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Apps WorkOutDoors: New workout features
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The lap length is the same as the distance alert notification frequency, so if you change that to 1/2 mile for example, then you will see 1/2 mile laps in the summary screens for future workouts.
Hi,
I know a few people have reported this already. AOD freezes when my wrist is lowered. I’m on version 5.3.4, watchOS 10.4, iOS 17.4.1 with AOD enabled in the Screen Options menu. Hard rebooting the watch along with my phone didn’t help. I also tried to turn on WOD in Background App Refresh in the watch app but it didn’t change anything.
I know a few people have reported this already. AOD freezes when my wrist is lowered. I’m on version 5.3.4, watchOS 10.4, iOS 17.4.1 with AOD enabled in the Screen Options menu. Hard rebooting the watch along with my phone didn’t help. I also tried to turn on WOD in Background App Refresh in the watch app but it didn’t change anything.
Yes, Apple changed/broke something in watchOS 10.4 which for some people prevents the app from updating the screen when the watch is lowered.
I have built a beta with a possible workaround for this. It rarely happens for me so it's hard to know if it fixes the issue but a couple of people are currently trying it. If it works for them then I will release it to all beta testers. If anyone is interested in trying this version before that (including current beta testers) then please let me know at info@workoutdoors.net
I just had a weird bug with the latest version which I haven’t seen before (using a series 7 with latest watchOS). I did a long walk (4.5 hours) and had the app track the whole thing. After I had finished and saved the workout, the WorkOutDoors menu page kept popping up on my watch every time I put my wrist down, so rather than it being the watch face it was the WorkOutDoors app despite me force closing it, it made no difference. I had to restart the watch to sort it. Not sure if you have seen this issue before?
I have heard of this occasionally over the years but not for a few months. Glad that rebooting the watch fixed it.
Sorry, that is not possible at the moment. Although in the future I may add an option to make the overall time just the sum of the lap times that watchOS provides to the app, which would effectively be an auto-pause. However watchOS only provides lap times after each lap (often a long time after the lap!) so it would seem like the time wasn't updating during the workout. It may be useful afterwards though.
Glad you like the app!
Did you send to the correct email address: info@workoutdoors.net? Lots of people get the .net extension wrong. I have given the beta to everyone who has asked.
Alternatively DM me your email address and I will add you to the beta program.
Solved with the beta app, now is running ok ( at least today)
Sorry about that. The vertical oscillation and ground contact data in Apple's system when using Stryd is strange. It is a problem with the way the app is interpreting the data from Stryd. I spent most of last year asking them for help with it and they were as unhelpful as possible.
I eventually got a workaround that fixed most of the problems but that is the only one remaining. I will fix it at some time (even if I make the app use the data from the watch instead of from Stryd) but it isn't high on my to-do list at the moment. Sorry.
In the meantime please use the data in WOD instead of in Apple's Health system.
Hopefully. So far everyone who has tried it has reported success.
However I probably won't release it soon because the early indications are that Apple have changed/broken something in the watchOS 10.5 beta, which makes the complications not appear. So I will probably hold fire to see what happens on that front and if they do not fix it in a future beta then I will release a version with both workarounds (assuming I can workaround the watchOS 10.5 issue).
Hi! I have recently been using Workoutdoors to replace Apple Workout previously. I am very happy with the application, however when I look at the GPS track of my outings, I observe that the track is not natural, there are several zig-zags, while with Apple Workout the track was more straight and natural. The metrics are however consistent so it is not a big problem, but where can this problem come from in terms of the GPS trace?
I show examples with screenshots: the first is a GPS track from Workoutdoors, the second is a GPS track from Apple Workout.
I show examples with screenshots: the first is a GPS track from Workoutdoors, the second is a GPS track from Apple Workout.
Apple's native workout app smooths the track after the workout to make it look better. This doesn’t affect the distances during a workout because the smoothing is done afterwards and also because both apps use the pedometer anyway (although you also have the option to switch to use GPS in WorkOutDoors).
The smoothing algorithm has improved a lot over the years but still sometimes cuts corners etc. I prefer to show the raw GPS positions as reported by watchOS. Although this is partly because the sort of smoothing that Apple does is very complex and beyond what I could do!
So for what ever reason, this issue has completely gone away. It hasn't failed to start a single run since I posted here a few weeks ago. I haven't made any changes to settings, haven't done any OS updates and I haven't changed my routine. I'm hesitant to even report because my next run will probably fail. Hahaha
Sorry, that is not possible. As far as I know there is no standard format for csv files containing workouts.
You could export the FIT from WOD and convert it to CSV here:
Convert FIT Files to CSV
Converts Garmin FIT files to CSV Files. Just upload your FIT file, and it will spit out a CSV file with all of the record fields.
As @cfc wrote: no standard for CSV workout data.