Geofences (reminders)

Status: in testing. The feature is available but is going through final QA.

What it is

A geofence is a "virtual perimeter" around a task's site. When you enter this perimeter and stay there (45 seconds by default), the app sends a push notification: you are near the task.

The notification lets you quickly:

• Open the task card.
• Snooze the reminder.

Turning it on

Off by default. To turn it on:

1. Settings → Tracking → Nearby task reminders — switch the toggle.
2. The app asks for background location access ("Allow all the time").
3. Geofences do not work without this permission.

Pinning a site to a task

For a geofence to trigger, the task needs a point (a site):

1. Open the task card.
2. Tap Pin location.
3. A crosshair appears on the map — move the map so that the crosshair is over the site you need.
4. Set the radius (50–1000 m).
5. Tap Save.

Address suggestion from the task

If your organization already keeps the site address in the tracker task (in a separate field), the app can suggest the pin center automatically — you do not have to look for the site on the map by hand for every task.

The feature is supported in all these connectors: Redmine, Yandex Tracker, Bitrix24, OpenProject (and Kaiten — experimental). How to create the field and find its ID or key in each tracker is described in Custom task fields.

How to set it up

1. Create a text custom field in the tracker (a "String" / "Text" type).
2. In the app: Settings → Integrations → your tracker → Address field ID / Address field key — enter the field ID (Redmine / OpenProject) or the field key (Yandex Tracker / Bitrix24).

What happens when you pin

When you tap Pin location for a task that has no geofence yet, the app reads the address field and pre-fills the pin center:

• If the field holds ready-made coordinates in lat,lon format (latitude first, WGS-84, for example 55.7558,37.6173), the center is placed right at them.
• If the field holds a text address, the app converts it into coordinates (geocoding) and places the center there.
• No network, or the address is not recognized — the center stays at your current location (as usual), without errors.

The suggestion adds to the manual pin rather than replacing it: you always see the map and can adjust the center and radius before saving. The suggestion never overwrites an anchor you have already saved by hand.

The address is read from the task you are opening anyway — no new data is collected.

Auto-stop on leaving

Status: in testing.

The "auto-stop" sub-feature: when an active GPS session detects that you have left the site's perimeter, a countdown notification appears that lets you cancel the stop. If you do not cancel, the session ends automatically.

Turn it on: Settings → Tracking → Stop recording when I leave.

Requirements

• The "Location → Allow all the time" permission.
• Battery optimization turned off (otherwise background monitoring is unreliable).
• On devices without Google Play Services (Huawei/AOSP), the feature may be unreliable.