Distance Meter Pro Reviews

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Ronarchy

Doesn't work and unresponsive developer. Bought it to go along with Training Peaks but it crashes or only records half of your info. MotionX is the way to go... It works perfectly.

horrible distance meter

chas2679

I do not recommend this for anyone. It does not keep accurate track of time or mileage & is a complete waste of money.

Love this app

Williams Family 919

This app is impressive i tried the free one to see how well it worked and it is worth paying for. Me and my wife are able to track and map our runs and it is awesome to see our progress.

It took me a few false starts, but on my third attempt I finally got what I wanted from this app, which was a map of my regular hiking route with distance and altitude information. The downsides? I found I needed to hike *holding my iPhone.* Depositing it in my back pocket disrupted the gps signal somehow. This app also doesn't play well with others: stop to take a picture or verify which bird you hear singing, and you've lost your data. If futureApps allowed "pause" to retain data upon closing the app, distance meter would rate five stars. Nevertheless, it works. Sometimes the "route map" portion doesn't seem to be working on your phone, especially if you've gone out of cell tower range (note that the gps works fine without cell network), but if you upload your data through the app once you're back on a network, you'll find your route map and all accompanying data available, and exportable in .kml format (for google earth) as well as other formats.

Won't work (Does not access the GPS)

Anne4nra

It would not connect to the GPS at all. No option to give feedback/get help. Clicked report a problem in the receipt link (from email) and was sent to the purchase receipt. I want my money back, but don't think I'll get joy on that either. Don't waste your time or money on this functionless app!

Distance Meter Pro

Burge603

This program works pretty well. I used it on my GS for a while. One thing I hate about this for my usage is it's screen locking mechanism. Once you lock it, you are to tap the screen three times to unlock. I tend to wear cargo shorts and put the phone in my leg pocket while I walk my dogs. It seems that the phone bounces around and unlocks on it's own, then the program stops without me realizing it. They should use the slide to unlock feature... My second major pet peeve is when I upgraded to the iPhone 4, I fat fingered the message box asking if the program was allowed to use my current position. I mistakingly put "Don't allow" which was my fault. The problem is that there is NO WAY to fix this. I restarted the program (other programs ask you each time you start up). I had to delete the program and reinstall it. This seems like a simply preference fix to me. I can't tell you how annoyed I was on this. Those are my two complaints. Other than that, the program works very well and I do like it for 3 bucks. If you don't fat finger it, and you have your phone on an armband, I'm sure you will not have the same problems I have. Good luck.

Stops randomly

Aj Sri

Its great app when it works but biggest flaw is, if you get sms or a phone call, app stops. It does not retain any information. in fact free version was little better than full paid one. I am going to look for another app which does not get turned off if you get call or text. Overall I would say- Look for some other app.

Great app for daily runs!

rfgf1

I've been using this app on my 3GS and now 4 all summer to track my progress on one of three running routes I take each day. Works quite well, shows you your track through the subdivision and then through the nature preserves (topo maps are nice here!), gives me my pace (realtime), and then at the end of the run gives me an average pace for the run. All data is then uploaded to my free TrainingPeaks account. Very slick app! The only negative is the screen colors chosen by the developer are not easy to see while wearing sunglasses in bright sunlight (e.g. white on black would be easier to see). Use it almost every day--works well!

crap

feedmeseymore

GPS does not function for v.4, No support, innacurate distance calc when it worked. Piece of crap waste of money.