App Culture: Health, Fitness, and Quantified Self Apps

Federico and John look back at where health, fitness, and quantified self apps have been, where they’re going, and how hardware and software advancements are changing the way we track and gain insights about our health and fitness.

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Links and Show Notes

Early Health and Fitness Apps

• MapMyRun
• Pedometer
• David Smith’s Pedometer++ Demos the iPhone 5s’ M7

Medical Study Apps and ResearchKit

• Heart Study
• Apple Launches Heart Study App in the US in Partnership with Stanford Medicine
• Cardiogram
• Researchers Look to Smartwatches to Prevent Strokes
• Atrial fibrillation and optical heart rate sensors

Third-Party Health and Fitness Apps

• Workouts++
• Workouts++ Review
• Workouts++ Adds Podcast Playback, Mapping, New Workout Types, Siri and More
• Helium Run
• SmartGym
• Gymatic
• AutoSleep
• AutoSleep 5 Adds Automatic Apple Watch Sleep Tracking and Much More
• Fitbit Coach (formerly FitStar)
• Aaptiv
• Gyroscope
• Exist
• Our AppStories interview with Dermot Daly on developing health apps

Making Sense of Collected Data

• Concept: Imagining a more friendly and motivational Health app

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