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Is MapMyFitness safe for your child?
Age guide
13+
We advise MapMyFitness from age 13 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk).
- 5-8
- MapMyFitness is designed for tracking personal fitness and is not intended for this age group; children should not have accounts.
- 9-12
- MapMyFitness is not recommended for this age group; it involves sharing personal activity data and location, which poses privacy risks for pre-teens.
- 13-15
- Teenagers can use MapMyFitness to track their workouts and connect with friends, but parental guidance is essential to ensure privacy settings are maximized and location sharing is restricted.
- 16+
- Older teens can utilize MapMyFitness for detailed fitness tracking, goal setting, and community engagement, provided they understand and manage all privacy and data sharing settings responsibly.
MapMyFitness is a fitness tracking application that allows users to record and map their workouts, including running, cycling, and walking. It provides data on distance, pace, calories burned, and offers community features for sharing activities and challenges.
- Age guide
- 13+
- Overall risk
- 3/10
- Violence
- 1/10
- Toxic behaviour
- 2/10
- Stranger contact
- 3/10
- Addiction risk
- 5/10
- Language
- 2/10
- Influence
- 4/10
What parents should know
MapMyFitness is a fitness tracking application that records exercise data, including routes and performance metrics. The primary concerns for children and teens are location privacy, data sharing with third parties, and potential interactions with strangers through its social features. Parents must ensure robust privacy settings are enabled and discuss the risks of sharing personal location information.
What to do about MapMyFitness
Free with a Parentwise account. The age-by-age verdict needs your child's age, which is why it lives behind the account.
- The age-by-age verdict
What we advise for under 8, 8-12 and 13+ - our age guide for MapMyFitness is 13+, and the answer changes with your child's age. - The one setting to change tonight
The exact MapMyFitness setting that cuts the most risk, with the steps to find it. - What to say
Word-for-word openers for talking about MapMyFitness without a row. - Red flags to watch for
The signals in MapMyFitness that mean it is time to step in.
MapMyFitness age rating and parents guide: common questions
What age rating is MapMyFitness?
Parentwise puts MapMyFitness at 13+. We advise MapMyFitness from age 13 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). Violence scores 1/10, language 2/10, stranger contact 3/10 and addiction risk 5/10.
Can a 10 year old use MapMyFitness?
Not by default: we advise MapMyFitness from 13+, so at 10 it needs your supervision and the settings changed first. MapMyFitness is not recommended for this age group; it involves sharing personal activity data and location, which poses privacy risks for pre-teens.
Can a 12 year old use MapMyFitness?
Not by default: we advise MapMyFitness from 13+, so at 12 it needs your supervision and the settings changed first. MapMyFitness is not recommended for this age group; it involves sharing personal activity data and location, which poses privacy risks for pre-teens.
Can a 13 year old use MapMyFitness?
Yes, 13 is at or above the age we advise for MapMyFitness (13+). Teenagers can use MapMyFitness to track their workouts and connect with friends, but parental guidance is essential to ensure privacy settings are maximized and location sharing is restricted.
Is MapMyFitness appropriate for kids?
MapMyFitness is a fitness tracking application that records exercise data, including routes and performance metrics. Parentwise rates MapMyFitness overall as low risk (3/10), with stranger contact at 3/10 and addiction risk at 5/10.
Is MapMyFitness family friendly?
MapMyFitness is one of the lower-risk titles we rate. The primary concerns for children and teens are location privacy, data sharing with third parties, and potential interactions with strangers through its social features.
MapMyFitness parents guide: what should a parent know first?
MapMyFitness is a fitness tracking application that records exercise data, including routes and performance metrics. The parts that most often catch parents out are stranger contact (3/10) and how hard it pulls for more time (5/10).
Is MapMyFitness safe for kids?
We advise MapMyFitness from age 13 and up. Overall risk 3/10 (low risk). The primary concerns for children and teens are location privacy, data sharing with third parties, and potential interactions with strangers through its social features.
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