Map My Fitness by Under Armour Reviews

by Rosie_Tangelo

There was a recent upgrade and music integration was removed (although nothing mentioned in the description of upgrade fixes/changes). I found this official respond from Adam at UnderArmor on the Map my Fitness forum and it’s pasted below: We no longer offer music controls directly in the MapMy apps and we apologize for any confusion this may have caused. This feature had some functionality issues and did not allow you to control it from the phone's lock screen, so the decision was made to remove it from the apps for now.
Moving forward, you can use Apple's native music app, or another music streaming app, both of which should function more smoothly and allow you to pause, fast forward, etc. from your phone's lock screen.

by Coachramel

I started using MapMyFitness to complement my use of MyFitnessPal and thought I would use apps from the same developer. The first 4 weeks it worked great then I guess they made changes and now I’ve deleted it forever and am going back to strava. First off they used to have segment and PR tracking and they got rid of it. Not a big deal but strava has it so I’m used to it. The big decision came from the GPS tracking failures. Every few days it stops tracking properly and will read off random splits like .6 miles or 1.7 miles despite me having it set to read off half mile splits. And my normal 5 mile loop turned into a 6.75 mile loop and I also apparently ran a 3:38 mile split somewhere in the middle. The only way to get the GPS to work properly was to delete MapMyFitness and reinstall. After the third time I’ve deleted it for good. I don’t want to have to worry about that every time I go for a run. Strava has worked perfect for 5+ years so I’m sticking with it.

by SusanDM521

I have been using the adaptive running training program for several weeks with my connected UA shoes. I do not get verbal cues to start a running interval. Instead, I am cued to start my interval in 29 seconds, then my music volume goes down, and no verbal cue to start running or start walking. I have to watch the clock on MapMyFitness and listen for changes in my music volume to start walking or running.

I have contacted support numerous times and the last time they told me I must be pausing the program. I am not pushing pause. My phone is either on my arm band or setting on the treadmill. I sent video of what’s happening to prove I am not pressing pause, but no response yet from support.

I paid for the MVP subscription, bought the UA Hovr shoes to connect, and I expect MapMyFitness to work as it’s supposed to. My free Running For Weight Loss app worked much better. Very frustrated.

by PaulSaverance

Really sad that IMO, the best tracking App, Endomondo, was replaced by MapMyFitness. Horrible customer support, because they just don’t listen to what needs to be fixed. I ended up getting the paid version because they promised to work on adding features of Endomondo- but they did not. I can’t even get a refund for my subscription now that I want to cancel it. Their tracking mileage and total workout time is off…. By a lot. Provided proof with gps data, it was blown off by customer support. Really?? Have been starting App with a one minute delay… getting notice; start workout… just to find later that MapMyFitness shut down and never recorded anything after it “told” me to start working out. I am starting to train for the Boston Marathon in a few weeks… it with MapMyFitness! Sorry…. Bring Endomondo back!

by AJ BOXER

I have been using the UA record app until I found out they will be discontinuing MapMyFitness this year (even though MapMyFitness works perfect for me) so I’ve been trying to figure MapMyFitness out for a few weeks and in my opinion the record app is a lot better it’s more accurate and easy to use. I’ve tried to connect 2 different heart rate monitors to MapMyFitness . First of all MapMyFitness does not show a Bluetooth list of devices to choose from it just automatically connects to a device, then when I try to track my workout it says I have no heart rate, so not only am I missing out on my calories, but I am also not able to track my zones. I’ve also tried to connect MapMyFitness to my watch to have my heart rate tracked from there, but still no luck MapMyFitness will only show the amount of time I have worked out. Even when I open MapMyFitness on my Apple Watch my heart rate is not being tracked. This is very frustrating and makes it almost impossible to track my progress, which is all I really use MapMyFitness for. Please fix as soon as possible!

by Osmiabee

I’ve been using the free version for several years and loved it. Last month I decided to pay for a year so I could use their “dynamic” training plans to get back to running half marathons. I like the concept of your plan being tailored to you and changing depending on your progress. Unfortunately the plans are a little too dynamic. For a specific day it will show I have to run 7.13 miles. I check it the night before to plan my route and again as I start recording. When I’m finished with the run, hit save, then match it with that days planned run, it then shows I was supposed to run 7.85 miles. It has done this several times. Changing what you’re supposed to do after you’ve completed the workout. MapMyFitness is also off by ~0.1 miles, which to a runner, makes a difference on your time. Unfortunately I paid for a year, but I’m not planning on renewing my subscription. I wouldn’t be as bothered if I were using the free version, but to pay for this, no thanks.

