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Not accurate
So, I don’t usually do reviews but since I’ve had such a difficult time with knowing the distance that I walk, I thought I’d share my experience with whoever is reading this.
So, I started power walking the same paths daily. I noticed about a month ago that the faster I would walk the same exact path, it would record less the amount of distance. I was noticing walking about 2 miles that I would get 1.6, 1.85, 2.2 and so on. I kinda didn’t think to much in to it. However on Monday (today is Wednesday) I forgot to turn my walking app until approx .5 mile in and my total distance was 3.08 The following day (Tuesday) I turned it on right as I hopped out of my car. My total distance that day was 2.88 miles, a lot less then mondays distance. So, I downloaded run keeper and today it came out to 3.4miles and proves that this app is not accurate for some reason.
Maybe they need to update it because it should go by gps. Other then that I think the set up of the app is wonderful. It’s easy to use and haven’t had any issues having it run in the background as I play music, get on the internet, or text. Good app, just not accurate and I will be using run keeper from now on.Show lesskieranicole3
Great free App for running
Before I found out they had a running app, I have been using this one for my runs and it works amazing. It tell you your pace throughout the whole run, your fastest/slowest pace, elevation, mileage, maps, and many more things by use of lists and charts. Easy to use and super helpful!Aeyesome
Love this app!
This app is very easy to use, quite intuitive. It keeps an incredible amount of data which you can easily review within the app but it is also easy to export data to a spreadsheet. And it syncs with a number of other apps I use. I highly recommend Walkmeter.Jim_NK1S
Accuracy Problem
After the last update my app is no longer accurate. I’ve been walking the same route/area in my neighborhood for years and now the app tells me I walked 4 miles in 30 minutes. Today it said I walked 2.7 miles in 30 minutes. I walk fast but not that fast. My average in the past has been a 15 min mile, so I walk 2 miles in 30 minutes. Is anyone else having this problem?Show lessNo Nickname needed 9
The core of my workouts
In December 2017, I received a heart rate monitor as a gift, and decided to upgrade the app to the full paid mode, to take full advantage of the app. I happy I did. Integration of the heart rate monitor was the key feature I wanted, the announcement system was the biggest and best surprise.
The app does everything I could want, it tracks my hikes, records the miles, the climbs, my heart rate and feeds all the data back to me, it graphs, maps and charts.
I’ve tried a number of apps to follow my progress, from free to the fancy paid apps. None really work as well or provided the data I wanted.
The best feature I didn’t know I wanted is the voiced announcements, my phone tell me my heart rate every ten minutes and related information and every 1/2 tells my my distance and a few other keep pieces of data. This little feature is cool. While hiking I have the announcement come from the phone’s speaker, I keep in my camelpak (I don’t listen to music on the trails), while jogging it comes in over my Bluetooth headphones.Show lessNoCanSurf
Annoying app
I moved over to this app from Cyclemeter. The other app by this company,. Cycle meter started recording twice the mileage that I walked,so I look for a walking app. I found this one by the same company and tried it. It records twice the mileage of my walking. I work on a known 1/2 mile course and the app shows 1 mile for each loop. When I run both apps simultaneously they record the correct distance but separately each one records twice the distance. I’m using an iPhone X with the latest updates. Please fix thisShow lessJimInWhitePlains
Good, but could use some improvements
I paid for the Elite level of this app for one main reason - to be able to start and stop the timer from my Apple Watch. And of course to be able to glance at the elapsed time while walking. Starting and stopping the app from my watch works about 75% of the time, but there are too many times I have to pull my phone out. I make sure to open the app on my phone before I leave the house, but sometimes it still tells me to open it. Also, sometimes the info doesn’t transfer correctly to the Health and Activity apps.
Otherwise, the app has way more info than I probably need, but I like seeing the distance, time, and map of each walk. So if there was better communication between the watch app and iPhone app I would give it 5 stars.Show lessannie_g
Walkmeter is Awesome
I love Walkmeter! My wife & I walk every morning and Walkmeter is our companion, keeping us on our pace and reporting the results. Even better, I had an issue seeing the app on my iPhone after upgrading to a new iPhone X and Support was incredible, even though we do not subscribe to their Elite enhancement. It is an amazing program and the developer, Advio, is most impressive!
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Beware of "indoors" setting!
This is a great app with myriad settings and features but I was burned recently when I inadvertently switched to indoors on my watch. The only functionality remaining was stopwatch! Support was prompt (see below) in helping me figure out why, but the controls could be clearer and grouped more appropriately. Otherwise - superb!
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The indoors setting is used when working out on a treadmill or indoor track where GPS is not available. In that case, you would need to also enabled step counting and measuring your distance from steps (rather than GPS). When you turn Indoors on in our iPhone app it will give you a warning that it is only intended for outdoor workouts.
Sorry that wasn't clearer when you selected it on your watch.Show lessmarkdj
Wonderful for walkers/runners. Great app
I'm really happy. I started using as a walker;
Now I use as a runner. I get great data and the app is very sophisticated - it keeps track of stop times which is a great feature. The only thing I wish it had was a library of walk/runs for different areas. But I've now been a happy user for nearly three years as a paying elite member and though I've tried others I'm loyal to this. Great features. Great implementation. Also great and fast customer support whenever I’ve had a question or issue.Show lessdaschles
