iPhone - How do I pinpoint exactly what app is using Location-Based Alerts?

Location based alerts requires location services to be on.

So if you toggle on location based alerts, location services must also be turned on. Same for off. Turn off location based alerts, now there is no need for location services to be on, so it goes off.

Are you not able to see a listing of apps using location services at Settings > Privacy > Location Services?

I would expect you are asking for this usage by setting some sort of reminder or alert.

I don't see it as "something" that just lurks in the background. If there is no related reminder/alert, there should be no usage.

Do you have any alerts or reminders set up?

losdelrock wrote:

Under Privacy, Location Services, System Services, Location Based Alerts.

Aa soon as you enable it, location services comes on. Does not tell you what is using it.

Adrian.

I think your confusing Location Services and Location Based Alerts. Any app you've given permission to can be using location services. That's the indicator you're seeing in the status bar. There's no specific indicator for location based alerts, to the best of my knowledge.

I would think that location services must by design poll on some sort of schedule if not constantly on. It is one of the go-to things to turn off when having battery life issues. Wouldn't it's effectiveness be impacted though by only polling every XXX seconds? Then we would see threads here about how to adjust then timing of the polling.

If you Google iOS location services polling interval, you get discussions that sound like it's an app by app setting. The developers control the polling interval, not iOS, which merely provides the service on request.

If you haven't already, you can restrict each app's use of location services to "only when using this app"

Location services shouldn't be showing up in the status bar all the time. Some trouble shooting you can try: reset network settings. Settings>General>Reset>Reset Network Settings. Try deleting all the location based reminders you have in Reminders. Add them back.

It has always showed in my status bar all the time for years. You mean it shouldn't? It doesn't seem to do any harm; my battery life is excellent.

Lawrence Finch wrote:

It has always showed in my status bar all the time for years. You mean it shouldn't? It doesn't seem to do any harm; my battery life is excellent.

it's on most, though not all of the time, on my phone. Of course, I use a lot of apps that use location services. I don't actually pay much attention to it. It seems to be one of those things that bothers some people, though.