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Sports Tracker – For any precisely measurable activity [App Review]
July 19, 2011 | by Ben Crawford
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Recently, I’ve tracked a few of my workouts with Sports Tracker, and it’s about the best workout logger that I’ve used. I typically use My Tracks, and have been using CardioTrainer Pro since it was free on the Amazon App Store, but Sports Tracker could be my favorite of the three. It combines an excellent GPS tracking system with sharing options, friends, and a very pretty user interface.
Sports Tracker is comparable to My Tracks and CardioTrainer in its scope. It tracks your workout – whether that be walking, cycling, running, paddling, rowing, skiing, hiking, or a number of other activities. It calculates time, distance, altitude, and “energy” (which I think is calories, but this didn’t match-up perfectly with CardioTrainer’s calorie counter).
Similar to other apps, Sports Tracker sets itself apart in its ease of use and a nifty friends feature. The UI for Sports Tracker looks great, is easy to navigate, and shows any information you need with just a click or two. Users can share their workouts on Twitter and Facebook or with any friends that also has the Sports Tracker app itself. You can compete with these friends or see random people’s workouts and pictures from your surrounding area.
Sports Tracker is specifically better than CardioTrainer at sheer preciseness. While I recorded 3.8 miles walking with CardioTrainer, I would record 4.1 miles with My Tracks and Sports Tracker. I’d always disliked CardioTrainer for this reason, but I liked the calories counter so I used it. I can say that I’m switching to Sports Tracker for this reason. My Tracks is a little less user friendly and doesn’t count your calories, but is great for measuring distances and altitude. Sports Tracker was just as precise as My Tracks with distance, elevation, and min/max speeds, but with a much better UI, and the ability to auto-pause workouts and play music. I couldn’t test this option, but Sports Tracker does come with a heart-rate monitor option if you have one to use with it.
The only option lacking from Sports Tracker (and the only thing that makes me hesitant to quit My Tracks) is the ability to upload to Google Docs. It does have its own system, which is very good, for saving your workouts which you can check online.
Sports Tracker can play music, be used as a lock-screen during workouts, counts calories, helps users make workout friends, and, most importantly, has a very precise GPS. It combines the best of My Tracks and CardioTrainer in a nice, free application. If you’re going to use just one app to record and monitor your workouts, Sports Tracker is the best way to go.
App: Sports Tracker
Cost: Free
Developer: Sports Tracking Technologies Ltd.
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I have been a fan of Sports Tracker since it was available for S60. I think they were the first to provide heart rate tracking with a bluetooth belt which came with the Nokia N79 Active.
One thing missing from the Android (and iPhone) version are the Open Street Maps. Especially for outdoor activities like mountain biking, they are much more useful than the google maps which are only good for cars.
Interesting. Are the Open Street Maps made by users or are they put together by the makers of Sports Tracker? I don't mountain bike, but I would love cycling maps. My Tracks seems to get a lot of input from users which can make it conveniently localized.
Open Street Map are created by the users, like wikipedia. See http://www.openstreetmap.org/ and http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Main_Page
The nice thing is that I can add the trails I discovered on OSM and they will be there next time I need them.
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Ive been using Endomondo for a while now and love it, its got every feature I need.
even gives you a map image of where you have run. and sharing options. havnt tried sports tracker so i cant compare but maybe other can.
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I switched from Sports Tracker to Endomondo after switching from Symbian to Android and didn't like it as much. The UI isn't as pretty and there are a couple of features it was missing – like taking photos during your run/cycle and have them appear on your workout log online. I've now switched back to ST.
There's just one thing that irritates me about ST after using Endomondo and that's the number of taps it takes to start and stop tracking. Endomondo was ready to go as soon as you launched the app. ST takes three taps to start tracking. And at the end after tapping "Stop", Endomondo would automatically upload. ST requires another two taps after this.
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