● 1.0 beta · iPhone · iOS 17+ · free

HALA

hala /ha.la/ Malay, noun. Direction; the way a thing faces; the course you settle on before you set off.

Navigation built for the way Malaysians ride. Choose the quick road or the fun one, see your lean through the corners, and keep the convoy together.

Navigasi untuk rider Malaysia. Percuma. iPhone dulu, Android nanti.

Join the beta on TestFlight

500 places, iPhone with iOS 17 or later. Install TestFlight first, then come back and tap the button.

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Hala guiding a motorcycle up Jalan Gap to Fraser's Hill: 50 km/h, lean angle 9 degrees right, next turn left in 3.8 km.
Jalan Gap · 50 km/h · leaning 9° right

What it does

Made for the ride, not just the arrival

Routes

Two roads, two times, one tap

Every route on the map gets a bubble with its own time, so you choose by looking. Challenging takes the corners, for days when the ride is the point.

Two routes from KL to Fraser's Hill: Fastest, 1 hour 55 minutes, and Challenging, 58 minutes longer.
Sentul to Bukit Fraser · 97 km

Riding

Speed, limit and lean

A big speedometer beside the posted limit, red when you are over. On a motorcycle it shows your lean angle and keeps the deepest lean, left and right, for every ride.

The riding screen in light mode: speed in a circle with a lean gauge above it, marked 24 degrees left and 23 degrees right.
Light or dark · deepest lean 24° L, 23° R

Convoy

Nobody left at the last R&R

Everyone in the group on one map. Tap Needs help and the others see where you are and can navigate straight to you. The lead sends the next stop to everyone with one tap.

A convoy on the map: a banner says Nora needs help, 2.3 km away, with a Go to them button; the next stop is Petronas Gerik.
Example convoy · 4 riders

Phone locked

The next turn without waking the phone

On the lock screen and in the Dynamic Island: which way, how far, and when you will arrive. Say “Navigate home with Hala” and guidance starts on its own, or put an accident report on the Action button.

The Dynamic Island showing a left-turn arrow and 1.1 km while another app is open.
Turn left in 1.1 km, from any app

Ride log

Your rides, kept on your phone

Turn on Record rides and each ride is saved: the route on the map coloured by speed, with distance, moving time, top speed and average. Ride logs never leave your phone.

A ride log from Kuala Kubu Bharu to Fraser's Hill: 36.6 km, 39 minutes moving, top speed 83 km/h, average 56.
KKB to Bukit Fraser · 36.6 km · top 83
  • Speed cameras Warned before you reach them.
  • Hazards in one tap Report while riding, and see what others reported.
  • Rain ahead Told when there is rain on your route.
  • No signal, still guiding Hala says when the signal drops, and plans the moment it is back.

Screens show example rides on real roads.

Join

On the road in three steps

  1. Install TestFlight Apple’s app for beta testing, free from the App Store.
  2. Open the invite Tap this link on your iPhone.
  3. Accept, then Install Hala appears on your home screen. Found a bug? Settings, then Send feedback.

On Android? Not yet. It is planned.

Privacy

Your rides are yours

  • Sign in with Apple, nothing else. No name or email to fill in.
  • Our server is in Malaysia, and so are its encrypted nightly backups.
  • Ride logs stay on your phone. Off until you turn them on, and we never hold a copy.
  • Delete your account and reports from Settings, any time. Encrypted backups of them are gone within 12 months.

The details, including who else handles what: the privacy policy.

Built on

Other people’s generosity

Nearly all of Hala stands on work given away. Some of these licences oblige the credit and some do not; the ones that ask nothing are named here too.

OpenStreetMap contributors
ODbL
Overture Maps Foundation
CDLA-2.0 · Apache-2.0 · CC0
CARTO
Basemap terms
MapLibre Native
BSD-2-Clause
Valhalla
Open source
Ferrostar
BSD-3-Clause
Photon
komoot
Open Location Code
Google
Apple Weather
Weather
Archivo, IBM Plex Mono, Newsreader
OFL-1.1