Comments on: Running with the iPhone – apps compared

By: anand

anand — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 01:56:20 +0000

Nike+ is not GPS based, it is pedometer based. The only advantage of Nike+ is you can use it with a treadmill to count your steps. Runkeeper is far more accurate and much better to track your runs using maps and such any day.

From what I read in twitter, RK trounces Nike+.

Nike+ will never include GPS since if they do it, they can’t sell the pedometer counting thing and their shoes. They are in the business of selling shoes, not creating great software. If they upgrade Nike+ to use GPS instead of pedometer, people will use it with other shoes, which they don’t want.

By: ChrisCow

ChrisCow — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:44:52 +0000

Great review! Thanks. How does this compare to the Nike+ system?

By: David Chin

David Chin — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 02:37:28 +0000

Anand, thanks for a fantastic review!

By: FreeIphone

FreeIphone — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 09:45:46 +0000

It was interesting.

By: anand

anand — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 04:03:37 +0000

Yeah, I have had to reboot the iPhone a couple of times already, minor annoyance.

By: Sol Young

Sol Young — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:12:11 +0000

Great review. I’ve only tried RunKeeper and have been impressed and happy with the app. I had a GPS issue, but it wasn’t a RunKeeper issue… Just a reboot-needing-iPhone.

Thanks for confirming my suspicion that this app is the best thing going. The team of developers seem to have momentum… I’m already preferring this over Nike+.

By: Run Forrest Run — Void Pointer

Run Forrest Run — Void Pointer — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:18:08 +0000

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