In todays workshop, I have been given the task to research apps on fitness and health in order to create my own design for hopefully a more useful app.
I download various health apps; calorie counters, weight loss or fitness programmes.
Focusing on weight loss; one of the most attractive and useful apps was called ‘MyPlate’.
This app has a very light and colourful colour scheme, that keeps the app positive and appealing. Within this app, you are able to put in exactly what you had for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks and even how much water you have drank; automatically counting your calories for that day. The progress is tracked when you start using the app for more than a day. Also, you can input your weight and the amount of exercise that you have done, if applicable, which will automatically tell you how many calories you have burned. This app has extreme attention to detail, even including how much protein, fat and carbs you have eaten in a day, yet still keeping a simple and effective layout.
Another weight loss app I looked into was called ‘Diet Buzz’; this was probably my least favourite.
The layout is simple and clear, yet the photos appear out of date with low resolution, making them blurry or out of focus. You are able to choose from 8 different subjects; The Buzz, Diets, Health, Fitness, Recipes, Health Books, Diet Chat and Weather. One of the boxes in the grid layout is simply an advertisement. However, when you go into each box to find out more it appears to be more of a search engine, where it shows you a lot of different articles that may have something slightly to do with the main subject. Its colour scheme, font and dull layout isn’t engaging me as a reader and does not encourage me to lose weight.