A LITTLE HELP BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT
Understanding GPS distance and pace estimates
A distance on the screen is an estimate from your phone’s GPS. It helps describe a recorded walk, but it is not an exact measurement.
Recorded distance comes from location updates
RunRo estimates walked distance from GPS updates. GPS can over-count or under-count movement, including while you are stationary. Indoor use, tall buildings, limited location updates and GPS availability can affect the result.
Granting location permission does not make the estimate exact. If a walk has gaps, RunRo does not promise to reconstruct the missing movement.
Pace depends on distance and time
Estimated pace depends on recorded distance and time. When the distance estimate changes, the pace estimate can change too. Treat both as descriptions of the available recording rather than validated performance measurements.
Planned route length is a different number
The length shown before a planned walk measures the route geometry used by the planner. Recorded distance reflects the phone’s GPS updates during the actual walk. Taking a different path, stopping or receiving imperfect updates can produce a different number.
Estimated route duration is also separate from the elapsed time of a recorded walk. A suggested plan does not guarantee a particular finish time.
An interrupted walk may show a revised estimate
If RunRo finds an unfinished walk when reopened, the recovery screen lets you save or discard it. Saving uses the last recorded activity as the end. Time or movement after that point is not recovered, and the saved distance may differ from the number previously shown.
For help, describe what happened and include your iPhone model, iOS version and RunRo version from Profile. You do not need to send a GPS trace. RunRo is not a medical device.