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Settings Reference
Find the app settings for units, the main navigation button, language, panel style, notifications and search visibility.
Settings Reference
Open your Profile and tap the settings icon in the header. Most app-wide settings are in the App Settings section of that sheet. Recorder settings are covered in Recording flights. Account and profile tools are covered in Profile.
Units
Settings > App Settings > Units
Choose the unit shown for each measurement. Each row is a drop-down list.
| Setting | Choices |
|---|---|
| Distance | Kilometres, miles, nautical miles |
| Speed | km/h, m/s, mph, knots |
| Altitude | Metres, feet |
| Volume | Litres, Gallons (imperial), Gallons (US) |
| Pressure | Millibar, inches of mercury |
| Climb Rate | m/s, ft/s, ft/min |
| Temperature | Kelvin, Celsius, Fahrenheit |
The change applies across the app, including the recorder, announcements and the fuel level. On a custom recorder layout you can also override the unit for one instrument. See Custom recorder layouts.
Personalization
Settings > App Settings > Personalization
This page holds the following settings.
App Language
Tap Language to choose the language Gaggle uses.
Nav Bar Main Button
Choose what the centre button of the bottom navigation does:
- Record opens the recorder. It is the default.
- Recovery opens recovery driving instead. A green tick shows your choice.
Panels
Choose how panels over the map are drawn: Automatic, Glass or Solid. Automatic adjusts to your device. Each choice shows a small preview.
Hide Challenges
Choose which challenge types are not shown on the home screen. See Challenges.
Reporting points
Turn this on to show airport reporting points on maps. It needs the Adventurer plan.
Notifications
Settings > App Settings > Notifications
Choose what sends you a notification. Each section lists the chats, people, groups or sites you have, with a switch for each kind of notification. A section reads Nothing to configure when it has nothing in it.
- Chats: New Messages for each active chat.
- Following: for each person you follow, New Flights and New Recordings.
- Groups & Meetups: for each group or meetup, Leaderboard Updates, New Flights and New Recordings.
- Flying Sites: for each favourite flying site, Flying Schedule Alerts and Weather Alerts. See Flying sites.
Integrations
Settings > App Settings > Integrations
This row shows only when you are signed in with an account. It opens a page with these rows:
- Incoming Integrations: see Incoming Integrations.
- SafeSky, XContest and PureTrack: one row for each service. See XContest and PureTrack for the set-up steps.
- Connected apps: see Connected apps.
Developers
Settings > Developers
Tap API and AI Assistants to open the Gaggle developer pages in the app. To connect an assistant such as Claude or ChatGPT to your account, see Connect Gaggle to your AI assistant.
Search Visibility
Settings > Account > Privacy & Security > Profile
Search Visibility decides whether other pilots can find your profile in community search.
- Everyone: your profile shows in community search.
- Private: your profile is hidden in community search.
Privacy & Security also has Recordings, for who can see your flights, and Users, where you open Blocked Users. It shows only when you are signed in with an account.
About
Settings > About
Tap About near the bottom of the settings sheet to open the About dialog. It shows the Gaggle logo, the app version and a short description. It also credits the data and maps Gaggle uses, including OpenAIP airports and thermal hotspots, ESA WorldCover land cover, Mapbox maps and Cesium flight visualisations. The link at the bottom opens the Terms of Service and Privacy Policies.