Map My Walk by Under Armour 4+

Pretty good for free but has its issues

This app has it’s glitches but I like it most of the time. There are a lot of catagories such as kayaking and dog walking beyond just running and walking. I like how it breaks down my workouts in a variety of ways and keeps track long term. I’ve been using it for over 5 years.
I do not think that it accurately measures mileage - it contradicts another app I use, telling me I’ve gone further than the other one and it will measure different distances for my same route from day to day. Then there are glitches, such as showing my route swimming across a lake and back or walking over houses up to a third of a mile off of my actual route! No way am I walking the dog at a 10 min mile! And a normal route for my morning walk 4 years ago used to be 3.25 miles then it crept up to 3.5-3.6 miles. Same exact route.
So, I still use this app but if I ever aimed for some serious training for a marathon, I’d switch to something more accurate.

It was great but now...

I’ve been using this app for about 2 weeks now and didn’t run into any issues until a couple days ago. I signed up for the paid MVP program because I was enjoying the app thinking maybe that would solve the issue but no. When I start my walk from my phone, the GPS tracker is not keeping accurate distance at all. I’ll have walked 2 miles but it’s only showing I’ve done a mile or less and shows me cutting through yards and even houses, not even close to the roads that I took. When I start my walk through my apple watch, it seems to keep my distance okay but it STILL shows me cutting through yards and houses around the streets I actually took. I’d love to continue to use the app if it worked properly but it sounds like I’ll be canceling my subscription and going to a different app. I’ve sent in two messages to the support team regarding this. I’ve tried restarting both my phone and my watch, deleting the app and re-downloading, and even checked Google Maps to make sure my GPS was showing me in the correct direction and in the actual location I am in. (Which it did) The “GPS” signal bar on Map my Walk is always green showing I have perfect signal, so why am I running into these issues? I hate having to find a new app but this is ridiculous.

Developer Response ,

Sorry to hear this! Please submit a support ticket here: https://mmf.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/requests/new and one of our agents will be in touch soon!

Crazy since last update

Update #2 Jan 6 - the GPS and timer function have gone crazy one more time. Says I am walking a 7 minute mile and I know I walk fast but.....also the distance is not correct because I do the same route and it did not register the mile until I had gone at least 1.2 miles. This is SO FRUSTRATING because I rely on his app as an accurate tracker. If this keeps happening I am going to ditch it for something that really works all the time, not sporadically.

UPDATE - since the very latest update on Nov 2 it seems to be better. Today it properly tracked time and distance. Hopefully the problem is fixed. Upgraded from two to four stars based on historical use and the new improvements. Like the larger screen display too so thanks for that! Stay tuned!
********************************************I have an iPhone and have been using this app for at least two years no issues. Since the last update it is not properly tracking time OR distance and therefore not tracking calories or anything else correctly. I know this because I take the exact same walk almost every day so have it in my history. I walk fast but I can’t do 1.2 miles in 8 minutes!! Please fix ASAP.

Developer Response ,

I'm very sorry to hear about all of the issues you've had with distance accuracy. Please know that we are aware of issues like these are we are hard at work eliminating them. We have some major updates planned for later this month and continuing for the next several months. Stay tuned!