Dawarich vs Reitti
Reitti is a self-hosted location tracking application built in Java, licensed under AGPL-3.0 like Dawarich. It focuses on a clean daily timeline with visit and trip detection, and offers location sharing between users — including across separate Reitti instances.
This page compares Dawarich with Reitti to help you understand the differences and choose the best option for your needs. Both projects are actively developed — this comparison reflects each project's documentation and releases as of July 2026. If something is out of date, tell us and we'll fix it.
Legend
- ✅ Fully supported - Feature is available and well-implemented
- ⚠️ Partially supported - Feature exists but with limitations
- ❌ Not supported - Feature is not available
Feature Comparison
| Feature | Dawarich | Reitti |
|---|---|---|
| Licensing & Hosting | ||
| Open source license | ✅ AGPL-3.0 | ✅ AGPL-3.0 |
| Self-hosted | ✅ | ✅ |
| Managed cloud option | ✅ Dawarich Cloud | ❌ |
| Location Tracking | ||
| Own native mobile apps | ✅ iOS & Android | ❌ (web app only) |
| Built-in tracking, no extra apps | ✅ | ❌ (requires a third-party tracker) |
| OwnTracks / Overland / GPSLogger support | ✅ | ✅ |
| Home Assistant support | ✅ | ✅ |
| Multiple devices per user | ✅ | ✅ |
| Timeline & Analysis | ||
| Visit & place detection | ✅ | ✅ |
| Transport mode detection | ✅ | ✅ |
| Statistics dashboard | ✅ | ⚠️ (basic statistics) |
| Yearly / monthly digests | ✅ | ❌ |
| Trip creation with photos | ✅ | ❌ |
| GPS point correction tools | ⚠️ (point editing on the map) | ✅ (interactive workbench) |
| Sharing & Family | ||
| Live location share links | ✅ (phrase-protected, revocable, respects privacy zones) | ✅ (magic links for temporary access) |
| Sharing across instances (federation) | ❌ | ✅ |
| Trip / track share links | ✅ | ❌ |
| Shareable monthly stats | ✅ | ❌ |
| Family live location + history | ✅ | ⚠️ (user-to-user sharing) |
| Privacy zones | ✅ | ❌ |
| Data Import/Export | ||
| Google Takeout import (all formats) | ✅ | ✅ |
| GPX / GeoJSON import | ✅ | ✅ |
| KML / FIT import | ✅ | ❌ |
| Full data export (no lock-in) | ✅ GPX, GeoJSON, account archive | ⚠️ (GPX) |
| Integrations | ||
| Immich | ✅ | ✅ |
| PhotoPrism | ✅ | ❌ |
| OIDC / SSO | ✅ | ✅ |
| Technical | ||
| Resource footprint | ⚠️ (heavier: Rails + Sidekiq + Redis + PostGIS) | ⚠️ (moderate: JVM + Redis + PostGIS) |
| Community | ✅ 10k stars, 56 contributors | ⚠️ 2.3k stars, 17 contributors |
What Reitti Does Well
- Federation — sharing your location with users on other Reitti instances is a genuinely novel feature none of the alternatives offer.
- GPS workbench — an interactive tool for correcting bad GPS points.
- Same license philosophy — AGPL-3.0, so everything stays open source.
What Dawarich Adds
- Native iOS and Android apps with built-in tracking — no third-party tracker apps to configure. Install, sign in, and tracking works, including for non-technical family members.
- A managed Cloud option — if you ever stop wanting to run a server, your data can move to Dawarich Cloud (and back out again; exports are always open formats).
- Privacy zones — hide sensitive areas (home, work) from shared links and exports.
- Richer sharing — live location, individual trips, tracks, and monthly stats, each with its own expiring, revocable link.
- Trips, digests and deeper statistics — build trips from your points with photos, and get monthly/yearly recaps of your travels.
- PhotoPrism support in addition to Immich.
Pricing
| Plan | Dawarich | Reitti |
|---|---|---|
| Self-hosted | Free (open source) | Free (open source) |
| Cloud | €150/year or €18/month | N/A |
| Free trial | 7-day Cloud trial | N/A |
Migrating from Reitti
Export your data from Reitti as GPX and import it into Dawarich — imports are streamed and handle millions of points. The reverse works too: Dawarich exports your complete history in open formats, because your data should never be locked in.
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