What Features a Fitness App Must-Have?

Watching and noticing a big fat round belly before a mirror is a nightmare for every fitness freak. Also, as every gym and all the Zumba classes are locked in this lockdown, and you have already started missing your fitness trainer, you need someone who can count your number of steps taken, stairs climbed, distance run, and other fitness metrics. So, in these desperate times, the fitness app comes as a savior.

Here we are bringing you the five ‘must-have features’ in the fitness app on which you can truly rely upon-

 

1. User Profile-

The user profile feature is the first and top-notch feature for any fitness app. By creating a personal account creation of users like asking their age, weight, and height, you can estimate the intensity of their work-out. But don’t ask too many questions and keep the profile creation process straightforward and seamless. For instance, take the example of Nike’s fitness app- Nike Training Club.

See the example of NIKE app:

See the simplicity of the Nike fitness app and how they have created a user profile within a few seconds. Also, the salient point here is- do not forget that many people interested in fitness apps are complete beginners. This is how they have covered all the people, from novice to fitness lovers.

 

2. Synchronization with wearable devices-

Synchronizing wearable devices like smartwatches and bracelets to a fitness app will keep track of the user’s steps, heartbeat rate, and pulse rate while walking, running, cycling, or swimming. Moreover, they can look at the physical activity that they had done all day long so they can reach their fitness goals. So, this feature will give your app an extra edge.

You can add this feature to your app by reaching out to various public APIs and developer’s kit like Misfit, Garmin, Wellness, and Pebble.

 

 

3. Notification system-

To encourage the users to keep training, or never let them run out of steam, you should invest in the notification system feature. The main reason for adding this feature is to remember the user of his training schedule which is typical behavior that slips out his mind. In such cases, a pop-message such as ‘you don’t have any steps recorded yet’ will keep your users on the right track, physically and healthily.

But these notifications systems can also act as a double-edged sword as too many push notification will eventually annoy users and delete your app forever and will never wish to return.

 

 

4. Calorie counting and diet tracking-

There is an Ayurvedic proverb that says ‘when the diet is wrong, medicine is of no use; when the diet is correct, medicine is of no need.’ In a nutshell, it means that one should strive to maintain good health by taking balanced and eat healthy food daily. So, to make this happen,
You can introduce a feature that counts the calories consumed of the users and help them to determine the right meal and achieve their goals faster.

And don’t forget to keep suggesting healthy food to them so they can acquire good health.

 

 

5. Gamification-

If your life cannot produce joy, would it be fun? No, right? Likewise, if your fitness app is entertaining to use, they are likely more chances that users won’t have to force themselves to work out.

Make it fun to use your app, including various components such as leader board and quest to make your app more user-friendly and engaging.

 

This can considered the perfect and best example of Gamification by introducing rewards like trophies and gives users a reason to go the extra mile. After all, who doesn’t like to be rewarded?

 

Conclusion-

As now everybody is a fitness freak, this has paved the way for fitness app developers to create more and more apps but do keep the above suggestions in mind before crafting the new fitness app so that you can get more engagements and downloads.