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TeeBee May 2020 10:02am, 22 May 2020 6,271 posts	Quote Pin TeeBee I'd like to use it for walks and cycling. Then I can keep my basic Garmin (which doesn't distinguish between training types) for just runs.
Autumnleaves May 2020 10:19am, 22 May 2020 14,980 posts	Quote Pin Autumnleaves Walks for me too.
The_Saint May 2020 11:49am, 22 May 2020 6,505 posts	Quote Pin The_Saint Running with a smartphone does make you fitter I suppose given the weight and size of them. I have also seen so many hit the floor at parkrun, expensive hobby.
Rrunner May 2020 12:09pm, 22 May 2020 421 posts	Quote Pin Rrunner I didn't used to run with mine but since I got a Flipbelt it sits snugly in there to the point I don't even notice I'm carrying it. I would probably not use a Fetch app while I'm running but can see the benefit for those who do use their smartphone to record runs.
larkim May 2020 1:01pm, 22 May 2020 11,120 posts	Quote Pin larkim I'm another that will forever be Android only on my phone, but as I've got a GPS watch I'd have no need for a GPS logging app feature set from Fetch. There are so many mature products already out there for this, it's hard to see how it could improve on those and by now I'd be quite surprised if many really took up the feature if it was developed. My only caveat to that would be about positioning Fetch in the post-Strava paywall world, where I could see some people jumping ship who have only ever used their phones as their GPS devices. Whilst FE is now far better than it was a few years ago via a mobile browser, it's accessing some of the site's content that I use a lot, potentially even offline, which would be the areas that would interest me. For example, pop up notifications for watched threads, perhaps something of a more "social" view of mine / other's training (a-la Strava) including notifications, removing the need to turn the phone sideways to view some of the detail in training logs. I'm not a fetch game player, but if I was I could see the potential for an app-style view for some of those activities. I use the ~~strava~~ app to follow the activities of those I'm connected to on there, but I still need / want to go to the website for some of the additional stuff. But I also know enough people for whom the website content of ~~strava~~ is a complete unknown - they only see the app-presentation of ~~strava~~ and believe that that is all that is offered. Fetch's USPs for me are:- - the responsiveness of the developer! - the community of people, as seen via the forums and the blogs - the amazing depth and inventiveness of the data presentation - not for me, but the games do appeal to a lot of people Any app, to my mind at least, has to focus on those things if they can be done better or more accessibly in an app. If it can't be done (and I'm no UI designer, I wouldn't have a clue!), I wouldn't waste valuable development time on duplicating a GPS recorded when there are so many others out there. Just my tuppence though! And I'm sure Lord Fetch has thought all this stuff through and come to the right answers anyway - even if they are different to my thoughts!!
Weean May 2020 1:38pm, 22 May 2020 1,455 posts	Quote Pin Weean I feel like my data's safe with Fetch, which isn't something I feel with ~~strava~~ Runkeeper et al. I do have a Garmin, but would welcome a non-data-stealing app for all those times i've forgotten to charge it.
LindsD May 2020 3:36pm, 22 May 2020 36,834 posts	Quote Pin LindsD That's my use case, too. Or when I run from work and I'm wearing my work watch.
larkim May 2020 3:49pm, 22 May 2020 11,121 posts	Quote Pin larkim Yep, maybe that's where I differ. I don't have too many cares about my data being shared / profited from. Perhaps that's naive, but so far I've got lots of nice free things in return for allowing my data to be used / sold / advertised to. Plus I don't have a work watch, nor do I run to work (50m round trip would be a bit exceessive daily!)
Lizzie W May 2020 6:50am, 24 May 2020 23,148 posts	Quote Pin Lizzie W I found this while looking at an orienteering app dontkillmyapp.com
Fenland Flier Jun 2020 10:26pm, 4 Jun 2020 1,744 posts	Quote Pin Fenland Flier I wonder what's been happening with the app over the last 11 days?