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I use OwnTracks on its most aggressive mode "significant change" and it doesn't even have 1% on iOS under "Battery usage".

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This is the least aggressive mode per the docs http://owntracks.org/features/location/

Oops, you're right!

FYI your link is a 404

Weird bug in safari. Share url gives me the link above, but selecting the url bar gives me the correct link https://owntracks.org/booklet/features/location/

Arguably a bug in the site: Safari uses the "canonical location" (if available) when sharing links, which e.g. shares the real URL when sharing an AMP link.

This particular site's canonical location tag seems to be wrong:

    <link rel="canonical" href="http://owntracks.org/features/location/" />

I’m going to have to check that out, I’m using Traccar and it’s using 5-7% and only gives me a location point every 200 seconds. How often does your location update?

I was corrected by someone else, it's based on "signifigant" change, so when I am stationary it doesn't ping a lot, and days where I am very active it pings a lot.

I've been walking a lot today, so it has created around 100 pings around Copenhagen over the span of a few hours, and it still haven't used 1% battery on my iPhone 13 Mini.

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