The 12 best apps for walking

Best walking apps

Walking and walking and the apps we have to accompany this action so good for health and that it means all a tonic; And no, it is not necessary to run like a gazelle or do the 20km walk, but by going out for a walk every day our health will thank you in time.

Therefore you we are going to teach the best walking apps that we have on an Android mobile. And the truth is that there are a lot of them so that we can even use pedometers as applications that we also have. We are going to do it with these apps that surely some of them will come to you or that they painted.

Walking to lose calories

Walk down

Almost that the title says everything about this free app that we have for our mobiles Android. Among some of its virtues, apart from lowering calories with it if we use it daily when going for a walk, are the training plans.

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It has different levels of training and the application is capable of recording our exercises thanks to the use of the mobile's GPS. Of course, there is no lack of audio guides, so it is in itself a very interesting app to go for a walk.

Pedometer - Free Calorie and Steps Counter

Pedometer - Free Calorie and Steps Counter

If there is something that stands out for this app called pedometer, it is because of its elegance and how simple it is, and is that unlike others, it does not bring us many options, but it goes directly to count our steps. In fact, it does not track the geolocation information of the GPS that our mobile phone has incorporated. In fact, it uses a pedometer that apart from counting our steps, prevents it from consuming so much of our mobile battery; although it must be said that each time the use of GPS does less damage to the daily battery consumption.

Step counter - pedometer
Step counter - pedometer

Walk with MapMyWalk

Walk with MapMyWalk

We can be before one of the best tools or companions for our outings daily walks. Walk with MapMyWalk is part of MapMyFitness, and among some of its virtues we can count on the feedback we receive through audio. Of course, unlike the previous one, it does track the GPS to locate us on the map and use the sensors themselves to give more information. Other of its points is that we can connect it to Google Fit, the app for the health of the big G, and even other services such as Garmin and many others. Also have a good design to turn it into a very modern app that we have to pay due attention to.

Gehen with MapMyWalk
Gehen with MapMyWalk
Developer: MapMyFitness, Inc.
Price: Free

Walking to Lose Weight and Fitness Pedometer

Walking to Lose Weight and Fitness Pedometer

Another app dedicated to walking and with the objective since many of those who read these lines will surely share: lose weight. Here we have both a step counter and GPS tracking, just as you can count on a calorie counter so that we know what we consume daily in our daily outings. Among another of its highlights is its ability to export data in GPX and KML, as well as allowing us to save our activities to keep them safe. As it does not have all those statistics and data that we like to review once we have returned home to compare them with the previous days.

RunKeeper - GPS Running Walking

RunKeeper - GPS Running Walking

One of the favorites of many users and that already has its own on Android offering an experience for all types of sports that we exercise. Logically we have to walk between one of its activities, and it even allows us to set objectives while we make the training plans that it indicates to us. An app that cannot be missed due to its great popularity and his good work in the experience of going for a walk. Some of its details is the audio feedback it offers every time we reach a distance in that daily walk we do.

Free Pedometer - Step and Calorie Counter

Free Pedometer - Step and Calorie Counter

We return again to a fairly simple app, but one that perfectly serves the purpose since it is nothing more than looking for an app to go for a walk and that becomes a tool. It will control the steps you take and even the calories consumed on those walks.

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You only have to download it, install it and start it so that through a button you can start to have control of the steps you take. Among its other virtues is the possibility of creating groups to go for a walk, and its ability to offer training plans specially designed for walking.

Pacer Pedometer: Schrittzähler
Pacer Pedometer: Schrittzähler

Google Fit

Google Fit

Of course, we cannot leave aside another great app that we have free of charge for the control and review of the data we generate every time we go out to do a physical exercise; in this case what is walking. Among its virtues, it offers a large amount of data to be able to assess what we do, it offers support for smart watches with WearOS, just as if you have a Xiaomi Band you can transfer all the data that this smart bracelet of the Chinese brand collects. It also does a more than decent job as a pedometer, so don't be late for your appointment and has Google Fit to accompany you in your day to day when you go for a walk with your mobile.

Google Fit: activity tracker
Google Fit: activity tracker
Developer: Google LLC
Price: Free

Step counter -Podometer, calorie counter

Step counter -Podometer, calorie counter

Another app to go for a walk very simple and that it is this very aspect that differentiates it. We must bear in mind that it does not have GPS tracking, no cloud service, and it does not even require you to have to log in. It is only to install it, go out and start walking. It will only use the mobile sensors to count our steps, so for this mere fact it becomes one of the most explicit apps on this list. It is a free app, but if we want to remove the advertising, we only have to pay € 2,39.

Step counter - pedometer
Step counter - pedometer

Free Pedometer - Step Counter and Tracker

Free Pedometer - Step Counter and Tracker

Again another app dedicated to counting the steps without frills and going straight to the center and axis of this list of apps to go for a walk. You have to have your plans defined, your button to start and stop, and assess the data that you offer us after returning home. We talk about the distance traveled, the calories consumed, the time carried out, or the speed itself. We could use this app as a counter for 24 hours and 7 days a week. A free app with advertising just like the previous one. A more than interesting app that goes to the point.

Free Pedometer - Step and Calorie Counter

Pedometers

Here we come to one of the most popular pedometer apps on the Play Store and it is for some reason than another that shows its quality. It even allows us to set the sensitivity of your step counter to be as accurate as possible. It is also characterized by its ability to track the GPS, but it allows you to pass from registration to go directly to use it. Support Fitbit, your smart bracelets, and MyFitnessPal for the calorie counter. An app that works really well and that we recommend that you try one of the first on this list of the best apps for going for a walk.

Pacer Pedometer: Schrittzähler
Pacer Pedometer: Schrittzähler

Zombies, Run!

Zombies Run

Una app totally different from the rest, since it is practically a game in which we are encouraged to run from the zombies that chase us. In this way, you can encourage those who are bored by the rest of the apps because they are too simple or too logical for the fact of walking. Let's say that if you put on headphones while you go for a walk, you will hear a whole story that will inspire you to go a little faster while you walk, that you do not have to run, do not be fooled; although you can always start run with these apps. While it does not count all our steps, it does measure the distance we carry, so we can assess what we carry.

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ZRX: Zombies Run + Marvel Move

Fitbit

Fitbit

And it could not be missing in this list of the best apps to go for a walk like Fitbit. We already know your smartbands or smart bracelets that are the perfect accessory for those outings. The app tracks almost everything imaginable when we do a physical exercise such as walking itself, such as steps, hours of sleep, calories consumed, stairs climbed, and everything active that you can become. A perfect solution for those who have one of those bracelets.

Fitbit
Fitbit
Developer: Fitbit LLC
Price: Free

These they are the best apps to go for a walk with the accompaniment of our mobile to have them installed in it.


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