Record Your Walk and Bike Route: OpenTracks

Platform: Android
Application: OpenTracks
Fee: Free and open source.

Official sources: OpenTracks official site · OpenTracks F-Droid page

When you go for a walk or bike ride, you may want to record how many kilometers you traveled, where your route went, and how long it took you. You don't necessarily need to use a sports app full of social networking features for this.

OpenTracks is a privacy-focused fitness tracking application developed for Android. You can record your movement route via GPS; It can help you review outdoor activities like walking, running, and cycling.

The app offers features such as exporting saved routes, marking landmarks along the route, and receiving data from supported Bluetooth LE sensors. What stands out in the project's privacy approach is the lack of advertising and in-app analysis tracking, as well as the lack of cloud integration. OpenTracks

What can you do?

• You can record your walking or running route.
• You can review the route of your bike ride.
• You can create photo signs on the road.
• You can receive supported data from compatible Bluetooth LE sensors.
• You can export your recordings to supported formats such as GPX, KML or KMZ.
• You can use the export features to review your data in another tool. F-Droid

How to use?

1. Get OpenTracks from the official project page or from the trusted open source app repository.
2. Check location permission and related settings on your device.
3. Start a new event recording.
4. Allow your route to be recorded during your walk or bike ride.
5. Stop recording when event ends.
6. Review route and statistics; export the file if you want.

For example, you can record your weekend cycling and then export it as a GPX file and review your route on another compatible map or analysis tool.

Current information: F-Droid's records list OpenTracks version 4.28.3 as early September 2026. This release includes improvements to GPX export and import. F-Droid

Advantages: It is ad-free, open source and has an approach that leaves data control to the user.

Disadvantages: For Android only. GPS recording may increase battery consumption; It may be necessary to check your phone's battery saving settings to continue location recording in the background. Because GPS data contains sensitive location information, you should be careful when sharing your exported files.