Good GPS & mile counter on iPhone?

Angellore
Angellore Posts: 519 Member
edited September 28 in Fitness and Exercise
I hope what I'm asking here makes sense. I would like to be able to map my walks on my iPhone using the GPS so that I can see how many miles i've walked then work out my speed. Does such a thing exsist? So it works out where i'm walking as I go, and tells me the miles at the end? I can work out the other stuff, so that doesn't matter. I know I can plan my walk afterwards to work it out, which is fine with road walking, but when I'm hiking in the country it's not so easy!

Any suggestions please?

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  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Cardiotrainer! It's free and completely awesome for running, walking and cycling. It seems to be pretty accurate on calorie burn if you keep your settings up to date, and like MFP has an online equivalent. It gives you time, distance, speed, average speed, steps, metres climbed and tracks your route on a map so you don't get lost if you take a new route. There's a graph of your speed over time too so you can see how you progress during the course of it. I use it nearly every day!

    When you get your calories burned it tells you what you can eat. Sadly, this is usually in the form of fruit and veg rather than pizza!
  • iStace2000
    iStace2000 Posts: 42
    I use RunKeeper on Iphone. It does exactly what you want; log your route, distance, speed, calories burnt and it even has a coaching option too. And it's free!
  • gdr1976
    gdr1976 Posts: 460 Member
    I like the runkeeper app. Pretty accurate.
  • Elle408
    Elle408 Posts: 500 Member
    I use Nikegps+ for runs, but I guess it would work with walks too! I really really like it.
    I also have mapmyfitness which I do use for walks and has always been fairly accurate I believe. I prefer the Nike one for how it stores your past walks etc. But the mapmyfitness one is still pretty good!

    I find it invaluable now, all those walks that I'd logged as "2mph slow pace" were actually 3.5mph and I was wildly underestimating my speed! I also find if helps keep my speed up, if I find I'm starting to drop below 3mph I pick it up a bit!
  • Miss_Sissy
    Miss_Sissy Posts: 27 Member
    I use pedometer (free version).. It tracs your steps, distance (I think you can chose miles or kilometers). It also tells your calories, How many minutes, Speed, and Avg speed for whole trip. I have checked out a few but I love this one so far. This one has a shoe on the icon...

    There is also a Pedometer Free with GPS
  • eaglemonster
    eaglemonster Posts: 156 Member
    Was using sporty pal but have just moved over to endomondo, nice calendar based app on the web and super easy to use on the phone.
    http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/user/1478338
  • theMightyAnt
    theMightyAnt Posts: 75
    I have used both Runkeeper and Nike+, both are similar in terms of performance and both seem to cut corners and underestimate my runs.
    Beacause of this what I end up using (though not automated is gmaps pedometer when I get home)
    http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/
  • Rae9911
    Rae9911 Posts: 200 Member
    I use the pedometer pro and is only £1.79 on iTunes, the best one I have used and I have tried a few of the free ones before deciding to buy the one I have. You can do your laps and save it all and it shows you the maps plus you can log you weight, waist & chest measurements plus it also tells you the speed you walked and the calories you have burned. It suits me perfectly for what I want.
  • jennmoore3
    jennmoore3 Posts: 1,013 Member
    I love run keeper, and nike +GPS. The difference between, is Nike has a section where they show your speed on your route. Both were free, so download them and see what you like better!
  • Angellore
    Angellore Posts: 519 Member
    Thank you. I'll have a good look when I get home and download a couple of the free ones to start with :)
  • swaymyway
    swaymyway Posts: 428 Member
    Another recommendation for RunKeeper here :)
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