Releases

Added

• Map layers on 3D maps. Choose hillshade, contours, land cover, water, roads, paths, peaks and places (Creator and above).
• Trails. Draw signed bike or hiking routes around yours (Creator and above).
• Your name in overlays. Your rider is now called Me, and you can rename yourself.
• Race order in tables. List riders by place in race tables, with animated overtakes.

Improved

• 3D route maps on every plan. Every plan, including Free, now draws route maps in 3D.
• Fuller 3D maps on real ground. Whole-route maps fill their box with ground that fades into haze.
• Darken on Terrain. Darken now works on Terrain as well as Satellite.
• 3D maps in the layout editor. The canvas shows progress while a 3D map draws.
• Preview data in the layout editor. The layout editor previews the activity you used last.

Fixed

• Fixed a cancelled map data download restarting on the next redraw.
• Fixed seams in the sea floor showing through on 3D maps.
• Fixed Duplicate as marking the wrong layout open or opening the wrong window.

Compatibility note: map layers, trails and Darken on Terrain require Movaro 1.5.1 or later.

Updating from Movaro 1.4? See what 1.5.0 added at getmovaro.com/releases.

Added

• Ghosts. Compare your activity with up to five past efforts or other riders, from files or Strava (Creator and above).
• Ghost Comparison. Show ghosts on maps and profiles, or in tables, leaderboards and gap bars.
• 3D route maps. Draw the route in six 3D views on real Terrain or Satellite ground (Creator and above).
• Highlights explorer. Find climbs, descents, sprints and ghost race moments with matching footage (Creator and above).
• AI review. Rank highlight suggestions with AI while your video stays on your device (Creator and above).
• Highlights reel. Export your highlights on their own.
• Export a range. Export part of the timeline by Shift-dragging the ruler or pressing [ and ].
• Map and profile looks. New looks for route maps and elevation profiles.
• Gauge looks and zones. New gauge looks, zone colours and rounded panels.
• Slope scenes. Road and scenery behind slope figures, plus a new Cycling (MTB) figure.
• Telemetry tags. Show a picture-in-picture rider's readings next to their picture.
• More from FIT files. Show Respiration Rate, Grit and Flow.

Improved

• Manual Highlights on every plan. Create and export highlights on any plan, including Free.
• Easier syncing. Sync video and route guides you through syncing one video, a selection or a whole track.
• Box select. Shift-drag on empty timeline space to select clips.
• A more responsive editor. Switching previews, playing and scrubbing no longer hold up the window.
• Overlays through pauses. Elapsed time keeps counting and totals hold through recording pauses.
• Race position labels. A label can replace just the position or the total, such as "Leading group / 500".
• Edit layout from the preview. Open the preview's layout straight from its header.
• Plans and devices. Upgrade or switch to yearly billing from Choose Your Plan.
• Folders and timelines. Relink a moved videos folder at once, or fill an empty timeline with every video.
• Layout editor. Edges snap while you resize, and galleries mark open projects and layouts.

Fixed

• Fixed videos looking darker in the macOS preview and brighter in macOS exports.
• Fixed Show in Main edit and H not revealing highlights.
• Fixed overlays briefly disappearing after a layout edit or while scrubbing.
• Fixed the macOS preview jumping ahead on pause or resume, and some DJI exports failing on macOS.
• Fixed Race position values and some timeline exports after relinking videos.
• Fixed some Garmin Edge FIT files and estimated power not being read.
• Fixed the Videos list opening previews while scrolling and following the playhead while scrubbing.
• Fixed Space and K not playing the timeline while a picture-in-picture or cutaway tool was open.
• Fixed colour pickers closing on Windows.
• Fixed route map arrows drifting off the route and blank map tiles when zoomed in closely.

Compatibility note: layouts that use Ghosts, 3D maps, the new looks, zones or the Cycling (MTB) figure require Movaro 1.5.0 or later.

