export the activity as GPX or FIT from wherever you keep it. From Strava, it is on the activity page on the website; this guide covers Garmin, Komoot and the others.
Open ToonRoute and choose Use my route file. The world builds in your browser, then the preview plays.
Make it yours: a look, a character, the music, the signs.
Make the video and download it from the page when it is done.

Relive is a trademark of its owner. ToonRoute is made by PitStopper and is not connected with Relive.

Questions

Is ToonRoute connected with Relive?

No. They are separate services from separate companies, and ToonRoute does not read anything from Relive. You can use the same GPX file with both.

Can I put my photos in a ToonRoute video?

No. ToonRoute films the route and the world built around it; there is no way to add photos or clips. If your photos are the point of the video, that is something Relive offers.

Does ToonRoute record my activities?

No. There is no tracking app. Record with your watch, bike computer or phone as usual, export the GPX or FIT file, and bring that. Or plan a route on the map in the app.

Can I make a video of a route before I do it?

Yes. A planned route works the same as a recorded one. With no times in it, the character goes at an average speed for the kind of trip.

Is it free?

During the beta, yes: one at a time and up to six a day, at any size. After the beta a video will cost a small amount. The pricing page has the details.

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