Latest position, not history
The app says who sees your live position and for how long, shares only the latest point, and deletes it when you stop. An app that keeps a timeline of your movements should say why, and let you turn it off.
Navra practical guide / Reviewed 14 October 2026
Six checks.
Before any app gets your location.
Any GPS or convoy app asks for your precise location. Six checks you can do in a few minutes on any app, using the store's own data labels and the privacy policy, before you share where you are.
Why it matters
The one thing
you cannot take back
A route planner needs your position. A live convoy needs it every few seconds. That makes an off-road app one of the most sensitive things on your phone, more than most social apps, because it holds where you sleep, where you park and where your family drives at the weekend.
New off-road and tracking apps appear every month, and some are built fast by people who have never had to protect anyone's data. Most are not malicious. The problem is what gets forgotten: a database left open to the internet, a tracker added for analytics, a location history nobody meant to keep, no way to delete an account.
You do not need to be technical to check. Apple and Google publish a data label for every app, and every serious publisher posts a policy. The six checks below take a few minutes and work on any app, including Navra. Our own answers are on the Your data page, so you can hold us to the same standard.
What a good answer looks like
Four signs an app takes your location seriously
No advertising or tracking code
The store label shows no data used for advertising or tracking, and the policy names each company that receives data and the reason. "Partners" with no names is a warning sign.
A real publisher
A registered company, a working support channel, a named person and a date on the policy. Anonymous developer accounts can vanish, taking your data with them and your rights with it.
Delete means delete
Account deletion is inside the app or one email away, with a stated time limit. The stores require a deletion path; a good app makes it obvious.
Checking Navra
We built the page we would want to read
Navra's answers to all six checks are on one page: what is collected, who sees your position and for how long, where data is hosted, who the company is and how to delete everything. Compare it against our store labels and tell us if anything does not match.
- Latest position only, hidden after fifteen minutes
- No ads or third-party trackers in the app, no data sales
- Ventrax Digital, Dubai, with a support line
- Delete your account from Privacy Settings
The six checks
A few minutes on any app
Read the Google Play data safety card
On the Play listing, open Data safety and look at three things: whether location is collected or shared, whether any data is used for advertising or third-party analytics, and whether the publisher offers deletion. "Shared" means it goes to another company.
Read the App Store privacy label
On the App Store listing, open App Privacy. "Data Used to Track You" and "Data Linked to You" are the sections that matter. Precise Location under tracking is the red flag for an off-road app.
Search the policy for four words
Open the privacy policy and search for sell, advertis, partner and retain. A clear policy names every company that receives data and says how long location is kept. If the policy reads like a template with the company name pasted in, assume nothing in it has been checked.
Check who is behind it
Look for a registered company name, a support email that answers, a phone number and a named person. On Google Play, the developer card shows the legal entity and address. A product with real people behind it is one you can hold to account.
Check the sharing controls in the app
Before a drive, find the live sharing screen. You should see who can currently see you, be able to stop each share separately, and be able to join a convoy without automatically broadcasting. Background location should be a separate, explained permission.
Try to find the delete button
In the app, look for account deletion in settings. If it is only an email address, note the promised time limit. Then check that deleting the account is separate from cancelling a subscription, which always happens in your App Store or Google Play settings.
Straight answers
Frequently asked questions
Is it safe to share my live location in a convoy app?
It can be, when the app shares only your latest position with the people in that session, stops when you say so, and keeps no history. Check the store label for location shared with third parties and check the app for a per-share stop control before you go live.
Can an app see my location after I close it?
Only with the background or "Always" location permission, which the phone asks for separately. A good app explains which features need it, such as recording a trail or sharing with a convoy while your screen is locked, and the phone shows an indicator while it is in use.
What is the difference between data collected and data shared on Google Play?
Collected means the app sends the data to its own servers. Shared means the publisher passes it to another company. For an off-road app, location collected to run a convoy is normal; location shared with advertising or analytics companies is not.
Why do free apps collect so much data?
Some free apps are paid for by advertising, which needs data about you. Others are free because a paid tier pays for them, or because the company behind them earns its money elsewhere. The policy and the store label tell you which model you are looking at.
How do I delete my data from an app I no longer use?
Open the app and look for account deletion in settings. If it is not there, use the deletion link on the store listing or email the publisher; the stores require a deletion path. Uninstalling the app alone does not delete your account or your data on the server.
Does Navra pass these checks?
Our answers are on the Your data page: latest position only, no ads or third-party trackers in the app, no data sales, a registered Dubai company with a support line, and in-app deletion. Check them against our store labels and tell us if anything does not match.
Check us. Then check everyone else.
Download Navra for iPhone or Android, read the Your data page, and apply the same six checks to every app that asks where you are.