Because Play Store is the "voluntary donation" option.

I have no problem with FOSS having a monetary cost. Devs have to eat too. The dev on Google Play store does seem to be on the core team for the app. (https://github.com/OpenTracksApp) I would hope the money is going to the project and not just that one guy but I don't see anything transparent about it. That being said it would really not be hard for any of that team to notice that the app is on the g play store and for money with that person's name attached to it. So it's most likely on the up and up.

Edit: Other people have noted that the play store version is essentially the donate to project option. I need more coffee since I didn't find that link lol

It is great to see support for the devs here though!

Nothing wrong with that? Loads of devs do that and point to fdroid for a free alternative. Just view it as a donation for the devs work.

In the Fdroid page there is a link to the google play store version next to their donate button so they're using it as a way to make it easier to donate to them.

I'm also a FitoTrack user (for running). I prefer the UI and the way data is displayed, but you're right that they're both really good options. I've used both simultaneously to compare features and accuracy and the main difference for me was just the aesthetics.

I just pull my open tracks data into a spreadsheet and sum, average it in there. But my analysis needs are very basic.

Nextcloud maps is my go-to. Or Fittrackee.

My goal is to try and cover the map with various tracks I hike.

Interesting. I like renovating forgotten projects. What can you say are the issues with it?

There is https://www.goldencheetah.org/

It's mostly for cycling, not too user friendly, not well documented, but very powerful once you figure out how to use it.

https://runalyze.com

There are some such as D3.js, and some Python libraries such as Plotly, Bokeh, Matplotlib, etc but I've not used them. Another source may be free analytics apps. But it may also be worth seeing if you can't import your data to something like Samsung Health as the upload does also strip out most normal metadata that an actual app is reading the whole time. Otherwise this app may be an alternative too with some built-in analytics at https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.tadris.fitness/.

No, it does not have this feature, it is very privacy focused so it seems unlikely it would have a feature where tracking individuals is needed.

They did not mention iOS. I suspect, although they exclude Google Services, it is hooking into some other dependencies. Their Githib project drills into more details on specific Bluetooth LE devices supported.

The primary function of the app is to record a GPS activity with your phone. If you already have a GPS watch and like using it, I don't see the point in using both. And I'm not sure about Coros, but Garmin at least give you the option to manually download your GPS traces directly from the watch without using their web services if you're concerned about privacy.

If you use osmand for navigation you can use that to view your tracks, too.