Added

• Watch your export take shape. The map traces your route as it renders, with the time left and a summary at the end.
• Choose the videos for each export. Overlay and clip exports have a new Videos step.
• Relink instead of re-importing. Point a project at a moved videos folder to relink its videos and clips.
• A more capable Videos panel. Select, collapse, add or remove whole groups, and choose where videos land on the timeline.
• Edit several clips at once. Split, turn upside down or delete selected clips together.
• See how your final video is built. Final video shows the finished sequence as one strip.
• More ways to style maps and shapes. New route markers, covered-route styling and shape outlines.
• Edit text on the canvas. Double-click text in the layout editor to type into it.
• The timeline follows playback. A zoomed-in timeline scrolls with the playhead.
• Every shortcut in one place. Settings → Keybindings lists every shortcut and warns about clashes.
• A friendlier first run. An empty Projects gallery walks you into your first project.

Improved

• Clear export file names. Exports are named after the video or project, type, size and frame rate, and never overwrite earlier files.
• Exports stay with your project. Reopen a project to resume a running export or repeat the last one.
• Smoother activity-only previews. Projects without videos play and scrub without stopping to buffer.
• Faster with large projects and network drives. Saving, file checks and thumbnails no longer hold up the window.
• A more responsive layout editor. Changes preview as you make them and undo in one step.
• More room for timeline tracks. Timeline lanes grow with the panel and can be resized.
• Safer project offset changes. The project time offset changes only when you choose Apply.
• Strava projects stay connected. Strava projects show the activity name and a View on Strava link.
• Better crash reports. Attach latest logs now includes Movaro's app log and crash record.

Fixed

• Fixed layout editor layers being invisible in installed builds.
• Fixed Export sometimes exporting the previously clicked video.
• Fixed the live overlay disappearing from the preview after an export.
• Fixed out-of-order, skipped or repeated frames in Windows clip and timeline exports.
• Fixed rippling lines in the blurred background of vertical Windows exports.
• Fixed the Windows preview flashing black or stalling when cutting clips or switching videos.
• Fixed Movaro freezing or closing when seeking high-resolution footage on a network drive on Windows.
• Fixed duplicate videos and missing thumbnails after moving a project.
• Fixed removing a picture-in-picture or cutaway clip also removing a Main edit clip.
• Fixed the In timeline and Not in timeline filters, and search clearing your selection.
• Fixed layout element outlines disappearing in previews or exports.
• Fixed the map playhead jumping to the wrong part of the route.
• Fixed a running export losing its progress when the project reopened.
• Fixed clicking outside the New project dialog discarding your choices.

Fixed

• Fixed picture-in-picture and Cutaway segments that could not be turned upside down.
• Fixed Open exports showing a path error on Windows for some folders, such as OneDrive folders with non-Latin names.
• Fixed a brief black flash in the Windows preview after seeking or pausing.
• Fixed a thin dark border around picture-in-picture clips during playback on Windows.

Added

• Turn individual clips upside down. Split a clip and turn just one part, or press R.
• Timeline right-click menus. Right-click clips, tracks, highlights or empty timeline to see their actions.
• Activity line on timeline clips. Main clips show a thin speed or elevation line.
• Attach logs to feedback. Attach latest logs adds recent engine and export logs to your feedback.
• Engine crash recovery. Movaro restarts the rendering engine automatically if it stops.

Improved

• Faster export preparation. Timeline exports sample large recordings instead of reading them in full, and show their progress.
• Faster Windows exports. Overlays and video frames reach the encoder more efficiently.
• Quicker timeline thumbnails. Thumbnails appear quickly, then fill in sharper.
• Smoother previews. Smoother picture-in-picture playback and seeking on Windows and macOS.
• Clearer Race position setup. The guide keeps your values and lets you jump between steps.
• Easier video selection. Remove individual videos from scanned lists.
• Clearer editing controls. The timeline clock shows milliseconds, and Edit layout sits under the layout selector.
• Tidier Videos panel. Rows fit the panel, and menus close on a click outside or Escape.

