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Noom Walk Pedometer

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:31:13 +0000

Noom Walk is a new kind of pedometer:
✔ Automatically counts steps, 24/7
✔ Uses less than 2% of your battery
✔ Motivates you and your friends with comments & high fives
✔ 100% free, no external hardware required

Noom Walk is the best pedometer available for the Android platform. It automatically runs throughout the day, counting your steps and letting you know when you've reached daily step count records. You'll be notified when new friends join, and you can always visit their profiles to encourage them with high fives and comments.

This is the first version of Noom Walk, so we really appreciate your support & feedback as we work out all the kinks. Please visit noomwalk.uservoice.com to submit your feedback, bug reports & feature requests. You can also send your feedback to noomwalk@noom.com.

FEATURE DETAILS

✔ Never miss a step: Unlike most pedometer apps, there's no need to turn Noom Walk on or off. It automatically counts your steps throughout the day, 24/7, just like a wearable device.

✔ Battery friendly: Noom Walk is specifically engineered to be superbly battery efficient. Because it doesn't use GPS, a full 24 hours of Noom Walk uses the same amount of battery as 20 minutes of screen display or just 3 minutes of GPS.

✔ Inspire others: Notice someone's walking a little more than usual? Let them know! See your friends' steps and encourage each other to keep moving with high fives and comments.

✔ Free and easy: Noom Walk is free and always will be. Pus, it works with the Android smartphone you already have, so you don't need to buy or carry around expensive hardware accessories.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: Will Noom Walk kill my battery?
A: No. Noom Walk is designed to be battery efficient and uses a small fraction of your phone's battery throughout the day. Over the course of 24 hours, Noom Walk uses the same amount of battery that your GPS uses in 3 minutes!

Q: Is Noom Walk compatible with Noom Weight Loss Coach?
A: It's 100% compatible and is designed to work seamlessly -- your phone counts the steps once, but they are shared between the two apps. For best results, make sure you have the latest version of Noom Weight Loss Coach.

Q: Do I need to wear a device?
A: Nope! Noom Walk works with the smartphone you already own and requires no additional equipment at all. It even works with tablets!

Q: How can I interact with my friends on Noom Walk?
A: Once you've connected to Google+ or Facebook, Noom Walk will automatically show all of your friends who are also using Noom Walk. You can click on their names to visit their profiles, and you can high five different step counts: daily, weekly, all-time, and record days.

Q: Noom Walk counted too few or too many steps. What's wrong?
A: We are always working to improve the quality of our pedometer, and sometimes a slow, bumpy car ride is really hard to tell apart from walking. This is true for many hardware devices and can happen to Noom Walk too. In our testing, Noom is 95% accurate compared to leading pedometers, but please submit feedback if this happens, and we will use it to improve quality. Note: Noom Walk is currently more sensitive when you have it open, so if you get extra steps, try not keeping it in the foreground. A few phones (Note II being the most popular) unfortunately turn off the pedometer sensor when the screen is off. We're sorry and are working to address this by next week. For more tips, see our in-app help.

Q: I don't have/want to connect Google+ or Facebook. Is there another way to add friends?
A: Of course! You can create an account using just your email address, and connect with friends using their email addresses.

Q: Do I need to use Noom Walk with my friends?
A: No, Noom Walk works as a great standalone pedometer application, too. If you want to be 100% invisible, just switch Noom Walk into private mode and it won't upload any information at all.

Please visit noomwalk.uservoice.com for more info or to report bugs. Thank you so much!

Recent changes:
* Fixed a key bug with some phones not starting to count in background right away
* Fixed several crashes -- thanks for reporting
* Send any other bugs to noomwalk@noom.com -- we are listening! Thanks!

7 Minute Workout

Sun, 02 Jun 2013 05:17:44 +0000

Don't have enough time to exercise every day? Try the 7-Minute Workout!

Based on 'The Scientific 7-Minute Workout' routine posted in the American College of Sports Medicine's Health & Fitness Journal and highlighted by The New York Times (http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/the-scientific-7-minute-workout/), this high intensity interval training app will get you sweating.

12 exercises, 3 required items (yourself, a chair, a wall), and 7 minutes is all you need to start getting in shape again!

Recent changes:
version 1.3.1:
-FIXED NO AUDIO WITH GOOGLE TTS (yes, the audio will now work even with Google TTS)
-Added notification to notification shade

TODO: Logging, Help Instructions

Fitness Check-up

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 18:15:01 +0000

Are you in shape?

Fitness Check Up is the app you need to do a fun and enjoyable check-up!

The Fitness Checkup application helps you assess your physical shape using 11 health tests: Flexibility, Balance, Body Core, Strength, Capacity for effort, Muscle Tone, Explosiveness, Pulse at rest, Body mass index, Body fat index and Reaction speed.

With the free application, you have access to the first 6 tests. If you follow your progress regularly using the app, the 5 other tests will become available to you for free!!

With these 11 tests, your health score can be restored. It comes with advice and exercises to improve your health to where it should be!

This is a preventive health approach, so check your health parameters regularly and do our exercises to improve your physical shape. Earn rewards and share with your friends.

Characteristics of the Fitness Checkup application:

- 6 + 5 simple and useful health tests (flexibility, balance, abs)
- Clear images and concise explanations to help you do the tests
- Personalized advice to help you obtain your health assessment
- Exercises to improve your physical shape
- Records of your results to help you follow your progress everyday
- Overview Fitness Checkup to know your health score
- Health rewards to motivate you and help you progress
- Webcam pulse measurement for the Cardio and Effort tests!
- Share your scores and rewards
- Manage your health profile

The Cardio and Effort tests of the Fitness Checkup application measure your heart rate thanks to an innovative process using your Smartphone camera as a heart rate monitor! For these 2 tests, you will see your real-time heart rhythm displayed! The application works with telephones possessing a flash.

We keep improving our applications all the time. Do not hesitate to contact us! Your opinions interest us.

Wake it Up, Shake it Up !