Walkmeter Walking & Hiking GPS App Reviews

This is not especially a critical review, for some this app may be useful but the basic problem is that most authors have little sense of whats useful or not when theres no cell service. I have downloaded and/or purchased and later deleted at least 50-100 GPS apps without finding any that function as needed for raw hiking, something I do for several months a year. By "raw" hiking I mean hiking where there are no marked trails, in remote locations where, for days at a time, there is no absolutely no data or cell service. It seems every app wants to phone home and if it cant, complains constantly. What I want from a GPS app when it cant communicate, or I tell it not to, is to work just using GPS only, no maps, no data service no wifi, and no complaining either. When I start a 3-4 day hike in remote sections of Montana I want to disable cellular data, wifi, auto updates and so on to increase battery life as much as possible. Next I want to mark my start location, then tell the app to wake every 5 minutes (or whatever interval I choose) and drop a breadcrumb marker. No map, just a plain white screen with the GPS location location marker. This creates a dotted line showing my track. Next, since I often follow game trails with many branches, I want to be able to tap the screen to drop a pin at my current location, this way if the trail ends or waters out I can back trail to my branch point. This, in itself is enough and I would pay for it. If it also included the ability to save the the track and display some basic stats such as distance, pace and so on it would be great, but above all, when its in stand alone (dropping breadcrumbs) mode its first priority should should be to save battery power, do Not try to communicate, hunt for wifi or cellular data. Apps frantically trying to download maps or phone home when no service exists can drain a phone battery in a few hours, many lock up and fail to work at all. Please remember, trees dont have charging plugs. This is the most basic GPS functionality, track me, thats it.

Does everything claimed and easy to use. Would prefer that it would use tenths of a mile instead of rounding when reporting on summary screen.

Bought the Elite version.been working out for about a year but just started walking outdoors. This app is helping me a lot would recommend this app Second revue Still give it 5 stars. Found more features hope to find more.

This is one of the few apps Ive given five stars. It has lots of functions, and is highly configurable. The UI is very pleasant and effective.

Great app. My wife and I use it to measure our walking at the local High School tract. It is awesome. Tells your how far you walked in miles, calories burned, time you walked. Love this app; highly recommend it. A most for serious walkers.

Always gives me good data for walks arou d town and and hikes in the hills.

The Walkmeter has been fabulous for motivating me to walk further and more often. Sharing its results on FaceBook is fun as my friends can see the progress I have made to stay as healthy as possible, and it gives them the ability to encourage me on.

This does everything it advertises and is extremely useful. Reports so many stats. Calculations are very accurate and consistent. Im totally satisfied!

I dont like being forced to rate your app!

The program was great now it stopped producing any data doesnt run in background now iPhone 6 up to date iOS. Your last update seems to be the cause.

The app needs a pause button, I has a small issue where its stops all the time when running in the background. It also just turned off on its own halfway through my trip, it froze and as I hit stop it missed half of my bike ride. Overall this app is great, once they fix these issues Id definitely will recommend it.

This app used to have no problem whatsoever running in the background and now it constantly shuts down. Seems like phone calls, texts, using the camera, and the music app all cause it to stop running. Basically, most of the usual things you might do with your phone! Dont know if Apple is to blame or the developer, but the app is basically useless until this issue is fixed. The most frustrating thing is that it didnt have this problem until recently. Its a great app... WHEN IT WORKS. I am using latest iOS and iPhone 6.

By far the best activity tracker Ive ever used. Does everything I want, and more.

I like that I can keep a history of my walking. However after awhile it freezes up and I can not get it to reset. It still shows the previous walk. It wont reset and I am standing on my porch pushing reset or delete. Then I just deleted the whole darn app and went on my walk. As much as I like this app / please make it reset - maybe less buttons to push. Something can be done.

It worked just fine for a couple of years but starting a week or so ago it started acting up. The map sometimes would not come up and also the hiking time and distance was far less than what I actually made. Really surprising since it worked so well for so many years.

Love this app! Ive spent a zillion dollars on fitness apps over the years & this is, by far, the best ever! Running, biking, walking etc.-- gives so many details (route, mph, incline, splits, temperature, calories, etc) and is the easiest to read & decipher. Thank you for keeping me fit!

While the app is generally useful, a $10/year subscription for Elite level where about 2 of the 20 features are of interest is way out of line. Just plain greedy.

Wish I could give it 10 stars. With the elite upgrade you can customize this app to do just about anything. Do yourself a favor and upgrade if you havent done to it yet. If you are serious about losing weight or just getting in better shape, it will be the best $ youve ever spent. Ive been using it for walking for several months now and cant imagine walking with out it. Get you a heart rate monitor that syncs with the app and you are all set. This app is done right! Keep up the good work developers and thank you! P.S. Because it uses the satellite gps data from your iPhone for location, your phone needs a clear view of the sky for Walkmeter to be accurate. As they recommend it works best when the phone is in an armband or a running belt vs in your pocket.

This app is useless. Takes too long to load, GPS doesnt work, constantly shuts down, inaccurate mileage and step counters. Then have the nerve to have an elite membership. This app cant even count steps and stops working mid workout. Do not download this mess.

Ive used this app for years successfully and recommended it to friends and strangers alike but for some reason the last two hikes Ive taken in the last week have claimed poor gps reception and will only give me time hiked and 0s everywhere else. I have followed all instructions in the help instructions and have had no luck so now Im going to have to find a replacement hiking app.