tracking app
Digital location follower
A tracking app is software that monitors and records location, activity, or other data over time.
Parents use tracking apps to know where their children are.
Fitness tracking apps log workouts and health metrics.
The term often carries surveillance connotations: She found a tracking app hidden on her phone.
Fleet managers use them for vehicles; couples use them for each other—sometimes consensually, sometimes not.
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- locationPosition in space
- real timeWithout processing delay
- location sharingRevealing your position digitally
- monitorDisplay or supervisor
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- trackerssmart tag, step counter, food diary, Fitbit, Garmin
- fitness trackingpedometer, step counter, heart rate monitor, daily steps, active minutes
- nutritionnutrients, protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins
- dietingcalorie counting, portion control, calories, carb counting, meal planning
- GPSsatellite, GPS navigation, latitude, GPS receivers, position
- shippingshipping, cargo ships, container ships, freight, package
tracking appanonymizer
Service obscuring user identity
GPS jammer · off the grid · VPN · burner phone · anonymous browsing
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