Evaluating alternative iOS apps

Nervousnet - nervousnet/nervousnet-iOS

Implements some sensors and it's own data gathering procedure. Provides (or claims to provide) P2P data sharing features to clients which is definitely something we don't need. I couldn't see the code for these features though.

Code is being re-written in Swift 2 so there should be hiccups since it has not been deployed like older version.

Sensors

• Battery information
• Location information
• Visible Beacon
• Gyroscope, Acclerometer and Magnetometer

Configuration:

Data gathering and sharing configuration is controlled by user inside application.

Deployment:

They are using Test Flight for testing among real users as appears by their beta invite mailing list name (nervousnet-ios-testflight-users).

The older version is on App Store, so there is hope!

Open Sensing - OpenSensing/ios-opensensing

Collector iOS application and sensor library (separate directories on same repository), uploading to HTTP endpoint. Project is a thesis work for a master's student at DTU.

Sensors (called probes)

• Motion Gyroscope, Accelerometer and Magnetometer.
• Step Counter using CoreMotion API.
• Positioning for significant changes in location.
• Battery Information
• Device Information
• Proximity Sensor proximity to device screen.

Configuration

Fetches configuration from endpoint specified. Configuration is formatted as similar to this JSON file

Deployment

No specific mention of deployment or distribution methods in the documentation.