Commerce · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Location Diary
Decentralized personal location tracker
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Location Diary launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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GeoSpark▲197Location tracking SDK with 90% less battery drain 🔋
2018 · geospark.co · its alternatives →
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Swarm 5.0▲426Keep up & meet up w/ your friends (pre-launch)
2017 · swarmapp.com · its alternatives →
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ActivityWatch▲130Track how you spend your time. Privacy-focused & open source
2019 · activitywatch.net · its alternatives →
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Polarsteps▲131Automatically track your journeys on a stunning map
2015 · polarsteps.com · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, I’m full stack developer (formerly iOS) and I just launched Nomad Tracker, a native iOS app to help digital nomads track physical presence across countries for visa limits and tax residency. Key idea: everything runs on-device. No accounts, no cloud sync, no analytics. Features: - Calendar-based day tracking per country. - Schengen 90/180 and other visa “runways”. - Fiscal residency day counts and alerts. - Optional background location logging (battery-efficient, never overwrites manual data). - Photo import using metadata only (no image access). - On-device “Fiscal Oracle” using…
Feb 2026 · thenomadtracker.com · its alternatives →
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Activity▲129A simple, beautiful personal time-tracker with organizer
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2010 · locationpie.com · its alternatives →
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Acti▲76Hi HN, I made Acti, an iOS app that automatically records the places you visit and builds a timeline of your life. It’s totally private, no accounts, no cloud, everything stays local on your device. The motivation: I wanted something like Google Maps Timeline, but without data collection or ads. Acti just runs in the background, asks you to name new places once, and then remembers them forever. You can also add photos, comments, and ratings. What I’m struggling with: because there are no registrations, I don’t really know how to connect with users, gather feedback, or even measure if people…
2023 · getacti.app · its alternatives →
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This is a real-time location tracking application.
2023 · locationtracker.emre.run · its alternatives →
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GPS tracking that sends data to YOUR server
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Get notified on Maps Location to never forgot anything!
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Find my kids, family & friends with real-time GPS tracking
2025 · its alternatives →
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Your location history, 100% private. No cloud, no account.
Jan 2026 · timeloc.me · its alternatives →
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Location | Grocery | Tasks | Events | Wishlist | Finances +8
Dec 2025 · its alternatives →
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