Review on iPhone application (Run Keeper)

In order to give the report of tracking of various fitness activities and providing the results as compared to an expensive watch of GPS format, “Run Keeper” uses the technology that is the basic part of the iPhone which is GPS. This application allows users to manually enter all the activities such as the activity of the treadmill runs too. There is an immensely important feature of this application is that users can add the name of the friend with whom they did their sports or athletic activity from the users’ street team mates.  This application has the additional feature to connect to Facebook. This application also has the feature of editing notes related to historical activities. With the “Run Keeper” application cyclists, runners and other endurance athletes get a tool for personal data analysis on their iPhone.

“Run Keeper” integrates a feature called self-distribution, with which the user can share the results of the workouts or races with their contacts through social networks Facebook or Twitter. “Run Keeper has a free version and a professional version. “Run Keeper has been selected by TIME magazine as one of the best applications for 2009 for the iPhone.

All these five applications of iPhone that are discussed above are somewhat similar in nature and their features are almost same. But they're out of these five applications there are a few that are different from others because of their special features. For instance, the map display of Nike Plus is a distinct feature of this application, the synchronization of “Smart Runner” is a distinct feature of this application, Unlike other applications in which the measurement or recording process stops at breaks completely the special feature o0f the application “Fitnio” is that the recoding or the measurement process stops or disrupts only once, Adding the name of the friend with whom the user has done the sports activity is a special feature of the “Run Keeper” and last but not the least the special aspect of planning of the meal is an important feature of “Live Strong Calorie Tracker”. It is difficult to judge which application out of these discussed application is the best one because almost all the features of these applications are similar.

The app to motivate the athlete must know the different ways to do this, taking into account individual differences, goals and situations. Therefore, to adopt a motivational strategy previously discussed the environment and the possible influences on the athlete, the athlete's general characteristics, its location and its importance also the available sports app to motivate the athlete. The coach uses an immediate motivation when using internal or external rewards, so it uses three unconventional kinds of motivational behavior. The app is considered as coach to make sure you are doing timely exercises based on your current physical condition. You do not have to hire a coach or trainer for yourself to gain motivation, a sport app can be a great alternate for that.