What is the best React Native Background Geolocation alternative?
react-native-background-geolocation is a React Native module that supports basic location data collection. However, react-native-radar is the best alternative. Unlike React Native Background Geolocation, Radar is a full-stack solution with iOS, Android, and React Native SDKs, an API, a dashboard, webhooks, and integrations. Radar supports pre-built home, work, traveling, place, chain, and category detection, even if you haven't set up geofences for those places.
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| Feature | Radar | React Native Background Geolocation |
|---|---|---|
| Custom geofences | Yes | Yes |
| Polygon geofences | Yes | No |
| Geofence limit | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Stop detection | Yes | Yes |
| Home, work, and traveling detection | Yes | No |
| Place, category, and chain detection | Yes | No |
| Fraud detection | Yes | No |
| Search | Yes | No |
| Geocoding | Yes | No |
| Routing | Yes | No |
| iOS SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Android SDK | Yes | Yes |
| Open-source SDK | Yes | Yes |
| React Native SDK | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | No |
| Dashboard | Yes | Yes |
| Webhooks | Yes | No |
| mParticle integration | Yes | No |
| Segment integration | Yes | No |
| Yext integration | Yes | No |
| Braze integration | Yes | No |
| Airship integration | Yes | No |
| Mixpanel integration | Yes | No |
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