intelligent mobile run AND walk tracking

Springerrr
Springerrr Posts: 44 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Is there an app out there which can deduce from your speed whether you are running or walking and assign calories accordingly? It could even be part of the settings (e.g. if I am going faster than 3.5 MPH, then I am running. If it is slower, then I am walking).

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  • Jthanmyfitnesspal
    Jthanmyfitnesspal Posts: 3,522 Member
    Google fit on any Android phone does that.
  • Purplebunnysarah
    Purplebunnysarah Posts: 3,252 Member
    Many of the Fitbit models do that.
  • aokoye
    aokoye Posts: 3,495 Member
    Probably any watch/tracker from Garmin, Fitbit, Polar, or Apple. Also I suspect the Strava's app would do so.
  • Springerrr
    Springerrr Posts: 44 Member
    aokoye wrote: »
    Probably any watch/tracker from Garmin, Fitbit, Polar, or Apple. Also I suspect the Strava's app would do so.

    Thank you. Not seeking to invest in any equipment other than my phone.
  • Springerrr
    Springerrr Posts: 44 Member
    Jthanmyfitnesspal wrote: »
    Google fit on any Android phone does that.

    Checked out the app. Suddenly no one likes the current version!
  • aokoye
    aokoye Posts: 3,495 Member
    Springerrr wrote: »
    aokoye wrote: »
    Probably any watch/tracker from Garmin, Fitbit, Polar, or Apple. Also I suspect the Strava's app would do so.

    Thank you. Not seeking to invest in any equipment other than my phone.

    Try out Strava.
  • Wen2Run
    Wen2Run Posts: 62 Member
    Springerrr wrote: »
    Is there an app out there which can deduce from your speed whether you are running or walking and assign calories accordingly? It could even be part of the settings (e.g. if I am going faster than 3.5 MPH, then I am running. If it is slower, then I am walking).

    You can also work on a quite simple 1 mile = 100 calories. This isn't precise but then again no activity tracker/heart rate monitor etc will ever give you a totally precise number of calories burnt.

    But it doesn't matter if you run a 4 minute mile or take 20 mins to walk it. You will have burnt roughly the same amount of calories.
  • sijomial
    sijomial Posts: 19,809 Member
    Wen2Run wrote: »
    Springerrr wrote: »
    Is there an app out there which can deduce from your speed whether you are running or walking and assign calories accordingly? It could even be part of the settings (e.g. if I am going faster than 3.5 MPH, then I am running. If it is slower, then I am walking).

    You can also work on a quite simple 1 mile = 100 calories. This isn't precise but then again no activity tracker/heart rate monitor etc will ever give you a totally precise number of calories burnt.

    But it doesn't matter if you run a 4 minute mile or take 20 mins to walk it. You will have burnt roughly the same amount of calories.

    Bold isn't true - calories per mile are roughly double if run rather than walked.
    (Running is twice as inefficient a movement as you waste energy bounding upwards.)

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