Meet Kinetic: GPS activities with friends

I’ve been working on Kinetic, an app for recording and sharing running, cycling and hiking activities. It tracks a route in the background, even when your screen is locked, and brings route planning and activity sharing together.

Kinetic is designed for more than recording a line on a map. You can plan routes for different activities, follow your progress, compare personal bests, set goals, and keep maps available offline. Friends can share activities, react and comment, or follow a live activity.

Privacy is an important part of the project. You choose who can see each activity, start and finish locations are hidden from other people, and photos have their location data removed. Kinetic’s privacy policy says that app analytics are optional. The project website separately uses GoatCounter for aggregate visit counts; its policy says this uses no cookies and does not store IP addresses.

Kinetic is currently in testing, and I’m looking for people to try it before the app store release. Android and Wear OS testers can join through the Google Play testing instructions; iPhone testers can request a TestFlight invitation.

Learn more about Kinetic at kinetic-1ac5a2.gitlab.io.