Fixed

• Fixed picture-in-picture and camera clips that could not be moved or trimmed after automatic placement.
• Fixed exports that could deadlock, or stall on Windows.
• Fixed export diagnostics folders being left next to your exports.
• Fixed activity-only previews on Windows and error screens while the preview started.
• Fixed paused previews keeping the wrong proportions after a canvas change.
• Fixed inferred video timing offsets not being kept.
• Fixed conflicting Windows title-bar drag and maximize actions.

Added

• Live overlay previews. See your data over videos and the timeline without generating previews first.
• Projects without videos. Create a project from an activity alone and export its overlay.
• Overlays on a solid colour. Export overlays on green, blue or a custom colour for chroma keying.
• Upside-down cameras. Mark a video as upside down to show it the right way up.
• Frame-accurate trimming. Step frame by frame with , and ., and nudge trim handles precisely.
• Trim your activity. Trim an activity's start and end during or after project creation.
• Picture-in-picture styles. Give picture-in-picture videos rounded, circular or custom shapes, borders and shadows.
• Crop and position picture-in-picture on the preview. Drag, resize and crop picture-in-picture videos on the preview.
• Race position on screen. Show your race position without adding it to a layout (Creator and above).
• Timed Race position labels. Show text such as "Leading group" while your position is unknown.
• Match source resolution. Movaro suggests a project resolution and can keep each video's own size.
• Duplicate and Save As. Duplicate a project or save it under a new name.
• Text backgrounds and outlines. Give layout text a padded background panel and an outline.
• Distance units in Settings. Switch between metric and imperial units.

Improved

• Adaptive preview quality. Preview resolution adapts to the preview size and playback performance.
• Faster, more precise seeking. Dragging through the timeline uses light frames and lands on the exact frame.
• Thumbnails give playback priority. Thumbnail generation pauses while you play or scrub.
• One workspace for Projects and Layouts. Projects and Layouts share one tabbed page with search and filters.
• Easier project creation. Choose the activity first; dropping a ride's folder finds its activity and videos.
• Guided Race position. Race position walks you through Start, Count, Review and Show.
• Reuse your layout's Race position style. The race display can take the look of your layout's Race position text.
• More precise controls. Sliders accept typed values and finer Shift adjustments.
• Updated first-project guide. The guide follows the live-preview workflow.
• Refreshed Strava activity picker. A cleaner activity list with official Strava branding.
• Read-only layouts. Movaro offers to duplicate a layout that can't be edited.
• Smoother editing. Playback stays steady when you resize the preview, and rulers are easier to read.

Fixed

• Fixed video probing and exports failing on macOS 27.
• Fixed Play not resuming from where the preview was paused.
• Fixed project windows sometimes staying open after saving and closing.

Added

• Drag and drop imports. Drop videos or whole folders into a project and review them before they're added.
• Add individual videos. Add videos to a project without replacing its video folder.
• Map controls. Zoom, fit to route, compass, scale and direction arrows on the map.
• Videos panel side. Choose whether the Videos panel sits on the left or right.

Improved

• Reconnect moved videos. Movaro finds a moved videos or project folder and relinks every video at once.
• Faster large projects. Large projects open faster, and the editor stays usable during imports.
• Clearer project creation. Project creation checks your videos first and shows how they match the activity.
• A clearer map. Natural satellite colours, a brighter route line and easier-to-read markers.
• A tidier editor. A tidier video library, taller timeline tracks and a Windows Projects window that remembers its place.

Fixed

• Fixed gauge tick labels appearing too small in high-resolution previews and exports.
• Fixed Race position and previews drifting out of sync when seeking.
• Fixed moved or unavailable videos losing timing corrections after relinking.
• Fixed Remove from project leaving videos in the project.
• Fixed imports occasionally failing, hanging or adding duplicate videos.
• Fixed previews disappearing, showing a black or old frame, or playing a second audio stream.
• Fixed the map position not following the timeline while scrubbing.
• Fixed the Projects window staying hidden, or the wrong window coming to the front, on Windows.

