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Did you look at the squadrats app? It’s compatible with strava also. It sounds quite similar to what you describe.


Not Squadrats, but I've checked out some others, like CityStrides. There were a few problems though:

- It felt like what I wanted to achieve is pretty simple (GPS coordinates -> display all on the same map), so didn't want to subscribe for a monthly fee. I couldn't actually find an app that would dump all my HealthKit data directly onto the map, which was surprising.

- Last year when I wrote my app, I wanted to see how fast I can learn simple mobile development loop

- Now, I couldn't really find anything that divides the coverage areas into real-world neighbourhoods. So, think of West Village of NYC, or Yorkville in Toronto, or Yoyogi in Shibuya and etc. Back when I used to live in Vancouver, I would look at my own app, and kinda say in my head "aight, I've walked through every street in West End, Vancouver". Figured it would be cool to have a proper way of tracking it. So working on it currently.

- It's kinda fun to work on an app for my own needs

I'll take a look at the squadrats though! Looks pretty cool.


Is your app on TestFlight?


There's wandrer.earth as well, though it's based on roads, not neighborhoods or squares




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