Love it or hate it, but for years, Google Timeline has been my go-to for keeping a record of all my travels. Even if I forget to switch on the GPX logger, my phone is always by my side, keeping track of where I am. But it comes with some trade-offs. Google’s new policies around Timeline data are tenuous at best. While it’s nice that Google is switching Timeline storage from the cloud to a phone-first role, it comes with some limitations. Unless you manually back it up, only the most recent 90 days are stored by default. Years of location history will simply vanish if you forget to enable backups or if you forget to switch off auto-delete or change it from the default 90-day setting, you’re on an, ahem, timeline before the data gets deleted. Moreover, even with backups switched on, the data is still entirely reliant on the company’s servers and will keep the service around. I needed something with a bit more control.