© 2025 Squadrats
What is it?
Squadrats is an outdoor game that transforms your activities into exciting expeditions. It adds fun and a higher purpose to your everyday rides, runs, walks, canoe trips, or ski descents, by encouraging you to build a squarish map of the places you've been.
Rules
- Leave your house.
- Record your activity with a phone or any GPS device.
- Collect squadrats.
Ride, run, walk, swim, boat, but use your own muscles, wind, or gravity.
Motor vehicles (except e-bikes) are not allowed.
How do I record activities?
Method 1 Strava
Use Strava, a popular activity tracking app. Record activities with their mobile app.
You can also use your smartwatch or a bike computer. Just make sure to synchronise your activities with Strava.
Once your activities are in Strava, they will be automatically transferred to Squadrats.
No Strava account? Create one for free.
Method 2 Squadrats Mobile App (Coming Soon)
Android and iPhone apps for Squadrats are going to be released soon. Stay tuned!
Squadrats
A squadrat is a squarish area approximately one mile by one mile. It becomes yours when you enter it.
Yard
A yard is your largest area of visited and interconnected squadrats. Each of the squadrats must touch its four neighbouring squadrats: to the north, east, south, and west.
Übersquadrat
A.K.A. the Big Boy. Squadrato di tutti squadrati. Übersquadrat is your largest square filled with visited squadrats.
Squadratinhos
Squadratinhos are just like squadrats but much smaller and quicker to acquire.
One squadrat occupies the same area as 64 squadratinhos.
Yardinho
Just like yard but made of squadratinhos.
Übersquadratinho
An übersquadratinho is your largest square area filled with visited squadratinhos.
FAQ
I cropped my activity in Strava, why isn't it cropped in Squadrats?
Strava doesn't let us know when you crop your activity. After you're done with cropping, you need to change something in the activity on Strava, for example a name or a description, and save it. After a while it will be automatically cropped in Squadrats.
I was in that place in 1999 on a school trip. Is it ok if I add my past activity manually?
No. Please add only activities that you personally recorded with your phone or another GPS tracking device.
A squadratinho is in a military, industrial, or otherwise restricted zone. What to do?
Consider checking if the facility hosts open shows or exhibitions. If it's not the case, please accept that it's a part of the game that not every squadratinho can be reached. Start building your übersquadratinho elsewhere, or focus on the yardinho instead.
