Tracking app to replace MyTracks

[fairyhedgehog]

I've been using MyTracks to track my rides on my Android phone but it's being withdrawn at the end of next month. What are the best alternatives for tracking where I've been and how fast?

 

[summerdays]

I use Strava, though I was initially put off using it by the idea that it was for racing/fast cyclists. And at the end of the year it sends me a little summary of what I did that year.

 

[Tiny01]

Yep Strava for me to , good to see how you stack up against other users who are shown if you've cycled the route or part of it

 

[Joffey]

Strava is where it's at. Great app, regular updates and easy to use.

 

[PeteXXX]

If you don't wish to use Strava, Sports-Tracker is a good app.

 

[fairyhedgehog]

Thanks, folks.

I'm currently trying out ViewRanger but I'll give Strava a go as well and see how it looks. I'll take a look at Sports-Tracker too and see how it compares.

Cheers!

 

[Berk on a Bike]

Strava here too, but Ride With GPS is very good.

 

[fairyhedgehog]

Ooh, another one to try. Thanks!

 

[Doobiesis]

I use Strava too. But also Mapmyride offers up routes in your area that people have cycled. So I map my routes from there and ride with Strava

 

[fairyhedgehog]

I use Strava too. But also Mapmyride offers up routes in your area that people have cycled. So I map my routes from there and ride with Strava

I'll have to look at MapMyRide too then!

 

[jefmcg]

It's ironic (or something) that locking into google apps is not as safe as other apps. I've been abandoned a few times by google.

Anyway, make sure you download all your existing data from MyTracks https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6333516?hl=en. It's pretty easy to upload them to Strava, so you will quickly get a solid history in Strava.

Though you don't have to use it, social interactions is a big part of strava. You can follow your friends, and comment or give kudos. You can even find out the strava identity of people you pass on your rides.

(I was going to suggest endomondo as an alternative, but uploading a long history of rides to endomondo would be unbelievably painful)

 

[MossCommuter]

MyTracks had gone but only because Android is tracking everyone now.

Go to Google Maps, hit the menu and look for "timeline".

Don't know where you were last light? Never mind, Google knows

 

[mjr]

I use OSMAnd~'s tracking and then copy the tracks to my computer for analysis in pytrainer. I don't generally upload them to the public internet.

Don't know where you were last light? Never mind, Google knows

Welcome to 1984.

 

[fairyhedgehog]

It's ironic (or something) that locking into google apps is not as safe as other apps. I've been abandoned a few times by google.

Anyway, make sure you download all your existing data from MyTracks https://support.google.com/maps/answer/6333516?hl=en. It's pretty easy to upload them to Strava, so you will quickly get a solid history in Strava.

Though you don't have to use it, social interactions is a big part of strava. You can follow your friends, and comment or give kudos. You can even find out the strava identity of people you pass on your rides.

(I was going to suggest endomondo as an alternative, but uploading a long history of rides to endomondo would be unbelievably painful)

I've exported my data (I think. Techie I am not!) but I couldn't see how to upload it to anywhere else, so uploading to Strava looks like a good plan! Thank you.

 

[fairyhedgehog]

I've been watching White Collar on Netflix, where the criminal on probation wears an anklet to track his moves. Who needs anklets when you've got Google?