Members needed – help us evaluate smartphone apps?
January 28, 2012 in Features by Ross Del Duca
Do you carry an iPhone or an Android based smartphone? Would you be interested in evaluating some of the available ride/exercise tracking applications available on the market?
There have been many conversations regarding a comprehensive analysis of what’s available, but no one person has currently stepped up to do a side-by-side comparison. Now, however, I’m thinking a different strategy is in order. I’d like to gather a group of VeloReviews.com members together to try out one or more of these apps on their own phones and write and/or record their thoughts. If you’re up for the challenge, drop me a note and let’s get the ball rolling!
Hey Ross,
What type of apps are you looking at? Both my husband and I ride, altho at different skill levels. I use an I phone and his is an Andriod based. We are in Alabama and I work with the Alabama Bicycle Coalition (AlaBike).
Tracy Hale
I’m putting together a list. I’m looking for anything that can perform any of the functionality that you’d normally expect from a cycling computer including (but not limited to):
- Tracking speed
- Tracking mileage
- Calculating expected calorie burn
- Tracking routes (for later evaluation)
- Directions / route mapping (for when you are riding)
I have the following bike apps on my iPhone:
IMapMyRide
MotionX-GPS
BikeMateLite
Plus 3 Network
BikeBrain
Strava Cycling
Bike Quiver – this keeps info about your bikes instead of your rides
I could review Plus 3 Network or Strava although I am not a hardcore Strava user. Also I could do Bike Quiver. I haven’t used the others enough to say much.