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My Walks
My Walks provides 5 unique advantages over most other GPS walking apps: (1) Simple to use, (2) reliable, (3) accurate, (4) battery saving, and (5) has personal safety features.
This app is NOT a pedometer. It does not count steps. It is a GPS-based app that calculates your distance and speed using your location in real-time and with great accuracy. It is designed for outdoor use.
SIMPLE TO USE
Just double-tap “Start Walk” and the app does the rest. No account set-up required. No registration. Does not even require a Wi-Fi or phone connection. It runs in the background so you can use your iPhone for any purpose including making and receiving phone calls, sending and receiving messages and emails, or running any other apps.
RELIABLE
Because My Walks does not require an account or registration, it is more reliable than other walking apps. It maintains your history file locally and the file is backed up automatically when you backup your app.
ACCURATE
My Walks is designed specifically for walking, jogging and running so it knows when it receives out-of-range GPS data for these activities and disregards the bad data. This results in greater accuracy than other general GPS applications. It also adjusts distance and calories for uphill climbs.
BATTERY SAVING
Ever forget to end your walk and have your battery run down because the GPS system remained on? My Walks automatically detects that you ended your walk and turns off the GPS, saving your battery. You can also put your iPhone to sleep (by pressing the Sleep switch on the top of the iPhone) and save your battery. Continued use of GPS running in the background can dramatically decrease battery life. However, with My Walks a single battery charge can provide over 6 hours of walking on an iPhone 3GS and over 10 hours of walking on an iPhone 4 or 4S.
PERSONAL SAFETY FEATURES
Ever get caught walking after it’s too dark to see or get back late, like after the park closed, because you did not know when to head-back? With My Walks all you need to do is set the “Time you should be back” or select “Back by Dark” and it does the rest. It alerts you when to head-back, displays how fast you need to go, and how fast you are currently going. It also displays an Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) based on your current location and speed.
With My Walks, you can set the “Time you should be back” before you start your walk or anytime during your walk.
Ever get lost or not sure of the best way back? With My Walks you can get directions back. Upon your request, My Walks will provide your starting and current location to Apple Maps to give you detailed walking directions back.
Also, should the need arise, you can send your current location via email or instant messaging to anyone, so you can easily be located.
SETTINGS
Settings are set in the Apple “Settings” application. You can choose between the Metric system and USA units of measurement. You must enter your weight in the settings to correctly calculate calories burnt.
Note: With iOS 5.0 or later you may need to go to Settings>Notifications>My Walks and turn “Sounds” ON and set Alert Style to “Banners” or “Alerts” in order to get the alerts.
REQUIREMENTS
My Walks requires an iPhone 3GS or iPhone 4 or 4S running iOS 4.0 or above.
FEATURES
» Simple to use
» No account required
» No registration required
» Reliable operations
» Very accurate results
» Provides time, distance, calories
» Provides Avg. speed, Max. speed
» Adjustments for uphill climbs
» Battery saving features
» Back-on-Time
» Back-by-Dark
» Directions back
» History file for unlimited walks
» Automatic backup of history file
» Share your results via email
» Email CSV file for additional analysis
» Metric/US units for worldwide support
What's new
Back-by-Dark - Helps you get back before it is too dark to see.
App rate request - lets you easily review and rate this app
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- Last changed:
- Dec 20, 2011
- Category:
- Healthcare & Fitness
- Developer:
- Robert Wohnoutka
- Version:
- 2.1
- Average Rating:
- 3.50 (7)
- Size:
- 15.8 MB
