GPS trip and ride tracking
Apps that record, plan, and share journeys by bike, motorcycle, car, foot, or transit, covering ride logging, fog-of-war exploration maps, route generation, group ride location sharing, and vehicle-specific navigation.
Built for: Cyclists, motorcyclists, drivers, and travelers
Projects since May 04
226
Different builders
218
Last 4 weeks vs 8 before
+16%
AI is the core
2.7%
Projects per week
Mostly mobile app (50%), web app (40%), desktop app (2.2%) · from r/SideProject, r/vibecoding, r/IMadeThis, r/SaaS
Latest
- Stationclosed — Shows whether an Amazon Flex delivery station is closed.“Amazon Flex drivers want to know if their station is closed?”
- Headwind — Imports cycling ride files and Strava exports into a self-hosted archive with ride history, performance trends, segments and health data.“Title: I wanted somewhere to keep my cycling history. It got slightly out of hand.”
- Cyclr — Records bike rides on iPhone and Apple Watch with a customisable live stats dashboard and GPX export.“Cyclr — a bike computer for iPhone and Apple Watch. Which live stats matter to you?”
- terraink runs — Turns a Garmin run file into a short animated video and poster images showing the route and stats.“I made a free tool that turns your Garmin run into a 60-second film”
- Where Is My Bike — Saves the location where you parked your bike and navigates back to it using Google Maps.“After 16+ Years of Coding, I built my first Mobile App”
- CoDriver — Connects drivers in a group with an always-open voice channel that mixes over music, plus a shared map and synced route for convoy drives.“I made an app that's basically Discord and Apple Maps mashed together, because my friends and I kept losing each other on group drives”
- Overdrive — Drive & Explore — Turns a user's real city into a map that fills in as they drive its roads, saving drive stats and letting friends see each other's progress.“23 people installed my app after I accidentally made a Reddit post blow up 😭”
- Trip Swipe — Automatically records driving trips and lets the user label each as work or personal for mileage export to CSV.“Simple but that is the point!”
- PoTraffic — Analyzes traffic patterns to suggest the best time to leave for a trip.“Created a traffic analyzer to know when the best time to leave is. Is this helpful to anyone ?”
- WattLoom — Imports Strava export files into a local database and analyzes training load, routes, weather effects and bike maintenance.“I built a free, local app to analyze your Strava history – would love your feedback”
- LoadLens HOS Calculator — Calculates whether a truck driver can complete a trip within federal Hours of Service limits and lays out where required breaks fall.“I got tired of doing truck driver hours math by hand before every load, so I built a free HOS calculator. The federal rules are simple on paper and surprisingly nasty in code. No sign-up, would love honest feedback”
- holomap — Computes the fastest or most fuel-efficient sea route between two ports and displays it on a map.“I built this website that finds the fast or most fuel-efficent maritime route between two ports (and i think it looks pretty cool)”
- TrailGoat — Plans trail and ultra race pacing, fueling, weather, gear and crew logistics on race courses and exports the plan to paper and a Garmin watch.“[Launch] I built a free race planner for trail and ultra runners. Launching it today, and I'd like blunt feedback”
- RouteMap — Draws all of a user's recorded Strava routes on a single world map with favourites, hidden routes and collections.“Dad side-project... I built an app that puts every Strava route you've ever recorded on one map (iOS + Android)”
- NYC Marathon Guide — Plans a runner's NYC Marathon pacing and mile-by-mile notes and gives spectators timed corner picks and subway routes.“I built a free NYC Marathon course and spectator planner”
- SAYR — Gives step-by-step public transit directions in plain language and shows expected crowding before departure.“I made a public transit app for people who find public transit confusing”
- Mock Location — Simulates an Android phone's GPS by moving it along an OSRM road route between two map pins at a chosen speed.“Mock Location - moves an Android phone's GPS along a real road route at the speed you set”
- Tracks bike rides with GPS, showing speed, distance, and an odometer that reminds when the chain needs oiling, with all data kept on the phone.“I built an app with no server, no ads, no purchases and no account. Here's what that cost me.”
- Live Ride — Shows a customisable live dashboard of chosen ride metrics while tracking and saving bike rides.“Why do I need a subscription to get information on my bike ride.”
- Milepost — Records drives with route, time, distance and car, then lets users add photos and notes to build shareable Roadbooks.“Milepost — I built a Strava for cars that turns drives into Roadbooks”
Most discussed
- Life in Mist — Records GPS routes and clears fog from a map along the paths you travel, keeping a history of trips and replays.“I built an iPhone app that turns your walks into a fog-of-war map”
- Warns rideshare drivers when an incoming ride request would drop them inside a user-defined avoidance zone.“Built a feature Lyft never will”
- PaceLink Go — Shows riders' locations on a map during a group ride so members can track each other's position and pace.“I built PaceLink Go to help you keep track of your riding buddies”
- GPxplore — Records GPS tracks on Android and provides a GPX editor, fog-of-war exploration map, and per-track stats.“GPxplore: offline GPX recorder, viewer and editor (Android)”
- HALTI App departure board — Shows live bus and train departures, delays and destinations on a desk display.“I build a tiny live public transport departure board for my desk”
- Kailo Run Clubs Map — Maps curated run clubs in the SF, LA and Inland Empire areas with sample routes and paces, and offers tools for organizing multi-route group runs.“Interactive Map of Run Clubs”
- Circuit Atlas — Displays an interactive full-screen map of motorsport circuits with historical layouts, corner-by-corner data and lap records.“What % of your SaaS do you actually build with AI? And what for?”
- Measures pitch and roll with altitude readings, records GPS breadcrumb trails exportable as GPX, and shows how to level a vehicle for camping.“My concept became a reality!”
- Tracks bike rides with GPS, showing speed, distance, and an odometer that reminds when the chain needs oiling, with all data kept on the phone.“I built an app with no server, no ads, no purchases and no account. Here's what that cost me.”
- StepSafe Kids — Provides a GPS tracking device for children who wander, aimed at a lower monthly cost than existing options.“I built a GPS tracker for disabled children from a dream”