When comparing Hardloop vs Strava, the Slant community recommends Strava for most people. In the question“What are the best running apps for iOS?” Strava is ranked 1st while Hardloop is ranked 6th. The most important reason people chose Strava is:
Segments - can track your improvements or compare with friends, club members without manual input. Or you can keep them private.
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Pros
Pro Analytics
With each activity you get detailed statistics about your distance, time, calories, pace, heart rate, steps, elevation with splits and graphs.
Pro Scheduler
With all the clutter in our calendars it's hard sometimes to track our fitness activities, the scheduler helps you setup and control reminders via a calendar.
Pro Metric Goals
Select from a variety of metrics to target and make your run more challenging.
Pro Create Training Plans
You can create any sort of running plan and track it from the app.
Pro Keeps track of segments without user manually timing them
Segments - can track your improvements or compare with friends, club members without manual input. Or you can keep them private.
Pro Accurate distance measurements
Pro Allows challenging other people
You can set a goal and challenge friends as well as local professional athletes.
Pro Can share running routes with others
Running is boring if it's the same stretch of road. Stava lets you share good places to run.
Pro Supports multiple devices
Current list includes:
iPhone 3GS and later,
Android 2.2 and later,
Garmin Forerunner and Edge,
Soleus,
Timex Run Trainer 2.0
Pro Equipment tracking
This lets you figure out how many miles you've put on a pair of shoes before it's time to get a replacement pair.
Pro Watch the pros
You are able to follow some professional athletes and see their training etc.. Makes you realize how hard they train.
Pro Tracks heart rate with chest strap
Can also track heart rate with other types of HR monitors e.g. arm strap or smart watch.
Cons
Con No compatibility with Apple Watch
Con Not for indoor spinning or gym workouts
Con No interval training!!!
Con By default, all your GPS data is made public
From their blog:
"The basic level is to choose to not use any privacy controls and make your info available publicly..."