Endomondo changed their business model ?

[JohnnyReggae]

Went onto Endomondo this morning to check out my morning ride, and noticed that the web site has undergone a significant facelift. Interface is a lot more "swish" ... and works nicely. However they have also introduced a Premium (pay for) option to their site, which includes some of the stats that up to yesterday were freely available.

 

I've been using the stats a lot over the last few weeks to have a gauge as to how my daily commutes to work have been improving, amongst other things. The $19.95 is not a lot of money for a yearly subscription .... just a little annoyed that I need to pay for something that was free. I'll probably pay the amount .. but still a little peeved.

[Pants Boy]

The 'premium' option has always been there, but also pissed that they have taken away something free and make it paid-for. Like the new interface though ...

[Cheese]

Hi What is it that you can not see anymore?

I can not really see difference in information but site looks nice now.

[Mr Winter]

Your personal best and statistics is now not available on the free option!! It will be nice to see how the new comparison optin that is available will work.

[Bianchi]

Premium gets you this:

 

Get access to the entire Endomondo site, say goodbye to external ads and get priority email support

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  http://www.endomondo.com/gfx/premium/HR_Zones.png
  Heart Rate Zones
  
  View time spent in different heart rate zones to analyze your intensity and train smarter.
  
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  http://www.endomondo.com/gfx/premium/Compare.png
  Workout Comparison
  
  Compare two to three workouts at once and get a better understanding of your performance.
  
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  http://www.endomondo.com/gfx/premium/Social_Benchmark.png
  Peer Benchmark
  
  See how you stack up against friends or compare your performance to other Endomondo users.
  
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  http://www.endomondo.com/gfx/premium/Personal-Bests.png
  Personal Best History
  
  See how your personal best has changed over time and get an overview of your improvement.
  
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  http://www.endomondo.com/gfx/premium/Analyze.png
  Training Analysis
  
  Analyze total training volume in detail with access to the full training stats module.
  
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  http://www.endomondo.com/gfx/premium/Weather.png
  Weather Information
  
  Get weather info included in your training log to see weather details for each workout.
  

[TiBones]

Must say, we used endomondo to track mates on Sunday. It was accurate on an Ipad to within 2 minutes. Brilliant

[Bianchi]

Yeah, not veeeeery happy.

The basic site stays the same, but I really liked the accumulated mileage,time, etc.... it's why I use it, so that I don't have to write down everything in Excel (I lost 4 years of training data with a hdd crash)

[silvan]

still has the stuff I check and agree does look slick!

[DR ◣◢]

Not too crazy about it. Preferred the logic of the old look.

 

I am pissed about losing some features considering I bought the bloody app. Now I have to subscribe to the site also??? Not cool

[Cheese]

I must say everything I used is still there.

Did not use heart rates and can not see improvements but never used that.

Can still see accumalated data though.

[P.A.K.]

I am a big Endomondo fan. Just glanced over the site quickly, but will look in depth later to see if I miss any old features. From what I could see from my brief visit to the site, I prefer the old layout.

 

As someone who bought the Pro app I feel they could have made a the Premium subscription a bit cheaper than R180 p/a

[DR ◣◢]

100% agreed. Paid app should give discount to service or give extra features.

[JohnnyReggae]

Decided to bite-the-bullet and go for the Premium option. Time will tell if it's money well spent, but the intention is there.

[Pieter1]

I must say everything I used is still there.

Did not use heart rates and can not see improvements but never used that.

Can still see accumalated data though.

All my stuff is also still visable.

[Procrates]

Also try http://www.livetrack24.com/ we use it a lot in the paragliding. Live tracking in google and all. And Its free, you can either download the app to your phone or buy the dedicated tracker.

 

Edit: this app does not have the HR features but is very strong in the tracking field.

Edited November 22, 2012 by Procrates

[Eddy Gordo]

I used it yesterday, all my stuff still there with the free version