Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app?
by frenchman_in_ny on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:20PM
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I just downloaded Footpath, since I'm not a fan of Strava's routebuilder.
However, and forgive the ignorant question, how different is Footpath to EasyRoute (which is free, & supports uploads to Wahoo, Strava [iirc], and others)?
Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app?
by ericrwolfe on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:33PM
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The end goal of the apps are very similar, though Footpath places a greater emphasis on the route building + editing UI, as well as what you can do with map layers.
One aspect of EasyRoute that is pretty awesome is its support for exporting turn instructions to Wahoo + Garmin GPS devices via FIT files (the developer works for Wahoo by day), while Footpath only supports exporting the route data to GPX files right now.
Hope that helps.
Re:Did Strava copy its mobile route builder from another app?
by frenchman_in_ny on Thursday February 28, 2019 @02:42PM
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Yep, thanks for the response!
It was the FIT export that had me download it initially. Not sure it supports turn-by-turn though; haven't tried recently.
Most Footpath users have specific routes in mind and prefer zooming + panning to draw their route in multiple, shorter segments. Footpath has some editing tools that improve upon the hold & drag UI you'd normally find on the web.