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Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Fri, 7 Dec 2012 22:08:57 GMT

I searched on my iPhone for ski apps. Too many to go over. Who has the time? And I know if it is free, it will cost me down the road. What should I bother with? I am looking for apps that will help me improve my time, record data so I can see it on my computer, maybe even share my pictures and runs. I did get some advice: Ski Tracks, iTrailMap, Navionics, and Snowedge. Thanks to all who respond.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Fri, 7 Dec 2012 23:13:17 GMT

I really enjoyed using ski trax last year, except it drained my iphone battery crazy. Nice google earth like view and easy to take pics and share.
But I haven't tried anything else so don't know if it would be same battery issue for all.
oh and for a not-so-techy person, it was really easy to use :)

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 08:09:08 GMT

depends how much data you have to pay for ...you could end up with a big bill

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 08:13:57 GMT

i used alpine reply, only users GPS then uplands the data when you connect to wifi back at the hotel. it's got some wicked new features this season to.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 09:05:46 GMT

MattSki_score wrote:i used alpine reply, only users GPS then uplands the data when you connect to wifi back at the hotel. it's got some wicked new features this season to.

Matt - I presume you meant AlpineReplay ????
Had a look at this for Android and it is quite interesting.
I had a quick look but not exhaustive to see if you can use wifi only to upload etc - thereby avoiding data sue. One thing I don't want is heavy data use when abroad (roaming turned off).

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 09:15:16 GMT

ski trax doesn't use data. but make sure you download it before you go unless you are on free wifi. I think there is a free and pay option and I have the pay option.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 09:46:47 GMT

Ah, ski apps are soooo 2000, what you need is:
http://uk.oakley.com/airwave

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 10:00:58 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Ah, ski apps are soooo 2000, what you need is:
http://uk.oakley.com/airwave

Let us know how you get on with yours, Dave :mrgreen:

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 13:49:10 GMT

GPS Ski Maps is very good and does not cost a lot on android but think the price jumps when you buy through apple store

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 14:48:56 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:Ah, ski apps are soooo 2000, what you need is:
http://uk.oakley.com/airwave

Blimey Dave, you were years ahead of your time back in 2000. I think I still had a Nokia brick in those days.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 20:27:51 GMT

OldAndy wrote:

Dave Mac wrote:Ah, ski apps are soooo 2000, what you need is:
http://uk.oakley.com/airwave

Let us know how you get on with yours, Dave :mrgreen:

Not for me, Andy, I never wear goggles.

I passed on the OP list to my smarty pants young son, who writes apps for a hobby. I have suggested writing about what he knows, but he has a good line in app quizzes.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 8 Dec 2012 20:29:51 GMT

Dave Mac wrote:what you need is:
http://uk.oakley.com/airwave

wish I had a sugar daddy

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 02:05:10 GMT

Thanks for all your help, but I was looking at $5 apps, not $600 goggles. I did buy navionics and ski tracks. Let's see which one helps me out.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 08:50:46 GMT

richievee wrote:Thanks for all your help, but I was looking at $5 apps, not $600 goggles. I did buy navionics and ski tracks. Let's see which one helps me out.

Quite

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:16:56 GMT

I bought Ski Tracks for 69p, recommended by an instructor.

It's pretty cool. All the stats, speed, distance, no. runs, no. lifts, elevation. Plus it shows a neat map of the runs you've done, which if like me and have no clue what runs are called or where they go, is very useful explaining where you've been to others ;)

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:16:39 GMT

+1 for ski tracks

GPS only and local data saving = no running cost.
Run by run breakdown in the 69p version - well worth it.
With data off I've had over 50% battery left at the end of the day (on an iphone!)

Not skiing specific but Photosynth is free and good for capturing the views!

Alpine replay looks like it could be good, might investigate.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 13:33:40 GMT

Ski tracks is the best i have used. The only issue i found was that all the guys in our group had it meaning a competition started to see who could break 50mph, then once that broke it was who could go fastest. Every 0.1mph counts.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:17:44 GMT

I agree about SkiTracks. It provides more stats & graphs than I reckon anyone could need or want. I didn't find it a drain on my battery at all, but with three of us running the app (mind you, I believe I am the only one with the paid version), we all got varying results from our end-of-day summaries.

Like Andy, there is much competition amongst us to produce the max speed on our selected schusses. I currently hold the record of 123.1kph set in Val Thorens this year, but I believe this is a little suspect as my colleagues were a full 15kph behind and I reckon there couldn't have been that much variation. Also, distance covered differed, tho' only by a small amount and runs/lifts didn't always match either. Even comparing app readings at mountain top departure points recorded different altitudes.

Still, for 69p it's a bit of fun and although interesting in examining (and arguing) over a beer or two, I'm not sure that it could, or should, be relied on for any great degree of accuracy.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:21:54 GMT

I did buy both. skitracks - liked the preview of a run on 3D.
navionics - gotta love the resort maps, ski and snow reports, and driving directions to those resorts. Hopefully i will get to use them next week.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:46:29 GMT

weather still too warm here. hope mother nature changes her mind and drops the temperature a bit.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sun, 30 Dec 2012 22:42:44 GMT

Dave, i too am fortunate to have a pair but i hav'nt had chance too use them yet. I will be off too la plagne soon and i will be pleased if they do automatically download the piste map as Oakley say they will.Has anyone had any success with them?

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Thu, 3 Jan 2013 00:02:19 GMT

With so little snow last week, I used the Navionics app on my daughter snowtubing instead. It was nice to see her speed and elevation, plus i took photos and videos that are linked into the archives section of each run she made.
Now i see the app is on sale for only 99 cents on the app store.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Sun, 3 Feb 2013 20:08:16 GMT

also heard of snocru and coachseye. but just using navionics and ski tracks for now. way too many out there.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:01:12 GMT

Not sure if anyone else uses it but I use Runkeeper on the iphone. It's a free app and gives a pretty good map and breakdown of speeds etc.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Mon, 4 Feb 2013 09:10:24 GMT

La plagne resort has a good free app that provides all sorts of information for anyone in that area. Extensive lift/ piste maps, speed and distance measures etc. Ability to locate friends with iPhones in the rsort on the piste map.

Re:Ski apps. What should i get for my iPhone?

Mon, 4 Feb 2013 11:55:53 GMT

I posted some on here the other day, if I knew how to link it to this thread I would, but I don't.