ActiFit Android Release and Review

in #actifit6 years ago

Hello Steemians,

ActiFit released their and our first Decentralized - Fitness App which is currently available for Android users only. As usual, I spent 2 days with this app before coming with a detailed review and the first impression of ActFit. But before we start, here is a quick note about ActiFit - " ActiFit is the new Steemit based startup who are aiming to bring steem and SMT a bit closer to our daily life. It's a new innovation and its good to see that people are getting in flow with Steem and its probabilities or application in our daily life. Here is the link for ActiFit's Introduction post LINK." For download link scroll down to the bottom of this post! So let's start the review!

  • ActiFit is the app which pays you for all the healthy activities that you do. The best thing about this app is that the more activities you do, the more you will get!
  • As of now the app counts your steps and based on your steps walked, it rewards you by upvoting your post by the pre-defined voting weight. For more details on the voting head to their introduction post, it covers all!
  • The app does not require your master key or wif unless and until you want to post it on your steemit blog. "You can directly post your blog from the app only, no need to go through steemit!"

First Impression!

  • The best thing about this app is the simple - clear and clean UI and it does not require any login unlike other apps based on Steemit.
  • It has a counting meter with Actifit logo and few buttons, that's all! No menu - No drawers! Simplicity at its peak!
  • After completing up your walking session just hit Post to steemit button, fill all the details [Private Posting Key] along with a short description and done!
  • The first run was pretty much smooth with no count, however, few glitches pissed me out on the way when I saw that counts are not updating in the app.

Glitches

  • My smartphone is equipped with 4g high-speed Internet and I kept my location On | High Accuracy just in case to ensure no service interruptions.
  • Even though I completely stopped, the counts keep on increasing to a certain limit, around +40 steps or so.
  • I kept ActiFit locked in background app and my internet on! I walked around 3-4 Kms to make a good score but the count meter was only updated by 200 steps. Pissed of moments!
  • After few hours I again gave this app one more try and walked around 2 km and still the app only counted around 1000 steps. Pissed of moment #2!
  • No problem! Its a beta and I believe that the devs will improve it in upcoming updates.

Few Suggestions

  • A toast with a "Success" message after a successful posting will be good as currently, I have to check[via steemit website] that blog is posted or not.
  • Accurate step counter would be an awesome thing. Second thing is that app does not update your count when you are sitting in a vehicle, so abusers have a negative point here.
  • More Interactions like graphs or Comparision in between followers along with a leaderboard will bring more people to this app.
  • ActiFit app is a pretty much light app around 1.4 MB and it deserves a try.

Download Link

I challenge you guys for "fitness-challenge!" Show me your counts below in the comment section!

Source Images!
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I think this app is going to be great when it's really up and running. As for it's functionality right now, it's not going to cut it until it actually works. I logged about 3000 steps at work today through another step counter and Actifit only logged 58 steps😒. I'm sure with time they'll get the bugs sorted out, though.

Thank you for such an impressive and delicate review!
We are definitely working on improving the app, and are happy to see that our minimalist approach towards the display is well-appreciated :)
We also loved your suggestions, and will be definitely taking them into account on our upcoming development rounds.
Thanks again!

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Nice review and well written. Keep it up...

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