map my walk and mfp

QueenE_
QueenE_ Posts: 522 Member
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I used the map my walk app and it said that this evening I walked 6 miles and burned over 1,000 calories. When I record it on mfp it says I burned almost 400 calories. Which would be more "accurate"?

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  • beautybrainsbirdsense
    beautybrainsbirdsense Posts: 3
    I had a similar experience, a large discrepancy between how Map My Walk and MFP calculate calories burned. I'd love it if the two would just sync!
  • chadraeder3
    chadraeder3 Posts: 279 Member
    I did a walk the other day using both Map my walk and a cheepo heart rate monitor and the difference was more then double.

    map my walk says 898 calories
    My heart rate monitor was 402
    MFP was close to the heart rate monitor but last night I did a walk and MFP was different then the HRM but not even close to the difference of map my walk.

    I trust the heart rate monitor more then the map my walk app. The map my walk was pretty good for distance but calories burned is way off.

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