LD-Log - GPS Tracker & Logbook

A.Wedemeyer - Outdoor & Sailing Apps

About this app

✸ Multifunctional track logger for a wide range of uses
✸ Optimized for battery-efficient long-term tracking
✸ In-app travel diary / nautical logbook
✸ Maps and tools for outdoor navigation

➤ LD-Log tracks your travel routes using the device's GPS receiver. Waypoints are taken either manually or automatically with a user-definable interval set in minutes. As such, the app is designed to consume very little battery power. LD-Log also offers a tracking mode, allowing you to record your movements by the second.
➤ An editable waypoint-list for each route of your trip lets you create a detailed diary of your complete journey. LD-Log will allow you to enter text or shoot photos in-app as well as import them at a later time. As a sailor, use the sail mode which lets you keep a complete nautical ship's log in an intuitive manner. Many different options are available for convenient storage of trips, routes and journals.
➤ The map view features a selection of different online map sources. Previously viewed map tiles will remain available while offline. You may also include custom offline maps. Create destination points and navigate with the help of the integrated bearing compass and the numerous map tools, whether in the open country or at sea.
➤ LD-Log can be used to document a wide range of travel situations including: hikes, bicycle tours, offshore sailing cruises, city walks, voyages, road trips, ship and boat tours, photo geotagging, collecting geo locations (POI), cartography (e.g. in forestry), etc. - for professional or recreational use.

This is the full version of LD-Log.
If you would like to try it first, search for the free version LD-Log Lite.

FEATURES
✹ Minimal power usage
✹ Works offline (no data connection needed)
✹ Runs in standby mode, in background and in parallel to other GPS-apps
✹ Switchable tracking mode allows recording by the second
✹ Editable waypoints (diary / logbook function)
✹ Quick menu for immediately adding waypoints with text entries or photos (no waiting for GPS necessary)
✹ Multiple images for each waypoint possible (direct capture or image import)
✹ Map view with editable waypoints and functions for outdoor navigation
✹ Selection of different online map sources like OpenStreetMaps, OpenSeaMaps, OpenTopoMaps, USGS, NOAA Nautical Charts and many more
✹ Map cache for offline usage, support for custom offline maps
✹ Manual destination entry, direct map-based destination marking, import of destinations from KML files
✹ Integrated bearing compass with direction display and distance to destination point a.o.
✹ Unlimited number of routes (i.e. trip-days) per trip
✹ Sail mode: log separate distances for sail / engine, standardized nautical logbook entries for trip, routes and waypoints
✹ Import trips and routes from GPX files
✹ Export trips, routes and waypoints as GPX / KML or KMZ files with embedded images and send
✹ Create travel reports (travel diary / notebook) as CSV tables, text or HTML files; these can include images, be printed (e.g. as PDF) and sent
✹ Save and load trips, with a detailed overview of all saved trips
✹ Wide selection of units available for recording date, distance and position (supports UTM WGS84/ETRS89)
✹ Many preset options for logging and GPS settings, all fully customizable
✹ Detailed manual and in-app help
✹ Requires only essential permission requests (location, storage, network, standby)
✹ Maximum privacy via local data storage

More info, manual and help under http://ld-log.com

Ratings and reviews

Awesome! OK, the UI is a bit clunky (see Flowx for an example of a great UI, albeit in a completely different field), but the information that LD-log gathers is right on, and the logging itself is very efficient. I have not used the sailing portion, but hopefully one day I will... I have no hesitation in giving the app 5 stars.

App is simple and effective. Had some issues with getting it to work (Samsung A12) but after some fiddling with power settings I got the battery optimizer to stay away from it. Other than that it does exactly what it promises. I use the offline GPS logging, map view, and multipe routes per trip for motorcycle tour logging and it works great.

I drive a narrowboat in England and use LD-Log to keep a log for myself and if asked for the Canal and River Trust (the licencing authority). I put in a trip (eg "London to Bristol") and then each day log a route (eg "Little Venice to Southhall") which is the equivalent to a page in the trip log. I save the trips onto the cloud so if I drop the phone in the cut I do not lose the logs. I particularly like having the option to take photos and add my own comments to the log.

What's new

v8.5.1
- Improved app performance when including a multitude of images
v8.5.0
- Change waypoint location and time on map retrospectively
- Move waypoints to previous route
- Split route (move waypoints to new route)
- Join routes
- Import routes from saved trips and GPX files
- Import trips from GPX files
- Many more features, improvements and bug-fixes
- Optimizations for Android 14