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July 3, 2013 11:41 pm GMT
Azumio, the maker of health apps like Fitness Buddy and Instant Heart Rate, has another one up its sleeve. The Palo Alto-based startup, which is backed by Founders Fund, Accel and Felicis, is out with a comprehensive activity and food tracking app called Argus. Argus follows how much you move, walk, run or cycle through the accelerometer; it does not rely on signals from cell towers like other competing apps which might drain the battery more. It also helps you log what you eat, how you sleep, how much water and coffee you in-take and how much you exercise. The idea is that it’s a catch-all life-logging app where people can store all of their activity, eating and sleeping habits in one place, without having to switch from app to app. It was a common request from Azumio’s user base, the company’s CEOBojan Bostjancic says. The app has a beautiful honeycomb design with individual cells showing behaviors like cups of water or coffee consumed per day. You can scroll through it like a visual diary of your past habits. If you hold down a cell for two seconds, and the app will aggregate your activity data. If I press down on a walking cell, it shows how many steps I’ve taken in the day hour-by-hour and how long I’ve been active. For other types of activity tracking, the user has to pro-actively do things like take pictures of their food or log in a workout or yoga session. If you take a picture of food, Argus will ask you to categorize it into one of six categories including grains, fruits and veggies. The other cool part is that the app also syncs with other activity tracking devices. It’s a platform that can pull in data from some New Balance devices and the Salutron Lifetrak automatically, without the need for switching from app to app to see different data. It also works with the Withings’ weight scale andMapMyFitness, with more devices are on the way.Argus also gives users personalized goals and reminders if they fall off track with their workout regime. The company says the beauty of having all of this data in a single app is that it makes it easier to track different correlations. Does working out regularly affect your standing heart rate? How much does changing your diet affect your weight? There are also basic social features for
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Health App Maker Azumio Launches Argus, A Comprehensive Food And Activity Tracker
Azumio, the maker of health apps like Fitness Buddy and Instant Heart Rate, has another one up its sleeve. The Palo Alto-based startup, which is backed by Founders Fund, Accel and Felicis, is out with a comprehensive activity and food tracking app called Argus. Argus follows how much you move, walk, run or cycle through the accelerometer; it does not rely on signals from cell towers like other competing apps which might drain the battery more. It also helps you log what you eat, how you sleep, how much water and coffee you in-take and how much you exercise. The idea is that it’s a catch-all life-logging app where people can store all of their activity, eating and sleeping habits in one place, without having to switch from app to app. It was a common request from Azumio’s user base, the company’s CEOBojan Bostjancic says. The app has a beautiful honeycomb design with individual cells showing behaviors like cups of water or coffee consumed per day. You can scroll through it like a visual diary of your past habits. If you hold down a cell for two seconds, and the app will aggregate your activity data. If I press down on a walking cell, it shows how many steps I’ve taken in the day hour-by-hour and how long I’ve been active. For other types of activity tracking, the user has to pro-actively do things like take pictures of their food or log in a workout or yoga session. If you take a picture of food, Argus will ask you to categorize it into one of six categories including grains, fruits and veggies. The other cool part is that the app also syncs with other activity tracking devices. It’s a platform that can pull in data from some New Balance devices and the Salutron Lifetrak automatically, without the need for switching from app to app to see different data. It also works with the Withings’ weight scale andMapMyFitness, with more devices are on the way.Argus also gives users personalized goals and reminders if they fall off track with their workout regime. The company says the beauty of having all of this data in a single app is that it makes it easier to track different correlations. Does working out regularly affect your standing heart rate? How much does changing your diet affect your weight? There are also basic social features forOriginal Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/tqHpT0cipzo/
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