There are countless iPhone applications that deal with mapping your location, getting directions, or planning a route. Despite all the options out there, however, almost all of them have one key feature in common: they are forward-looking. They help plan a route in your future, but rarely do they care about a route you’ve travelled in the past.
A comprehensive new iPhone app — titled “Last Night…?” — attempts to change this by closely monitoring a user’s every location and movement. When operating, the app carefully tracks the user’s exact location – to within a margin of 10 meters. If the user moves from that location, the app tracks accordingly. It further notes the speed and the time during which any motion occurs. The app, then, is constantly vigilant: although it goes into “pause mode” (to save battery) if no movement has taken place for 10 minutes, it will immediately turn on again once the user changes his location. The end result is a detailed map and route of a person’s every movement.
The app has numerous uses. First, as its name implies, it can help people retrace their steps after an evening that you can’t quite remember. Regardless of whether you were drinking alcohol, reading web hosting reviews, sitting at home or travelling to the store, you can tune into the app the next day and see exactly where you were at different times during the night.
The app is also helpful for those who are travelling even further from home. If you are on vacation or in a new city, for example, the app can track your sightseeing route and provide you with a detailed breakdown of the ground you’ve covered that day. It also, of course, can show you a map and an up-to-the-minute location if you ever do get lost.
Finally, the app can also be of use to runners and joggers who want to be able to map out their route, distance, and pace. Parts of a run can also be broken down into segments, meaning that someone doing an interval workout can get automatic splits without having to start and stop their watch.
The “Last Night…?” app costs $2 and was created by Zombie Processus Inc. You can download it for the iPhone, iPod, and iPad at the Apple App Store.
how this app is better / more valuable if compared to standard work out apps like runkeeper, strava cycling, nike+GPS, sportstracker, motionX-GPS, etc. – each tracking / recording your exact movements, speed etc.?
hi hadrian,
i’ve been using this app for a couple of months now, and i noticed it recorded my position (and my speed) every minute on a map, after turning it on of course
moreover i love the fact that you can choose between imperial or metric units system. it also saves your battery when you’re not moving.
i’ve chosen last night because i’ve read good reviews on different websites, and for its (cheap) price.
hope this was helpful !
All the apps you mentionned are sports app. The one Simon described is more varied in the way you can use it. It’s apparently aimed for people who just visit a city or go to parties but I guess you could also use it for sports.
I had a quick look at the apps you mentionned and they all seem to require some kind of signup plus I don’t know if they would display a map directly within the app like “Last Night”. My guess is Last Night is more straightforward (download the app, set it on and go).