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FoodSwitch

Mon, 19 Nov 2012 02:33:22 +0000

FoodSwitch now comes with a new GlutenSwitch feature to help you find out whether a packaged food contains gluten or not, and it even helps you find healthier, gluten-free choices.

FoodSwitch also comes with a SaltSwitch feature to especially help people looking to lower their salt intake.

★ As seen on Channel 10's The Project & Channel 9's TODAY show
★ As featured on SMH, The Australian, Herald Sun & iTWire

Packaged foods can be surprisingly high in salt, fat and sugar. Use FoodSwitch for healthy grocery shopping and make better food choices for you and your family.

Take three simple steps to better health by reducing high levels of fat, salt and sugar in you and your family’s diet.
1. Scan barcodes of packaged foods with your camera and see what’s in the food you’re eating.
2. Switch to similar foods that are healthier choices.
3. Share your healthier food choices with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email.

❛As parents, we all want our kids to eat well. However, up until now, it hasn’t been easy to get help in a simple way that lets you make informed food choices for your family. The best part of the FoodSwitch app is that it takes the guesswork out of shopping by arming Australians with options for healthier products to purchase.❜
- Nicole Livingstone, FoodSwitch ambassador, Olympian and mum

Features:
✓ Immediate, easy-to-understand nutritional information for more than 38,000 products in Australia
✓ Simple colour-coded ratings for 4 key food components (total fat, saturated fat, sugar and salt)
✓ Get a list of healthier choices for the food you scan
✓ Find out whether a packaged food product is gluten-free or not in GlutenSwitch mode
✓ Save your healthy favourites on personalised shopping lists
✓ Export your lists of healthier choices or share them with friends and family

FoodSwitch has been developed by as part of the Healthy Foods Initiative, a partnership between Bupa and The George Institute for Global Health designed to help Australians understand more about the nutritional value of the food we eat and empower people to make healthier choices. The database that powers FoodSwitch is the result of three years of research by food and health policy experts from The George Institute.

Download the app today and find out for yourself why key health organisations like FoodSwitch!

❛The Heart Foundation is very supportive of tools that help consumers make healthier choices.❜
- Dr Lyn Roberts, CEO, Heart Foundation of Australia

For more information about FoodSwitch and answers to commonly asked questions, visit www.bupa.com.au/foodswitch.

Disclaimer:
© The George Institute for Global Health Dec 2011. FoodSwitch provides nutritional information and healthier alternatives based on a scientific algorithm developed by The George Institute for Global Health and licensed to Bupa Australia Pty Ltd. The information has been developed and reviewed by health professionals and to the best of their knowledge is current and based on reputable sources of evidence at the time of publishing. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the data, no warranty of this accuracy is provided. All users, especially those with special dietary requirements or food sensitivities, should they assess the accuracy and relevance of this information for their personal circumstances. The information should be used as a guide only and should not be relied upon as a substitute for professional medical advice. The George Institute is not liable for any loss or damage you suffer arising out of the use of or reliance on the information, except that which cannot be excluded by law. We recommend that you consult your doctor or other qualified health professional if you have questions or concerns about your, or your family's health.

Recent changes:
NEW GlutenSwitch filter!

Bupa

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 00:27:42 +0000

Make a claim, update your membership details and find Bupa Members First network providers, hospitals and Bupa centres on your phone!

Features:
✓ Login to myBupa to view or update your membership details
✓ Make a claim for hospital and most Extras services
✓ Order a new member card
✓ Locate and get directions to a Members First dentist, optometrist, physiotherapist, chiropractor, hospital or Bupa centre
✓ Save network provider details to your Favourites or directly to your Contacts
✓ Automatically updates with the latest Members First network providers, hospitals and Bupa centre locations

Note: This app is not suitable for seeking medical attention in an emergency.

Medibank Mobile

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:58:25 +0000

The Medibank Mobile App is a convenient way to manage your health cover. Here you can find a Members’ Choice provider, claim for selected extras, access your extras claims history, update your contact details, view your policy information and more.

Who can use the Medibank Mobile App?
There are certain features anyone can use, such as the Members’ Choice provider search. But to use features relating to your membership, you must be a Medibank private health insurance member.

For the moment, Medibank members with corporate covers, Visitors Health Insurance, Working Visa Health Insurance and Overseas Student Health cover may not have access to all membership related features.

What can I do with the app?
- Make a claim for you or your dependants for dental, optical, chiropractic and physiotherapy services
- Check the status of existing claims
- Update your contact details
- Access your current policy details
- View your extras limits

About Medibank:
We’re proudly one of Australia’s largest private health insurers, covering over 3 million people.

