Best fitness app

Sarah Tobias

Hello

I am looking for advice on a fitness app to use, for what I want I assume a subscription will be necessary but ok with that

Functionality I'm looking for is as follows:

- interval training (e.g. it will beep or something to tell me to go from running to brisk walking)
- some way of gauging speeds e.g. I enter I want a target speed of 12km/h and it lets me know (again by beeping or something) that I am at or above that speed
- tracks calories burned reasonably accurately

Or is the case that a FitBit band or something may be a better bet?

Thanks in Advance for the advice

Krusty_Clown

Better off with an entry level GPS watch (e.g. the Garmin Forerunner 2xx series). Skip the subscription-based apps and the Fitbit band.

average_runner

I have the forerunner 220. 4 years old this November, best garmin I ever bought, previously had 205 and 410.

_Tombstone_

average_runner wrote: »

I have the forerunner 220. 4 years old this November, best garmin I ever bought, previously had 205 and 410.

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/11/garmin-forerunner-depth-review.html

Review of it^^. I actually have 1 but I prefer phone/strava, not being able to find individual mile times put me off it at beginning, looking through connect app now I still can't, must read review. I don't really run much anymore, mostly do insanity vids now. Think they're better in long run for me. Nice to go out of a good day but they're rare. You'd imagine insanity would make running easier but it doesnt.

RayCun

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

not being able to find individual mile times

??

if you have the watch set up to autolap every mile, garmin connect will show you your time for each mile
https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/1337764015

average_runner

_Tombstone_ wrote: »

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/11/garmin-forerunner-depth-review.html

Review of it^^. I actually have 1 but I prefer phone/strava, not being able to find individual mile times put me off it at beginning, looking through connect app now I still can't, must read review. I don't really run much anymore, mostly do insanity vids now. Think they're better in long run for me. Nice to go out of a good day but they're rare. You'd imagine insanity would make running easier but it doesnt.

Just use the autolap counter and you see your mile splits as you do it and looking back

uvox

Decent review of running apps here: http://www.runningshoesguru.com/content/top-10-running-apps-for-iphone/

YMMV