Walkroid - simple pedometer

kino2718

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About this app

Walkroid - simple pedometer - displays your today's steps and distance. It also has trip meters so that you can measure distance between any two points by walk or steps each walking.
In addition to the normal application, widget is available.

*** CAUTION ***
Unfortunately some devices stop the accelerometer in the device when the screen is OFF, the app doesn't run well on such devices.

About Permissions
SYSTEM TOOLS: needed for running when the screen is off.
STORAGE: needed for saving backup of logs in the SDCARD.
NETWORK COMMUNICATION: needed for Ads.

Ratings and reviews

Inaccurate. I'll walk the same path and each lap I do it will tell me I've walked a vastly different distance. Yesterday it said my first lap was 1.02 miles, the second lap (exact same path) was 1.5 miles. The app also randomly closes. I've gone for walks only to discover the app had closed and didn't register anything. I'm just going to upgrade to an old fashioned hip worn pedometer so I can stop guessing how far I've actually walked.

I have used this app for years with no issues. In the last month or two, it has a bug. It will end a day normally but wont start the next day. The numbers are orange, which is correct, but it wont record steps till I hit the stop button, then the start. I have contacted the developers by email.

I've used this app for a long time and until the most recent update it worked fine. Favorite features are the trip-meter and daily log. But since the update it has missed up to half the actual steps. I see 2 new settings - save battery and decrease the sensitivity. Both were on by default. I turned both off but did not fix the problem. Now I am trying other apps. Two that I have tried seem to be accurate but don't have the features I am looking for. Still looking unless a fix for Walkroid comes. Followup to my original review: The app developer has published an updated version of Walkroid that fixed the problem I described. It now works correctly (at least for me) and so it deserves five stars.

What's new

v3.8
compatible with Android 14.
v3.6
(EU and England only)Changed to obtain user consent to display ads in accordance with GDPR.
v3.5
compatible with Android 13.
fixed minor problems.
v3.4
fixed minor problems.
v3.3
added a separator at the turn of the month on Log list screen to show the year and month.
v3.2
mitigated a problem with stopping counting steps.
v3.1
fixed some problems.