Introduction

PhoneTrack uses your phone's GPS to log journeys as you drive, and automatically determines periods of travel and time stopped.

Within PhoneTrack, these periods are referred to as Journey Legs and Journey Stops, and there is the means to tag them with additional details.

The main purpose of tags is to record information which can either be presented in reports or used as a filter: e.g. all business or private travel, distance and time travelling to a particular customer etc.

Journey Leg Tags

For journey legs there are five optional tags which can be set by selecting:

1. Type: Designed to indicate the nature or purpose, such as travel to or from work etc.
2. Use: Mainly to indicate business or private use of the vehicle
3. Distance Rate: A chargeable rate based on distance
4. Time Rate: A chargeable rate based on travel time
5. Notes: For any other details

Journey Stop Tags

For journey stops there are three tags:

1. Type: Designed to indicate the nature or purpose, such as a customer visit etc.
2. Time Rate: A chargeable rate based on time stopped
3. Notes: For any other details

As a shortcut, there are two slider controls on the home screen so that the most commonly used tags can be quickly changed

Slide left or right as required.

To change the tag assigned to a slider, touch and hold it to bring up the menu of choices. Alternatively, this can be done in settings.

Start Recording

To start recording, press the button:

If GPS is disabled, PhoneTrack will prompt for confirmation that it should be enabled. If confirmed, the corresponding system settings page is displayed, where Use GPS satellites should be checked.

PhoneTrack may also prompt for installation of the Text-To-Speech engine. This is used to provide a level of confidence that recording is active without the need for a distracting visual indication. If not needed, this can be switched off or altered.

Mark Arrival or Stop Recording

To stop recording, press either stop above, or the button:

PhoneTrack will prompt for confirmation to protect against inadvertent selection.

Travel Review

The history of travel can be reviewed by selecting:

Daily Summary

A summary report of the journeys for a particular day.

This provides totals for distance travelled, time travelling and time stopped. In addition, there are total charges if any rate tags have been selected.

Manual journey leg or stop entry

Journey legs and stops can be entered manually by choosing:

A form will be displayed which should be completed before pressing Save.

Note that this is a premium feature available only to online subscribers or those who have purchased PhoneTrack Professional.

Expense Entry

Expenses are entered by choosing:

A form will be displayed which should be completed before pressing Save.

Journey Review and Edit

This page is arranged as a hierarchy of folder tabs which can be opened and closed by touching or clicking on them.

1. Month
2. Days
3. Journey Legs and Stops

Tags and notes for journey legs and stops can be reviewed and edited as required.

A long press will bring up a menu of options including a premium feature to delete, combine and insert legs and stops.

The track of a journey leg can be displayed on a map from the journey leg details box.

Places

By default, PhoneTrack tags the endpoints of journeys with an address provided by the Google look-up service.

However, there is the ability to have a list of known places which will override this with a more informative tag.

Upload and Record Management

PhoneTrack is designed for use with the JourneyLog online storage and report service.