Added

• Multi-camera timeline. Edit with main, camera and Cutaway tracks and picture-in-picture (Creator and above).
• Race position. Record passes while you review footage and show your position in exports (Creator and above).
• Opening highlights. Copy a section to the start of your video without changing the main sequence (Creator and above).
• External clips. Add inserts, intros and outros with their own trim and audio (Creator and above).
• Slope indicators. Show the slope with cyclist, runner and skier figures (animated figures on Creator and above).
• More overlay styling. Gradient colours, sport and metric icons, semi-arcs and elevation fills.
• Per-video sync corrections. Correct individual videos' timing, or apply an offset to the whole project.
• Guided project creation. Create a project in four guided steps with a summary at the end.
• Community version checks. Layout pages show the Movaro version they need, and Movaro offers an update.

Improved

• Faster Windows exports. Exports on Windows finish sooner.
• Clearer video matching. Clearer warnings and sync guidance for footage that doesn't match the activity.
• Community layout installs. Clearer format choices, version details and completion feedback.
• Consistent menus and settings. Clearer plan details and paid-feature access across the app.

Fixed

• Fixed relinking on Windows creating duplicate or missing videos.
• Fixed repeated timeline exports reusing old settings or losing fractional frame rates.
• Fixed seeking, playback and audio when scrubbing or switching views.
• Fixed preview timing after generating previews or restarting a project window.
• Fixed switching between project windows, and feedback previews appearing behind other content.
• Fixed deleting the active layout not selecting a replacement.
• Fixed edited projects appearing out of order in the gallery.

Improved

• Faster timeline exports. Multi-clip timeline exports are faster and smoother between clips.
• Faster previews. Previews render faster while the editor stays responsive.
• Reliable Windows thumbnails. Timeline thumbnails on Windows recover from damaged cached previews.
• New layouts first. Imported and installed Community layouts are activated and listed first.
• Windows open maximized. Project and layout editor windows open maximized on the right display.

Fixed

• Fixed video and audio playback issues on Windows.
• Fixed duplicate or missing thumbnails when Windows reports a path in different forms.
• Fixed title-bar dragging interfering with buttons and search fields.

Added

• FIT and TCX imports. Import FIT and TCX files, including multisport and indoor activities.
• More metrics. Pace, ascent, descent, rolling power, work and averages.
• Meters and graphs. Horizontal and vertical meters on Free, plus line and area graphs (Creator and above).
• Sport layouts. 16 new layouts in four aspect ratios, with floating designs and drop shadows.
• Faster layout editing. Multiple selection, nested groups, style copying and new shortcuts.
• Community layouts. Discover, install, share and update layouts from the Community.
• Portable layouts. .movaro layout files include their images and custom fonts.
• Preview with your data. Preview layouts with your own activity files or Strava data.
• First-project checklist. A guided checklist for your first project.
• Website. Support pages, release history and privacy controls on getmovaro.com.

Improved

• More on Free. Manual sync, custom colours, basic gauges, rings, meters, layout import and export, and Community sharing.
• Layout gallery and editor. Search, filters, resizable panels, right-click menus and remembered views.
• Source videos. Search, sorting and trim markings for source videos, with optional timeline auto-follow.
• Guided sync. Guided activity sync and clearer reminders when previews need updating.
• Guided exports. Step-by-step exports for overlays, clips and timelines.
• Framing options. Crop or fit with black or blurred backgrounds (Creator and above), and custom sizes on Studio.
• Consistent readings. Activity readings match across maps, previews and exports.
• Founder on two devices. Founder activates on two devices, with a manual activation option.

Fixed

• Fixed layout saving losing the selection, previews or undo history.
• Fixed selection outlines, nested-group positions, compass colours and text-label editing.
• Fixed auto-follow flicker, trim previews and unwanted timeline scrolling.
• Fixed outdated overlays, preview progress and repeated regeneration prompts.
• Fixed first-project export guidance and inconsistent plan access.
• Fixed Strava sign-in windows and repeated macOS Keychain prompts.

Added

• Send feedback. Send bug reports and suggestions, with an optional screenshot, from the menu beside the Movaro logo.
• Snapping in the layout editor. Objects snap to the canvas and to each other while you drag.
• Rename, export and import layouts. Manage layouts from their menu, and import a layout file to edit it straight away.
• More on Free. Six bundled font families, a colour palette, shapes and your own project and export folders.
• Demo reel. Play the bundled demo reel from the welcome tour, even offline.

