As we all know, a big part of
iOS 4's multitasking involves
background location data; the ability to allow apps to track your movements
in the background. This is very cool indeed, and you'll especially appreciate this improvement if you've ever tried to use a tracking app like "
Trails" under iOS 3.1.3 or below. The app worked great - but the rest of your iPhone was
unusable. Even a call would bring your tracking process to a premature end.
Since then, Trails has been updated to iOS 4 and now includes the ability to run in the background. This is a godsend for serious users of the app. However, an unchanged negative to the application is the price - a pretty hefty $3.99. Now another tracking app has been released - one that also has the ability to track your movements in the background, it's called "
myTracks".
Much like Trails, myTracks uses
OpenStreetMap - the Wikipedia of maps - to present the tracks it records. In addition, myTracks also supports
Bing Maps, for those of you who have taken to Microsoft's relatively new service.
Take a look at a complete list of myTracks' features below:
- OpenStreetMap can be used offline
- Photos can be taken and attached to tracks
- Tracks can be sent by email
- Recorded tracks can be easily synced with your Mac
- Photos can be sent by email
- Languages supported: English, French, German
- Running of GPS in the background
And what's more, myTracks is free and
ad-free, which means you won't have those annoying advertisements cropping up all over the app and getting in the way of what you're doing.
So be sure to check out
myTracks in the App Store now. Please let us know what you think of this free tracking app in the comments box below!
