Strava -
Q&A Submitted By: App Reviewer
Seller: Strava, Inc. (
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Category: Health & Fitness Reviewed Version: 203.0.0
Download: iOS Android Other Similar Apps: - MyFitnessPal
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Price: Paid Options The Strava app is free to download and comes with free version as well. The app also offers premium membership It costs $7.99 per month (which works out to nearly $100 per year), or $59.99 if you pay for an annual subscription upfront. The membership covers your customizable training plans and fitness goals. You can use distance tracker to set your own time and segment goals. Members get live feedback so that they can train safer and perform better. With Strava subscription, members dive deep into their data with advanced analysis & extensive performance metrics
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The Strava app is awarded as the best app for runners in 2019. The app helps you track your fitness activity with it. You can record your run, map a cycling route and analyze your training with all the stats in this amazing free app. The app allows you turn your smartwatch and phone into incredible tracker.
Millions of people and athletes are using this app for achieving their fitness goals. You can compare your running, cycling and swimming performance on this app. The app is a place where you can meet with many other athletes and join clubs & teams for activities & growing communities.
App Features and Capabilities
- Track and analyze: The app allows you to track your workout like cycling, running and swimming. You get key stats like distance, pace speed, elevation gained and calories burned during your specific workout.
- Performance: The app compares your performances overtime to reach set goals. It shows you the best time to reach a destination so that you can set targets to achieve milestones. Leader board keeps you pushing to upgrade your skills according to other athletes.
- New routes and maps: The app offers amazing and unique tracking routes and maps which you had never discovered before. This allows you to mix up your training with the world’s largest trail network.
- Connect and share: The app has this feature where you can record your bike ride on your Strava feed so friends & followers can comment and share their own. The app let you join clubs of brands, teams and friends for activities and growing communities. You can also show off your routes and share photos of your adventures.
- Challenges: This app pushes your limits with different challenges. You can race the community with virtual segments and can compete to achieve top rank in leaderboard. You can train for marathon or any competition by using this app which improves your skills step by step.
Pros
- The app has many rich sets of feature which helps you to achieve your set targets easily.
- The app not only record your runs and bicycle rides but also creates a competition between you and people who travel the same route.
- The app strongly emphasize on building community. It connects many runners, swimmers and cyclist through the app.
- The app uses healthkit to export your Strava activities into the health app and supports other fitness trackers like heart rate monitor and biometric data.
- With subscription you get customizable training programs and workout plans.
- The app allows you to explore new segments near you which is a wonderful feature for finding popular places to run.
Cons
- The app collects a lot of personal data compromising your privacy.
- It makes your personal information public like geolocation data which put people at risk.
- The premium membership is much expensive as compared to other fitness apps.
- Strava shares heat maps of specific location letting people know about crowded spaces for trekking and compromising security issues.
- The app sometimes doesn’t work well as it shares confusing information about tracks.
- The app tracks tracking activities wrongly and has limited sports options to choose from.
Other Information to Know Strava app is owned by Strava Inc. specially designed for iPhone and iPod touch. It ranks at #30 in the category of health and fitness. It has a rating of 4.8 stars in apple store. The app has a rating of 4.4 stars on google play store. The size of the app is 103.9 MB. The app is compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It requires iOS 13.0 or later for compatibility. The app is available in multiple languages. It has 4+ age rating.