1.
HOW TO CREATE A
FITNESS TRACKER APP

2.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
02 ESSENTIAL FEATURES
DEVICE TYPES01
03
04
HARDWARE COMPONENTS
RECOMMENDED APIs

3.
Fitness Tracker App Development is an
advantage for both sport companies &
hospitals.
To create the one, you need to know the
essential features, hardware components,
and recommended APIs.
INTRODUCTION

4.
DEVICE TYPES
Smartphones
It helps in tracking the gain insights of
the daily activities performed such as
walking steps, sleeping hours, amount of
calories burnt and much more.

5.
DEVICE TYPES
Smartwatch
It adds convenience in patient’s life, fitness
enthusiast and others as well. Custom
applications are developed for Android or
watchOS.

6.
FEATURES
Let’s check out essential ones

7.
EXERCISE DETECTION
SELECTION
Manual Selection of
sports activities proves
to be very useful.PARTICIPATION
Fitness tracker apps come
handy for people
participating in different
sports activities.
CONVENIENCE
Automatic Detection
through sensors play a
critical role in this.

8.
● It is the most basic requirement of most
fitness enthusiast
● Business owners should understand the
importance of this feature
● It is important for a fitness app to have
this feature
STEP COUNT

9.
HEART RATE MONITORING
ADVANCED
SENSOR USAGE
SOFTWARE
CAPABILITY
IRREGULAR
NOTIFICATIONS
UNUSUAL
CHANGES

10.
SLEEP TRACKING
ESSENTIAL ACTIVITY
01
02 04
03 05
IDENTIFY PATTERN
MONITOR QUALITY
LEVERAGE FEATURE
ENABLE USERS

11.
MUSIC
LISTEN
Common behavior among fitness enthusiasts
Listen to music while working out
TRAIT
Add more value for the end user
BENEFIT

12.
HARDWARE COMPONENTS
Important For Fitness Tracking Apps

13.
GPS
This component is not only limited to people
who do running. The capability is leveraged by
the fitness tracker mobile apps that offer
features for cyclists, hikers and for others as
well.

14.
HEART RATE
MONITORING
The effective use of this feature is monitored with the
assistance of a smartwatch. There are few
smartwatch models that use ECG sensors while
others utilize optical sensors.

15.
AMBIENT LIGHT
SENSORS
● This is a hardware component that adds
value in the life of a fitness enthusiast
● Extremely useful when odd time is being
favored for practicing a sport

16.
ESSENTIAL GROUP
OF SENSORS
ACCELEROMETER - Used For The
Measurement Of Acceleration
GYROSCOPE - Identifies The Orientation
Of A Device
COMPASS - Used For Determining The
Direction In a Better Way

17.
RECOMMENDED APIs
Apple Kit API
By using third-party APIs such as Apple
Health Kit, more features can be added to
the fitness tracker app. The Apple Health
Kit offers better control, modularity,
encryption of health data, and others.
Source : developer.apple.com

18.
RECOMMENDED APIs
It adds up multiple capabilities in a fitness tracker
mobile application to read data from a wearable
device or sensor and access information which is
collected through other apps.
It is an open ecosystem made of several
components such as:-
1) Fitness Store
2) Sensor Framework
3) Permission and User Control
Google Fit SDK
Source : Google Fit

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THANKS
For more information, continue reading:
An Introductory Guide -
Fitness Tracker App Development