Fantastic! – Treadmill Smart Speed - Designed for Zwift Runs Review

Ignore the bad reviews. This app works exactly like it’s supposed to. In spite of my glowing review here, I have no relationship with the developer. Since Zwift running is so underserved with decent hardware, I wish more people knew about this gem. For nearly everyone with an iPhone (and ideally, but not necessary) with an Apple Watch, this is all you need! Zwift’s (Milestone) foot pod is uselessly inaccurate for me and goes through 2032 batteries in ridiculously short order. Short of buying a $200 Stryd foot pod, I was frustrated. Don’t want the new Zwift hardware that attaches to your treadmill as I primarily run while on business travel and away from my bike. This app completely fixes the problem! Just use it to match the treadmill’s speed and it transmits this dotted over Bluetooth to Zwift. It pairs instantly, unlike most devices. If you don’t have an Apple Watch, just use the manual setting. If you do, select the Watch setting and then control via your watch. You can still set the treadmill speed manually on the watch by twirling the Digital Crown and then tapping on the speed number in the lower left. It will throw you off because it shows the speed as “7:0” instead of 7.0, but it works fine. When it turns green, it will send this speed to Zwift rather than the detected (and fairly low, if you’re me) speed from the Apple Watch. I’d love to help with some UI polish, but for $2 and no longer having to fuss with a foot pod, I’m all in! Now how do we get everyone else on Zwift running to know about this?
Review by Jon Thomason on Treadmill Smart Speed - Designed for Zwift Runs.