Fitness App Development

Do you have a mobile training app on your smartphone? If so, this is not surprising. Even less surprising is if you have the idea of running your own program. At one point, more and more people began to take care of their body and health. Someone is able to do this on their own, and someone needs help in writing a training program.

Paying a trainer can be expensive, as well as acquiring a subscription to the gym. But downloading the application on a smartphone and subscribing for a couple of dollars is very successful. The main thing is that this niche is completely open to new ideas.

If you already have a ready-made startup idea, we are ready to analyze it and begin to develop a fitness application.

Application types

We saw many ideas for fitness applications, both narrowly targeted and all-encompassing. Practice shows that the program "for everything" will be less popular among users. The fact is that no matter how understandable the functionality is, it becomes too much. This creates confusion, which makes the application inconvenient to use.

That is why we have identified several categories of applications that we develop depending on the idea.

Running apps. Running is a separate type of training that requires a specific program, regime and nutrition. Their work is based on smartphone sensors to track distance, speed, altitude, etc. First of all, they are very popular among professionals for whom it is important to record the daily distance, choose the optimal route and control the body's indicators.

Gym apps. Strength training has always been an indispensable component of any sport. However, the training program is always different. In such applications, as a rule, we realize the possibility of compiling several programs depending on the sport or the wishes of the user (gain muscle mass, gain weight, etc.), record the results of each training session and the progress made.

In more complex versions, the possibilities of automatically offered diets are realized depending on the indicators after each training. All recommendations are based on your suggestions (or your employee who is well versed in fitness).

Yoga apps. Also a popular type of application recently, which offers more than 50 training plans from beginner to advanced level. Typically, such applications are based on the user's personal records.

Total Activity Tracking. As a rule, such functionality is integrated into almost every fitness application. Nevertheless, there are a number of independent programs that allow a person to monitor his body. Most often, to implement all the functionality, integration with additional devices (trackers or smartwatches) is necessary.

Personal trainer. A more complex type of application that can combine several functions (from running to yoga). They are in demand among athletes who can devote most of the day to different types of training.

Diet control. Again, this functionality in most cases is part of any fitness application, since it aims to offer different diets depending on the activity of the person. Nevertheless, proper nutrition is necessary not only in sports but also in everyday life.

Such applications provide information on the caloric content of the nutritional value of daily food, help to schedule nutrition and create a balanced diet.

There are many development methods based on react native, including combining several categories of applications and launching narrowly targeted programs. We advise you to select those types of applications in which you, as the project owner, have excellent knowledge. So you can always maintain the quality of the application, update training plans and help the user.

Main functionality

The functionality of fitness or any SaaS applications can be very extensive and a lot depends on your idea. We will implement any idea that you propose. At the same time, the analysis of user needs showed that each application should have the following functions:

1. Recommendations. The selection of training plans, nutrition, daily routine are essential elements of fitness applications. The user downloads them just for the sake of such functionality.

2. Indicators control. Pulse, heart rate and pressure are the main indicators by which the body's response to various types of activity is assessed. The only nuance is that using such functionality is impossible without a fitness tracker.

3. Notifications. The user does not want to constantly go into the application to control the balance. It’s much easier for him to receive a notification about an upcoming workout or a warning about a down mode.

4. Account creating. This allows the user to quickly record their results, and also gives a guarantee of the safety of all data. In addition, setting up a personal account allows you to quickly launch the application on different devices.

5. Friends. It’s always nicer to train with a friend. First of all, it creates a competitive element, which increases the effectiveness of training. But it’s not always possible to go for a run or to the gym at the same time. Therefore, in fitness applications, many users want to see the opportunity to create the same competition with one or more friends.

6. Video training. Some exercises are too complicated. And it’s much easier to understand the execution technique after watching a video than re-reading the theory.

7. Social integration. Fitness today has become a trend. Many users want to share their results and achievements with friends and acquaintances. In addition, various fitness challenges are increasingly being launched. Therefore, for reporting to the user, it is much easier to click the Share button than to take screenshots and clog the device’s memory.

Some features may be required depending on the type of application. For example, in running programs, geolocation is necessary, while for ration control applications this element does not make sense and will only reduce performance.

Motivation of use

The market for food ordering applications and fitness applications is growing and more saturated with various functions. Therefore, their development also requires unique approaches. Moreover, many users need a certain incentive. It’s just not enough for some to say “you will feel better.” They want something more.

You, as the project owner, also want to see more activity in your application. To this end, we have developed several practices to attract attention and stimulate the user.

Social usefulness. Personal growth is always obvious. But it is worth the user to say that thanks to the use of the bicycle instead of the bus, it helped to preserve the life of the environment - the feeling of vitality and usefulness is increased. In addition, through such applications, you can attract the user to sports charity events. After that, he will begin to train more actively, not only to help those in need but also to show a good result in the competition.

Expertise. The average user may not understand the full benefits of training or just increased activity. Feeling the first fit, he may stop training. In the application, you can implement functionality that will analyze the results of training and show how it will affect the user's health.

Gamification. Training can be made interesting. For example, connect the application with headphones and periodically turn on the sound of approaching zombies so that the user runs faster. Another option is quests that are completed as you complete the exercises. Thus, during training, the user will completely forget about its difficulties. Moreover, he will have something to tell our friends.

Newbie Care. The majority of users of fitness apps are beginners. Therefore, it is necessary for them to make the most detailed training, provide recommendations and theory.

At the same time, we realize the ability to disable all the prompts in the settings. After all, a professional athlete needs an application only for monitoring indicators and recording results.

Launch your application

If you can’t wait to start working on your idea and are looking for a software development team for b2b or b2c portal, you can contact our managers to get appropriate advice.

We know that you can’t wait to launch the application faster. But our staff will help you realize the idea in the most optimal way, so that the user immediately feels the desire to work specifically with your program.