Overland-iOS VS gpslogger

The ownTracks docs for beacons is at [1,2], whereas there an open issue on the Overland repo suggesting something similar [3].

I think that getting a location [4] and detecting the presence and proximity of beacons [5] use different parts of the Core Location API.

[1]: https://owntracks.org/booklet/guide/beacons/

[2]: https://owntracks.org/booklet/features/beacons/

[3]: https://github.com/aaronpk/Overland-iOS/issues/93

[4]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/getti...

[5]: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/corelocation/deter...

There is an open source iOS app called Overland[0] that can continuously track your location history in the background and upload the data to an arbitrary endpoint as GeoJSON.

The "protocol" consists of a single HTTP request and response, so you can easily write your own server software to store the data however you want, which is what I did.

If you don't want to write your own backend, you can also just use the server software[1] the author of the app uses, which is also open source.

[0]: https://github.com/aaronpk/Overland-iOS

For location history I use https://gpslogger.app. It's open-source, can be found on F-Droid and has many settings.

I realize tracking takes some battery life. But I already run two GPS trackers on my phone (Google Maps tracks location, also I have GPSLogger. They both use a very small amount of battery. Eufy is using a lot more.

Or you could use a more efficient GPS logging app. eg GPS Logger. https://gpslogger.app/ It has settings you can adjust to save power, eg reduce the frequency of recording points. Then you can export a GPX file afterwards to upload to Strava.

GPSLogger (version 127): A lightweight GPS logger, battery efficient, GPX/KML, add notes, share, upload.

Haven't used strava or komoot and my answer probably is too late, sorry. But I personally used "GPSLogger for Android" on longer trips. Works pretty well, you have several options to tweak the performance and therefore your battery life.

I like GPSLogger for Android to log the trip to GPX https://gpslogger.app/ but haven't found anything I like to save it visually

My method, FWIW, is to attach a small Bluetooth device to the bike (I have a speaker, but anything you can power on or off works). I have an Android phone with Tasker and GPSLogger, and I have a Tasker profile which starts logging when it connects to the specific Bluetooth device, and stops logging when it disconnect. It's a bit of a janky setup but it does record my rides pretty consistently without having to actually handle my phone.