Feature 07 · Search
Find a hike from two years ago
A journal is only useful if you can get back into it. Search by keyword, then narrow by difficulty, distance range and date range, and sort by most recent, upcoming, name or distance. Results show as a list or a grid, whichever you read faster.
Moderate · 8–15 km · 2026
Getting back into the journal
Start with a word
Search matches across your hikes. If you remember one thing about a walk — a name, a place — that is usually enough.
Narrow it
Difficulty, a distance range and a date range, combined however you like. All three are optional, and an empty one means no restriction.
Order it
Most recent, upcoming, name or distance. Upcoming is the useful one when you are planning rather than remembering.
Read it your way
List or grid, and the choice is remembered between visits.
What you can do
- Keyword search across your hikes
- Filters for difficulty, distance range and date range
- Sort by recent, upcoming, name or distance
- List or grid layout, remembered between visits
- Quick filters for planned, in progress, completed and favourites
Everything you can narrow by
Combine any of them, in any order. All of it runs on your phone, so results come back the moment you stop typing.
| What | Detail |
|---|---|
| Keyword | Anything you remember about the walk. |
| Difficulty | Easy, moderate, hard — pick more than one if you like. |
| Distance | A range, from as short or as long as you want. |
| Dates | From one day to another, or open-ended at either end. |
| Sort | Recent, upcoming, name or distance. |
| Quick filters | Planned, in progress, completed, favourites. |
| Layout | List or grid, remembered for next time. |
Common questions
Does search cover my observations too?
Search is over hikes. Observations are read from the hike they belong to — which is how you look for them anyway, since you remember the walk before you remember the sighting.
Is search fast with years of hikes in there?
Yes. Nothing has to travel to a server and back, so results come back as fast as your phone can read from its own storage — with or without a signal.