Distance Meter Pro app for iPhone and iPad


4.1 ( 1751 ratings )
Navigation Health & Fitness
Developer: Future Apps Inc.
2.99 USD
Current version: 1.9.2, last update: 8 years ago
First release : 29 Jul 2008
App size: 333.74 Kb

Distance meter is an easy to use, multi-purpose GPS distance tracker. Ever wonder what the distance of your favorite walking trail is? Distance Meter can find it! Need to know how fast your traveling while biking? Distance meter can tell you that too. Distance Meter can even show you how many calories you have burned during your workout!

Since Distance Meter takes advantage of the iPhone 3G’s built in GPS Receiver, its accuracy is much improved over a standard step pedometer that cost ten times as much. Distance Meter’s calculations can be accurate to within a few feet* with a good GPS signal.

Go walking, hiking, jogging, running, biking, and distance meter will automatically calculate your distance traveled, current pace or speed, and much more!

Distance Meter is also compatible with the popular workout sites MapMyFitness.com and TraningPeaks.com. You can upload all your workout data quickly and easily, and utilize the advance workout logging features of these sites.


Enjoy one of the most useful iPhone 3G GPS applications on the App Store!


FEATURES:


- NEW FEATURE: Route Map view! You requested it and its here. Enjoy one of the best and most seamless integration of Google Maps inside any app. Route Map allows you too see your workout route in real time, as well as interact with the map in mutiple ways. Hikers will love that our route view even shows a Terrain/Topography map, which is not available in the Apple Maps app.
- Log workout data to both TrainingPeaks.com and MapMyFitness.com!
-Stopwatch
-Live distance updates
-Current pace or speed(updates every few seconds), and average pace or speed at the end of the session
-GPS coordinate location
-Calorie Meter! Distance Meter now tracks how many calories you have burned during your workout, simply enter your weight in the info/options pane and watch those calories add up!
-Current altitude
-Displays in both metric and standard units
- Automatically saves your current session, so if someone calls you or you quit Distance Meter you can resume your session uninterrupted!


*Distance Meter REQUIRES iPhone 3G to function properly.
Accuracy based on actual field tests. Accuracy of distance was within +/- 1.5%

Pros and cons of Distance Meter Pro app for iPhone and iPad

Distance Meter Pro app good for

Its a useful app, but it doesnt have a resume function and in some cases it takes a long time to connect to a satellite. Looking forward to revised version.
This app is impressive i tried the free one to see how well it worked and it is worth paying for. Me and my wife are able to track and map our runs and it is awesome to see our progress.
Ive been using this app on my 3GS and now 4 all summer to track my progress on one of three running routes I take each day. Works quite well, shows you your track through the subdivision and then through the nature preserves (topo maps are nice here!), gives me my pace (realtime), and then at the end of the run gives me an average pace for the run. All data is then uploaded to my free TrainingPeaks account. Very slick app! The only negative is the screen colors chosen by the developer are not easy to see while wearing sunglasses in bright sunlight (e.g. white on black would be easier to see). Use it almost every day--works well!
Distance Pro works very well. I like the interface; it is simple and easy to read. The GPS locator and tracker only works if you have turned on Location Services on your iPhone.
This app is great! I can play music then open the app and start walking. I can see how many calories burned and how far Ive walked. The GPS tracking feature and ability to upload my walking information is great! Highly recommend this app!

Some bad moments

Was not very satisfied with this. Everytime it turns off, it starts over. It makes it look from the graphic that it somehow gives you a map trail, but it does not, it really really needs a resume function.
This application works as advertized as long as you choose to display the Miles. I set it up for metric (kilometers) and got erroneous numbers. Example, it showed I ran my bicycle at a speed of 12598.0 km/hr...
I have high hopes for this application, because what it purports to do is very useful! Unfortunately, it is buggy... including: - sometimes hangs... restarting the app does not continue where you left off, so your trip is essentially wasted. - Going to the Setting screen resets all of your preferences! Also, the "buttons" on the setting screen are not actually buttons at all, but toggle switches. (for instance, if you press "English" twice, it will switch to Metric and back. - The Pace setting never seems to work. Even when you are stationary. For some reason, the pace display is incorrect, even on a long trip, it should merely just know the distance traveled and the time spent, and it should be easily able to calculate the average speed, rather than having to query the GPS function for your speed. I have hopes the developer focusses more time on fixing the bugs rather than add new features such as the calorie tracker.
Nice app, but it needs to allow multi-tasking!!! Its a shame that you cant switch app while using it. Would also need to provide local data saving. I made a few test and the results are accurate enough for my use (80 meters of difference with my personal ODO, for a 10km ride)
This application has not been updated in a long time, and is not as good as other apps out there. The iMapMyFitness app does the same thing, but better.
This app doesnt work well - it freezes up when trying to enter weight. Only draws from emojis so cant type from keyboard and takes forever if at all to load

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