The Android ecosystem is flooded with GPS and location apps, but finding a free one that genuinely handles saving spots, sharing coordinates, and importing/exporting standard geographic files is harder than it sounds. Today we're looking at My Location: GPS Maps, Share & Save Locations (package name: com.location.test, developed by Andev) — an app with real strengths on paper and a surprisingly mixed reputation among users.
By the numbers, the app has made a serious mark: over 10 million downloads on Google Play, roughly 69,000 reviews, and a rating hovering around 4.3 stars. The developer, Andev, is a Spanish company (FLASHCARDS WORLD SL.), and the app first launched back in June 2014 — meaning it has been iterated on for over a decade. This isn't a flash-in-the-pan experiment; it's a mature product with a long track record.
So what does it actually do? The core feature set breaks down into several practical areas:
- Saving locations and bookmarks: Save any spot with just two taps, complete with titles and descriptions;
- Geographic file import/export: Full support for KML, GPX, and GEOJSON formats;
- Real-time location sharing: Share your current position with friends and family;
- GPS coordinates: View the latitude and longitude of your current location;
- Track recording: Enable location tracking and review routes you've taken;
- Home screen widgets: One-tap saving of your current spot or quick navigation to favorites.
For hikers, cyclists, or anyone who needs to share coordinates with a team, the KML/GPX support is a genuine advantage — plenty of free competitors either skip file export entirely or lock it behind a paywall.
However, the real picture behind those star ratings is far messier.
Recent reviews point to two dominant complaints: aggressive advertising and limited sharing functionality. One user bluntly said ads pop up "no matter what you tap," while another joked that the ads made them forget which app they'd even opened. A separate reviewer noted that location sharing "only lasts 6 hours," which falls short of all-day tracking needs. Others found the sharing process unintuitive and eventually switched to Google Maps instead.
At the same time, plenty of long-term users have left positive reviews, praising it as genuinely useful for saving locations, especially within the Google services ecosystem. This polarizing feedback ultimately reflects one core problem: the underlying functionality is solid, but the monetization strategy seriously erodes the experience.
On the data security front, the app states that it does not share any data with third parties, encrypts data in transit, and allows users to request deletion of their data. For an app that continuously accesses location information, those claims are at least the baseline of compliance. Still, it does collect "personal info" type data, so users should think carefully before granting location permissions.
In short, if you need a straightforward offline coordinate-logging tool and can tolerate ads, the KML/GPX export alone makes it worth a try. But if you want a clean, smooth daily location experience — or reliable long-term location sharing — you may want to look elsewhere. With free tools, the cost often shows up between the taps.
