Geo Tracker - Create GPX Files using GPS on your iOS devices (iPhone/iPad)
My previous two apps WorkoutGPX and GPXViewer dealt with exporting GPS data from HealthKit as GPX files and viewing existing GPX files from other generated devices like Garmin respectively. There was a question from a friend about how to generate brand new GPX files using the GPS available in your iPhone if you don’t own or use an Apple Watch to track your activity. So here comes my revival of a super old project called Geo Tracker. This was launched many years ago during the early days of MapKit and GPS tracking, and I used a backend to store the track information on Geo2
This time, with privacy in mind for everyone, I have decided to keep everything on device and all storage in GPX files, with no SQLite for example. The GPX file is autosaved. I just keep an index.json for metadata about your track so you can filter the data. You can download the app here.
Here are some screenshots on iOS
We have a few battery features especially look at settings for
- Notification Interval
- Auto-Stop Timer
By default GeoTracker would notify you if tracking for more than an hour and then repeat the notifications every hour. You can tune this parameter in the settings. Similarly, it would stop tracking after an hour, if you are doing an activity for longer, just increase this parameter. If a track is stopped due to timeout, then you will see a waypoint added to the GPX track saying the tracking has been stopped due to timeout. This app is free for a limited time. Please try it and give us feedback.
It’s never too late to revive an app from the dead as shown in this version history
