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Compass and navigation
You can see what is closest or pick a place on the map, then follow the compass or use navigation. A home-screen widget and app shortcut open straight into the closest one, so it is one tap from a locked phone.
Runners
Water on your run, at home or in a new city
Public fountains and taps, mapped, so a long run does not have to end at a shop counter.
- Drinking water
- Fill-up taps
- Toilets
At home you may know where the water is. In a new city, Fontavio shows public fountains and taps near you, including seasonal ones and ones inside parks.
Fontavio maps public drinking water across Europe, US and Canada. Open it, see what is near you, and tap Closest for the nearest one or pick a place on the map. Then follow the compass or use navigation. No account, no signup, nothing to read first.
Where a place has known seasonal dates or opening hours, the app shows them, including when a fountain is closed for the winter.
The things that matter
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Open now
Opening hours and seasonal dates are shown where they are known, checked live against your phone’s clock. A fountain that is off during winter says so.
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PRO
Offline maps
Pick an area on the map and download it. The base map, the places and their details all come with it, opening hours and reviews included, so everything keeps working with no signal at all. Photos are the one thing left out, to keep the download small. Built for valleys, borders and prepaid data.
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No account to browse
The whole map is usable without signing in. An account is only needed to contribute.
Look up a city before you go
Search any city and the map jumps there. These pages show samples of the available data and statistics for cities.
Runners: common questions
- Can I find drinking water without stopping to type?
- Yes. The home-screen widget and the app shortcut both open straight into compass mode for the nearest drinking water, so it is one tap from your lock screen to the closest tap, with its distance and direction.
- Are the fountains actually running?
- Each place carries a status badge showing how recently a person confirmed it. Seasonal fountains show their season where it is known. If you find one dry, tap Report a problem and the next runner sees it.
- Does it work if I leave my phone in flight mode?
- The map keeps working from its cache for a while for places you have already looked at. For an area you have not browsed yet, Fontavio Pro downloads the map for a region you pick, base map and places together.
- Can I keep the fountains on my usual route?
- Save the ones you use and they stay on the map as saved places, and there is a filter for showing only those. Pro adds folders and private notes on top.
- Does it show toilets as well as water?
- Yes. Toilets carry opening hours and free or paid where they are known, so you can find the nearest open one.
More in the full FAQ.
Other ways people use it
Get it before the next long walk.
Free on iOS and Android. No account needed to browse.