We are focusing primarily on integrating more platforms in order to make the metric more relevant to everyone. Some platforms DO integrate other app; however, we are trying to aggregate data in a way that makes it easier to compare. Nudge will become more and more passive as we continue to integrate.
We have more on the way, so keep your eyes peeled! Thanks!
Didn't really address the fact that there isn't a way to delete my account. And I've already received a marketing email, so... now I really want to delete my account.
Yeah there are some great platforms out there like TicTrac and Runkeeper but the value in our platform is certainly going to be the algorithm. Aggregating data for personal use is something those companies are doing well, but we thought there was an interesting niche in regards to quantified selfers being able to compare each other, independent of lifestyles or tracking applications.
Yeah, great to hear someone else mention the logging circles - will definitely talk to the team about that.
Fitbit is definitely on our list of integrations and we are trying to integrate as quickly as we can. Once you sign up we can keep you posted with upcoming releases.
To give my interpretation, I assumed it was free text, and that if I put a unit at the end it would pick it up. This could be quite neat if it set that unit as my default unit for recording in?
Also thanks for releasing this, I've been building something similar but not making much progress.
I've been using the app for about a year and a half by now and it's been really great as an alarm (it detects and wakes you during light sleep). Plus it calculates sleep duration, which you could use in your app. I believe that the data are accessible as a .csv in the phone's SD card so it shouldn't be too difficult.
We are attempting to aggregate and index people's health tracking data using our proprietary algorithm into one healthy living score. Would love feedback on UX as well as general concept.
Hey Mac - great looking stuff. The marketability of a single healthy living score is pretty clear, but isn't it a fairly artificial and opaque approach to making an actual measurement? The measures inherent to the donut chart-y UI element that's part of your site's hero loop (appears to be hydration, nutrition, sleep, activity) looks more useful to me than the single score.
I think to an individual at the moment the segments MAY be more useful than the metric itself; however, the value of the metric becomes more apparent when comparing individuals or populations. I know I get really excited about the prospect of being able to better index cities, states, etc. That is really interesting observation though.
The "metric" in this case is a score contrived using your proprietary algorithm. The value I read you describing appears more relevant to you/others interested in measuring populations. It doesn't seem especially helpful to the individual. To imagine one person say, "hey, I'm a 41, you're a 36" sounds like personal vanity metrics.
It's like two people comparing their BMIs - it doesn't tell a lot. I do see your app being potentially _very_ valuable in being able to tell individuals when their behaviors are or are not in line with vetted guidelines, or _nudge_ (heyo!) them to do healthful things at a rhythm in line with their best days.
I once worked on a payments platform whose viability depended on mass adoption. One of the reasons we failed, I believe, was due to being more focused on feeding data to merchants and banks vs. providing value to the consumers who were the actual
ultimate hurdle to adoption.
Yeah that is a great point. Funny enough, the original platform we launched about 18 months ago was geared exclusively for corporate wellness, but after reading the market we realized there was a significant niche here in comparison amongst friends using different tracking applications.
I say all this because I think we realized even B2B platforms need to have consumer appeal to be successful. I think once we are able to integrate more platform and build and more social hooks, it will be more appealing to users. Love your feedback though - think you have some wonderful points.
We have more on the way, so keep your eyes peeled! Thanks!