by Annoyed Buckeye

I used MapMyFitness for one walk. Map My Fitness accurately captured the distance and I’m hoping the pacing. It broke down the details of the splits, cadence, etc. When the data was pushed to Apples Activity and Health apps, it showed a completely different distance, pace, and only showed a (wrong) split time for the first mile. The other mile and a half never showed up.

The real kicker is that when I tried to report this issue, I received a notification that I couldn’t submit the issue at that time.

I wanted to use MapMyFitness because it allows you to map your route out in advance, but unless I’m missing something, it doesn’t provide any audio cues for following the route you’ve mapped? I’d be better off winging it as I go.

by Joe17315

I have use MapMyFitness extensively and have it paired with my Apple Watch (3rd Generation/cellular) and UA connected shoes. MapMyFitness almost never works the way it should. MapMyFitness on the watch will frequently crash during workouts which creates multiple workouts with inaccurate data or fails to record data. Its not uncommon for a 3 mile 27 minute run to show up as me running a 2 minute mile at some point followed by a 20 minute mile.

The watch almost never syncs with with MapMyFitness without closing down MapMyFitness on the phone and watch, shutting off the phone and watch multiple times. Eventually it will sync with MapMyFitness but old workouts will sync again creating duplicate workouts.

Bottom line, if you are using an Apple Watch, look for another app.

by William Baggins

I’ve used MapMyFitness for several months now. Selected it when UA stopped supporting Endomondo. I noticed that MapMyFitness often reported I was exercising in a completely different town. Their response was I was near that town In thinking they could use an open source GIS to correct this error). I noticed today that fixed that problem. MapMyFitness no longer says where you were when exercising? It is a fix. I’ve also noticed that MapMyFitness is worse at math than me. By my round minutes addition, I calculate I exercised a little over two hours with a goal of 2:30 per week. When I go to the goals roll up, it says I’ve done almost four hours! UA keeps asking me to subscribe but I can’t help but wonder that if MapMyFitness isn’t right why I should pay for someone broken. It is slightly better that my old notebook and spreadsheet but not much.

by SoUknow

I like MapMyFitness a lot, even though I only use it for riding my ebike. It's really good at tracking and the images are better than the tiny display that comes with the bike. The only thing I don't like is that when I'm wearing my watch and I have my iPhone on the bike, I'm getting double rides for the same time period with different stats. Is this as designed? I want to see my route and miles travelled on the phone screen but I also want to see ny heart rate stats. Is that doable in one session or do I have to have two to get all of the workout stats?

by Andrew_Low

It is made by Under Armour. I use the free version. In previous versions, I walked near Maumelle Park. Though outside Little Rock, I walked in a Little Rock address. When I finished, it recorded my walk in Maumelle. That was not fixable. On at least 2 instances, MapMyFitness decided to pause itself. If one has the paid version, you can pause MapMyFitness , drive 10 miles, and resume. My splits are different with the free version. I pause MapMyFitness , go with it paused, and resume. Imagine you are running. In the split is a straight line that connects the split.
When I walk, I keep my iPhone unlocked. Yes, it drains the battery more quickly. However, it gives better readings.
Let me switch to the positives. I typed it can be free. I guess the paid version drains a battery faster. Every period of time (usually 1 month), you can complete challenges. Challenges give you the chance to win free things.

by Jessica67267

Updated! After much searching for solutions online I found that my weight was logged at 19 pounds on my health app in my Apple Watch. I have no idea how that happened. I run again tomorrow so fingers crossed it worked.

My normal 8 mile 800ish calorie run is now being logged for 110 calories, a 2 mile run is now 22 calories. I’ve looked on several other calorie calculators and haven’t found one that correlates with the changes I’m seeing. Is there a mistake with the new way of calculating calories or was the old way massively overestimating? I feel like this large of an adjustment warrants an explanation.

by Werling

Guys please give me the red line back, my color vision isn’t the greatest and the rainbow is only partially visible in bright sunlight or with sunglasses. How about at least the ability to choose. While I’m whining there are a couple of different poker adds and game adds that won’t go away without restarting the phone. Hopefully you are aware and working on that.

