Live location sharing and step counting are the headline new features of the official Glastonbury Festival app from Vodafone for 2025.
Step count tracking has been added to the ‘My Highlights’ post-Festival wrap, so festival-goers can compare to see who covered the most ground across the 900-acre site.
With ticketholders clocking up impressive step counts every day while on site, Vodafone will match the daily average from this year’s festival with a donation to its everyone.connected campaign, up to a maximum of 75,000 donations.
The app is available for free on iOS and Android. In 2024, the app saw a 226,215 total downloads from those visiting Worthy Farm or watching at home.
Vodafone dedicated a small portion of its network at the 2024 Glastonbury Festival to connect 102 of EBC’s payment machines, using a technique known as network slicing.
Alongside live location and step count tracking, other key updates to the app include: Shared Line-ups will now automatically update, helping festival-goers spot who their friends are seeing and allowing them to plan their day accordingly; the ability to shortlist acts via ‘Add to Favourites’, helping fans distinguish between their locked line-up and their top considerations at one quick glance; and an intuitive map search feature, making it easier to navigate Worthy Farm and hunt down different cuisines, locate camping and merch stands or discover new stages.
As well as these new additions, the 2025 Official Glastonbury Festival app also reprises all of its 2024 features, including: personalised recommendations on artists performing at the festival based on listening habits via Spotify; the ability to share line-ups with friends; Map Pinning to help users find everything from their tent to a favourite food stall; and automatic highlighting when artists overlap, to help navigate the festival’s stacked schedule.
Maria Koutsoudakis, chief brand officer at Vodafone UK, said: “We know the app plays a big role in the festival experience so, this year, we have gone even further to ensure that fans can connect with their friends or family and get as much out of Glastonbury as possible. Combined with us delivering the most Vodafone network capacity ever on-site, these new features will help festival-goers always be connected no matter where they are across the site.
“We’re delighted to be able to use these features to reward both fans and communities across the UK, by tying the new step count feature to our everyone.connected campaign. Social impact is a key part of Glastonbury’s ethos as a festival, and we’re proud to be able to play our part in that.”
As well as delivering the Official Glastonbury Festival app, Vodafone’s Connect & Charge tent will also keep all festival-goers powered up and connected, with free phone charging and WiFi throughout the festival. Vodafone Connect & Charge is in the centre of the Glastonbury site, close to the Other Stage, the Glade and the Pyramid Stage.
