@riversidebryan Cyclist here. I am using the free version of Strava. Of course it wants me to upgrade, but I stubbornly ignore those please. The nice thing about Strava is the range of sports/activities it supports.
@riversidebryan I'm using PUMATrac. You can get the map, the distance, the avg pace, calories burned, duration and stats by split, i.e. pace and elevation at every km/mile
If you want there are some guided runs available and plenty of other workouts
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I've been using the free version of Runkeeper for years.
Will track distance, time, pace, elevation and map your run as well.
Have to carry your phone around but it works for me. #running
@riversidebryan I really do enjoy (free version) Gaia GPS for hiking and route planning. I use COTREX much more often but that's a state run Colorado only app.
I'm super not tech savvy but I am good at reading maps and I've found them to be quite accurate compared to others on the market.
@riversidebryan Given the "least tech savvy" part, I think I'd recommend "Google Fit" or alike. You don't need to do anything. It will try to guess when you're biking or running or whatever and automatically track those activities.
Concur. Short of buying a dedicated fitness tracker, Android+Fit is your lowest effort option. Primary problem I have with fit is that, because I'm not wearingy phone, steps accrued just moving about (getting up for glad of water or a snack, getting up to go to the bathroom, etc.) don't get captured. When you have both tracking things, it really illustrates how much small movements one makes in a day (difference between what watch and phone detect).
Neither is great for bike cardio: when I got Achilles tendonitis and had to switch from treadmill to stationary bike, I lost about 3000 steps/day.
@davrod yes, I don't have the other gadgets like watch and ring. And always carry my phone with me.
I think I looked at Strava, but I'll go look again. Thanks!
#Strava is pretty good, but #privacy invading and costs for extra features.
#GoogleFit is free, but less powerful and privacy invading
There are some good options on F-Droid.org though, but they store data on your phone and not in a cloud, and they're graphically a bit more clunky. Currently I'm using Google Fit for my #running
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