Enough of the bad - everything else is great and I use it daily for tracking my walking and biking. The link between it and MyFitnessPal is great, it usually updates quickly but if it doesn’t it will eventually. The combination of these two apps is a great help in my fat boy reduction program. I recommend them both highly.

by ErikSmashBird

SAVE YOUR MONEY. Be sure you check where you subscribe from. On MapMyFitness store, I was only offered a higher 'monthly' rate, and from other users found out there was a much less 'Annual' rate offered on the ITunes store. When I inquired with MMF support about the discrepancy, they claimed that it was out of their control as 'Apple' decides what rates to show on MapMyFitness store. Asking for some type of credit or refund for being such a long, loyal customer they said theyd love to but that they had no control over 'Apple' App store subscriptions. But finding out there were various rates on Itunes and App store left a sour taste in my mouth, and a handful of dropped workouts had me cancel MapMyFitness.

by Jeanerscout

I’ve been using MapMyFitness for years and after the latest update it keeps winking out when it hit my timer marking (I had it set to tell me time, pace etc. every 5 minutes). No voice prompt and MapMyFitness closes even though I have it set to keep the screen open. It’s running in the background but if I don’t notice MapMyFitness closed it reopens at that minute marker so the time passed isn’t accurate. No music either. I could use the timer came with the phone if that’s all I wanted.

by JEBReads

I’ve been using MapMyFitness. (Free version) for a few months and found it helpful and working fine.

After the most recent update my workout timer doesn’t continue to count even when my phone screen goes to sleep. It appears MapMyFitness . shuts off after about 30 sec.

So when I go back in to check the progress, MapMyFitness . has only registered 30 sec. to 1 min. Very frustrating! Is there a setting that was turned on or off in the update, that I could adjust? Please advise. Thank you.

by Luckee Life

Updated yet again...this app continues to be the only workout tracking app I use...had it for years and never searched for another, and it’s 100% free. Thanks for continuing to support the unpaid side with good features to keep us coming back.

Updated: I keep getting app rating reminders, and it stays the same...awesome app, and the free version does everything I need it to. Love that UA continues to support so many features on the free side. Since I started using MapMyFitness in 2012, I've logged 784 workouts, ridden 8,891 miles on my mtn bike and burned over 438,000 calories...being able to see this progress is HUGE.

Updated: still an awesome free app. Tracks beyond the basics for the everyday exerciser without pressure to upgrade. This is the best free app I own.

Older: I'm an avid mountain biker, and MapMyFitness tracks everything I need to see. After a year using it, was great to look back and see how many miles I rode, calories burned, and how I tracked against others who ride the same trails.

by Teejit

I have the full array and overall like them. My only complaint is that on the map my dog walk they will not fix the issue of "challenges" for other versions add on so there is a number on MapMyFitness you cannot clear. Seems like it should be simple- show the challenges or block it on dog walk version but they show as a known problem for over a year without fixing. Other than that- like the apps.

Update. Sometimes gps is not accurate and could not get good help from them. No longer have dog walk or hike but use the fitness, walk and run apps all the time. Like the data and the challenges too. Motivating for me!

by JuliannaB1983

This is by far the best app for all fitness. It syncs with MyFitnessPal for nutrition plans and gives you training plans and ideas for every type of fitness. The paid version is a ridiculously good value. No other app gives you training from super famous athletes. And it’s really really cost effective. It makes a gym membership look like a complete rip off because you can do all these exercises at home. The run training is legit too. It’s not just made up. They have experts who make the plans. The tech part of it is seamless too. The voice coaching is really helpful. I have the digital running shoes and never get injured anymore. I’ve also gotten a lot better at my goals. When I don’t want to hear the voice coaching, I just turn it off. So so so great!!

by Crspy82

I have used the MapMy apps since before the Under Armour acquisition in 2013. MapMyFitness has continued to improve and I currently use only this app. I have the Connected shoes and the coaching has significantly helped me to run without pain or injury.

