The advancement in technology has provided us with ample number of resources to gain more knowledge and awareness about every minute aspect related to our lives. One such important aspect is our health. As is rightly said that a healthy mind resides in a healthy body, people have become more serious than ever to remain fit. Although people join gyms or go for exercises in parks or even workout at home, but still, they always keep Fitness Apps in their smartphones and make use of them as and when required.
As soon as you open the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store, you will see that there are already a lot of popular fitness apps in these stores and compete with each other for more popularity and profitability. This gives an impression that the market of fitness Mobile Applications is already soaring and that there is minimal scope for newcomers to enter and grow in fitness app sector. However, this is not at all true because the segment itself is huge and there is still a lot of chance for unique ideas which are either totally untouched or exist at a very small scale.
Before we start discussing the ideas, it is first important to know the varying preferences of casual gym-goers and the fitness enthusiasts. According to a study done by American College of Sports Medicine, the top 3 fitness activities are as follows:
- Wearables have been on top for 2 consecutive years
Technology of wearables consists of heart rate monitors, smartwatches and tracking devices. This technology has gained a lot of popularity in the fitness mobile apps industry.
- Strength Training
Strength training has its own advantages and is still quite popular among fitness enthusiasts of all age groups. It has always been in the top positions in all surveys done by American College of Sports Medicine.
- Bodyweight Training
This activity is also one of the most preferred ones by athletes. In this form of fitness, exercises only include resistance of one’s own body weight without any equipment, such as push-ups, squats, pull-ups, etc. Main reason for the popularity of body weight training is that it can be done without any expenditure at all.
Now that top priorities of fitness seekers are clear, let’s move on to discuss topmost fitness app ideas.
- Fitness Monitoring Apps
The first category consists of fitness monitoring apps which solve the purpose of tracking fitness activities like sleep hours, number of steps taken, stairs climbed, calories burnt, etc. For mobile app development of such a fitness activity tracking application, it is not necessary to connect it to the mobile phone sensors, rather Apple HealthKit API or Google Fit can be used to access the data of fitness and health collected there.
You can opt for developing a fitness application for smart watch in order to detect and monitor pulse constantly along with other physiological parameters. This can be done successfully with implementation of Bluetooth connection between the smartphone and the smart watch. Important aspect to be considered here is that which fitness activity exactly would this watch focus on and how will it collect the data required for it.
- Nutrition and Diet Apps
Fitness enthusiasts are not just focussed on their exercise routine but equally concentrate on their diet routine as well. Even those who do not go to gym for lifting loads and building muscular bodies, keep a track of their eating habits in order to stay fit by consuming healthy and nutritional food only. Such diet-conscious people prefer to maintain a record of their food intake, track calories consumption, coffee intake, etc. For catering to the demands and requirements of such audiences, a logbook app can also be created so that they can easily enlist their exercise and diet routines.
One thing to be most careful about while developing diet and nutrition apps is that it has to focus on those users who want to achieve their fitness targets by following a strict diet routine. A precise yet attractive UI is hence required for them to simplify the functionality and yield fruitful results.
- Personal Trainer Apps
If you are planning to develop a fitness app, a personal trainer app is another amazing idea for you wherein certified personal trainers can keep and share pre-arranged workout routines in multiple formats like text, video and even 3D. The users can therefore choose from the workout schedules and also consult the trainer for the same.
The overall workflow of such a personal trainer app is very helpful for the users. Instead of spending time over exploring and shortlisting the exercises for themselves, they can simply check out the exercise charts curated by fitness experts and choose one from them which best suits their choices. Further, personal consultation with the same trainer whose fitness routine is being followed leads to even better results.
Conclusion:
If you are thinking of entering the fitness mobile app market, you may come across a lot of ideas and possibilities but the ones mentioned above have a concrete and long-term scope in the segment of fitness applications. Omninos Solutions is a renowned brand name in the sector of Mobile App Development and is known for expertise in integration of best features while designing and developing an application. Contact us for developing the best fitness mobile app for your ideas.
