05 September 2019 • Anastasia Osypenko
How to Create Your Own HIIT Workout App
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…
03 September 2019 • Anastasia Osypenko
Fitness Gamification Examples: Make Your App Fun and Engaging
Gamification might be a buzzword right now but look around you: whether it’s shopping, wellbeing, entertainment, or work – the core components of games are applicable in nearly every part of our lives. The whole world might, in fact, be a simulation! We believe in the effectiveness of gamification techniques because they make difficult tasks more engaging and palpable. And building muscles takes…
22 August 2019 • Anastasia Osypenko
The Apple Watch App Store Is Coming: Is It Worth Building a Smartwatch App Now?
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…
20 August 2019 • Anastasia Osypenko
The Best Wear OS Apps in 2019
Smartwatches, which appeared on the market soon after fitness wearables, were expected to fill the gap between trackers and smartphones, providing a universal solution. This hasn’t happened yet but currently, smartwatches can’t perform all the actions a smartphone can. 2019 might prove to be the year change begins because new Wear OS (formerly known as Android Wear) and Apple Watch models boast…
15 August 2019 • Anastasia Osypenko
The Best Fitness App Design: Examples and Typical Mistakes
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…