gpslogger vs privacy-friendly-notes

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gpslogger		privacy-friendly-notes
	Project
27	Mentions	14
1,849	Stars	95
-	Growth	-
9.0	Activity	6.2
8 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
Java	Language	Kotlin
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 only

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gpslogger

Posts with mentions or reviews of gpslogger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-10.

Did you turn off Google activity tracking?
2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Mar 2024

For location history I use https://gpslogger.app. It's open-source, can be found on F-Droid and has many settings.
Geofencing is a terrible mobile battery drain
1 project | /r/EufyCam | 17 Sep 2023

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.
Using Strava app on android for 7 hour ride.
1 project | /r/Strava | 12 Jun 2023

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.
⟳ 1 apps added, 53 updated at f-droid.org
7 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 10 May 2023

GPSLogger (version 127): A lightweight GPS logger, battery efficient, GPX/KML, add notes, share, upload.
Time Tracking App based on Location
1 project | /r/androidapps | 1 Mar 2023
Should I track my hikes with strava or komoot? hiking in vietnam rn
1 project | /r/WildernessBackpacking | 20 Jan 2023

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.
2022 Car Camping Trip: 35000km /22000miles driven
1 project | /r/carcamping | 2 Jan 2023

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
Record multi-day trek, preserve phone battery
1 project | /r/Strava | 30 Nov 2022
Beeline Velo
1 project | /r/Brompton | 31 Oct 2022

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.
Gps Tracker
1 project | /r/androidapps | 8 Oct 2022

privacy-friendly-notes

Posts with mentions or reviews of privacy-friendly-notes. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-14.

⟳ 2 apps added, 35 updated at f-droid.org
5 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 14 Nov 2023

Sudoku (Privacy Friendly) (version 3.1.1): (SECUSO) Privacy Friendly Sudoku without permissions or advertising
⟳ 4 apps added, 121 updated at f-droid.org
24 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 15 Sep 2023

QR Scanner (PFA) (version 4.3.1): (SECUSO) Privacy Friendly QR-Scanner with minimal permissions
⟳ 1 apps added, 48 updated at f-droid.org
14 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 3 May 2023

Shopping List (Privacy Friendly) (version 1.1): (SECUSO) Create shopping lists and manage them privacy friendly
⟳ 2 apps added, 41 updated at f-droid.org
10 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 24 Nov 2022

Notes (PFA) (version 1.4.0): (SECUSO) Notes App with minimal permissions and without advertising
Privacy respecting weather app for Android
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Oct 2022

Privacy Friendly Weather lets you watch the weather for cities and locations you are interested in. The app has been developed by the research group SECUSO at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. More info can be found on https://secuso.org/pfa
⟳ 3 apps added, 45 updated at f-droid.org
10 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 9 Sep 2022

Pedometer (PFA) (version 3.0.0): (SECUSO) Counts your steps in the background. Customize daily goals.
⟳ 3 apps added, 53 updated at f-droid.org
13 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 30 Aug 2022

Weather (PFA) (version 3.1.1): (SECUSO) Lets you watch the weather for cities and locations of your choice
⟳ 1 apps added, 44 updated at f-droid.org
7 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 7 Aug 2022

Password Generator (PFA) (version 1.2.0): (SECUSO) Generate passwords for your accounts from one master password
⟳ 4 apps added, 44 updated at f-droid.org
13 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 3 Aug 2022

Backup (Privacy Friendly): (SECUSO) Backup Application for Privacy Friendly Apps
⟳ 3 apps added, 43 updated at f-droid.org
10 projects | /r/FDroidUpdates | 28 Jul 2022

Notes (PFA) (version 1.1.0): (SECUSO) Notes App with minimal permissions and without advertising

What are some alternatives?

When comparing gpslogger and privacy-friendly-notes you can also consider the following projects:

OwnTracks Recorder - Store and access data published by OwnTracks apps

Flipper-Android-App - Android Mobile app to rule all Flipper's family

android - OwnTracks Android App

wigle-wifi-wardriving - Nethugging client for Android, from wigle.net

UnifiedNlp - Alternative network location provider for Android, with plugin interface to easily integrate third-party location providers.

termux-gui - A plugin for Termux to use native Android GUI components from CLI applications.

trackbook - Trackbook - Movement Recorder for Android

nix-on-droid - Nix-enabled environment for your Android device.

java-oo - Java Operator Overloading

diode - Android app to interact with reddit.com, forked from Andrew Shu's last GPL version of Reddit is Fun

hardened_malloc - Hardened allocator designed for modern systems. It has integration into Android's Bionic libc and can be used externally with musl and glibc as a dynamic library for use on other Linux-based platforms. It will gain more portability / integration over time.

tailscale - The easiest, most secure way to use WireGuard and 2FA.