The downside is that I regularly have connectivity issues between my phone and shoes or Apple Watch. The other day I ran on a treadmill and the phone app would not connected to my watch (for HR) or shoes (for cadence, stride, etc). However, the shoes properly connected to my watch so I used the watch app to track the workout and the phone app to get the Trainer cues (although I only received one cue in the middle of the workout).

Hoping that the next update fixes these and continues to improve the experience.

by Boattrailermonley

For the free version, it is almost unusable due to the ads. When using the keyboard, most of the remaining space is taken up by the top banner (thanks, I know what app I’m using) and ads, so much so it’s hard to type. If you accidentally click on one of those ads, the ad loads full screen in MapMyFitness and there is no back button or close button. This renders MapMyFitness useless. Even exiting MapMyFitness and then coming back in, the ad is still loaded. The only way to get back to MapMyFitness was to reboot the phone.

To be fair, the tracking function might work really well. I never tried it because I ran into the ad issue five times just trying to set up MapMyFitness for use.

by Gigirlgogreen

I have used this family of apps for years, despite occasional, understandable glitches. But after my past several hikes, and even flat walks, I’ve had to manually fix my distance because it was wildly short! Like less than half of what we covered, even though the map shows my route. I select Hike for activity (but it also glitched on Walk on flat pavement), figuring it will allow for stops, climbs and descents, but I don’t have the time to keep monitoring as I go. I’m trying to exercise and enjoy nature. Anyway, thank goodness for the Apple Health app, at least I can count on it for accuracy. Very disappointed in UA, I’ve given so many chances to make it work. :-(

by Squrl33

I was really hoping MapMyFitness would be better than Endomondo since they’re both UA, but it’s buggy. The watch app “refreshes” after you choose your activity and if you don’t hit the start button within a few seconds it goes back to the activity selection screen. This is problematic in when in a class that uses a different timer. I need to be able to start the workout quickly without having to go through additional screens more than once. Also when I end a workout, it takes several seconds to sync, or whatever it’s doing, so if I need to quickly start a new workout, I either have to wait for it to finish or start MapMyFitness workout after the class has started. The phone app is also a little convoluted and not easy on the eyes. I just have a much smoother experience with Endomondo so I’m going back to it.

by TreaclePi

Great app with lots of features like GPS tracking, voice overs and a time delay start (which makes it easy to use in the rain because I can start it inside, place it on my waterproof band and once I’m ready to run outside, hit go). I also love the band that runs along the top when I’m using another app so I can tap back to it. My new phone doesn’t allow me to hit my home button through my old running band so this is a convenient work around. One improvement that could be made is the ability to remap my run in MapMyFitness (as opposed to logging in online) if the GPS got my route/mileage wrong.

by Mtnnomad

I notified this provider a year ago about a problem with MapMyFitness and again this week. If I pair this with my phone, the calorie count is roughly half of the value on the iPhone app (if only recording on the phone). Their calculations are incorrect for the Apple Watch app and they don’t seem to care to want to fix it. A ride this week was 123 minutes long and the phone app showed 1000 calories. The watch app showed 570. Compared to a website with weight, speed and difficulty, their calculation was 1100 calories. MapMyFitness in the watch is seriously off and developers don’t care.

by Tlyke

Newest update has kept me on track with weight training with the creation of workouts - already seeing improved results and consistency- also helping with my running as I get ready for another marathon in the fall. I’ve run many marathons but needed a reboot so I signed up for a training plan. The active run coaching and scheduling is keep me on track and well ahead of goal without overdoing anything. Keep up the improvements- I’ve been an active user of MapMyFitness for 7 years in July.

by Megan2253

Back last summer, my mom got me into rucking. She has been rucking since she lived in Kentucky and injured her right ankle. She needed to find something as complex as running but also simple as walking, thats when she found rucking. I had brain surgery and ever since was trying to find something not to contact that I could do, then I got into rucking. Where you basically hike with a weighted backpack, and ever since I have loved it. MapMyFitness helps me keep track of how long my rucks are. Great for when I am rucking with friends or family.

by TDWMUATX

Fairly new and a black man in America. Why is that important, you say? It's hard sometimes to find safe places to walk/run where you don't get hassled or deemed suspect. MapMyFitness is a Godsend to me because I can choose my route or past routes that have been used by others. While everything isn't about race, I'm trying to exercise & make it home safely. And the most dangerous place for a black man to be while minding his business is in the imagination of a white person.