Sites for running: Endomondo

We continue to look for the best service for the runners. Earlier we looked at adidas miCoach, nike + and Sports Tracker.

As you can see from previous reviews, all the services of a sports orientation can be divided into two broad categories - purely trackers and virtual coaches. First only collect statistics, the latter, in addition to this also provide tailored training plans and recommendations. hero of this review - the service Endomondo - refers to the number of simple trackers, but in this case has a number of nice features.

Endomondo service was formed in November 2007, three Danes, who resigned for the sake of a very prestigious job. In July 2009, it was launched the beta version of the site, and in September 2010 was overcome the barrier of one million downloads. Currently, the application downloaded more than three million times, and there are about 1.3 million active users on the site. Given the specificity of a narrow service aimed only at people engaged in physical training, the result is not even bad.

Such a high popularity of the service is due to several important reasons. Firstly, the service has positioned itself not only as a tool to collect and store your sports activity, but as a full-fledged social network for people keen on one thing. With Endomondo you can find friends around you, or to compete with the very strangers who live on the other side of the planet. Friends of training, communication, joint events and competitions - all this provides us with the service. Due to the number of users in a large number of "our" people, I am sure that you will not be bored.

The second reason for the popularity of Endomondo - client available for all mobile platforms and even Java-based. Thus, supported by a wide range of models, and even in the case of purchase, such as a new phone, you can safely continue to use the service. The possibility of applications for different phones are not identical, their differences can be seen here.

C point of view of collecting and reporting statistics service also looks pretty decent. A nice simple interface, a rich presentation of data, fast speed - using the service causes only positive emotions. More details about impressions Layfhakera editor of Endomondo can be found in this article.

I'd add that, too, I have long been an active user of the service. Among the strengths of the mobile client of this service, I would mention not demanding phone, the ability to control the music player directly from the application and stability.

If you need a sports service with support for the widest range of mobile devices and has a pronounced social orientation, then you should join the numerous user community Endomondo.

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