It seems unlikely, doesn’t it? Not quite.
Now think of a mobile app. Let me take a wild guess, the first image that crossed your mind was probably that of a game or a social networking platform or maybe even a shopping app, right?
But what if we told you that shedding those excess pounds and staying fit could be as simple as downloading an app?
Revolutionizing the Health and Fitness Industry:
Mobile Applications have now radically transformed the health and fitness industry. There are a plethora of applications available to users. Bring all those New Year’s resolutions to life with just one click.
Theoretically, we know what we need to do, it’s obvious, ‘Output> Input’. Seems pretty simple and comprehensible right? But hold it right there, there is more to it than meets the eye. You need to be aware of what food you are consuming, whether it is healthy or unhealthy. If it will aid in your fitness journey or only impede it.
But we are equally aware that eating healthy alone won’t get you the transformation you’re looking for. ‘Effective workouts’ are also an added requirement but unless they are planned by experts, goal target, and efficient they won’t help you reach your goal. Unless we are licensed personal trainers, which most of us aren’t, this task becomes cumbersome.
This is the gap that health and fitness intend to bridge. These mobile applications have helped to transform the user’s lifestyles in a holistic, complete, and hassle-free fashion, as well as to make healthcare facilities accessible outside the boundaries of their conventional settings.
Transforming the future:
Owing to burgeoning in technology and mobile application development, staying fit and healthy is made feasible with the assistance of health and fitness apps. No longer do you have to worry about forking out 1000s for a gym only to waste that membership later.
Technology helps us optimize the use of mobile apps in our everyday lives, and fitness is indeed one such field. They make it simple for users to access the application from anywhere and everywhere.
We are all aware that hitting the gym is a strenuous and difficult task. Then comes the plight of walking up a flight of stairs and suffering in pain.
Sound familiar? I know, we’ve all been there.
But building your own fitness app isn’t that simple. There are certain factors that need to be taken into consideration as this article will outline.
Steps to consider while building your own fitness app:
When creating your own Android and iOS app, keep in mind that your user is looking to stay fit and enjoy the benefits of a gym anywhere and everywhere.
- Ensure that it is flexible
- It is user friendly and,
- Cost-effective as well.
At SpiderIndia, we built mobile applications that are user-friendly, purpose-oriented, and are scalable. When it comes to fitness and health apps there are various considerations that you need to take into account. What kind of market are you planning to target? What features do you plan to offer? And many more.
So before you jump the gun and start devising and envisioning that mobile app,
Here is a list of the different types of fitness applications in the market today:
1. The Meditation or Yoga App:
Are you someone who is passionate about Yoga and is looking to translate this passion to an app? Yoga has many health benefits associated with it, and can benefit both novices and experts.
All you need to do is recruit Android developers with an established track record and expertise in developing fitness apps that allow users to practice poses, postures, mudras, and gradually master the art of shapes.
2. Nutrition and Diet Apps:
Diet and nutrition apps may appear to be less complex in design when compared to other health apps, but the development of the app calls for the same amount of effort and coding. The app requires a strong database so that users can look up food products with just the barcode.
In Diet Apps, you can use the recipe calculator to help calculate calories in your own dishes. It can also help users track their activity levels and customize meal plans, depending on their fitness goals.
3. Personal Trainer Apps:
The personal trainer app is another category of fitness apps. Such applications concentrate primarily on helping users recruit personal trainers and view and follow videos developed by the trainers
They will, therefore, be able to see and watch videos and workouts accordingly. The amazing aspect of these applications is live streaming. This allows the user to understand and perform the exercise while the trainer instructs the user and helps him/her out.
Sounds like you’re at the gym. Doesn’t it?
4. Tracker One Apps:
As the name suggests, these applications are created and programmed to track the activities of users.
When considering fitness tracking apps, a user could opt for a particular activity or sport from a plethora of options. Then they could enter their height, weight, and other requirements. These apps would help keep a track of your workout, such as the distance covered, the time elapsed while also displaying the calories expended.
5. High-Intensity Interval Training Apps:
If you’re a fitness enthusiast, you’ve likely come across the term High-Intensity Interval Training. It is one of the latest trends in fitness.
HIIT Training applications are usually developed for fitness freaks and feature brief videos or high-intensity exercises done by professional trainers.
These applications are not suitable for newbies and amateurs as the training is intended to be intense and hard. They are majorly developed with fitness enthusiasts whose satisfaction couldn’t be met with regular low-intensity workouts.
Take Away:
In today’s world, we are forever connected to our phones world, and almost every second person is using a fitness app.
In fact, millennials have been shown to be using fitness mobile apps twice as often as other age groups, with women getting more likely to use these apps than men.
And as a result, many health and fitness organizations are looking for app developers to build a state of the art fitness and health app that will help them stay ahead of the competition.
If you are a company looking to leverage this potential, then worry not for we are pioneers in building health and fitness mobile application solutions. We bring nothing but solutions to the table.