EasyTrails GPS LITE is the LITE version of EasyTrails GPS, the complete GPS tracker app for your iPhone.
The perfect application for those who are passionate about OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES and TRAVELING, everybody who likes outdoor sports, and not only.
Are you going for a bike or motorcycle ride? Well, EasyTrails GPS will tell you how many miles you traveled, how much time you spent, how high you climbed and many other details. In real-time it will show you the course on a map, comparing it with downloaded tracks and points of interest.
You can import or share all tracks and waypoints, photos and ideas for new journeys with your friends.
Share where you are on Facebook and Twitter through your GPS position, and export your tracks in standard formats, so you can review them on Google Earth, SportTracks and TrailsRunner. Or simply upload them to online services like Garmin Connect, or many others.
It's possible to import tracks by e-mail or Safari (EasyTrails can handle GPX, KML/KMZ and ZIP file formats), or by wi-fi networks, using an improved and easy to use web-based sharing feature.
With the FULL version, you can also calculate routes and let EasyTrails guide you using the new navigation capabilities. You can also let it guide you through previously recorded tracks.
Additionally, EasyTrails GPS can communicate with navigators like Maps, Google Maps, TomTom or Waze (if installed) for more advanced guidance needs.
Load custom cartography, EasyTrails supports KMZ and MBTILES formats.
We added the ability to connect to compatible Bluetooth heart rate monitors (such as Polar H6 and H7 devices). Heart rate can be seen in real time from the dashboard.
With the 'Heart rate monitoring' in-app purchase:
heart rate data will be associated to GPS tracks
saved tracks will have an extra heart rate chart
heart rate data will be saved to HealthKit
Additionally, with the 'Colored tracks' in-app purchase, it will be possible to highlight heart rate data directly on the map screen of a recorded track.
OTHER FEATURES:
Support for many different map types
Support for different coordinate systems
Support for user-loaded offline cartography (KMZ and MBTILES)
Export tracks (single or multiple) in standard formats (GPX, KML/KMZ and CSV), with their associated waypoints and pictures
Import tracks (GPX and KML/KMZ)
Import waypoints (GPX and KML/KMZ)
Resume recording of tracks
Save waypoints with photos and descriptions
Navigate to a point of interest
Sharing via Facebook and Twitter
Follow a path/track
Navigate (distance / direction) towards any waypoint
Navigate (distance / direction) towards any track marker (start / pause / resume / end points)
Advanced Navigation to a waypoint using any navigation app you may have installed
Reviewers praise EasyTrails GPS Lite for accurate GPS tracking and distance measurements and for working on older iOS devices, with a clear data dashboard for outdoor use. However, repeated concerns center on the Lite version’s actual restrictions (time-limited/demo-like behavior) and misleading labeling. Users also report occasional GPS lock/search problems, especially indoors or in challenging environments, and occasional clunkiness in the route tracing. Overall, strong tracking accuracy and legacy-device support are tempered by Lite restrictions and sporadic startup GPS issues.
Pros
Accurate GPS tracking and distance measurements, often noted as more accurate than Fitbit.
Clear, engineer-style data dashboard with maps and charts for analyzing runs.
Cons
Lite version is time-limited and marketed as 'Lite' but behaves like a demo, leading to buyer confusion.
GPS/location reliability issues, including occasional difficulty acquiring signal and prompts to search outdoors.
Some users report clunky map tracing or lag in tracking movement.
Recent reviews
I prefer to run trails over roads. So, getting basic info like distance traveled and elevation changes really requires a GPS tracker. I chose this app because it's one of the few compatible with the older iPhone 5 (IOS v7) that I carry while running for music. It didn't give me any hassles maintaining GPS lock despite the rugged National Park terrain. The data, map, and charts tracked accurate. The info displays in an engineer style dashboard, which I like more than my fitbit hr data presentation. BTW, much more accurate distance tracking than my fitbit. I give it a low 4 star for doing a good job at basic GPS tracking, and legacy IOS compatibility. I might have rated higher, but it turns out this 'LITE' version is actually a 1-time use, 20 minute max DEMO. So, it didn't even track half of my run. LITE means a low-feature version of the full feature product, not 20 minute, 1-time use of the full feature product. Despite feeling a bit misled over the 'LITE' label, I like it enough to buy the full feature version. Hope that version doesn't have another unexpected limitation.
byNY*****, 2016-09-20
The email message didn't go through
byco*****, 2016-09-09
In spite of being in the SF Bay area with pretty good cell coverage, it never gets past the "searching location" screen. Looking for something better.