Leomo Type S - Bike Computer Leomo App Intro

 Leomo has a proper PDF manual online, so I am not going to go into too much detail here, but for those who want the 1 minute guide to get started with standard bluetooth / ANT+ accessories, read on.

When you open the Leomo app, this is the initial screen.  It shows the data layout.  You can press the volume up button here to start recording, or you can switch to a different data screen by swiping left or right.

Note the screen shots are in Japanese just because I am too lazy to change the system setting to Enligsh and back again.  You can get the idea pretty well either way.  

You can also click the bicycle icon on the left to change to a different type of sport, or the data display settings (Grid with gear) icon on the right to adjust the layout of the grid itself.  The greyed out icons on the bottom right ride are the registered sensors.  When they are connected, they turn white.  

Here I have swiped left to arrive at a different data screen:

Here is the layout editor screen:

Here I clicked on one of the fields to change the sensor/data type, so it presents me with a menu of: blank, MPI, power, Torq, Cadence, Speed, heart rate, balance, time, distance, etc.

Besides changing the data displayed, the actual layout of the fields can also be modified:

Going back to the initial screen and pressing the "Start" button starts the workout.  Pressing it again displays the pause screen, shown below.  The big green button says "Finish", but if you press the volume up button again, it will continue.  If you do opt to finish, then you can delete or save your ride.

One thing that is hard to figure out unless you read the actual manual is that you can swipe up from the bottom of the screen in the Leomo app to get to a settings menu!

Here we have, going clockwise from the upper left-hand corner:

a. ANT+ Sensors, Leomo movement sensors, Screen brightness, Activity Log, Data Pages, and "Menu".  (I thought this was a menu!?)

Here is what the activity log page looks like.  Pretty standard stuff.  Unsurprisingly, it lists your activities, and each one can be deleted or uploaded to the Leomo site.

Here is the ANT + Sensor page.  You can see that the sensors from my heart strap and Tacs trainer are shown in red because the Leomo can't detect them at the moment. 

If you press the "Add sensor" button, then it will show any sensors it can find.  In this case it is displaying the Garmin ANT+ cadence sensor from my Panasonic bike.  

The "Menu" button shows yet more options, some of which are duplicate.  Displayed here are "Activity log", "Data page editing", "ANT+ Sensors", "Motion Sensors", "Target Range", etc.  

Scrolling a little further down, we see "Device Info", "Units", "Average calculations", "Floating Window", and "Screen orientation" - Those last two seem very very interesting!

We'll take a look at the screen orientation option first.  This setting allows the screen to rotate - which means we can now use the Leomo app in Portrait mode instead of being stuck in landscape mode all of the time!  Why this is off by default, I am not sure.  

The floating window option is also very interesting.  This allows the Leomo app to display 1 or two data fields on top of another app.   

For example, here Lap time and heart rate are displayed on top of Navitime.  (The heart rate shows as "-" because I don't have the strap connected).   This could be customized to show your speed and cadence, or other numbers as you prefer.  

The one thing I don't see is anything about Bluetooth devices.  The normal android settings menu does allow me to connect, for example, my Yamaha eBike, though I am not certain if the Leomo app will actually show me anything from that connection.

Okay, that's enough about the app.  Let's take a brief look at the Leomo App to see what they are offering.

At https://app.leomo.io/

The activities page with some summary statistics and a map.  This looks a bit more technical than Garmin Connect!

Scroll down a bit for some nice graphs:

The graph above has only speed and heart rate (This was taken on an actual bike).

The graph below has left/right balance, power, cadence, and speed.  (This was take on a Tacx trainer).

The blank section is accurate since I had stepped off the trainer to go do something else.  

The calendar page:

The compare screen lets you search for similar activities based on criteria like time and distance, etc., and then view them side by side for comparison.

This is obviously meant for sports analysis type stuff, but it could be used to compare different routes to work, etc., too.  

There are other pages that do deeper high level analysis, but you would need more data than the few very brief test runs I have done.  

Just as an example, you can make custom "heat map" graphs of things like Speed vs. Cadence, Heart Rate vs. Speed, etc.

Once you create these graphs, you can add them to your dashboard so they display each time.  

You'll note that this is all very training / improvement focused data, and there are no maps, etc. here.   While that may be slightly disappointing, it's also perfectly fine, since (due to the open nature of the device) you can always install other apps for that! 

Update: There are maps, just that they are not generated if you don't actually move, so my data from indoor training did not generate a map.  

It is possible to generate a link for sharing, such as this one.

Not only can data be imported, but it can also be exported as FIT or CSV.  

Sadly, there are two limitations I find annoying at this time:

1. The data from the device does not upload automatically when the ride is over.  You have to go in and select "Upload" each time.

2. There is a capability to sync to Strava and Training Peaks but not Google Fit.  I have this working with Garmin aleady (with Health Sync).  Hopefully the number of supported services will grow, but in the long term this should be more of an open standard so that there is no specific support needed.