TrackMe
Consumer and social
location tracking app
SHOW HN2011
163points
65comments
#47of 1,097 in 2011
Top 5%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
16 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 3 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Idea: 4 for, 0 againstPerformance: 1 for, 1 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Congratulations on shipping
From 3 comments
Congrats. Good luck w/ the app and future apps. I think that writing, launching, (and making a few bucks off of) a simple app might be the best way to get started down the right…
dclaysmith on HNThanks for the share and congratulations on your release! Like you, I also tried to create something simple for the iPhone and released it not too long ago. It definitely feels…
gawker on HNCongratulations!
Wolf_Larsen on HN
Useful idea
From 3 comments
This is very cool. I thought that having your position continuously logged was kind of neat. Incidentally, I also launched my first app about a week ago, and it's also kind of…
juanre on HNCongratulations. Looks like a useful product too.
bugsy on HNThis is exactly what I am looking for =)
z01d on HN
Objections
Background location accuracy is questionable
From 2 comments
You hope ;) Significant location change is based on cell phone towers. The update only seems to happen when you switch towers or are switching between towers. Less towers = less…
joelhaasnoot on HNYou are totally correct. With iOS 4 the significant location changes API can be trusted with distances around 1 mile / 1.5 kilometers. Anything below that and you don't have any…
yoda_sl on HN
Text not resizable, hard to read
From 1 comment
Your text isn't resizeable (in Chrome, on Linux), which means I can't read the page, which means I can't care.
thecabinet on HN
Name is hard to find in the App Store
From 1 comment
Just found it in the App Store - congrats on launching. It took some effort though - even searching for "TrackMe" put you below another TrackMe (by kimptoc), Track Me (TM),…
JacobAldridge on HN
Requests
Android version
From 2 comments
Nice. Is it possible to create an Android version?
Kwpolska on HNnice indeed. Waiting for Android to download and try.
hodbby on HN
Battery usage comparison
From 2 comments
That's a really clever idea. I'd have loved this when I was travelling this summer. Something I would be interested in, though, is some sort of battery test comparison. I know…
ashamedlion on HNNeat idea. The app runs in the background and tracks when you move to a new location. You say it uses very little extra battery - and also that it may affect battery life. Do you…
evilswan on HN
Configurable CSV separator or GPX export
From 2 comments
Nice work! One small point - the export format is listed as CSV but has semicolon delimiters. I know this is common in countries with comma decimal notation, but if targeting US…
nhebb on HNNice work! I think I could use this when I forget my GPS logger for photo time/location correlation. However, 1km would be too course-grained for that. Would it be possible to…
microtonal on HN
Open source the app
From 2 comments
Absolutely, open source it!
bromagosa on HNOpen sourcing wouldn't help that much with trust on iOS, I think, because you can not install the app by compiling it yourself. You still have to trust that the version in the…
Tichy on HN
Questions
How does background tracking work without constant connection?
From 2 comments
First- Congratulations! Second- How does it work? I get that you can be periodically woken up by iOS to run in the background for short periods of time. But how do you know if…
nirvana on HNNice work. But how does constant background location track works for iPod touch? Don't we need constant wifi connection to make it work?
arihant on HN
Battery impact data
From 1 comment
Neat idea. The app runs in the background and tracks when you move to a new location. You say it uses very little extra battery - and also that it may affect battery life. Do you…
evilswan on HN
Alternatives named
RescueTime
From 1 comment
Congratz on the launch! If you make the data useful beyond geeks (srsly, Mom and Pop aren't going to import CSV in a spreadsheet and start data mining), this could be really…
senko on HN