OwnTracks

Owntracks

About this app

OwnTracks allows you to keep track of your own location. You can build your private location diary or share it with your family and friends. OwnTracks is open-source and uses open protocols for communication so you can be sure your data stays secure and private.

For more information see our documentation (http://owntracks.org/booklet)

Ratings and reviews

I've been using this for my family for a while now. It works great. Devs are very helpful and responsive via github. There are some nuances to how the reporting actually happens, and it's all clearly described in the documentation. Some reviewers complain that the location is wrong, but it's just how the Android significant changes API works. These people need to read the documentation!! It's all configurable, and you can push updates out to clients which is great.

Initially, the app was tracking fine. About a week and a half ago, it stopped working. Location data fail to be uploaded 99% of the time, without indication of why. It said it cannot establish a connection; yet, if I force a manual upload it works. Backend is a complete pain to set up and requires extensive Linux knowledge. Too about 6 hours to figure out. I do not recommend owntracks.

This app is great, but a little useless for me at the moment, I need it to have access to location at all times. currently its only allowing me to deny or allow while using app. So as soon as i open a different application over the top I lose location. I have read about this and apparently the dev needs to declare something in the code to trigger the correct permission allowing me to enable all the time location access. Any ideas?

What’s new

Release 2.5.3
Release notes and changelog can be found at https://github.com/owntracks/android/releases/tag/v2.5.3/
Please report any issues to https://github.com/owntracks/android/issues