Apple Health
A recording can go into Apple Health as a workout, so it counts in Fitness and shows there with its map. It is a choice each time; the GPX file is saved either way.
Save a recording
Section titled “Save a recording”- On the summary, turn on Save to Apple Health before you tap Save. Geo Tracker remembers the switch, and a Finish from the Lock Screen, the Dynamic Island, the Watch or the reminder saves to Health too when it was last left on.
- Later, touch and hold the track in Tracks and choose Save to Apple Health.
The first time, iOS asks for permission: Geo Tracker writes workouts and workout routes, and reads only the workouts it saved itself, for the check below. A pink heart on the row in Tracks marks a track that is in Health.
What is written
Section titled “What is written”A workout of the track’s type (walking, hiking, running, cycling, or other) with its start and end, the distance, each pause as a pause and resume, the climb (from the barometer when the recording had one, otherwise from the heights in the file), and the route, from the points the iPhone placed within 50 m. Fitness shows it with the map like a workout from the Watch.
One workout per track. Each workout carries a fingerprint of the track’s points, so saving the same track twice does nothing but say This track is already in Apple Health., and renaming a track does not break the link. A track without times (a planned route from another app) cannot be a workout.
Remove it
Section titled “Remove it”Touch and hold the track in Tracks and choose Remove from Apple Health. The workout, its route and its distance go; the GPX file stays. Deleting a track in Geo Tracker does not touch Health.
From a locked phone
Section titled “From a locked phone”Health takes nothing while the iPhone is locked and cannot ask for permission in the background. A save that comes from a Finish on the Lock Screen, or while the app is not in front, waits and is done the next time Geo Tracker is open and the phone unlocked. If it fails then, an alert says Saved, but not to Apple Health with the reason.
If it is refused
Section titled “If it is refused”| Message | What to do |
|---|---|
| Geo Tracker is not allowed to save workouts. | Open the Health app, tap your picture, then Apps and Geo Tracker, and turn on Workouts and Workout Routes. |
| This track has no times, so it cannot be a workout. | Only a recorded track, with a time on each point, can be a workout. |
| This track is already in Apple Health. | Nothing: it was saved before. The heart on the row shows it. |
| Apple Health is not available on this device. | Health runs on iPhone only; an iPad has none. |