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

PROS: Excellent location accuracy without undue battery impact. The MQTT based communication between family members' devices is a model for how apps should be designed and implemented, when it works. CONS: Fails to report location events reliably. The app user interface is missing some critical features and the JSON API is a bit cumbersome. Overall, this app would be awesome if as much effort were put into the Android version as appears to be given to iOS.

Incredibly cool app! Once you get through the configuration (a bit complex but worth the effort and very customizable) it serves as a great, security-focussed alternative to other closed-source location sharing apps/systems from Google/Apple/etc. I highly recommend using Owntracks Recorder and Mosquitto MQTT broker as the backend for this app. If you don't need full MQTT, Recorder's HTTP endpoint works really well on Android. Happy tracking!

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 2.5.0
Release notes and changelog can be found at https://github.com/owntracks/android/releases/tag/v2.5.0/
Please report any issues to https://github.com/owntracks/android/issues