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09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

Millions of people go on diets and set weight-loss resolutions every year. For many, it has even become a mundane part of their lives: 45 million Americans are struggling to achieve their goal weight and diet on a regular basis. The same concerns are apparent in many other countries: 13 per cent of Australians aged 15 and over reported being on a diet while 38 per cent of adults in the UK admitted…

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, has been continuously topping the list of the biggest fitness trends worldwide. The reason for its popularity is simple: HIIT sessions are equipment-free and comparatively short. They allow people to achieve their fitness goals faster than many other workouts. HIIT’s health benefits were backed up by several studies. For instance, the Montreal Heart…

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

Together with the Apple Watch 6 release, Apple will launch a standalone app store solely for smartwatches. Manufacturers like Pebble, Fitbit, and Garmin have been providing apps for their fitness wearables, Google’s Wear OS 2.0 presented an in-watch store with standalone apps that don’t need to be synchronised with a smartphone, and now Apple joins the trend. The company will introduce the Apple…

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

User expectations of app performance have increased over time. Nowadays, users rarely tolerate programs that don’t satisfy them. In fact, one in five users will abandon an app after the first use. Poor design is among the most common reasons behind this. It’s clear that mobile app design matters and is often the pivot point between an app’s success or failure. How do you make sure your app doesn’t…

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

In a crowded market, how can you build a fitness app that stands out? Learn how to build a fitness app that people will actually want to use and avoid the industry’s pitfalls.

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

Like any other part of human life, healthcare has been digitised in many ways but there is still lots of tiresome paperwork in the sphere. Solutions have been proposed to enhance the system and make the future of healthcare swifter, more provider-friendly, are free from paper records. Not only this, but mobile apps and other digital tools promise to make the industry more flexible and liberate…

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

As incredible as it may seem, there are 200 health applications released every day. People are becoming more aware of their health and want to keep and manage their data, as well as receive recommendations and insights on the go. If you’re interested in fitness app development, there are lots of areas you could consider: various physical activities, nutrition, and self-care, to name just a few…

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

Whether it’s a marathon or the occasional jog, people love running. The focus has switched from professional runners to a community of people who run to stay fit, raise awareness of social issues, or just have fun. Since mobile solutions catering to these purposes already exist, it has become a bit harder to find an untapped niche and create the next best running app. Our MadAppGang team has been…

09 Sep 2020 • Anastasia Osypenko

While making an application for truck drivers, we faced an engineering challenge plotting location data on a map in a way that overwhelming volumes wouldn’t crash users’ phones. We had more than 200,000 geopoints and needed them to be grouped into certain categories so that a driver would operate within these categories instead of seeing all the points at once. We solved this issue by applying a…