[Android General] GalaxyA325G:
Why should an offline backcountry track saver require Wi-Fi to run?

I'm still searching for a solution since an offline backcountry gpx track

saving app should never require precise Wi-Fi logging (and the fact that

most do, shows how powerful the corruption influence is of Google making

it's gms GSF code so easy to incorporate - which allows Google to control

whether or not an app requires Wi-Fi scanning just to work.

Of particularly useful note is the FOSS Google PlayStore replacement client

has a filter to remove apps which build with the Google GSF code, which as

of only last year enforces Wi-Fi "Precise Location" whether the app needs

Wi-Fi or not (where, with the GSF (aka gms - google mobile services) APIs,

the app won't work without it - even if you have GPS enabled).

These are currently on my short list of apps under test, where it's useful

to note that none of them are offered on the Google Play Store repository.

Three privacy aware offline GPS track loggers without GSF that save tracks

to SD subfolders (without needing to have Wi-Fi Precise Location turned on).

1. GPS Logger by BasicAirData (free, no ads)

No Google GSF dependency

Precise location not required!

No maps (good!) as it has no Internet capability

Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.basicairdata.graziano.gpslogger

2. GPSLogger II - AIO by Mathias Marquardt (free, no ads)

No Google GSF dependency

Precise location not required!

Has maps so be careful when exporting to the Internet

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.emacberry.gpslogger

3. OSM Tracker for Android

No Google GSF dependency

Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder

Can display OSM map under track but needs Internet connection to do that.

https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/OSMTracker_(Android)

https://github.com/labexp/osmtracker-android

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/net.osmtracker/

I'm not sure about this fourth app because it asks for Wi-Fi Precise

Location even though it isn't built with Google's GSF gms API's;

but it seems to work without that being granted to it.

4. OpenTracks

No Google GSF dependency

It asks for Precise location but it seems to work without it being granted.

Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder

https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.dennisguse.opentracks/

Warning: Has a payware googleplaystore version

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.dennisguse.opentracks.playstore

These failed because they required the GSF gsm spyware to be running.

a. LD-Log Lite - GPS Logger by A. Wedemeyer (free, no ads)

No Google GSF dependency

Yet Wi-Fi precise location is required!

Can set output folder to an sd card subfolder though

Can import offline maps too so it's too bad it requires precise location

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aw.ldlogFree

b. Geo Tracker GPS tracker by Ilya Bogdanovich

Requires GSF

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ilyabogdanovich.geotracker

c. GPS Tracker by GPS-server.net

No Google GSF dependency

But it uploads tracking data to an Internet server

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.gpsserver.gpsstracker

d. Ultra GPS Logger Lite by FlashLight

Requires GSF

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flashlight.lite.gps.logger

e. GPS Logger by Joakim Ewenson

Requires GSF

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=se.ewenson.gps_logger

f. eTrack GPS by Eagle Co

Requires GSF

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vip.etrack.gps

g. Trailblazer by Andrew and Derek

Requires GSF

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrewandderek.trailblazer

h. GPS Waypoints by Bluecover Technologies

Requires GSF

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=pt.bluecover.gpsegnos

And lots others that I tested, all of which required Wi-Fi Precise

Location tacking in order to work even though there's absolutely no

need for Wi-Fi scanning in a backcountry offline GPS track-saving app.