Runtastic has announced the release of the company's latest app for iOS and Android. Titled Results, this new offering to those who wish to keep in shape offers a personalized training experience with multiple plans for building strength, decreasing body fat and increasing definition of your massive abs.
Sleep++ is a new app from David Smith that uses your Apple Watch to track your sleep, measuring not only the amount of sleep you get, but the quality of that sleep as well.
Popular calorie-tracking app MyFitnessPal has launched a premium version of its service that brings an ad-free experience along with some added features. MyFitnessPal Premium runs $9.99 per month, or $49.99 a year, and removes advertisements, adds premium content such as original recipes and meal plans, and lets subscribers jump ahead in line for customer support. Additionally,...
CARROT Fit has received an update that brings the insulting little robot to the Apple Watch. Following the release today of CARROT Weather for the Apple Watch, CARROT Fit has been updated, ready to berate you into shape right from your wrist. The Apple Watch app works as a heads-up display for CARROT Fit's "7 minutes in Hell" workout feature. To use CARROT Fit on your watch, start...
Even though the iPhone doesn't have a built-in heart rate sensor, you can still find a third-party app for that! Apple has put a much larger emphasis on health and fitness in iOS 8 than in any other version of iOS — yet the iPhone doesn't offer a heart rate monitor. That being said, there are third-party apps in the App Store that can pick up the slack, and don't even require an...
Sports apparel company Under Armour has announced plans to acquire two leading fitness-themed apps: Endomondo and MyFitnessPal. The two deals, which are scheduled to close before the end of the first quarter of 2015, will cost Under Armour a total of $560 million, with $475 million to acquire MyFitnessPal, and another $85 million for Endomondo. Under Armour says that these deals will...
Looking to help users stay committed to their New Year's resolutions, Endomondo has updated its iOS app with some new tools. Coming along for the ride are two new features that allow users to create their own private challenges, as well as define weekly fitness goals. The first feature, as previously mentioned, will allow users to create private challenges and then invite others to...
The guys behind Runtastic, a well-known fitness app, have launched Sleep Better, a dedicated app for keeping tabs on how you sleep and providing custom alarms to wake you up at the ideal point in your sleep cycle. Sleep Better promises to track all sorts of data. All it has to do is stay tucked under your pillow before you hit the sack and it will keep tabs on how restful your sleep...
Nike has updated its Nike+ Running app with more features to help you better track your runs. The app, now in version 4.6, adds elevation tracking, Health app integration, an updated home screen experience, and enhanced heart rate support for Wahoo's Tickr products. The app is also optimized for the larger displays of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus Here's the full change log:...
Endomondo has just released an update for its app that brings with it integration with Apple's new Health app along with iOS 8 compatibility. The app now allows you to share tracking data to the Health app for calories and cycling, walking, and running distances. In addition to Health app integration, the following features were also added for better iOS 8 compatibility:...