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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Gotchas
    • Requires a myfitnesspal.com account to synchronize and safely backup your
      data (free)
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