Introduction

Hi all, I'm Ady Director of Ghost Trax LTD, let me know if you've got any questions or feedback on Ghost Trax!

I'm 41 live in Cambridge Uk, a dad of 2 and fully certified AuDHD. I started my journey with Ghost Trax back in 2020 when I started running, I would run the same loop and try to beat my times, only knowing the outcome when I hit the finish line.

I've always been a keen gamer and me and my son spent a lot of time trying to beat the nintendo ghosts on mariokart (thank you Nintendo!). So my brain put the two together and I thought "imagine if I could get real time feedback on my runs against my ghost".

So I started to build Ghost Trax with an Arduino, a LED array and a gps chip, and didn't get far at all! It didn't take long before I realised I held/carried a gps enabled device in my pocket at all times and I quickly pivoted to trying to do this on iOS. I got the framework up but with no idea how to get beyond the basic screens.

Cut to 2025, I dug the project up again and with the help of LLMs I was able to build out what I had dreamt up all those years back. I had to do a whole load of testing, validating gates etc, making sure my ghosts/routes associated properly, but in doing so I really grew to love the app. Each time I went out for. a run to test my app, I'd invitable end up racing my ghost and trying to beat it! Exactly what I was aiming for, and that dopamine hit is real :)

Anyway.... cut to end of May 2026, I couldn't believe it, I'd started a LTD company, had my app released on the Apple Store and was up and running! would really love the support and guidance of this community, and I hope if you download the app you enjoy racing your ghost! n.b. I should mention that you ca also add friends and race their ghosts on the same loop, create leagues and I've got pacing coming on v1.8 after some more testing ;)