anyone use Endomondo for tracking exercise?

I'm wondering the same thing. I have Zephyr on the way. At least according to what I have read, they supposedly added the feature to the website and will have it on the android app soon (I'm guessing that when you upload your workout to the website it will adjust the calorie count based on the HR added to the equation). Let's hope so.

I used to use Endomondo but I much prefer SportyPal Pro. I haven't noticed any difference in the calorie burn estimate however....

Endomondo doesn't take effort into calculating calories - how can it? It just calculates based on a basic formula using your age, weight and how fast you were moving for how long. So that means you know you've burned more than those 255 calories so you can think of those as extra added calories burnt A heartrate monitor will certainly help you with a more accurate calorie count. I wish I could help you with that info but I don't own one. I would do my research before buying one - some are more accurate than others and they are all pretty pricey so you don't want to get stuck with one that doesn't work for you! Good luck :drinker:

I use it but with the Polar HRM. I love the app and the web interface, but I couldn't tell you if it is accurate on the calorie burn or not. The numbers I get seem to vary. Last week my typical bike commute was 300+ calories. This week it is 500+. Also, the numbers are almost identical on the way in and back, but there is significantly more uphill on the way home....

I also have a Highgear wrist watch/chest strap HRM and a Garmin bike GPS w/o a HRM that both estimate caloric expenditures. They all show different calorie burns, so who knows what the "truth" is.

You can take a look if you would like. This day my phone died and I uploaded the data from my GPS to show the completed rout. Maybe next time I will upload two complete routs as a comparison.

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/qPH0UbB4SRs

Maybe I will buy a Body Media device next, or I'll go see a shrink about my addiction to gadgets.

I suggest you have a look at Azdaks blog on here. He has an excellent article on choosing and setting up an HRM

I have been using Endomondo for my distance-based exercises for a few months now. I just got a WahooFitness HRM (chest strap) and I can verify that Endomondo does use the heart rate to give a more accurate calorie burn. It also includes it on the graphs. Works very well!

I use Endomondo and I have a Polar FT4 HRM. I couldn't get the bluetooth transmitter from my HRM chest strap to communicate with my phone (I think it's my phone and not Endomondo), but when I read up on it, it only displays your heart rate on the screen for you to see whilst you are running / walking / cycling. It doesn't take it into account for calorie burns.

My biggest beef with Endomondo is the conflict on the calories burned it gives if you choose "Cycling, transport" instead of "Cycling, sport". I pick the transport option when I commute to and from work and the calories burnt are almost half that if you choose the sport option. And that's even with the same speed etc, I'm not quite sure why, it's crazy. In any case I use Endomondo to track my routes and speeds and HRM for calories burned

Hope that helps

I use Endomondo with a Polar Wearlink HRM, the difference with a HRM vs without are not substantial, over a larger workout it does come to a bit though. If I use Endomondo to track my daily cycle commute without a HRM , just with GPS, then it tracks 100kcal, if I do it with a HRM it tracks 111kcal, so it's out by 11% in this case.

The issue I have with Endomondo is that it does not know all of my excercises and the calory count changes substantially depending on what you choose.

Is MFP estimate high or low do you think?

What I have read, formulas for calculating walking and running calories are fairly accurate (these are based on weight and distance travelled) I have tried heart rate monitor but they give me very high calorie burnt figures and I really cant believe it. I use Endomondo and my belief is that the reading of Endomondo or MFP are fairly accurate. Endomondo is helpful in calculating total distance walked and you have reasonable good figures to enter into MFP.

Is MFP estimate high or low do you think?

According to my HRM, it's high.

By how much?

I'll qualify this for you after this evenings workout if I remember.

I've been using endomondo for a while now and just came on here looking for an answer to my question...if endomondo is more accurate than MFP? Endomondo tracks elevation, which can make a huge difference in burn..

Anyway when I biked today in hilly terrain, endomondo said I burned 20% more calories than MfP.

Walking is slightly higher as well....so I was just curious if endomondo is indeed calculating the effort it takes to go up and down a few hundred feet.

From reading the responses earlier about MFP estimating a higher burn, I'm going with yes....endomondo can calculate terrain into the mix.

I've been using it for a while, and endomondo consistently gives me higher calorie burn numbers, too. At this point I basically use it for the time/distance calculation but go with what MFP says for the calories. Since I'm trying to lose weight rather than replace those calories for training purposes, I think it's preferable to stick with the more conservative numbers.

Regarding the altitude, I seriously doubt that's what's making the difference. I live in Chicago, which is mostly glacier-scraped prairie except for a few ridges and bluffs and railroad viaducts here and there, rarely more than a hundred or so feet of elevation change in the course of anything I do. Walking or biking, I usually get a 30-60% higher calorie number with endomondo.

Maybe "transport" is for flat roads and "sport" is for mountain biking or trail riding, not sure.