Medibank
For Better Health

Recent changes:
- Updated the Claims Detail screen to include benefit amounts paid
- Improved the My Cover screen to include better payment information
- Improvements to map display capability
- Improved error messaging
- General maintenance improvements for stability

Quit Now: My QuitBuddy

Sun, 18 Nov 2012 19:21:46 +0000

My QuitBuddy helps you get, and stay, smoke free. It's with you through the hardest times with helpful tips and distractions to overcome cravings; tracking systems to chart your progress and all the facts you need to understand the impact smoking has on your health.

Better still, My QuitBuddy is easily customised. You can determine whether you’re ready to quit right now or whether you're intending to do so soon or you have already quit. You can set your own goals, the reasons you're quitting, include photos and recordings of loved ones and even add buddies you can call upon in times of need.

Key Features:

- An option to 'Quit Now', prepare to 'Quit Later' or 'Continue quitting'.
- Home dashboard: Visualise the health benefits of each day you stay smoke free through a series of body animations
- My Goals: set your goals and add the support you need to achieve them
- Visual icons: view your progress, including a count of every day, hour and minute you stay smoke free and how much money you've saved
- My Personal Best: Compares your best 'time-off-smoke' records and motivates you to remain smoke free
- Daily Message: for the first 30 days, you'll receive a useful tip when you open the app;
- Danger Times: nominate your danger times and My QuitBuddy gets in touch to keep you on track
- App widget: set it permanently in your phone's dashboard to count every day, hour and minute of your progress. It will also send you a series of scheduled alerts (such as "Congratulations, it's been two weeks!") to keep you on track
- Distract Me: when craving, My QuitBuddy helps with a range of distractions including - a Fruit Sorter game to occupy your mind and your hands through any moments of craving. Fruit Sorter is a juicy distraction game to help occupy both your fingers and mind throughout any moments of craving.
- Remind Me: a personalised slideshow reminds you why you decided to quit and to stay focused on your goal
- Community: read helpful messages from other people who are quitting with the My QuitBuddy and leave your own for others to read
- Quitline: call the Quitline directly on 13 7848 from the app
- Buddy Up: Nominate friends or family who you can call in the tough times

Quitting smoking can be difficult but My QuitBuddy is here to help you every step of the way. Designed to deliver you support in a way best suited to you, for you to get quit and stay quit.

Be sure to update the app regularly as we will continue to add new features based on your feedback.

Recent changes:
Initial release

SunSmart

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:17:59 +0000

The SunSmart app lets you know when you need sun protection across Australia and when its safe
to get some sun for vitamin D, making it easier than ever to be smart about your sun exposure all
year.

With a few clicks, you can find a 7 day weather forecast, the UV level and sun protection
times for your local area in Australia so you will always be prepared for the day ahead.

Personalise the sun protection alert to remind you of the daily sun protection times, either at a
time of your choice or when the UV reaches a level where sun protection is required.

Use the vitamin D Tracker to find out if you are getting enough UV exposure to help with your
vitamin D levels

Sun protection times are issued daily by the Bureau of Meteorology.

Please submit any feedback and suggestions in regards to this app to
sunsmart@cancervic.org.au. We would love to hear from you.

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AKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The SunSmart app is a initiative of SunSmart Victoria- a program of Cancer Council
Victoria and VicHealth. SunSmart programs run in all Australian states and territories
by the Cancer Council. For more information visit sunsmart.com.au.

All UV alerts and weather forecast information provided by the Bureau of
Meteorology. For more information visit bom.gov.au/uv.

The SunSmart app was developed by Boosted Human Mobile and Web Solutions
boostedhuman.com.

Recent changes:
- Fix for widget sizing on newer devices

BrainyApp

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 22:17:45 +0000

The ONLY app to help you rate and track your brain health. This evidence-based app has much more than just brain games!

How brain-healthy do you think you are? BrainyApp will guide you on how to live a brain-healthy lifestyle and show you that what is good for your heart is also good for your brain.

As well as being important for good memory and thinking skills, being brain healthy may also reduce your risk of developing dementia.

To get the most out of BrainyApp, start by taking the Brain Health Survey, which will give you your initial brain health score. You will be able to email yourself your results and feedback on how you went.

You can then regularly add to your score by completing the suggested Activities in BrainyApp. If you’re not doing enough Activities, you’ll see your brain-heart health score decrease.

You can also earn extra points by sharing your score and BrainyApp Facts on Facebook.

BrainyApp has the following features:
Brain health survey – see what your brain health score is and get personalised recommendations on what you can do to improve your brain health
Brain games – give your brain a work out
Activities – add to your brain health points with a range of activities including exercise, eating well, getting health checks, keeping your mind active and managing your smoking and alcohol intake
Monitor your Brain Health Points and track your progress over time
Get a daily fact sent to you
Share facts and your brain health scores with friends and family

BrainyApp was developed by Alzheimer’s Australia and Bupa Health Foundation to raise community awareness of the risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and other types of dementia and on how to live a brain healthy lifestyle.

