IGCDroid for Android is a flight tracker application that I started using last year as a back up flight logger. IGCDroid is available through the Google Play store. Once you have configured the application, all you need to do is slide the Log Switch to the right to start logging.

At the end of the day after all of your flying is done, just slide the Log Switch back to the left to stop logging. An IGC file will have been generated for each flight that you did during the day.

IGCDroid has some features that I have not made use of and have no experience with:

1) Real time position reporting via GlidePort.aero or SkyLines.aero. Your device must have a dataplan and you must have an account with either GlidePort or Skylines to make use of this feature.

2) Customizable email notifications. Emails can be sent when you takeoff, every 30 minutes of flight and when you land. Your device must have a dataplan and email set up.

3) IGC log file sent via email after landing. Your device must have a dataplan and email set up.

IGCDroid comes with a decent Quick Start Guide which provides you the information needed to make use of these features. The Quick Start Guide can be accessed by selecting the main menu button (3 vertical dots) in the upper right hand corner of the application's screen.

The one failing I noted in the documentation and the application is that the actual location of the generated IGC file is not listed. The application will show the IGC file name but won't let you know where the file is located. The file location is required if you wish to use WiFi and upload the file directly to the OLC from your device.

Being as my Android device doesn't have a dataplan and isn't set up to do email, I went digging through the Android file system and found the location for the IGC files. The IGC files for IGCDroid are located in /Android/data/com.ajw.igcdroid/files/flights. Over the course of last season, I successfully uploaded several IGC files directly from my Android device to the OLC via the club's WiFi.

I like using this application as a back up flight logger as I can turn it on when I get to the field, put my phone in my pocket or fanny pack and forget about it for the rest of the day. If the primary logger has problems or if I manage to drive off without uploading the flight, I have the back up to fall back on.