Before the race, the race page shows a Before race day card: add the route, share the link, and plan to start tracking.
On race morning:
- Charge the phone. The app warns below 30%. Turn on Battery saver in Settings if you expect a long day.
- Location: on iPhone set Location to Always for Cheerlify. On Android allow precise location while using the app.
- Notifications on. The app warns you through them if the GPS signal is lost.
- Headphones in. Open the race, tap Start tracking and play a 🔊 Test cheer: it plays a sample cheer through the real cheer path, stays on your phone and uses no cheer.
- Start tracking during the warm-up, before the gun. Then lock the phone and put it in your pocket: tracking keeps running.
The tracking screen shows a Before you start box only when something needs attention (location, notifications, battery).