Plenty of iPhone apps that customize workouts for you, but how many track your progress based on movement. Fitaid from India-based developer Positech uses the phone’s accelerometer to sense your pace based on the goals you set. The program estimates your V02Max; tracks against plan and provides audio cues to speed up or slow down; and customizes those cues and settings to match your goals and abilities.
Fitaid’s developer Positech has goal to provide sophisticated scientific tools to a mainstream audience looking for ways to self-manage their health and improve wellbeing. The founder, Siva Raj, claims to have faced his own personal struggle with staying fit and used his experiences to develop Fitaid.
The use of the accelerometer to sense movement, which tracks any activity on a user’s feet including stepping to salsa or playing Frisbee, is a vital innovation and a good use of the technology of the iPhone. We hope to see more applications like this, and for a wider array of smartphones.
Fitaide is available from the Apple App Store