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Endomondo – The motivator

This article is from the the archive. Endemondo’s service was stopped in 2020.

endoWith a goal of making fitness fun, Endemondo provides a type of personal trainer in your pocket called Endo. The free version of  Endomondo app provides tools that most of its competitors have in premium versions only. One of the first apps in the category, with more than 10 million installs on Google Play alone.

The name is a combination of Endo, a short for endorphins which are chemicals naturally found in the brain and cause good feeling and pain relief. Endorphins are released during intense exercise, joy, smile, laughter, massage and even during sleep.

Endo enables you to record and track your activities in more than 40 sports, using GPS. It also enables sharing activities and following other users where you can cheer them on or send them a challenge. When setting a target, Endo gives you realtime audio feedback on how well you are doing. Personal stats and history are also available to track and analyze your activities and performance.

The convenient display of data allows simple tracking of activity duration, speed, distance, calories burned and more. The voice indicator which included in the free version serves as a motivator while specifying your performance during the activity. Another feature in this version is the heart rate monitor (works with Bluetooth heart rate monitors).

For performance analysis, you can keep a full training log and watch for training every day. The app also allows you to set goals and take challenges such as setting time, distance or calories. To meet your goals, you can receive real-time audio encouragement from friends or send encouragement to others. You can also send and receive feedback on your training and analyze your advancement using the dashboard or your friends’ performance. The sharing options are not just limited to the Endomondo network, but you can share results and training on social networks: Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.

All of these are available in the free version as well, adding photos, tagging friends, turning on auto-pause, customizing home screen, using countdown, and more.

Browsing your profile, Where your data is stored automatically, you can analyzes and dives into your stats and track your progress, while interacting with a global community of fitness enthusiasts.

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