GPX Tracker helps you organize, draw, record and follow GPX tracks. There are no accounts, no cloud library for your rides, and no ads or advertising trackers in the app.
If you allow location access, the app uses it to show your position and speed. When you start recording a ride, it stores your path and recording duration on your device. Recording can continue in the background or with the screen locked until you pause or finish it. Recording drafts are saved locally so an unfinished ride can be recovered.
The app does not upload your recorded ride to a GPX Tracker server. You can decline location permission and still import, organize and draw tracks, or change permission later in iOS Settings.
The app reads the GPX files you choose from Files or open from another app. Imported, drawn and recorded tracks are stored locally, along with names, source details and other track information. Files stored with a cloud file provider may be downloaded by that provider when you select them.
Offline-map downloads save map tiles on your device. Removing a map pack keeps your tracks and any tiles still needed by another pack. Your app data may be included in device backups according to your iOS settings.
Standard and satellite maps use Apple Maps. Topographic maps and offline-map downloads request tiles from external map services; those requests identify the map area being viewed or downloaded.
When you draw in Routed mode, the points you place are sent to BRouter, with an OpenStreetMap routing service as a fallback, to calculate paths between them. Direct mode connects points without a routing request. If you request directions to a point on a trail, Apple receives the start and end locations.
Track weather comes from Open-Meteo using a point at the start of the track, rather than a live feed of your position. These external services receive network requests and the information needed to answer them, including your IP address.
Source recognition happens locally from file names and metadata. Opening a source link takes you to that provider’s website, which has its own privacy practices.
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Johannes Eret, 6 October 2026