My test of Android-based Cycling Apps
01-04-18, 04:13 PM
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I tried the Wahoo a few months back. I liked it except for one deal-breaking issue: It didn't have an auto-pause feature. After several instances where I either forgot to pause it at a light, or (worse) forgot to unpause for several minutes after going again, I gave up and switched to Cyclemeter.
01-05-18, 08:36 AM
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Not sure about other apps, but Cyclemeter does that, too. You can customize it to verbally give you any data info you want and set it to give it to you every so many miles or at a certain time interval. I have mine set for every 5 miles.
I'm a beta tester for them so I'm partial to using their app, although I have tried just about every other iOS app on the market.
I'm a beta tester for them so I'm partial to using their app, although I have tried just about every other iOS app on the market.
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Cyclemeter offers very versatile voice prompts. I set it up to notify me of my current direction (because I have no natural sense of direction unless the sun is out or there's some other navigational aid), current speed, average speed, time ridden, etc. I didn't use any fitness monitors so I didn't use those voice prompts, but they should be available.
Cyclemeter can be set to speak this info in pretty much any order you choose, and at your choice of time intervals, distances intervals or both.
Regarding the compass direction, as with other info, it's not quite real time -- usually lags a second or two behind. On a few occasions Cyclemeter would tell me I was heading south when I'd just turned east or west. But it caught up again a moment later. That's typical of GPS -- it's not quite real time, usually a second or longer behind.
Cyclemeter can be set to speak this info in pretty much any order you choose, and at your choice of time intervals, distances intervals or both.
Regarding the compass direction, as with other info, it's not quite real time -- usually lags a second or two behind. On a few occasions Cyclemeter would tell me I was heading south when I'd just turned east or west. But it caught up again a moment later. That's typical of GPS -- it's not quite real time, usually a second or longer behind.
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I tried the Wahoo a few months back. I liked it except for one deal-breaking issue: It didn't have an auto-pause feature. After several instances where I either forgot to pause it at a light, or (worse) forgot to unpause for several minutes after going again, I gave up and switched to Cyclemeter.
We mostly use the heart rate monitors to try and keep in the same heart rate range. For instance we might agree to stay in Zone 2 for the first leg of a ride. The audible update provides confirmation we are staying in the right range so I can keep my eyes up most of the time and don't get too focused on the phone. We also like to look at the bar graph at the end of the ride and compare how much time we spent in in different colors. For instance a recovery ride should be all blue where intervals will have bands of yellow. It just helps with the feedback between us which is important on a tandem when you want to end up about equally tired at the end of a ride.
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Yeah, the lack of auto-pause/resume in the Android version of Wahoo Fitness is annoying. Although as @Stick69 noted, when uploaded to Strava speeds below a certain threshold appear to be ignored in calculating overall moving time and average speed. When I've used the Android version of Wahoo Fitness -- uploaded to Strava -- alongside Strava or other apps the end results are fairly comparable, despite the lack of auto-pause.
However the iPhone version of Wahoo Fitness does have auto-pause/resume and user adjustable thresholds for cycling, walking, running, etc. Not sure why it was omitted from the Android version. Perhaps Wahoo wasn't motivated to update a free app when their main business is selling fitness devices.
However the iPhone version of Wahoo Fitness does have auto-pause/resume and user adjustable thresholds for cycling, walking, running, etc. Not sure why it was omitted from the Android version. Perhaps Wahoo wasn't motivated to update a free app when their main business is selling fitness devices.
