Wahoo RunFit vs Polar Beat – Wahoo RunFit Review

Update: after many Wahoo RunFit App updates, Wahoo still drops out much more than Polar Beat. Also, Polar has improved and rarely drops out and has more features. Seeing they are both free can’t see any advantage to Wahoo. I no longer see a reason to keep both apps running simultaneously, unless you want to compare them or have one for a total and one for individual things like cardio and other sets. Below is my old review: I’ve been using Wahoo RunFit and Polar Beat simultaneously for over 1 year using the Polar H7 chest strap. There are 2 annoying things about RunFit: 1) it drops out much more, meaning, you turn it on and then after your workout find it only recorded 1 or 2 minutes of the workout (ugh!) 2) You can’t write notes. This is important because many times there are variables you want to keep track of. On the picky side, I find it interesting Wahoo calculates more calories than Polar on low HR-say below 125, and Polar calculates more above 125. Also, their calorie algorithms seem to be flip-flopped on age: Wahoo calculates more calories for age and Polar calculates more calories for youth. In the end, I’d still recommend running 2 apps simultaneously because there have been occasions when Polar dropped out and Wahoo didn’t.
Review by BryanHR on Wahoo RunFit.