Best Endomondo Alternatives in 2026 for You and Your Team

Endomondo was one of Europe's most popular sports tracking apps until Under Armour shut it down at the end of 2020. Millions of people had to find a new home for their runs, rides and walks – and for the challenges they used to do with friends and colleagues. If you are still looking, or the app you switched to no longer fits, here are the best Endomondo alternatives today, both for tracking your own activity and for group challenges.

1. What Happened to Endomondo?

Under Armour retired Endomondo at the end of 2020 and pointed its users to MapMyFitness, another app in its portfolio. The decision made sense: Endomondo grew up when sports watches were mostly for athletes and the phone's GPS was the easiest way to track a workout. Today most people wear a smartwatch or activity tracker (Garmin, Apple, Samsung, Polar, Fitbit and others), and each brand's own app offers far more data and analysis than Endomondo ever did.

What many former users really miss is something else: the community. Endomondo made it easy to compare your activity with others and take part in challenges. That is the gap most alternatives fill only partly.

2. What to Look for in an Endomondo Alternative

• Device support: does it work with your phone's GPS, your watch or both?
• Social features: friends, clubs and activity feeds.
• Challenges: can you compete or cooperate with friends, family or colleagues?
• Price: what is free and what needs a subscription?
• Integrations: can your data flow into other apps you use?

3. The Best Endomondo Alternatives

3.1. 1. Strava – Best for Social Running and Cycling

Strava has the largest community of runners and cyclists, with clubs, route segments and regular challenges. The free version covers recording and sharing workouts, with a paid subscription for advanced features. It is the natural choice if you used Endomondo mainly to share workouts with friends.

3.2. 2. MapMyFitness – The Official Successor

MapMyFitness is the app Under Armour recommended to Endomondo users. It records GPS workouts for running, walking and cycling and will feel familiar to anyone who used Endomondo.

3.3. 3. Garmin Connect – Best if You Wear a Garmin

Garmin Connect comes with every Garmin watch and gives you detailed health and training data, plus badges and challenges with your connections.

3.4. 4. Apple Fitness – Best for Apple Watch Users

With an Apple Watch, the Fitness app tracks your activity rings, lets you share activity with friends and run seven-day competitions against them.

3.5. 5. Polar Flow and Suunto – Best for Training-Focused Athletes

If you own a Polar or Suunto watch, their apps offer in-depth training analysis, recovery data and training plans – ideal if performance matters more to you than community.

3.6. 6. YuMuuv – Best for Group and Workplace Challenges

YuMuuv does not replace your tracking app – it works on top of it. It connects to Apple Health, Health Connect (Android) and Garmin, so activity from most watches and phones flows in automatically. You can then join challenges with colleagues, friends or family: steps, distance, active minutes, workouts or a combination. Scoring is based on activity rather than athletic ability, so beginners and marathon runners can take part on equal terms.

YuMuuv is used by more than 1,300 companies worldwide for step challenges and other wellness challenges, and you can also set up a private challenge for your family or a fitness challenge with friends. Browse the full list of YuMuuv challenges for ideas.

4. Which Endomondo Alternative Should You Choose?

• You want to track runs and rides with GPS and share them: Strava or MapMyFitness.
• You already have a smartwatch: start with your watch brand's app (Garmin Connect, Apple Fitness, Polar Flow, Suunto).
• You want challenges with colleagues, family or friends that work across different devices: YuMuuv.

Many people combine them: they track workouts with their watch app and use YuMuuv for challenges, because it brings data from different brands together in one leaderboard.

5. Frequently Asked Questions

5.1. When did Endomondo shut down?

Under Armour retired Endomondo at the end of 2020.

5.2. What app replaced Endomondo?

Under Armour pointed Endomondo users to MapMyFitness. Many also moved to Strava or to their smartwatch brand's own app.

5.3. What is the best free Endomondo alternative?

For GPS tracking, the free versions of Strava and MapMyFitness are the closest replacements. If you have a smartwatch, its own app is usually free and offers even more data.

5.4. How can I do fitness challenges with friends or colleagues like on Endomondo?

Use an app built for challenges across devices. In YuMuuv, everyone connects their own watch or phone, and the challenge leaderboard updates automatically. Find out more about why friendly competition works.

6. Bring the Endomondo Team Spirit Back to Your Workplace

Looking for a way to get your whole company moving together again? YuMuuv is rated the easiest to use and highest-rated wellness challenge platform on G2. Book a demo to see how it works.