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Endomondo Sports Tracker app review: track your running, exercises and more

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Endomondo Sports Tracker

Price: Free


Endomondo Sports Tracker by Endomondo.com is designed to make getting fit more fun and connecting you with other like-minded people. It was recently updated to Version 8.2.1 on May 24, 2013 and is available in English, Danish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish.

 

User Experience

The interface on this app is bright and colorful and very easy to navigate. The display shows information related to your activities such the amount of time you have been running or exercising, the distance you have traveled, and your average heart rate. It also has a built in GPS function which helps to track your jogging routes and calculate the distances you have traveled.

There is also a huge online community at the ready to offer you advice, tips, tricks, and ideas on how to get yourself into shape and how to stay that way. This app connects you directly to that whole wealth of knowledge and a huge support base that will keep you motivated and energized. There is a complete news feed that features comments and posts by all of your associates on the Endomondo forum and you can write comments and leave posts for them as well as give them Peptalks and “like” their comments or posts.

 

Features

You can track any outdoor sport including the duration, distance, and speeds achieved during the event. You also get audio feed back during runs for every mile completed and you can track your average heart rate for the given exercise. There is a hardware requirement for the heart rate component that you can purchase separately.

The forum is accessible from within the app and provides you access to a vast amount of information and other resources. The built-in GPS can be used to track time and distance as well as create profiles for your friends to compete against that include the route you took, the time to complete the route, and other bits of information for your friends to try and best.

 

In-App Purchases

There are several in-app purchases including a subscription to the features of the app, the Step Counter, Graphs, Low Power Mode, and more. The price of these in-app purchases ranges from $0.99 to $19.99.

 

Update Info

Endomondo Sports Tracker was last updated to Version 8.2.1 on May 24, 2013 and included several bug fixes.

 

Customer Ratings and Feedback Comments

This app has been reviewed 31 times for the current version with a total number of reviews greater than 3000. The average score for this app was 4.5 stars out of five. Other than a few minor concerns from some of the users most people were very happy with the app's performance and function.

 

Personal comments by reviewer

I found this app to be very well-rounded with a lot of unique features and a nice clean layout. There is a subscription that you must purchase from within the app to get the full benefit but the cost is very reasonable and not a necessity.

 

Pros

  • Lots of features
  • Uses GPS tracking
  • Community Forums
  • Easy to use

 

Cons

  • Some features require a subscription
  • Extra hardware required for heart rate monitor

 

For: iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPad Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad 2 Wi-Fi + 3G, iPad Wi-Fi + 4G, iPad Wi-Fi + Cellular (4th generation) and iPad mini Wi-Fi + Cellular with iOS 5.0 or later. Endomondo Sports Tracker is optimized for iPhone 5.

Running, Walking and Biking with Endomondo

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Running, Walking and Biking with Endomondo

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Running, Walking and Biking with Endomondo

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