Question

Part of the business process of proceeding with developing software is performing market research. Market research can provide guidance in many different aspects including needed/unwanted features, usability, design, and many other useful and necessary information. In order to gain ideas and knowledge of what other players in the industry are doing, perform market research for your final project for weight tracking apps for Forever Fitness. Research the app stores and desktop applications that are designed for users wanting to track their weight loss progress. If possible, download multiple apps, explore and use them, and provide what you liked/disliked about the app. Provide features used in each app and the overall usability of the app. Submit a word document of at least 250 words describing these apps, features, usability, and any other relevant information. Provide screen shots if possible.

Answer 1

There are several apps available in the app store for weight tracking. Information about few of them are:

1. Lose It!:

Through the analysis of weight, age and health goal, you get a personalized plan.

You can enter you food intake.

The app keeps count of the calorie intake throughout whole day.

It has a team expert whose purpose is to correctly identify the nutrition value of different foods.

You can easily sync this app to other health and weight loss apps.

But along with so many features this app has certain loopholes too :

The only important drawback is that it doesn't keep track of any minerals or vitamins intake. Hence, there are chances that you miss out on some important nutrients.

2. Fitbit:

It is a wearable activity tracker. It keeps record of heart rate, your physical activities, calorie burned etc.

Fitbit are excellent resource when it comes to keeping record of day-to-day physical activity.

This app has a community feature where you can see who uses fitbit and who does not, you can challenge them or with them and share your progress if you choose.

You can set up alarm and exercise schedule. It also send alerts to your phone stating how much more is left until you reach your goal.

You can also receive rewards for achieving certain goals.

The only con of this product is that you need you buy fitbit device which can be bit expensive.

3. FatSecret:

It allows you to log your food intake, monitor your weight and interact with other people through its community chat feature.

You can also join groups to connect with people who have similar goals.

In addition to a large collection of healthy recipes that you can make, FatSecret features a journal where you can record information about your weight loss journey, such as your successes and drawbacks.

Not only does FatSecret show you your daily calorie intake, but it also has the ability to display your monthly calorie averages, which is helpful for monitoring progress.

It has a easy sign up and is free of cost.

This has so many component that it becomes difficult to operate it.