I've been using Google Fit and Zeopoxa for quite a few months now. GFit tracked my walking while Zeopoxa tracked bicycle rides. Both apps are user friendly and provide just the right information, However I hadn't explored GFit features as much as Zeopoxa. Google Fit tracked only my walks, couple of weeks ago I noticed that even my cycle rides had been tracked since June 2021. Since then I started comparing the details in both apps, there are slight differences in the values, only in decimals. Having studied the apps for weeks, I got an idea of sharing my observations here.
Zeopoxa menu has the following options: Activity, Statistics, Challenges, Records, History, Overall, etc. The ones mentioned here are the ones I access regularly. At the beginning of a ride, an activity has to be initiated by touching "Start" and at the end of the ride touch "End." The tracking can be paused during breaks and resumed later using the "Pause" and "Resume" options.
This is the history tab- a list of all rides. The app also allows manual entry in case you missed initiating a ride. Touching the red circle with plus mark opens the Manual Entry form. Just enter the details and save - an entry is created. While a tracked entry includes the route, elevation gain & elevation loss, a manual entry will not have this information.
Moving on to the Statistics tab. By default the weekly stats are shown. To see monthly, yearly, or all rides data, touch "More Data." The Yearly view shows month-wise breakup and All shows year-wise breakup.
This is an individual activity... details of the ride in one glance. There are four tabs here, the default tab is seen below. The other tabs gives elevation vs speed data, speed vs time data & the last tab shows details like bike type, heart beat, weather, workout, etc. The last tab is something I've never bothered to explore.
This is the "Speed vs Time" comparison.
This is the "Elevation vs Speed" comparison. The top speed of the ride is shown.
Zeopoxa data is stored on your phone, so it's important to save backup files to an online storage. Zeopoza creates a backup at the end of every session, the files can be viewed under Files > Zeopoxa in your phone. I upload the files to my Google Drive once a week. If required one could do it daily. In case you factory reset your phone, you can upload the backup files and view historical data of your workouts. Restore option is available under Settings.
Moving on to Google Fit. Below is the home screen.
Google Fit tracks walks and rides on its own however it misses out distances at times. So it's better to manually track activities. Touch the plus icon on the home screen to see below screen.
Touch 'Track workout' to initiate an activity. Here you record a number of sports activities like walking, running, cycling, aerobics, jumping, etc. Remember to end the session at once your workout is done. The recorded activity can be viewed in the Journal.
The navigation to the 4 tabs are at the bottom of the screen. In this screen-shot, two rides and one walk is shown, scrolling down will all tracked activities in the reverse chronological order.
Below is the view of an individual activity... the route and summary. Distance, duration & average speed are common between Zeopoxa and GFit.
Clicking on the map will enlarge the route to full screen and back button will restore this view.
Scrolling down the activity screen will reveal the Speed vs Time comparison. This data is presented in the same way in both Zeopoxa and GFit.
GFit allows editing a saved activity where as Zeopoxa doesn't allow that. GFit shows individual activities and weekly summaries. Monthly, Yearly and Overall stats is not available, i.e. to my knowledge.
I like both Zepoxa Cycling and GFit equally. And I'll continue to track my activities in both. Statistics in both match more or less except for minor differences in distance ridden and top speed. This difference, of course reflects in the average speed. The differences shouldn't matter to amateur like me.
Disclaimer: This is purely a personal view. This post is not be considered as promotion or expert review of any app mentioned here.
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