Phone app that allows my wife to track me on a ride

[farmertan]

Can anyone recommend a good phone app that allows my wife to track me by GPS on a ride? Since I ride alone a lot I figured this would be a good idea. And I'd like to track her when she runs solo. I have an android phone and she has an iPhone, if that matters. A buddy of mine mentioned GPSTracker by Instamapper but I'm just starting to look into this and thought I'd ask here. Thanks!

[Josh_SL2]

Google Lattitude works very well for basic monitoring needs and has very little impact on battery life. It also gives you pretty good control over who can see your position, etc. It's not a route tracker like Endomondo or Strava though.

[LarryWallwart]

I am pretty sure that Mountain bike Pro will do this. Obviously I have never tried it because I am biking, but it has a function where people can cheer you on, so I would assume it is updating to the website live. It also tracks your route.

[rogerfromco]

This is a great question and one I had last night. My wife is having shoulder surgery in a few weeks and has been worrying about me riding on my own. It's going to be a full 6 month recovery, so she'd like to be able to keep tabs on me when I go to lesser used trails. Our only difference is we both use Android phones. Subscribing to this thread!

[farmertan]

Google Lattitude works very well for basic monitoring needs and has very little impact on battery life. It also gives you pretty good control over who can see your position, etc. It's not a route tracker like Endomondo or Strava though.

I actually downloaded Latitude on my wife's iPhone last night. It works ok but it doesn't seem to be real time. I.e. I want to be able to look at a map and follow my wife as she runs or her follow me as I ride. I need to mess with Latitude a bit more and see if I can tweak the settings to do what I want it to.

[farmertan]

This one looks OK. The nice thing about free apps is I can delete it if it doesn't work!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...eTracker&hl=en

[Metamorphic]

Gps Kit has a squawk function. Works ok but sucks battery. Need to have the app on both phones. This is a nice gps app because you can cache map areas for when you're out of data range.

[ghettocruiser]

We use the free version of Endomondo.

I prefer to set the privacy so that only approved users can see my activities, and track me realtime on the map. They can see your location, track, and performance data, including HR if you have a bluetooth HRM.

Anyone authorized to watch you ride live on the map can also type comments in that will be read to you over your phone headset, if you are so inclined.

I've done rides up to 12 hours on a single blackberry charge.

[NateHawk]

would it not be better to get something like a SPOT, Delorme InReach, or a PLB? that way, you don't have to rely on cellular data connections that may or may not be flaky where you're riding.

Personally, I'd rather go the PLB route so people only get alerted when there's an emergency. I know a guy who dropped his SPOT into a ravine on a VERY remote trip, and though he was fine and ahead of schedule, some people panicked because his SPOT signal didn't move for days. can you guarantee that you're not going to drop your phone somewhere that it can still get a signal out yet you can't reach it?

[ivanovnv]

Mountain Bike Pro is one of the best apps out there. Not only can they track you live, but you can download maps and many other really good fatures.

[dirtdan]

I use MotionX and it works great. You set the app to automatically update a live map and you have your own channel and from a website anyone can see your progress/location.

Mountain Mileage: Mountain Biking GPS App Review

[toyotatacomaTRD]

Mapmyride will do it. I've never used the function, but I have seen the ability in the settings. It seems to be a well supported app that gets updated frequently.

[am_dial]

Cyclemeter (which also has a version as Runmeter) will do this. You can set it up to email any address when you start and end a ride/run, and/or to send emails (with map data) at set intervals. So for example you could set it up to email your wife when you start riding, every half hour while you're riding, and then when you finish the ride.

[ride_bikes]

"Find my Friends" app on the iphone does this, for free. Works better than when I tried they mapmyride version.

[cac313]

Glympse

Times range from a "here I am" check in to 4hrs. You can save a setting and make a shortcut on your phones desktop. I have one preset for my wife when I'm heading home from work.

Cheers,

Craig

[JoePAz]

Can anyone recommend a good phone app that allows my wife to track me by GPS on a ride? Since I ride alone a lot I figured this would be a good idea. And I'd like to track her when she runs solo. I have an android phone and she has an iPhone, if that matters. A buddy of mine mentioned GPSTracker by Instamapper but I'm just starting to look into this and thought I'd ask here. Thanks!

I use GPS Logger II on my blackberry. I have it set-up to send out an email every 30 min to my wife with my location. I can drop that down to every 3 minutes I think. It also has the ability to send out an emergency email if I am stopped for too long too. That is good in case I am laying in ditch somewhere.

Of course it is only as good as cell coverage, but it seems to work. It does not use much battery and is free. After the ride upload the track to Strava.

[Assasin]

Hi I can help you with tracking.
You have new software called Personal Eye System.
It which has such capability. It allows you real time tracking.

It runs on Android platform.

[Tone's]

LOL OP, how could this be a good idea under any circumstances ?
I thought the idea was to get on the bike and escape the missus, not give her an application to follow your ever move, the worlds gone stark raving mad.........

[UnderPar]

Is there an app that will tell my wife that I am riding another lap while I am actually drinking another beer?