Moves is a tracking app with a great idea: it is always on and tracks automatically everything you do: walking, running, cycling etc. Automatically, no need to start a tracker or select a sport.
Moves was originally launched for iOS, but now it is available also for Android. Here is what it looks like:
Moves was originally launched for iOS, but now it is available also for Android. Here is what it looks like:
I won't get in the details of all the functionality of Moves: there are a couple of good descriptions for example here and here.
As a single application I would say that Moves looks nice and provides "nice to know" type of information. But for tracking real training it misses a lot of necessary functionality like good statistics and reporting. So my personal opinion is that I wouldn't use this only as a standalone application for training. There are better options.
However, what makes Moves really interesting is the API: Moves provides a technical interface and people can build applications that utilize data that Moves gathers. This provides a lot of opportunities for new innovative ways to analyze the data about what you do and how you exercise daily. There are already many apps doing this and I believe there are more to come.
Unfortunately the API is not yet available for Android client:
As a single application I would say that Moves looks nice and provides "nice to know" type of information. But for tracking real training it misses a lot of necessary functionality like good statistics and reporting. So my personal opinion is that I wouldn't use this only as a standalone application for training. There are better options.
However, what makes Moves really interesting is the API: Moves provides a technical interface and people can build applications that utilize data that Moves gathers. This provides a lot of opportunities for new innovative ways to analyze the data about what you do and how you exercise daily. There are already many apps doing this and I believe there are more to come.
Unfortunately the API is not yet available for Android client:
So it looks like I will stick with other tracking apps like Runkeeper for now. But once the API opens for Android it will be really interesting to explore the possibilities of tracking. And if there would be a chance to combine heart rate data for this tracking then this would be awesome :)
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