For more information on how to lead a brain healthy life and reduce your risk of developing dementia, visit Alzheimer’s Australia’s Mind your Mind website at mindyourmind.org.au.

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Disclaimer

The information contained in BrainyApp is provided for education purposes and is intended to support, not replace, consultation with a medical practitioner and is not to be taken as the giving of medical advice. Whilst appreciable care has been taken in the preparation of this information, Alzheimer’s Australia is not liable for any error or omission, even if negligent.

Recent changes:
Fixed force-close on daily fact
Fixed force-close on game dialog

C25K Couch to 5K by RunDouble

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:41:54 +0000

Goes way beyond just a C25K app! GPS tracking, and now includes completely free "Fun Runs"

C25K Couch to 5K by RunDouble is a FULL FEATURED trial, with no feature restrictions, and runs in the background while you work out. The first two weeks of the basic plans are free (C25K, Z10K, F10K). After that, upgrade for just $1.60 - less than a bottle of Gatorade®

Master the Couch to 5K (also known as C25K) training program with this app, which prompts you through your 5K training. Choose a playlist from your music selection, and just get running. The app will track your total and interval distance, optionally giving you pace and distance updates as you run. It will also tell you when you are half-way, so you can turn around and head home.

Includes these programs:
- C25K Couch to 5K
- Zero to 10K*
- Five to 10K*
- 5K improver - Interval training
- 10K event training
- Half marathon event training
- Varying length "Fun Runs", from 1 km to 10 miles

* These new plans replace the Bridge to 10K (B210K) and Ease into 10K (E10K) which were removed for legal reasons.

Features:
- Runs in BACKGROUND MODE
- Prompts you to change pace while working through the Couch to 5K training program.
- Tracks your time, distance and pace, announcing these to you at the end of each interval.
- Plays a playlist of your choosing, from your personal music selection. Or alternatively, use another app to play music.
- View your previous runs
- Additional pace updates at set intervals
- Half way marker
- Programmable pace warning (target pace)
- Support for heart rate monitor (Polar Wearlink+ Bluetooth)
- Cloud service:
+ Track your progress
+ View your route on a map
+ View detailed statistics about your workout
+ Create and share your own programs (coming soon)

Recent changes:
Full changelog: http://bit.ly/HQQGSo

My Pregnancy Today

Sat, 12 Mar 2011 01:55:24 +0000

Expecting? Get the must-have pregnancy app for any parent-to-be. Brought to you by BabyCenter, the most trusted parenting resource, supporting 25 million moms worldwide.

Simply enter your baby’s due date and My Pregnancy Today turns your Android into an expert guide for your exact day of pregnancy. Feel more prepared for your baby’s birth, and get the answers you need, whenever you need them.

My Pregnancy Today features:
✔ Your pregnancy day by day: Learn how your body’s changing, what’s ahead, and how to cope
✔ Fetal development images: See what your baby looks like each week
✔ Pregnancy checklist: Reminders to keep you on track with decisions, appointments, and more
✔ Award-winning videos: Watch your baby grow in the womb, and witness moms giving birth
✔Birth clubs: Connect with other women due at the same time
✔ Due date calculator: Quickly find your due date
✔ Nutrition guide: Manage your weight gain with tips and recipes to help you eat well
✔ Track your progress: Countdown to your big day with weekly notifications

All information is approved by the BabyCenter Medical Advisory Board.

Get started – download My Pregnancy Today – it’s free!

For our Australian and Canadian moms your BabyCenter account in now tied to the app so any changes to your due date will reflect in both the app and on the site. If you are new to BabyCenter you can quickly register and begin receiving our award winning newsletters!.

Please contact BabyCenter with any questions or app issues: customerservice@babycenter.com

http://www.babycenter.com

Recent changes:
Version 1.5.0:
* Baby registry: Discover what you need for baby's arrival, and personalize your registry checklist.
* Bug fixes.

Version 1.4.2: Bug Fixes

Version 1.4.0: Bug Fixes

Version 1.3.3: Bug fixes to address issues with login and commenting on posts.

Your BabyCenter account is now tied to the app, so any changes to your due date will reflect in both the app and on the site. If you are new to BabyCenter you can quickly register and begin receiving our award winning newsletters!

Strava Cycling

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:42:54 +0000

Record all your rides, analyze your performance and see how you stack up against friends and locals. Set new personal records and beat your friends’ times!

