Phone Mapping Apps - New one needed

[wiggydiggy]

Hi,

Ive been a big fan of mapmyride for a long time, but unfortunately their latest update has made it a little more resource hungry so my phone won't run it so well. The new interface isnt quite to my taste either, so....

What else is there to try? I know of Strava and RidewithGPS, are there more?

My phone is a HTC Wildfire S.

Cheers

Ps I know opinions can be strong on which is 'best' - I 'm just looking for a techie POV as to which runs best on not so up to date phones!

 

[jefmcg]

Edit: I see that map my ride records a route.

so you may be nearly out of luck. I had a Wildfire (not S) a few years ago, and it was a pretty lean phone at the time, and now it's quite old.

Strava won't cut it, that's a pig. My new android keeps killing it because it's hogging the memory. Endomondo is similar, but a bit less piggy.

There's some nearly-abandoned-ware that might work for you. It's lean because the company has stopped developing it. I do not trust their website to stay up, so I always run it as a backup. if strava gets kill, I go to the cardio trainer site and download the GPX from there and upload it to Strava. You could do the same thing, but upload to mapmyride.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wsl.CardioTrainer

 

[wiggydiggy]

What do you want it to do? Record your rides, or allow you to follow a route?

I'd like to to do both in a perfect world but its what runs best on the phone, I have routes set up on MMR but its so clunky I normally log everything as a new workout and look at the distance later.

I know ideally I need a better phone, or a GPS, but funds are needed elsewhere for a while.....

 

[jefmcg]

(I edited my post above, hope that's helpful)

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-motorola-moto-g-8gb-black/454-8906.prd

+another £2 or so to unlock.

 

[wiggydiggy]

(I edited my post above, hope that's helpful)

http://www.tesco.com/direct/tesco-mobile-motorola-moto-g-8gb-black/454-8906.prd

+another £2 or so to unlock.

Lol do you frequent HUKD too? Nice but just the app for now though, I cant get a new phone.....

 

[jefmcg]

Lol do you frequent HUKD too? Nice but just the app for now though, I cant get a new phone.....

no, cyclechat

 

[wiggydiggy]

Ridewith GPS worked well today, need to figure out some things but its looking good.

No real difference in the distance/time it logged in my commute with MMR either.