Walking & cycling App.

[philo beddoe]

Happy new year to you all.
Can anyone recommend a simple walking & cycling App to use on my smartphone .

 

[Simon says...]

Strava…there is a free version or you can pay for more features…very good for tracking walks, runs and rides and sharing if you so wish!

 

[MichaelT]

Strava, Komoot.

 

[Andy MacD]

OS. We use it all the time in both UK and abroad. Excellent in plotting out walking routes in country and town, giving you directions and it prompts when you go off route. Lets you know distance and elevation. It is subscription but I feel well worth it.

 

[TrudeandDall]

For a free app, I use Komoot as the main one. It works well and is recreational activities biased as opposed to the (very) competitive nature of Strava.
But as #4, my go to mapping app is OS Maps.
All three can record your activity.

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[Chipster]

Having tried most over the years I've settled on O.S. maps now for most stuff. It works for planning, downloading, route making and navigation.

 

[Coolcats]

Having tried most over the years I've settled on O.S. maps now for most stuff. It works for planning, downloading, route making and navigation.

agree it’s the best of the best,

 

[lorger]

Komoot is good for seeing routes others have done in your area, saves you having to plan your own in a strange place. You just select the activity and search and hopefully loads of routes come up.

 

[Jays2]

I’ve used Guru maps pro for many years, I try to track all the different walks we do all over.

 

[clanjones]

As quite a few others have said Komoot. If you pay the one off subscription, after you have tried it, (you get one free area) which cost us about £30. You get world wide cover with free updates for life or at least we did!

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[pandas]

Strava, Komoot.

Naviki

 

[daveinspain]

We use Mapy.cz

 

[quentinsf]

I also tend to use OS Maps now; the modest subscription also allows me to print out A4 or A3 maps centred around specific areas I'm visiting, which is sometimes useful.

Another one of which I'm rather fond, and often the one I click on first, is UK Map - an iPhone/iPad app which was written by a friend of mine back in the early days of the iPhone and which he has diligently maintained ever since. The user interface is slightly eccentric by modern standards so it's worth reading the documentation, but it has some very nice features, like the fact that it includes a good old UK road-atlas-style map if you're zoomed out, and this doesn't require you to have any connectivity; something that can be quite useful on occasion! You can choose between a variety of maps, including both free and paid OS ones, and download them to the device. And you can have OS maps with the footpaths overlaid from OpenStreetMap - something I find often gives more useful and up-to-date information about where you can actually walk.

 

[treblid]

We use Komoot for biking and trekking mostly when we are abroad. Paid the lowest cost one off subscription when they had an offer. This gives updates and unlocks full navigation which is useful when we cycle.
OS Maps is the go to app for the UK but not any use in other countries. Komoot also gives us ideas for routes in the UK too.

 

[Guigsy]

Komoot is great for discovering and planning routes. And it's a pretty good nav too. Although I tend to send a planned route to my Garmin Edge cycle computer.

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[Scottish Scrutineer]

Happy new year to you all.
Can anyone recommend a simple walking & cycling App to use on my smartphone .

What are you wanting to do with it? Route planning/navigation, logging rides and associated metrics, journaling activities?

Strava is a very popular app, widely used and links to other health/activity apps. Fairly simple to use. Does have some route planning, but I use “Ride with GPS” for that

 

[Graydo]

Strava, komoot, trailforks.

Strava is my favourite, I find it very hard to navigate on my garmin 830 due to the size of the screen.

Graydo

P.s. it's also very good for remembering where you were on a particular date on holiday (as long as you recorded an activity).

 

[philo beddoe]

What are you wanting to do with it? Route planning/navigation, logging rides and associated metrics, journaling activities?

Strava is a very popular app, widely used and links to other health/activity apps. Fairly simple to use. Does have some route planning, but I use “Ride with GPS” for that

Just want a simple to use app so can see how far we have walked or cycled.

 

[Pablo19]

Just want a simple to use app so can see how far we have walked or cycled.

In that case Strava hands down the best for free. It's also strong on social media, you can give or receive kudos for activities and comment if that's your bag.

 

[TheMachMan]

We use Mapy.cz

They’ve just introduced a subscription level, but still a great App.

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[Steve N Tracy]

I have Kamoot and Strava but prefer MapyCz for simplicity.

 

[Neilh]

OS for uk mapping, accurate and detailed, Strava for tracking activities.

 

[philo beddoe]

Many thanks for all your replies.

 

[Langtoftlad]

No love for "Wikiloc" ???