“The World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Fitness”
-Fast Company

TRACK YOUR RIDES
• See distance, speed, elevation gained and calories burned
• View the map of your ride as you record
• Collect heart rate data from Zephyr HxM Bluetooth sensors
• FREE unlimited ride uploads

SEE YOUR STATS & ACHIEVEMENTS
• See all of your recent rides and get accumulated stats
• Set personal records and earn achievements for outstanding performances

SEE WHERE YOU STACK UP
• Earn King and Queen of the Mountain honors on specific sections of road or trail
• Ride the same segments as your friends, beat their time, and climb the leaderboards
• Compare your performance against locals and pros

STAY IN TOUCH
• Follow your friends and clubs and see their latest rides
• Give comments and kudos and help motivate your friends
• Get notifications when you receive kudos, comments, and new followers

FIND PLACES TO RIDE
• Explore the most popular segments anywhere you go

GO PREMIUM
• Filtered Leaderboards - See how you compare against athletes in your own age & weight class
• Power Zone Analysis - Monitor your power output and focus on your watts
• Heart Rate Analysis- Dial in to your fitness zones to get the most out of your training
• Suffer Score - Quantify your suffering & determine exactly how hard you're working
• Advanced Segment Effort Comparison - Compare your efforts with those of others and see how you’re tackling the same climbs or tricky sections of road or trail over time

VISIT WWW.STRAVA.COM TO:
• See even more ride analysis
• Join Challenges for your chance to test yourself, plus win fantastic gear and prizes
• Join clubs and create new ones in your area
• Access additional features for Strava Premium members

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT STRAVA

“Besting personal milestones are one thing; crushing your buddy's best time up a local climb with data to prove it, is something else entirely.”
- Velo News

“Capture the fastest time on a climb and Strava will crown you king or queen of the mountain.”
- Bicycling Magazine

“…an ingeniously conceived app…”
- Men's Journal

“…Strava's app lets you get competitive any time you want.”
- Triathlete Magazine

“Editors’ Choice...the Strava app sees no equal...”
- Road Bike Action Magazine

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NOTE ON GPS SUPPORT:
Strava depends on GPS for recording activities. In some devices, the GPS does not work properly and Strava will not record effectively. If your Strava recordings show poor location estimation behavior, please try to update the operating system to the most recent version. We recommend running Android version 2.3.3 or above. Furthermore, there are some devices which have consistently poor performance with no known remedies. On these devices we restrict installation of Strava, for example Nexus One and HTC Hero. See our support site for more information: http://support.strava.com/kb/alerts-and-known-issues/does-strava-2x-run-on-my-android-device

Recent changes:
version 3.3.3:

• Fixed issue where application hangs during startup or saving recorded rides.
* Fixed recording issue for Galaxy S3 Mini.

Period Tracker

Sat, 08 Oct 2011 04:21:20 +0000

Period Tracker, the easiest way to track your periods is now on Android!

* Press a button at the start of your period every month. Period Tracker logs your dates and calculates the average of your past 3 months' menstrual cycles to predict the start date of your next period.
* View your current and future period dates, ovulation and fertile days, your moods and your symptoms in a simple month-view calendar.
* Decorate your phone with an icon that looks great on your home screen and that's discreet. It reads simply "P Tracker."

Period Tracker is FILLED WITH FEATURES.
* Take daily notes of moods, symptoms, and intimacy.
* Easily view the number of days until next period or number of days late.
* Know when you're fertile with flowers that show on your homescreen during your predicted ovulation and eight day "fertile window."

Period Tracker has been raved about by thousands of users.

MommaRed - "I really like this application. It is easy to use, easy to track and plan for upcoming events. The recent updates have made it even better. One of my favorite apps."

Blanczz226 - "This is one of my favorite apps. I use it every month and it's extremely accurate. Worth the $ for sure"

GeekSugar.com - "Period Tracker is the ultimate menstrual mentor. You enter in your info, and it tracks your cycles, letting you keep notes about your activities and well being, all the while using twee 'lil hearts and flowers to denote important days."

Celstemc - "One of my first apps and I am completely in love with it! Won't use another one like it!! Cute and easy to use!"

Please email comments and suggestions to supportgpa@gmail.com.

Disclaimer: Period Tracker period and fertility forecasts may not be accurate and should not be used to prevent unwanted pregnancy. To forecast ovulation Period Tracker calculates 14 days before the projected start date of one's next period. Forecast accuracy depends on a number of factors including how regular one's cycle length is, when one actually ovulates during the cycle, and how many periods have been logged in the app. Anxiety, stress, diet, nutrition, exercise, environment, medications, age and other factors can also affect one's cycle from month to month.

By downloading this app you agree to the End User License Agreement at http://gpapps.com/support/eula/ .

Recent changes:
Our previous version 1.9.8 had a bug where the backups done from it were not saved correctly. To make sure that your latest backup is a good backup, after you download this update, please go to settings/data/backup and click on the "backup" button.