Recommend - Apps for route tracking, sharing routes.

Blind Danny Johnson
Blind Danny Johnson Posts: 372
edited July 2011 in MTB general
Hi,

I met someone on a ride the other day who recommended an app to me that charts your ride, and all the stats about your speed, distance etc, but I can't remember the name of it :roll:

He said you can upload your route for other people to check out and also download other people's too. Sounds pretty cool.

Can anyone recommend an app that does this sort of thing?

Thanks.

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  • clamps81
    clamps81 Posts: 315
    Sounds like Endomondo to me. It's most handy if you have a suitable protective thingy for your smartphone or GPS.
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  • mossychops
    mossychops Posts: 262
    Endomondo and CardioTrainer are 2 for Android. Both very good.
  • Blind Danny Johnson
    Blind Danny Johnson Posts: 372
    Endomondo! That was it!

    Thanks.
  • steelo
    steelo Posts: 542
    On my HTC I use an app called Runkeeper. As far as I know it operates in a very similar way to Endomondo. A biking friend of mine uses Endomondo and to be honest I prefer using Runkeeper. The interface is far more user-friendly and you can download everything to their website and then download GPX files etc. of your route.
    Specialized Rockhopper '07
    Trek Fuel EX8 '09
  • welshkev
    welshkev Posts: 9,690
    yeah endomondo is good because you can create a profile and share the routes with your mates :D
  • Mojo_666
    Mojo_666 Posts: 860
    Not sure how the others work but Endmondo updates the website in real time, which came in very handy when I lost my iPhone on a bike ride, I used my wife's iphone to locate mine. :o
    My 1 and only Bike
  • h34e0f
    h34e0f Posts: 370
    I use My Tracks for Android. It's Native which imo is better. Maps on GMaps and does everything the pay-to-use apps do.
  • Mojo_666
    Mojo_666 Posts: 860
    h34e0f wrote:
    I use My Tracks for Android. It's Native which imo is better. Maps on GMaps and does everything the pay-to-use apps do.

    Endomondo is free.
    My 1 and only Bike
  • bike-a-swan
    bike-a-swan Posts: 1,235
    Viewranger seems pretty good so far. It's about 1.50 I think, but you can try before you buy. You can cache free maps in the phone memory at home for navigation if you don't want to be downloading them over mobile, or pay for OS downloads.

    I've tested the tracker on a very woody ride and it seemed to do a good job of keeping track. It also has an online tracker thing that updates your position on a website every so often so family members (or other riders with the app) or whatnot can see where you are
    Rock Lobster 853, Trek 1200 and a very old, tired and loved Apollo Javelin.
  • pat mcgucken
    pat mcgucken Posts: 126
    if you have an iphone then "motiongpx" is really good. You log your route and can send it to friends to view on Google Earth or maps. They can also install your route on their phone and follow it.
  • p44cmb
    p44cmb Posts: 124
    I use Runkeeper as my App of choice for tracking my rides.
  • benpinnick
    benpinnick Posts: 4,148
    My personal favourite is Trails. for what its worth.
    A Flock of Birds
    + some other bikes.
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,667
    As always I chuck in Sports Tracker into the mix also (now on iPhone and Android, as well as Nokia as it was originally).

    They all do similar things really, and many let you export the track files and you can import these into other web sites as well as their own.

    Just note that GPS on most phones is not entirely accurate and can be out by 10s if not a 100 meters at times, but they're great for getting the route.

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