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Old 12-18-17 | 12:39 PM
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rachel120
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Really good Android apps

My own research is giving a lot of choices for android apps, but I can't tell if they really can work magic like they promise and do what I'm looking to do. And I don't want to download a bunch of apps to try out and eat my phone memory to just turn around and delete them. So, throwing the door open, what is everyone's favorite.

First thing I want is a reliable pedometer that not only counts your steps but can automatically tell if you are walking, running or bicycling and track distance of those activities. Right now I'm using LG Health. I ride the same route every day, I've measured the distance on Google maps, yet LG Health has my riding distance different every day, up to a mile wrong on some days.

I also want an accurate speedometer. Waze used to be good but now it's crazy inaccurate. Yesterday is a good example. I'm riding through a parking lot and Waze says I'm doing a piddling 6mph, which felt inaccurately slow. As soon as I stopped pedaling and started coasting it jumped to 12mph. The rest of the trip was the same. Pedaling at 7mph, coasting jumped it to 15mph. Pedaling at a ridiculous 1mph, coasting jumped it to 11mph. Pedaling steadily, it jumped between 3mph to 6mph back to 3mph then to 12mph.
(Before laughing at my pitiful speeds, when my bike is going downhill and being pulled by gravity the fastest it has gotten is 20mph. Anything 17mph or higher is faster than the pedaling mechanism can handle and moving the pedals causes a fast no-resistance spin of the pedals.)
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