Walk with Map My Walk+ app review: a friendly and easy-to-use tracking tool to motivate you to improve your activity levels

Introduction

Whether you are looking to lose weight via participating in cardiovascular activities, or you want to increase your activity levels gradually over a period of time, Walk with Map My Walk + is an iPhone and iPad app that will help you reach your fitness goals.

This app has been featured on the Dr. Oz show, showing the audience how to turn their iPhones into pedometers. It helps you track the route you have walked, pace yourself appropriately, see the amount of calories you have burned, the distance you've covered, and the time it took to do so.

This app costs $2.99, which is an upgrade from the basic and free Walk with Map My Walk app. For this price, you will have an ad-free experience and also get the new GPS camera feature integrated into Walk with Map My Walk. Let's take a look at all the features of this Plus app.

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Track Your Data

The first thing you need to know about Walk with Map My Walk+ - GPS Walking, Jogging, Running, Workout Tracking for Diet Weight Loss is that although walking is the highlighted activity, this app can be used just as well or other activities such as cycling, running, cross training, cross country skiing, weight lifting, trail runs, and much more, amounting to over 600 activities that can be tracked.

Before you start performing your activity, enter the information such as your personal details, fitness levels, and type of activity, and just get on with it. You will be able to keep track of your average, maximum, and current pace, the distance you have covered, calories you've burned, and much more.

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Assimilate Data Points To Assess Yourself

These details can also be synced with information on your heart rate, speed, cadence, and power sensors from other devices such as CycleOps, Wahoo, Polar, Garmin, and even the Magellan Echo smart sports watch to bring you a veritable smorgasbord of exercise data for us fitness nerds!

The GPS camera will map your route and help you navigate if you need it and you will also receive voice prompts that keep you updated on the progress you've made. This is fantastic because it's like having your own personal trainer, encouraging you by telling you how many miles you've covered, making it an incentivized task.

This app lets you track your consistency and improvements in any given course, notifying you when you break personal records. You can also brag about these records by posting them to Facebook or Twitter.

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Pros & Cons

Pros

• Tracks in the background so you can listen to music, take calls, and use any other feature of your phone, while still tracking
• Search the world’s largest database of cycling, running, walking routes

Cons

• Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life

Final Words

If you are serious about getting onto and sticking to a fitness regime, be it exercise-only or both diet and exercise, Walk with Map My Walk+ is a great tool that will let you combine your phone, music player, and fitness tracker all in one iPhone or iPad when you are out and about, giving you increased incentive and lots of data, ensuring success in your efforts.