DailyBeat

DailyBeat

Keep a local journal of your journeys, places and notes

sampathmannam Navigation Writing

Download (44 MB)

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Description

DailyBeat helps you remember your day with a journal stored on your Android phone. Capture journeys when you choose, add notes, review visits and turn your records into an editable daily draft. No account or cloud AI is required.

  • Personal, Field work and Police writing templates.
  • Optional background journey capture using Android location APIs, without Google Play Services.
  • Search notes, diaries and recorded places; name or hide stops and define private zones.
  • Create local drafts, review changes and preview PDF or weekly ZIP exports before sharing.
  • View routes with MapLibre and OpenStreetMap data. Download a separate Tamil Nadu street map for offline viewing, including local fonts and labels.
  • Pause and resume verified map downloads; use Wi-Fi by default and explicitly allow mobile data when needed.
  • Choose local retention, delete records, and use light or dark mode.

Online maps are enabled by default. Map providers can see your IP address and requested areas. Turn off Allow online maps under Settings, Capture & Places to use downloaded maps or a route-only preview. Manual Tamil Nadu downloads use GitHub even when online map viewing is off. Address lookup is separate and stays off unless configured.

Cloud drafting is optional and off by default. It sends selected journal text to the provider you configure; presets include proprietary services and a compatible endpoint can be used. Private zones and hidden stops filter outgoing sources, but you should review the sharing preview yourself. Device speech recognition may use a network service.

The F-Droid build contains no Google Play Services, advertising SDK or analytics SDK. It does not include the developer's managed cloud-backup configuration. Its Android location backend does not use Google's activity-transition sleep mechanism, so battery usage can differ from the Google-backed build.

Requires Android 8 or newer. Background capture depends on permissions and device power settings. DailyBeat is not an attendance verifier, navigation system, emergency tool or evidence-custody system. Tamil Nadu offline maps provide basemaps, not offline address search or turn-by-turn navigation.

What’s new (4.3.9)

GPS capture detects stalled providers and retries when usable points stop arriving.
Recovery uses a short high-accuracy attempt with a cooldown, while respecting privacy pauses and GPS-off settings.
A private local diagnostic reports gaps across saved days without coordinates or diary text.
Offline town lookup allocates less memory. Existing history stays intact; missing route points cannot be reconstructed.

Anti-features

Properties of this app that are worth knowing about before installing.

  • NonFreeNet
  • TetheredNet
  • Tracking

Versions

Version Date Size Requires Android Download
4.3.9 current
51ea74e3122fdfb1…
 2026-10-16 44 MB API 26

Permissions

What the app asks the system for. Android only grants sensitive access after you confirm it.

  • Internet accessSend and receive data over the internet.
  • MicrophoneRecord audio.
  • Precise locationDetermine the location via GPS.
  • Approximate locationDetermine the location via the network.
  • Location in backgroundDetermine the location while the app is not open.
  • Foreground serviceKeep running in the background, visible in the status bar.
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_LOCATION
  • FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC
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  • NotificationsShow notifications.
  • Run at startupStart automatically after the device is switched on.
  • Network stateCheck whether and how the device is connected.
  • Wi-Fi stateRead information about the Wi-Fi connection.
  • Prevent sleepingKeep the device from going to sleep.
  • app.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

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