Windows Phone App of the Day: MapyMyRIDE

I’ve dedicated this week, “Sharing” week, so I am reviewing apps that I can personally relate to (and giving you an easy way to get to know your writer!) During the summer of 2010, I was working for Montague Corporation, the world’s largest full-size folding bike company. As a marketing technique and to raise money for ALS, or “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” I rode in the Tri-State Trek, a 270 mile bike ride from Boston, MA to New York. I  suggested MapMyFitness’s app, MapMyRIDE to customers at the bike company and used the app on iOS during the Trek, and I’m thrilled to see that MapMyRIDE was introduced to Windows Phone at the end of March. Love to cycle? This one’s for you.

Pros

• Free!
• Available offline
• UI is simple enough for all ages
• Run and workout tracking and logging includes: Speed, Live Route Map, Distance
• Post your runs and records on Facebook and Twitter
• Info securely syncs to your free profile on www.MapMyRIDE.com
• Access MapMyRIDE database with over 26 million routes to ride anywhere in the world
• Join sponsored challenges and win free prizes for riding
• MapMyFitness community is over 6 million strong

Cons

• Problems saving routes
• Pause button glitches

How It Works

• Download from the Health + Fitness section of your Marketplace
• Open from your app list
• Enter your MapMyRIDE.com username and password or select “Create New User” to create an account
• To create an account, enter your first and last name, gender, DOB and choose a username and password
• Select “Sign Me Up!” to submit
• Give MapMyRIDE permission to access your location service to utilize GPS function
• From your home screen, edit your profile, view your latest routes and training, and edit your settings
• Select “Record Workout” before starting your ride to track your current and average speed and pace; Click the “Start” button to begin
• Select “Log Workout” to manually input workout information, including: name, type, date, start time, end time, route, distance, and average pace
• Select the “Save” button at the bottom of your screen to save your workout

Conclusion

I had a couple of crashing problems, and while I do agree that this version pales in comparison to the iOS version, I am happy to see the app expanding to the Windows Phone platform. I really hate logging into things and stupidly autosave all of my passwords to avoid just that, and MapMyRIDE really ticked me off by making me log in every time I opened the app; however, if I still rode as much as I used to or was planning any treks, I would definitely use this app. If you’re serious into fitness and/or cycling, this is cool enough to get. Just be patient until they work out the kinks. Man, I’m in a really forgiving mood this week. Soak it up, app developers. I’m too tired to be critical.