walking/mapping app

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  • poisonesse
    poisonesse Posts: 573 Member
    I did download and use MapMyFitness, yesterday and today... and if you set it for "Hike, general" you get pretty accurate mileage and times. BUT... I know the MapMy products now, so if we stop, I count to 10 to get the app to stop, then it will restart at the count of ten once we start moving again. It's pretty accurate, but I haven't worked out HOW exact it is, my hiking partner developed an abscess on her leg, so we're taking different routes, away from water (which she goes into to cool off). But so far, it seems to be working the best out of the MapMy line.

    And an update on Bartal, it only tracks by TIME! I experimented with it, doing a little HIIT. Walked the first mile and put in a 17.5 MPH mile. Second mile, I walked and then fast walked for 2 minutes, rinse and repeat for the entire second mile. Time came in at 15.8 MPH... and it told me I had burned LESS calories than on the first mile. For the third mile, I jogged 1/4 mile, walked 1/4 mile, rinse and repeat for the third mile. Bartal cut my calorie burn in half of what it gave me for the first mile. So it tracks your speed, tracks your time (it's the most accurate of the bunch so far on time) BUT it doesn't give credit for faster movement... running burns less calories than walking because you get there faster! ROFL Add that to the fact that it won't run in the background... answer a text or a phone message, or try to take a pic, and the app stops without saving your workout, and you have to manually restart. SMH

    The perfect app is out there, I just know it! lol
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    Spencerport wrote: »
    Have you tried deleting MapMyWalk from your phone? I'd recommend deleting the app, restart the phone, then download the app again. I had to do this with MapMyFitness a couple of months ago as it started behaving exactly like your issue. By deleting the app, restarting the phone, reinstalling the app seemed to fix my problem.

    Me too!
    As my IT manager always says, "try turning it totally rebooting first"
  • AyameShimitsu
    AyameShimitsu Posts: 25 Member
    If you’re willing to spend money, I recommend Zombies, Run! App. It’s fun and gives you a storyline where you are the main character. There are five or six seasons now and it keeps track of your stats as well as play your music in between the story parts. It’s the only app I use for running or walking. As I hate it, this app gives me a reason to go out and do it. Not sure how much the app is now, but I know there’s a low price one and your able to unlock missions for free every week in stead of spending more money and unlocking them all at once. They also have interval training, 5k and 10k races and virtual races.
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    MMR was accurately measuring my calorie burns but also adding an extra 200km to every run. And then calculating my speed based on the time spent running. So for instance 213km in an (accurate) 60 mins. Giving me a speed of say 22 secs per km... ✈️
  • sdanemrtn
    sdanemrtn Posts: 187 Member
    I have switched from Map My Walk to Runtastic. I love it and it hasn't crashed on me since the switch.
  • poisonesse
    poisonesse Posts: 573 Member
    YES GrumpyHead, that's exactly what MMW does! Zombies, Run! sounds fun, but I need something that maps where I've been, so I can use it to find my way out when I go into the wetlands and off trail. (With two dogs, that's rather often. lol They're on leash, but they lead the way.) Runtastic? Hmm, I'll have to check that one out, hoping it maps? I don't need a preset map, I need it to map where I've been. ;) OH, and yes, I tried uninstall/reinstall, that's an auto fail safe with Android! :D
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    poisonesse wrote: »
    YES GrumpyHead, that's exactly what MMW does! Zombies, Run! sounds fun, but I need something that maps where I've been, so I can use it to find my way out when I go into the wetlands and off trail. (With two dogs, that's rather often. lol They're on leash, but they lead the way.) Runtastic? Hmm, I'll have to check that one out, hoping it maps? I don't need a preset map, I need it to map where I've been. ;) OH, and yes, I tried uninstall/reinstall, that's an auto fail safe with Android! :D

    I ended up uninstalling and reinstalling (I guess that’s the mobile equivalent of switching it off and back on again). Seem to fix the problem - my last run was a nice accurate 5km parkrun.
  • mph323
    mph323 Posts: 3,565 Member
    Update with experiments with MMW. I found that if I hold the phone in my hand or carry it in an armband it tracks accurately and pauses appropriately. If I carry it in my back pocket it pauses randomly and doesn't track accurately. No idea why - and I checked it against the MapMyFitness app and it does the same. No idea why, but I use it for my walks again, just carrying it.
  • poisonesse
    poisonesse Posts: 573 Member
    I do carry mine quite often, and it still stops and starts at random, often stopping/starting 10 or more times in one minute. I'm still looking for that perfect app, MMF does work better than MMW... so far. But it does the same stopping and starting, it's just accurate for total mileage.
  • colorfulcoquette
    colorfulcoquette Posts: 94 Member
    mph323 wrote: »
    Update with experiments with MMW. I found that if I hold the phone in my hand or carry it in an armband it tracks accurately and pauses appropriately. If I carry it in my back pocket it pauses randomly and doesn't track accurately. No idea why - and I checked it against the MapMyFitness app and it does the same. No idea why, but I use it for my walks again, just carrying it.

    Just curious - which way is the phone facing when you carry it in your back pocket? I've seen times where if I have the screen facing toward me in a side pocket on my workout leggings there can be some touch screen sensitivity. Maybe be what's going on with your particular issue, and if so, simply having your phone face away from you in your back pocket could be a solution.

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