Footpath Route Planner lets you plan exercise routes by drawing lines on a map. You’ll instantly be able to see distance measurements as your lines magnetically snap to the nearby streets. Footpath is a great way to plan your next walk, run, or ride even before you leave the house. And you can share your routes with friends to see if they would like to join you. I recently organized a 5K run event in my neighborhood. Footpath made it super easy to plan a route that was the exact distance and ended up in a popular downtown area where we could all relax afterward.

Footpath Route Planner is just one of our favorite health and fitness apps for iPhone and iPad. We’ve collected all of our favorites here. And if you’d like to see more of our top app selections in different categories, just head on over to our Best Apps Series.

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