AutoTrips vs Hotspot Guide

AutoTrips — Automatic Trip & Mileage Logging AutoTrips records your trips automatically so you never have to remember to hit "start." Whether you're tracking mileage for work, taxes, or expenses, AutoTrips captures every drive with an accurate GPS route, distance, and timing — hands-free. AUTOMATIC RECORDING Set it up once and forget it. Using an iOS Shortcuts automation, AutoTrips starts the moment your car connects — CarPlay or Bluetooth — and stops when you disconnect. It works even if the app is force-quit, recording silently in the background. The built-in Setup Guide walks you through it in under a minute. CARPLAY READY Start, stop, and label trips right from your car's display. Assign the car and label for the trip you're on without touching your phone. SMART LABELS Trips label themselves. AutoTrips recognizes your routes by location and your saved markers — so Home, Work, and your regular stops are sorted automatically. You can always override a label by hand, and your choice always wins. MARKERS & PLACES Drop markers on the places that matter. AutoTrips notes every time a trip passes through them, with timestamps — perfect for client sites, job locations, or frequent destinations like toll booths. CARS & VEHICLES Track multiple vehicles with license plates. New trips automatically inherit the last car you drove. BEAUTIFUL TRIP DETAILS See every drive on a clean map with a color-coded speed overlay. Trips with stops are grouped into journeys automatically, so your log reads the way you actually drove. POWERFUL FILTERING Find any trip fast — filter by date, car, label, or marker, with multi-select for exactly the view you need. EXPORT (Premium: Lifetime In App Purchase) Export your trips as CSV, PDF, or GPX — complete with distances, markers, and license plates. Ideal for reimbursement, accounting, or your own records. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your trips sync seamlessly across your devices with iCloud and stay in your account. No third-party tracking. Also works with Siri, the Action Button, Spotlight, and widgets.

You can't Google your way online when you're not online. You're at the gate. Meeting in four minutes. The hotel Wi-Fi connected, but the login page won't open. Safari spins. Your VPN icon is still on. Somewhere, iCloud Private Relay is silently breaking everything; and you can't look up how to fix it, because you're not online. Hotspot Guide is built for that moment. Install it once. The next time a captive portal won't load, open the app and it tells you exactly what's wrong and exactly how to fix it. WHAT IT CHECKS, IN UNDER 5 SECONDS • Captive portal detection, is the login page even reachable? • iCloud Private Relay, the #1 silent culprit on hotel Wi-Fi • Custom DNS (1.1.1.1, 8.8.8.8) bypasses the portal redirect • Active VPN and proxy blocks portal traffic before it reaches you • MDM and managed profiles locks you out of fixes • Real internet vs. portal HTML verifies you're truly online WHAT YOU GET FOR THE MOMENT IT MATTERS • One-tap deep links into System Settings - fix in two clicks, not ten • Built-in portal browser - auto-detect when login completes • Saved-portal autofill - re-join the same Hilton or American Airlines network without retyping your name and email every time (stored in your Mac's Keychain only) • Six offline troubleshooting guides - readable with zero connectivity • Curated database of major hotels, airports, airlines, and cafés with venue-specific tips • Speed, latency, packet loss, and jitter - know whether the Wi-Fi is slow or just flaky • Nearby networks scanner - see channel congestion, signal strength, and security at a glance • Connection history with average speeds per network - know which lounge has the fastest Wi-Fi • Public IP, ISP, signal, channel, and protocol - power-user info, one tab away ENGINEERED FOR MAC Native SwiftUI. App Sandbox. No background processes. No tracking. Diagnostic data never leaves your Mac. Credential vault uses the same Keychain that stores your Safari passwords. Works the moment you launch it, including when you're completely offline. WHO THIS IS FOR • Frequent business travelers who burn an hour a month on bad hotel Wi-Fi • Remote workers who hop between cafés, coworking spaces, and airports • IT admins who want a portable, sandbox-safe tool for diagnosing field issues • Anyone who's ever tethered to a phone just to fix a captive portal DISCLAIMER Hotspot Guide diagnoses device-level network blocks and provides step-by-step solutions. It cannot, however, resolve physical hardware failures or venue-wide service outages. For those issues, please contact the venue's management. Built by a frequent traveler who got tired of tethering every time a Marriott portal misbehaved.