SirGeraint Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I am curious what apps you all use while riding. I've watched some videos that have verbal announcements of speed and distance traveled. Are they phone apps? Or stand-alone GPS's?I have several extra Android phones laying around. So I am looking for some good apps to use.I was originally planning on just using "My Tracks" but that only records the path taken Next I thought about using "DailyRoads Voyager". It records video/audio/GPS (I think it will playback the path, but not overlayed on the video). But I am sure there are some better apps. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 Runtastic Road Bike is the one I use most, I even paid for the upgrade, but I am trying out Endomondo as the premium version is free for a year with my S5 and it works with my Pebble Time watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tilmann Posted August 8, 2015 Share Posted August 8, 2015 I use Open GPS Tracker and Pebble Bike, both on android and mostly for recording my tracks. While that works fine, I could not find any GPS based speed display reliable enough to dare driving my Msuper (MS) much beyond the 28 km/h beeping. As I am also not brave enough to look at my smartphone or a wired bike computer down at my wheel, the upper 10%-15% speed range of my monster wheel remain cowardly unexplored by me The first manufacturer to bundle a fast wheel with an accurate realtime speed display where I can see it (like smartwatch or goggle display) has me hooked... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Eucist Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I use Runtastic Mountain Bike on Android and paid also. Not sure what the difference is with the "Road Bike" version that @Gimlet uses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmethvin Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I use Google Tracks, sounds similar to Runtastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirGeraint Posted August 9, 2015 Author Share Posted August 9, 2015 Thanks, everyone. I am checking out those apps.If anyone else has any suggestions feel free to add them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpong Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 This summer I bought a Fitbit Pulse HR to track fitness and activity. It allows mapping of your activities via GPS inside the app and web app supplied with it. You can drill down to individual exercise sessions and see your pace, elevation changes, heart rate, etc. I have no idea if it is any better or worse than any other GPS tracker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I use Runtastic Mountain Bike on Android and paid also. Not sure what the difference is with the "Road Bike" version that @Gimlet uses.I'm not sure what the difference is either John. They look the same to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroy Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Started looking at 'LocaToWeb' because it can plot your ride on the web so others can observe you but I decided to look further as I'm not yet in the habit of paying for apps!In the end, I went with 'My Tracks' as it is a Google product & free!Certainly works OK & does what I want/need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag_Rip Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 in another thread I saw that http://www.dashware.net/ is now free, its a windows application to combine video with logged data from other sources. I have several ideas besides the EUC to use it (car track day for example), so what apps do you use to gather other data than GPS?I will take a look at the Google Tracking app (they should be pros in tracking people, right?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirGeraint Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 I will take a look at the Google Tracking app (they should be pros in tracking people, right?)They heard that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jag_Rip Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 damn, I'm so boned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyDee Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 damn, I'm so boned... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroy Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Although this isn't exactly what the thread was started for, I was playing around last night on both my phone & laptop and found this:In Google+, there is a location feature which can be used to track your movements - Google use both mobile phone masts & inbuilt phone GPS for various aspects of their applications. Within Google+, you can allow certain people to have access to this information, I haven't tried it yet but hope to by the end of the weekend.My thinking is that while we on here, love to be out riding our Eucs, we also have loved ones like wives, Mum's etc. who could be concerned for our where-abouts - by allowing your location info to be seen by certain authorised people only, this would give peace of mind to others & ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroy Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 OK, so I've finally found that the principle of the idea works. Connecting on Google+ & authorising the sharing of location data with specific people means they can monitor your progress. So far, I think I've found that it takes coordinates every 4 minutes when it knows you are moving, I don't yet know if this can be changed to be more frequent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gimlet Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 Here is a good comparison of the top three apps available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cg Posted September 6, 2015 Share Posted September 6, 2015 I am using mæp / maep for jollahttp://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1474745#post1474745It has a feature where it can display and save a track. The track is saved as a raw gpx file. This should allow the track to be imported into other mapping application.What I like about this software is It is free and open-source (free as in freedom, not referring to gratis)It doesn't send your data to the internetyou can choose between many different maps (11 different, among these, OpenStreetMap I and II, open cycleMap, Google Maps, Virtual Erarth (microsofts))It is easy to use using one hand with the included (+)/(-) buttons to zoom (besides pinch zoom) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbfrese Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Unfortunately, Google Tracks has been "deprecated." Enjoy it now, because it will no longer work after April 30, 2016. http://goo.gl/2wqaUx I've switched to "Geo Tracker." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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