Apps for tracking vertical

[CindiSue]

My resort doesn't use RFID and this is my first year with a full pass where I plan to do a lot of skiing. So I downloaded all the android apps I could find to track my vertical. I found:

Ski App Lite - This one starts a new run every time you stop which I didn't like, even makes chairlift rides a separate event. Wasn't digging it.
Ski Tracker, Sportler
These 2 seem fine but they report COMPLETELY different results. Yesterday for example, Sportler was 16852 vertical downhill, and Ski Tracker was 31732.
Anybody use these and have any idea why?
Any others I should try?

I also ran into a cool product called Carv that you put in your ski boots and it coaches you. https://getcarv.com/coaching Looks intriguing!

 

[BlueSkies]

My DH and DD both use Ski Tracks. It seems to work well. I use a Gamin watch -when I remember to start the program.

 

[CindiSue]

Have you calibrated it's accuracy against your lift elevations? Mine just make no sense and I can't figure it out.

 

[BlueSkies]

My Garmin (Fenix 5s) seems to be accurate just from my quick approximations. My DH has a Garmin Vivoactive 3 that also seems to be good. The Ski Tracks app also seems agree. Have never done any real precise comparisons.
At one time I used a generic app with my old watch and it would combine the lift and the runs in its totals. I could dig into the data to get just my downhill, but that was not very convenient so I gave up on that.

 

[MrsPlow]

Also have a Garmin Fenix 5s - it's much more accurate now that I updated the satellite info (had it for about 18 months before I ran any updates and got some very interesting data from it such as a 140kmh top speed while glade skiing). The vertical I get on runs ties up with the info provided by the ski hill.

 

[echo_VT]

Also use garmin fenix 5s. I have used Strava when cycling and it’s free. There’s an option for downhill alpine I believe...! I haven’t used in awhile but I would guess it’s decent

 

[contesstant]

I use a Garmin as well. Vivoactive 4s. I'm also a Strava user for MTB season, so all my ski data is shared with Strava.

 

[SamShady]

I use my Apple Watch and the app snoww, which I initially started using to find friends on the mountain.

 

[Getting Ready]

I use my Apple Watch with the app slopes.

 

[Am716]

I used I think trace snow last year? But this year I am using Slopes....and so far I like it.

 

[cskis88]

I used I think trace snow last year? But this year I am using Slopes....and so far I like it.

I use Slopes as well. Thumbs up.

 

[Getting Ready]

Slopes is working great for my daughter and myself. Not working for my son at all. I think this is because he doesn’t have a phone just and Apple Watch. He does have an iPad but the data doesn’t seem to go from the watch to the iPad the way it does with the phone. I have to google to see if it is a setting I can fix.

 

[Jilly]

Has anyone seen or used "snoww"? The reviews at the app installation are not good, so wondering if these were just people that didn't do something right.

 

[SamShady]

Has anyone seen or used "snoww"? The reviews at the app installation are not good, so wondering if these were just people that didn't do something right.

I use it. I started using it when I went on a ski trip with a big group and it was helpful to find each other on the mountain if we got separated. But it also tracks stats, etc. I like it.

 

[Jilly]

Thanks.

 

[CindiSue]

I use it. I started using it when I went on a ski trip with a big group and it was helpful to find each other on the mountain if we got separated. But it also tracks stats, etc. I like it.

The reviews make it sound very unstable. Are you iphone or android?

 

[Jilly]

I have android, but as you read the reviews too, I'm skeptical. Yet the advertising that I saw had the page that belongs to a friend's son....

 

[SamShady]

The reviews make it sound very unstable. Are you iphone or android?

I have an iPhone. I haven’t had any issues with the app.

 

[marzNC]

Anybody try using the Ikon app for tracking?

 

[Jilly]

Doesn't work in Canada...