Super Motivation!
I wanted to take a minute and review this app after using it for years. The app itself is stable and reliable and I have taken for granted how easy and convenient it is to stay in contact with my friends and family on our 'walks.' The pictures and postcards are fun and it is quite motivational to have this tracking my steps throughout the year. I also have a lovely collection of medals to remember the various finished courses. If you are trying to get more active or to find a non-social media way to connect to friends over a distance, I highly recommend this app. It is also wonderful contributing (even in a small way) towards cleaning up plastic from the oceans and planting trees.
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A fun way to get in your miles
I’ve enjoyed picking challenges and watching my progress throughout. It was a fun way to increase my weekly mileage.
Pay them for you to exercise?
First, I guess it's a nice gimmick, receiving a metal medal which is mass produced and sent to you after you complete a challenge. OK, it's a nice feat and a nice prize. However, these medals are made in and shipped from China. You're paying anywhere from 30-60 dollars for something that most likely cost a few dollars to make in China. Then you have to wait almost a month for the medal to get to you. I really feel cheated here. Pay in advance, do the walking or running or whatever exercise you do, feel good about yourself, forget all about the chunk of metal until it arrives a month later, feel cheated because of the reality you paid 50 dollars for something that cost a couple dollars to make, and they used the slowest shipping method available to send it to you as it takes a month. When I sent stuff from Thailand to the States it took about a week. A month is just crazy. Oh well. I did two challenges and I think I'm done. It's just not worth it to me. I exercise anyways so at least I win. If I want a piece of metal for my efforts I can make one cheaper than this outfits sells.
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Nice but, a matter of settings
Should be more “intelligent” in connecting and reading from other apps, as it duplicates readings. 🤷🏻
Disappointed
Down side:
I have found Google Maps satellite more satisfying to navigate than the paths shown in these challenges. And Middle-earth offered not a single image or nod to anything Middle-earth.
Buying the bundles has been extremely confusing.
It would be nice ahead of time to know the route so that I can go back and revisit them at a later time (and maybe even visit in real life…)
Upside: I sure hope the medals are worth the $40+ dollars I spent, and the one thing that keeps me motivated is knowing trees are being planted.
I have found Google Maps satellite more satisfying to navigate than the paths shown in these challenges. And Middle-earth offered not a single image or nod to anything Middle-earth.
Buying the bundles has been extremely confusing.
It would be nice ahead of time to know the route so that I can go back and revisit them at a later time (and maybe even visit in real life…)
Upside: I sure hope the medals are worth the $40+ dollars I spent, and the one thing that keeps me motivated is knowing trees are being planted.
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