Improved

• Easier selecting and resizing. Larger selection areas, and resize handles that stay easy to grab as you zoom.
• Rename layouts in place. Double-click a layout's title to rename it without losing unsaved edits.
• New layouts open automatically. A layout you create opens straight away for editing.
• A refined compass. A cleaner dial, labels and arrow, with your own colours and fonts.
• A smoother quick tour. Finish the tour in the workspace, or activate a license or compare plans from its last step.
• Easier activation. Active paid customers skip the activation prompt, and errors keep what you entered.
• Creator on two devices. Creator now activates on two devices.

Fixed

• Fixed a canvas crash that could leave a layout stuck on "Rendering".
• Fixed selection borders changing shape when editor labels are off.

Added

• Quick tour. A six-step tour covers activity sync, overlays, timeline editing and exports.
• Product news. Sign up for optional Movaro news, confirmed by email and easy to unsubscribe from.

Improved

• The tour for existing installs. Existing installations see the refreshed tour once.
• A polished tour. Clearer type, reduced-motion support and an option to replay the tour.
• Simpler downloads. Downloads ask for a quick confirmation, with no account or newsletter needed.

Fixed

• Fixed paid font choices appearing unavailable in the font-family selector.
• Fixed Founder licenses not unlocking custom font upload and selection.

Added

• Pan the timeline. Press and drag the mouse wheel to pan the timeline without moving the playhead.

Improved

• Smoother panning. Panning stays within your content and stays responsive during playback.
• Easier trimming. Larger trim handles with live feedback and automatic scrolling at the edges.
• Predictable trims. Trimming a clip moves later clips to keep the sequence together and stays within the source video.
• One undo per trim. A whole trim drag undoes and redoes in one step.

Added

• Project timeline. Arrange, trim, split and reorder clips, and preview them in sequence.
• Trim source videos. Trim source videos before you export them.
• Timeline thumbnails. Timeline clips show filmstrip thumbnails of their footage.
• Undo and redo. Undo and redo timeline edits with keyboard shortcuts.
• Smoother playback on macOS. Timeline playback is smoother on supported Macs.
• Gauges. Add gauge-style telemetry elements to layouts.
• Temperature. Show temperature from supported activity files.
• Canvas editing. Align text and resize elements directly on the layout canvas.
• Strava import. Connect Strava and import activities without downloading GPX files.

Improved

• Clearer timeline exports. Timeline exports have clearer names and a more reliable status.
• More precise seeking. Seeking, shortcuts and play and pause land closer to the intended frame.
• Smoother playback through edits. Fewer jumps, stale frames and audio gaps through cuts and trims.
• Cleaner maps. Route lines, inset maps and elevation views have less visual noise.
• Transparent strokes by default. New overlay strokes are transparent, so no outlines appear unexpectedly.
• A refined workspace. The timeline docks below the editor, with refined playback and source preview controls.
• A tidier source list. Clearer source video lists, statuses and sidebar controls.
• Clearer project loading. Project loading shows clearer progress and finishes more predictably.
• A better Strava picker. The Strava activity picker pages through your activities and imports more data.
• Reliable previews. Previews update more reliably after layout and project changes.
• Exact export timing. Timeline exports keep the source video's timing.

Fixed

• Fixed playback starting from the wrong position after seeking.
• Fixed the preview resetting when switching between source and timeline.
• Fixed previews hiding behind or overlapping dialogs.
• Fixed keyboard seeking, spacebar playback and shortcut focus.
• Fixed seeking jumping back to the end of a trimmed clip.
• Fixed clip selection and the playhead falling out of sync after seeking.
• Fixed the map's route framing after resizing.
• Fixed thumbnails being sampled past the end of a video.
• Fixed incorrect export statuses and missing render times.
• Fixed video orientation in timeline playback and previews.
• Fixed layout previews not matching rendered overlays.

