![]() There are Android and iOS apps, as well as Apple Watch, Android Wear and Samsung Gear. In terms of ‘wearables’ (not a term I feel comfortable using as a 41-year-old), you can have it as an app on Apple Watch, and devices (smartwatches I guess) that use Android Wear or Samsung Gear. MapMyRide is available as both an iOS and Android app. Winner: Strava Smartphone App: Is There One? This is either presented in a daily calendar format or as a list of activities. MapMyRide focuses more on your own recent performances, with the initial dashboard showing your rides or other activities in the current month. There’s a bit of bumf about your own recent ride stats in the left hand side bar (for luddites that still use a computer to access the internet and therefore have a viewing area wide enought to see it). Strava’s dashboard is dominated by the ‘Activity Feed’, where you can see the latest rides (and runs) of you and the people you’re following. Once you’ve logged in, you’re presented with a dashboard where you can do various things. In terms of functionality, both systems follow a similar approach with their websites. It at least looks like they’ve invested some cash in development over the past few years! Once you get the hang of where everything is, the Strava website is pretty straightforward to use. It has to strike a balance between white space/modern icons and actually showing all the information/data that cyclists and other users (ha, “other users”!) want to see about their rides/activities. It’s not exactly super clean in design terms. The MMR app is somewhat better (although, again, the free version has adverts) but, overall, the design issues speak to a lack of investment and harm my enjoyment of using the tool. I tried it in both Chrome and whatever Microsoft calls its new browser and both present the same issues. Text extends beyond where it’s meant to go. The ride details screen is messy and, bluntly, corrupted in places. In the free version, most screens feature display adverts. It looks like development on MMR stopped in about 2013 (which is coincidentally-not-coincidentally when Under Armour – they of the magnificent tight undercrackers – bought it). And I’ll be honest, I interact most with the website version of Strava when I’m writing posts for this blog rather than day-to-day ride recording, analysis and ‘social’.īut the website design speaks to a key fundamental difference between Strava and MapMyRide. Yes, I know we’re all ‘mobile first’ these days. ![]() My comparison is based on the following criteria: If I was thinking Garmin, I would go for the Edge 830. Garmins work fine as well, syncing via the Garmin Connect app. Wahoo is very much ‘software-first’, so the integration with popular ride tracking/training apps like Strava and MapMyRide is pretty seamless. In the meantime, I use the Wahoo ELEMNT Bolt. Well this deserves a full post of it’s own, which I’ll write at some point. What Is The Best Bike Computer For Strava Or MapMyRide? Let’s run through the things that matter when making your selection. The free version in each case offers only the bare minimum in terms in of features. Over time, the features offered by both apps have broadened to include:Īs is c’est normal these days, both MMR (we rilly wanna save those fingers) and Strava have paid subscription versions. When you’re done, the route and performance details are uploaded to the relevant app, where you can browse, analyse and share with friends. ![]() You take a GPS device out on your ride to capture where you went. If you want to see a more flippant (naive?) assessment, you can take a look at my original post on the subject.) Quick Recap Of What Strava and MapMyRide Doīoth Strava and MapMyRide are based on a similar principle. (I have literally been mulling on the relative merits of these two apps – at the time they were called… ‘websites’ – since 2013. No doubt that person will let me know in the comments. The reason it is not better 100% of the time is because, yes dear reader, I am fallible, and it’s possible that I’ve missed off a crucial use case. They smell the same.)įor 99% of use cases, Strava provides a better experience, with the ability to record, store and then present back to you more interesting data. This is that blog post.Īnd I can save you the trouble of reading it: Strava is better than MapMyRide. Strava vs MapMyRide, in some sort of app-ocalyptic battle to establish which is best ride tracking software.
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