I’m sorry to hear that. I’ve been using GNOME+Wayland on a few distros, including Fedora, OpenSUSE, and Arch, on at least 3 different computers, and I also use workspaces and keyboard shortcuts extensively: I’ve never encountered such problems. I remember warching a video on YouTube, by The Linux Experiment, where he criticized the GNOME experience on tablets, just to discover later that it was an Ubuntu issue, and that other distros would work well: maybe this is the case, too? Or maybe your computer has one of those older NVIDIA GPUs, which are infamous for working bad in Wayland due to driver issues.
I tried both the OwnTracks server and Dawarich, and had problems using them with my reverse proxy (Caddy), which I didn’t manage to fix. Eventually, I installed the Nextcloud app Phonetrack, and I’ve been using it for months with the OwnTracks client: it works fine, it can also export GPX files, which I can use to tag pictures shot with my camera, using Darktable. I recommend this solution if you are already using Nextcloud!