Proximity Tracker

S01E05 — "The main quest: don't leave your camera at the café."

TL;DR Pin any device. Get an alert the moment it drops out of range. 30-second grace period before the alarm fires. Works while the app is in the foreground.

The problem it solves

You're on a shoot. You have a DJI drone, an Insta360, a lav mic, a tripod. You pack up in a hurry. Three blocks later — did you leave something?

NearTrace's tracker would have told you the moment your Insta360 stopped advertising. Before you were out of range. While you could still turn around.

How to pin a device

1. Start a scan — let the device appear in the list
2. Tap the ⭐ star icon on the device row, or open the device detail and tap Pin this device
3. The device is now tracked — a banner appears when it drops out of range

Grace period

NearTrace waits 30 seconds after a device disappears before firing the alert. This prevents false positives from brief signal dropouts. If the device reappears within the grace period, no alert.

Notification

When a tracked device drops out of range, you get a notification: "[Device name] is no longer in range." Tap it to jump directly to the device detail.

Grant notifications

The tracker alert requires the Notification permission. If you skipped it during onboarding, NearTrace will ask again when you pin your first device.

Current limitations

• Foreground only — the tracker monitors while NearTrace is running. Background monitoring (app in background, screen off) is on the v1.1 roadmap (#14).
• Global grace period — all tracked devices share the same 30-second window. Per-device grace periods are v1.1 (#15).