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Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by tokioyoyo on Sunday June 29, 2025 @05:56PM (#44416831)
I wrote a simple app last year that put all my Apple Watch workout routes on a simple map, so I can see how much of the city I’ve covered (all existing options were paid, and I was too cheap for it). Now I have some time, so rewriting it properly that’s based on neighbourhood, completion %s, achievements and etc. It’s weirdly fun, because I’m not a mobile engineer, but satisfying to see hundreds of users per month using my app.

Also, every region has different ways of representing a “neighbourhood”, so I get to learn how to extract viable data from each city. Lots of map stuff, I’m genuinely enjoying it!

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by this-pony on Sunday June 29, 2025 @06:19PM (#44417061)
Did you look at the squadrats app? It’s compatible with strava also. It sounds quite similar to what you describe.
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by tokioyoyo on Sunday June 29, 2025 @06:36PM (#44417219)
Not Squadrats, but I've checked out some others, like CityStrides. There were a few problems though:

- It felt like what I wanted to achieve is pretty simple (GPS coordinates -> display all on the same map), so didn't want to subscribe for a monthly fee. I couldn't actually find an app that would dump all my HealthKit data directly onto the map, which was surprising.

- Last year when I wrote my app, I wanted to see how fast I can learn simple mobile development loop

- Now, I couldn't really find anything that divides the coverage areas into real-world neighbourhoods. So, think of West Village of NYC, or Yorkville in Toronto, or Yoyogi in Shibuya and etc. Back when I used to live in Vancouver, I would look at my own app, and kinda say in my head "aight, I've walked through every street in West End, Vancouver". Figured it would be cool to have a proper way of tracking it. So working on it currently.

- It's kinda fun to work on an app for my own needs

I'll take a look at the squadrats though! Looks pretty cool.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by hucklebuckle on Monday June 30, 2025 @12:04PM (#44424870)
Is your app on TestFlight?
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by KomoD on Sunday June 29, 2025 @06:36PM (#44417216)
There's wandrer.earth as well, though it's based on roads, not neighborhoods or squares
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by nicbou on Sunday June 29, 2025 @06:04PM (#44416923)
This sounds wonderful. Do you have some writeup about it or screenshots?
Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by tokioyoyo on Sunday June 29, 2025 @06:49PM (#44417327)
Hm, the new version is very rough right now, as I've been focusing on API/Data side of things. But generally the idea is something like these: - https://uc792df8aab8345f71952cc54569.previews.dropboxusercon...

- https://uceed957a657be57d7d53af97504.previews.dropboxusercon...

It felt good when I was able to figure out how to generate all the neighbourhood data for any given city. A bunch of fun OSM data manipulation though.

If you meant the app that I wrote last year, it's here - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mapcut/id6478268682. The idea is much simpler though, as I mentioned.

Re:Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) by WA on Thursday July 03, 2025 @09:56AM (#44455143)
HealthFit is pretty good, one-time fee, shows interesting heatmaps on all of your Apple Health workouts: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/healthfit/id1202650514