6 useful skating apps for Android

Every year there is the question “Will there be an Elfstedentocht?”. With the cold days, the chance that you can skate is increasing. DroidApp lists the best skating apps for Android for you. This way you can put on your skates completely prepared and the frozen locks.

Skating apps for Android

When it freezes for a long time, the ditches and waters freeze. The cold days with freezing temperatures increase the chance of skating fun. When the ice is thick enough you can put on the skates. In this app special we list the best skating apps for Android for you.

Sprint

The KNSB app ‘Sprint’ measures your skating performance with speed, time and distance. You can see exactly which route you have taken via GPS and you can also add notifications and hotspots to make your route more fun and safer. You can save your routes and share them with other app users. When the skating season is over, you can also use the app for inline skating.

Ice Skating Tips

Not that experienced with ice skating yet? Then you will find handy step-by-step explanations in the Ice Skating Tips app. Unfortunately, the information is only in English, but this is clarified with pictures. How do you stay on the ice, how should you steer with skates and what are the best movements? In this handy skating tips app you will also find, for example, how to stop. There are also various tips on how to gain more self-confidence on the ice.

Ice Skating 101

Another application that helps you skate is Ice Skating 101. With text, a checklist and YouTube videos you learn step by step the best tactics for on the ice. Both for the novice skaters and the advanced fanatics, the app offers various tutorials that can be useful when skating. If you are already more advanced, you can practice various ‘tricks’.

Google Fit

Fitness apps, such as Google Fit, let you keep track of different sports achievements. This way you can also start an activity before you start skating. In the app you can immediately see how many meters or kilometers you have covered on the skate, how long you have been on the road and how many calories you have burned. Other fitness apps such as Runtastic also let you keep track of your skating lap in real time and live. You can view your traveled route on the map afterwards.

Weather app

Always handy while skating; a good weather app. Because will it keep freezing and can you skate again tomorrow? Or is it better to finish your round today? In our comprehensive weather app test 2020 you will find an extensive test with the research for the best weather app. There are big differences.

Skating times

With the app Skating times you have a minimalist, clear skating app on your smartphone. You can look up the times of the various skating competitions at home and abroad. It is not possible to keep track of skating times yourself. But it is interesting to see how much time, for example, Ireen Wüst completed the 500 meters.

Published January 15, 2017, updated February 10, 2021