Sports Tracker on Apple Watch: app crashes when taking a break while following a route

[Julfox]

Hi.

Coming from a Suunto watch. I have been using an Apple Watch for several weeks now with the Sports Tracker application.
I suffered three crashes with Sports Tracker on my Apple Watch recording an activity and I noticed it happens when I take a break, or stay on the same spot for some time, when I follow a route I created on the iPhone with the Sports Tracker app and transferred it on the watch.

Examples of crashes:

Activity 1, end of December:
A Walk in the mountain.
Followed a route I had created on my phone.
Application crashed on my watch after 1 h 03 of recording when I took a break to drink a coffee. I don’t think I paused the activity (but I don’t remember to be honest). I stayed there about 30 minutes. When I wanted to continue the route, the app had disappeared from the main screen. I had to start an activity again with the same route. And I was lucky: I could find the previous recorded activity in the History of my watch. It crashed but it was stored.

Activity 2, beginning of January:
A ride with a mountain bike.
Followed a route I had created on my phone.
Application crashed on my watch after 47 minutes when I took a break for 5-10 minutes. I did not pause the activity. But when I wanted to continue the app was already crashed. I could find it in the history. I had to start a new activity.

Activity 3, today January the 10th:
A ride with a mountain bike.
Followed a route I had created on my phone.
Application crashed on my watch after 1 h 23 minutes when I took a break (maybe 5-10 minutes) when I wanted to continue the app was already crashed. I could find it in the history. I had to start a new activity.

NOTE: I have also recorded other activities that did not crash, not sure but I don’t remember having stopped or taking a break.

My profile:

I have a profile I started 15 year ago with more than 1500 recorded activities/Workouts. I have currently about 30 routes stored. I usually delete the old routes I don’t use anymore.
All softwares are up to date. Sports Tracker v7.4.0, iPhone iOS 26.2, Apple Watch WatchOS 26.2.

Anybody having the same problem?

[Julfox]

If you record an activity and you don’t try to follow a route on the map of the watch it doesn’t crash

[Julfox]

Today an activity I was recording on my watch (following a new route I created) crashed when I received a call… The app has problem locking me on the route: it beeps and says I’m out of the itinerary (but I am right on it) and it struggles a lot

[Julfox]

I uninstalled on both the watch and the phone. Restarted both. Reinstalled the app. It seems to be better. No crashes so far…
But I still have the app is sometimes struggling locking me on the route. Waves of beeps… Have to deselect the route and reselect it.

[Julfox]

Still crashing: this app doesn’t like when I follow a route I have created. It struggles a bit to lock my position on the route. On this example my real position (red) and my route (blue): app is stuck 383 m from my real position (blue dots) because there was a small detour and it can’t process it. Eventually it crashes because distance is too far…

[Julfox]

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[Julfox]

Installed the latest version 7.6.0. I have found that the option Turn-by-turn when activated it seems the route is more stable.…

Not used to activating this option

[pavel.samokha]

@Julfox thanks for reports I transmitted it to developers

[Julfox]

@pavel.samokha said in Sports Tracker on Apple Watch: app crashes when taking a break while following a route:

I transmitted it to developers

Thanks Pavel