Anna Berezhna
I try to enjoy life, to do sports, to read and learn more about healthy food, lifestyle.I am quite communicative person, therefore I like also social media :-)
Health & Fitness Apps
By Chris Harr
Overview
- Uses for apps
- All apps demoed today are free
- Some apps are limited
- Available in Apple App Store and Android Play Store
- Covering 5 Apps
- Nike+ running
- Instant Heart Rate - Heart Rate Monitor by Azumio Free
- Withings Health Mate
- Fitbit
- Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker (MyFtinessPal)
- Demo
Nike+ running
- What's it for?
- Log runs
- Most popular running app on iTunes
- Why we love it
- Uses phone's GPS and accelerometer
- Share a map of your route
- Langauge support (Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, and English)
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Gotchas
- Requires nikeplus or facebook account
- iPod touch does not support GPS
- Continued use of GPS running will decrease battery life
Instant Heart Rate
- What's it for?
- Taking your heart rate using your phone/device
- Why we love it
- Uses your phone's camera to detect the pulse from your fingertip
- leveraging similar technique as used in pulse oximeters
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Gotchas
- Works best with iPhone 4/4s/5 and devices that have camera flash
- Make sure fingertip completely covers the camera lens
- Don't press finger too hard
Withings Health Mate
- What's it for?
- Track weight, activities, and blood pressure
- Why we love it
- Log weight data manually or use Withings Smart scale
- Set goals, and be reminded to focus on your efforts
- Track activities with Withings pulse
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Gotchas
- Automatic input requires extra devices
- Blood pressure monitor device only works with iOS
Fitbit
- What's it for?
- Tracking steps, distance, calories burned, active minutes, food, calories, and weight
- Why we love it
- App allows manual input of all categories
- Compete and compare stats with friends
- Track activities with fitbit one or other devices
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Gotchas
- Requires extra devices to automatically track data
Calorie Counter & Diet Tracker
by My Fitness Pal
- What's it for?
- Fastest and easiest-to-use calorie counter
- Why we love it
- Largest food database of any calorie counter
- Easy and fast food entry
- Connects to 3rd party devices (Fitbit, Withings)
- Over 350 exercises
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Gotchas
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Requires a myfitnesspal.com account to synchronize and safely backup your
data (free)
Copy of Health & Fitness Apps
By Anna Berezhna
Copy of Health & Fitness Apps
Health Apps including Nike+ running, Instant Heart Rate, Withings Health Mate, Fitbit, and Calorie Counter