Added

• Windows app. Movaro now runs on Windows, with hardware acceleration on NVIDIA graphics cards.
• Undo and redo. Undo and redo changes in the layout editor.
• Colour picker. Pick colours visually and set transparency with opacity sliders.
• Background images. Upload your own background images for layouts.
• Shapes and images. Add rectangles, circles and image graphics with styling controls.
• Zoomed maps. Show zoomed route and elevation views.
• Reorder elements. Drag elements in the sidebar to change their order.
• Example data. Route and elevation elements preview example data.

Improved

• A faster canvas. The canvas draws and resizes elements faster.
• Click to deselect. Click empty canvas space to deselect an element.
• Font families. Fonts are grouped by family, with their available styles.
• Grade bar colours. Grade bars have colour controls and grow from the bottom when they start at zero.
• Smoother readings. Speed, power and cadence update more smoothly, and routes and elevation draw more cleanly.
• Clearer render progress. The render queue orders work better and shows more accurate progress.
• Rename layouts. Double-click a layout's name to rename it.
• A tidier gallery. Errors clear automatically, and new or imported projects appear straight away.

Fixed

• Fixed duplicated elements not rendering correctly.
• Fixed missing or incorrect cadence data.
• Fixed arrow keys moving elements more than one grid step.
• Fixed outdated overlays being reused after layout changes.
• Fixed rendering of videos outside the activity's time range.
• Fixed an empty lead-in at the start of overlays.
• Fixed preview generation affecting other videos.
• Fixed outline and opacity rendering, including zero-width outlines.
• Fixed colours differing between layout previews and final renders.

Added

• Manage fonts. Delete custom fonts and font families, while system fonts stay protected.
• Grade bar element. Use the grade bar as its own layout element.
• Projects anywhere. Create projects in any folder and import existing ones from other locations.

Improved

• Simpler editor windows. Closing the layout editor returns you to the layouts gallery.
• A flexible workspace. The video player sits beside the map, and the map, player and timeline resize.
• Easier render setup. A centred canvas and a more visible output folder before rendering.
• New fonts selected. Newly added fonts are selected automatically.
• Easier duplicates. Duplicated elements appear slightly offset.
• Reused overlays. Later exports reuse rendered overlays instead of rendering them again.

Fixed

• Fixed the layout editor window title not resetting.
• Fixed repeated save prompts when closing the editor.
• Fixed missing or duplicated font families.
• Fixed deleted projects staying in the project list.

Added

• Resizable sidebars. Resize the sidebars and hide the video list.
• A bigger video player. Maximize the video player while the map minimizes.
• Canvas zoom. Zoom the layout canvas in and out.
• Custom fonts. Add your own fonts to the layout editor.
• In-app updates. Movaro finds and installs new versions itself.

Improved

• An adaptive layout. Sidebars and panels adapt to the window size and keep a usable minimum size.
• Contained scrolling. Scrolling in the video player stays within the video and timeline.
• Original activity files. Projects use your original GPX files instead of copies.
• Clearer placeholders. Elevation and route placeholders are easier to see in the layout editor.
• Errors on the canvas. Editor errors appear on the canvas with a link to the element.

Fixed

• Fixed layout editing slowing down or freezing the app.
• Fixed hex background colours not clearing.
• Fixed small sync offsets in overlay timing.
• Fixed element backgrounds filling their whole container.

Added

• Telemetry overlays. Combine your footage with activity data, processed on your own computer.
• Multiple clips. Work with several video clips together or one at a time.
• Automatic orientation. Landscape and portrait videos are handled automatically.
• Layout editor. Arrange maps, stats and gauges with drag and drop and alignment tools.
• Styling and templates. Adjust colours, sizes and opacity, and save layouts or start from templates.
• Synced route maps. Route maps follow video playback, and videos outside the activity are left out.
• Background rendering. Keep working while overlays render.
• Automatic time alignment. Activity data and footage line up by time.
• Folder refresh. Projects refresh when their files change on disk.
• Overlay previews. Preview overlays before exporting.
• Separate editor windows. Editors open in their own windows.