We spent an evening at family friends' place last weekend and the discussion over there got me thinking. Aunty & Uncle there are health enthusiast and both have pedometer attached to their waists. They make sure they walk at least 10,000 steps a day each. This keeps them healthy and active. Also there were many other tips discussed on shading off those extra Kgs, secret to flat tummy, glowing skin, etc, etc.
After this visit, +Arwa wanted me to buy her a pedometer which easily costs 1000 bucks for the cheapest one. I was not very sure. Then I came across this app on Google Store "Steps Mania". It does the same job using your mobile phone's accelerometer. The app is very simple and has smooth interface. It basically keeps running in background and counts steps. You can see daily summary of number of steps walked during each hour of the day.
The app also has interesting awards on completion of certain goals like completing 10k steps in a day or walking 5000 steps during office hours. It has social view where you can add friends who are using same app & share your step count & awards received with each other. I think this makes the activity interesting!
We used the app for more than a month & really liked it. :-)
After this visit, +Arwa wanted me to buy her a pedometer which easily costs 1000 bucks for the cheapest one. I was not very sure. Then I came across this app on Google Store "Steps Mania". It does the same job using your mobile phone's accelerometer. The app is very simple and has smooth interface. It basically keeps running in background and counts steps. You can see daily summary of number of steps walked during each hour of the day.
The app also has interesting awards on completion of certain goals like completing 10k steps in a day or walking 5000 steps during office hours. It has social view where you can add friends who are using same app & share your step count & awards received with each other. I think this makes the activity interesting!
We used the app for more than a month & really liked it. :-)
