Not working :(
This app doesn’t work, and hasn’t since I last tried for iOS11. It fails to sync my data and it’s display hasn’t been updated for larger phone screens.
I miss the app, when it worked. I used this app for years because it did such a good job of unobtrusively giving me a way of seeing where I’d been, but unfortunately it seems the app just doesn’t work any more. ☹️
I miss the app, when it worked. I used this app for years because it did such a good job of unobtrusively giving me a way of seeing where I’d been, but unfortunately it seems the app just doesn’t work any more. ☹️
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Account set up fails
It won’t let me past the account set up.
Yay ! An update but...
Is it me or it saves less locations than the previous outdated application ? It looks like I got only some dots instead than a lot of dots :(. One other thing is we can’t reach the developers of this app ?
So what will happen to my years of movements ?...
I kinda want this to still exist
Own your data
Sync failures had me lose a month of data and recently seems a little bit abandoned.
Got the app after a Jerr Thorpe talk over a year ago and loved playing with my own data in R and Python but lately the app feels pretty abandoned. Maybe time to delete sadly.
Got the app after a Jerr Thorpe talk over a year ago and loved playing with my own data in R and Python but lately the app feels pretty abandoned. Maybe time to delete sadly.
A wonderful app in need of an update
I've been using openpaths for years as a way to track my movements and the service works very well, has a REST API with OAuth for accessing data etc, but the app is firmly stuck in the iOS5 era.
Not enough points
I might be more interested with at least ten times more data.
And too many sync failures.
Battery usage was not noticeably affected.
Bye
And too many sync failures.
Battery usage was not noticeably affected.
Bye
Unable to use
I actually can't tell you anything about the app since it would not let me sign-up or sign-in. I decided since that little thing would not work then the app as a whole would probably not be worth the effort and so I deleted it
Inaccurate tracking app, defeats the whole point.
So inaccurate it's absolutely useless. Never left my property today, but in the last 18 hours shows points as far as 4 miles away.
Great app but needs an update
I have been using this app for nearly two years to record my movements. The app runs quietly and economically in the background. The website is very easy to use to download a csv of my movements for use in other programmes and scripts. I have found it a very useful resource.
However I find it does crash a lot, almost every time I open it. Usually it is fine on reopening as long as it can sync the data back to the server. In situations where I don't have mobile data or wifi (e.g. abroad) this can be frustrating but it still seemed to record where I was.
Balancing preserving battery life against recording the GPS position as accurately as possible is always going to be tricky. I find it works best when I am on my bicycle (25-35km/h) and it records my position at regular and well-spaced intervals. Faster transportation like cars and trains are more hit and miss and the app tends to record highly clustered points at substantial intervals. Walking pace is also slightly erratic. If you want to ensure that a place is recorded then it's best to open up the app so it places a point.
However I find it does crash a lot, almost every time I open it. Usually it is fine on reopening as long as it can sync the data back to the server. In situations where I don't have mobile data or wifi (e.g. abroad) this can be frustrating but it still seemed to record where I was.
Balancing preserving battery life against recording the GPS position as accurately as possible is always going to be tricky. I find it works best when I am on my bicycle (25-35km/h) and it records my position at regular and well-spaced intervals. Faster transportation like cars and trains are more hit and miss and the app tends to record highly clustered points at substantial intervals. Walking pace is also slightly erratic. If you want to ensure that a place is recorded then it's best to open up the app so it places a point.
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Hang & crashed!
This app hang up and often crashed at almost every launched. Already tried to re-install but the problem persist. Tracking even worse. Need to learn from sport tracking app, they're mostly far better (some of them even great!) than this supposed to be real tracking app.
Great concept, annoying and puzzling results
I live the idea, but the resulting data is of such poor quality that it's useless. The app places me 1 - 3 miles from my true location in ~80% of points logged. Also, interval between data capture is variable and appears arbitrary. Cool idea but to crude to be of much use.
Nice in principle, but doesn't work
Lots of phantom sightings in places I've not been. And it's not even that I've forgotten.
Crowd mapping, if that's what you're into.
If you want to track a specific path, you and I will need to look elsewhere. The screen hides typical iPhone info bar at the top (see screenshots). Power consumption when I engaged the app was noticeably faster, to the point that my charger was ineffective: in twenty minutes it had only increased two percent. Accuracy aside (they do not promise it) it seems inconsistent in the way it records: starts off leaving markers in regular intervals, then randomly stops leaving gaps which is why it's not good for paths.
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YAY
Glad its on my phone now where it seems to make better sense.
Thank you =)
Thank you =)
Inaccurate to the point of worthlessness
Although the creator's TED talk is certainly inspiring and this application's UI is well-composed, the utilization of iOS's location APIs is poor at best. Overnight, with four bars and a view of the southern sky, the app will place me anywhere in a three-four mile radius—meaning that since work is three miles away, I have absolutely no valid data. Over 24 hours, I'm placed in 30 locations despite never leaving my apartment.
I honestly wanted to use this app, and while it has so much going for it: decent UI, good service integration, amazingly interesting concept— the core function of logging my location simply DOES NOT produce reliable data.
I refer you to xkcd's "tornadoguard" comic.
I honestly wanted to use this app, and while it has so much going for it: decent UI, good service integration, amazingly interesting concept— the core function of logging my location simply DOES NOT produce reliable data.
I refer you to xkcd's "tornadoguard" comic.
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Works well
Not sure why I do it, but it works well and shows where I have been in a very general sense(not accurate background recording, but this would be to save battery i guess). My location must move a lot because of my phone switching towers even when i am at home, which I assume is an issue with how the iPhone determines the location. It would be nice if it could filter this out some how
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Disappointing
This app is a good idea but has many flaws. It almost always crashes on start up, sometimes has large blank patches of missing data, often documents my location as somewhere I haven't been and struggles to load up if you press the 'all' tab. On top of that, very few practices are requesting the information. Perhaps not enough researchers know about it as a resource or perhaps they know about the flaws.
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So close!
Brilliant and innovative concept carried out with less than desirable seriousness. Crashes so often it's of little use. I'd like to see this improved upon! Could be something great with a lot of work.
Performs as advertised
Not a dazzling work of art but it is utilitarian. My installation has been stable and smooth. It provides interesting information.
