Road Rooster - Location Alarm
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About Road Rooster - Location Alarm
This version has been deprecated in favour of Road Rooster Pro. It has few major updates, along with some requested features. No No.. you are free to download and try.. it's just not being supported anymore. It used to work just fine, last time I checked ;-)
Road Rooster is a location based alarming system. When your location services are on, your exact location can be pinpointed with extreme accuracy. No no folks that does not means the app continuously checks for your location data. Rather it makes use of Google's fused location API to create a geofence around the destination. The radius provided as perimeter is the lowest bound for triggering an alarm. Whenever the devices comes within the range, Google's location service informs the same to the app. On receiving, the app triggers an alarm - letting you know that you have reached your destination.
Although the app has yielded good efficiency for smaller perimeters, it is suggested that the perimeters should be kept at higher value for expected outcomes. Because location updates are gps driven and how clear the reception will be, cannot be predicted for a journey. For the roosters to work correctly, you are requested to keep your location services turned on during the transit session. The app leaves no background services and hence does not eat up your battery. But tracking location itself is a battery effective procedure and hence can drain a little more juice out of your box. If you are a user who keeps location on throughout the hour, you won't be experiencing a difference.
Road Rooster is a location based alarming system. When your location services are on, your exact location can be pinpointed with extreme accuracy. No no folks that does not means the app continuously checks for your location data. Rather it makes use of Google's fused location API to create a geofence around the destination. The radius provided as perimeter is the lowest bound for triggering an alarm. Whenever the devices comes within the range, Google's location service informs the same to the app. On receiving, the app triggers an alarm - letting you know that you have reached your destination.
Although the app has yielded good efficiency for smaller perimeters, it is suggested that the perimeters should be kept at higher value for expected outcomes. Because location updates are gps driven and how clear the reception will be, cannot be predicted for a journey. For the roosters to work correctly, you are requested to keep your location services turned on during the transit session. The app leaves no background services and hence does not eat up your battery. But tracking location itself is a battery effective procedure and hence can drain a little more juice out of your box. If you are a user who keeps location on throughout the hour, you won't be experiencing a difference.
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App History & Updates
What's Changed
- Support for more devices [ I was not able to test it on actual devices with lower versions of Android. Make sure to have an updated version of Google Play Services and keep Location Mode to High accuracy (i.e gps + wifi + mobile network). Do let me know in the comments, if the app crashes even after that ]
- Rooster Alarming feature improved.
- Support for more devices [ I was not able to test it on actual devices with lower versions of Android. Make sure to have an updated version of Google Play Services and keep Location Mode to High accuracy (i.e gps + wifi + mobile network). Do let me know in the comments, if the app crashes even after that ]
- Rooster Alarming feature improved.
More downloads Road Rooster - Location Alarm reached 1 000 - 5 000 downloads
What are users saying about Road Rooster - Location Alarm
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EXCELLENT
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Need optionally vibration only for not disturbing others. Dragging the selected location far away from the wanted destination is quite annoying by zooming in and out and dragging again and again. Conveniently point to a new location to change the destination directly smartly would be much easy.
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Works perfectly in Denmark and automatically picking the bus/train stops from my search this is a must have app when commuting,. Even more its so simple, great work, please don't add Bell's and whistles to this app ...
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I don't see a way to add a note, to remind me of why I set the alarm in the first place.
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Works perfectly. Actually, saved my life in Italy... I never know which is nearest the bus stop of my home.
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Need to put in exact address seems. If I only know the cross streets or landmark, won't find it. Google geo rest api enhancement?
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Finally making good use of my morning ride on the El. Need to be able to change the alert sounds and vibrate option.
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Not Good, out of 10 only 2 times it alerts
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Need vibration alert nd be quick to update this app.
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No alerts.
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Crashing all the time
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Provide option to choose ringtone
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Awesome description.
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EXCELLENT
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Good app but it freezed every time it's activated & need to restart phone.
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Never failed me, works every time. great for getting a nap on the bus or train. Power consumption is quite low too.
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Works awesome.
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Very Accurate and perfect
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Good app for frequent travelers.
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A very usefull app,specially when you are travelling in a new city or some unknown place.Now never miss ur destination while travelling!!!!
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Quite usefull and comes handy in difficult situation. Thumbs up
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Loved this app. I am new in Bangalore and I keep missing my stop while travelling in bus. This has started saving my days.
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loved it, nothing but nice and useful...
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It's a great app!! Travelling to a new place becomes so easy!!! I love it!!!
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This is exactly the app I was looking for. Nice work.
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Serves the purpose effectively. Very helpful for new travellers at unknown places.
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This works. I had tried other apps but nothing compares to this.
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It's nyc..
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Its a very good aap
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Awsome app. Makes travelling in new place easier. :)
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A great idea that has been implemented beautifully. This app is something u must have in ur smart phone!
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I am new in Mumbai.. This is really useful to me ..
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Simple, awesome and works as mentioned. Loved it!
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A truelly usefull app indeed that alerts before reaching the place.
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Very handy app
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Really a useful app .
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Amazing app! It works better than expected.
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Awesome for Explorers!
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Awesome app
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No alerts.