This is a super early release so there are bound to be issues (see: http://genius.com/4126912/Genius-the-genius-isms/Take-the-ro...).
Really interested in getting some early feedback, so your comments are very much appreciated.
The plan is to focus on next implementing goal tracking and then to add some simple social elements (a la Instagram).
Cheers!
PS: If you don't have an Android device, you can access it via the web at http://app.hipstat.com
1. Please add more photos of the UI 2. Show trend lines / moving average 3. Allow users to use it without signing up. If you really want to ask users to sign up offer facebook/google sign up 4. Remove username requirement. Just use email.
Because of (3) I didn't install. The friction is a bit too high
I'll take your feedback on board though thank you!
Please keep the feedback coming. This is exactly the reason I released this app early! :)
Of course, there's no smart tape that I know of, but I think it would be CV-trivial to rescale & superimpose silhouettes of progressive pictures on top of each other to track progress. I know a lot of people would shy away from doing something like that, but it would be pretty cool. As it is, measurement with a tape is a pain and worse, subject to a good deal of human error.
As a personal example I've wanted to track my weight over time for a while but even the friction of standing on the scale and then manually inputting the data was enough to mean I only ever kept it up for a few days at a time before I'd forget or it became tedious.
I recently bought a Withings scale and the removal of that seemingly tiny amount of friction of manually recording the weight has made all the difference.
I understand that people may not be comfortable measuring their body accurately. I will look to provide help and guides in app to solve this.
Body measurements are the purpose of this app, so image analysis and estimation based on silhouettes would not achieve the desired outcome.
Measurement of progress autonomously means less work, more data and perhaps more chance at success.
You'd have to do some clever image registration to calibrate/ re-scale the image.
Note that emails sent to Mailinator are public.
It uses least squares regression to work out, given your actual measurements, what "size" label from which shops is likely to fit.
I do have to wonder, why is it that the size of your body matters?
Personally I think we need a way to measure our health rather than tracking metrics that can encourage unhealthy relationships with our bodies. Ideally we would be able to quickly assess how close we are to a healthy level of body fat, lean muscle mass, be it is too high or too low. Measuring how heavy / big you are feeds into "weight status" and "thigh gap" fixation. In a less-imperfect world we'd be competitive about how healthy we are, rather than silly and often unhealthy things like thinness, and weight.
Stated in another way, it's entirely possible that a person can gain weight and lose fat -- or even lose weight and accumulate fat.
The size of various parts of your body is a much better indicator compared to measuring weight (measuring one overall size isn't a great help either), although still not the best. Measuring body fat % would be best, but unfortunately, it's not very easy to do so -- at least not without special tools.
http://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/1660/how-accurate...
Not sure that's solvable, but that's been my main reason for not tracking these measurements for now.
You get a much more precise indication of the way your body is changing for your help extra effort however. This app for example will be of far more use to a body builder than a weight tracker would be.
The goal would be to provide support and motivation. It would be an opt out feature. You will be able to make your account private.
Hi all. I wanted to post a quick update based on some of your fantastic feedback.
As of today, I have released a new update (you should get it automatically without needing to update the app). This update includes the following:
- Ability to delete your account from the settings screen
- Improvements to the way measurements are saved (server side)
- Ability to save measurements in cm or inches (more to come on this, including an account settings preference for metrics)
I am aiming to change the login screen background this week along with a couple of other minor tweaks before I go away for a long weekend.
Thanks again Tom
In reality, I can't take reliable measurements of myself. Even back-to-back measurements vary quite a lot because the tape isn't in the exact same position and orientation.
