Distance app for phone

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    I'm sure there must be a phone app for telling you how much distance you have covered using GPS.
    Just not sure if there is or where to get it.
    Any ideas?
     
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      Ps, I don't want to pay for it. :biggrin:
       
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        Can't promise but try 'waze'
        It's free and quite good.
         
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          Hi JR should have mentioned, I'm looking for something that works when I'm on foot.
           
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            Ah! I'm not sure then, but no doubt someone will soon advise of a suitable app.
             
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              Looking for joggers,:biggrin: we must have lots of those on here.
               
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                Just been surfing so i don't know anything about it

                GPS Odometer

                I goggled
                Phone app the measure distance when walking, and a few come up
                 
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                  I've found a few but mostly they want you to get an account, join and post how far you have run today to the whole world.
                  I dont run anymore, I just want to know how far I've walked and sod the rest of the world.:smile:
                   
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                  @pete punch 'pedometer for walking' into the web and it'll bring up various kinds that are reasonably cheap.
                   
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                        Been having a look, all I want is a start stop kind of thing to tell me how far I have walked. It really can't be that difficult, can it?:smile:
                        Don't want to register, get an account display to the world where I'm walking etc.
                        Just installed one and it won't let you use it unless you allow it full time access to your location, in use or not.
                        Others tell you how many steps you have taken, why??:scratch:
                        Then some take a wild guess at how many calories you have used. :biggrin:
                        Might just have to get an old fashioned map and work it out myself.
                         
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                        Not something I have ever looked at to be honest - I am wondering if you would be better with some sort of FitBit?
                         
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                          Yeah just can't understand why you can't just do something with Google maps.
                          It's using GPS, all I want is to start it and stop it and tell me distance covered.
                          Surely it's not rocket science.
                           
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