Yea we've gotten a few requests for this feature. It's definitely something we are looking into. It won't be there for launch, but definitely in a near future release.
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Screenshots of an iPhone app called Weightbot.
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Yea we've gotten a few requests for this feature. It's definitely something we are looking into. It won't be there for launch, but definitely in a near future release.
Does it allow for Height to be set to the .25 or the .5 inches? there are a lot of people at 5' 8.5" or 6' 2.25".
I think it would make for more accurate results if you do that no?
Nope. Our goal is to provide a simple and fun weight tracking app that fits the needs of the majority. There are a few weight tracking/dieting apps on the app store now that do much more than our app. We will not be competing with them in features. We are aiming weightbot to be the iLife-like consumer app. We are focusing on beautiful design, great usability, and making a normally mundane task a little more fun.
So to answer your question directly, fractions of an inch isn't going to change your BMI enough to where it warrants adding more data points for the user to have to scroll through.
Since this app is into fitness. Can you develop a personalized daily calorie counter that saves the numbers throughout the day? Basically a logger.
Does weight need to be entered every day for the app to be effective? I find it more appropriate to weight myself only once a week.
You can weigh yourself at whatever interval you wish. The only [intentional] limitation is it only saves a max of 1 weight a day. So if you enter multiple numbers a day, it only keeps the last one entered for that day.
I always thought the UK used LBS like the US.
1 stone is 14lb, so it's not a hard calculation, although it would certainly be less confusing if the app did it (especially if it's a fractional result).
I like it!
Can you stand on the iPhone and get your weight too?!
At first glance, I really thought that's what the pictures were going to show him doing. lol
Nope. Our goal is to provide a simple and fun weight tracking app that fits the needs of the majority. There are a few weight tracking/dieting apps on the app store now that do much more than our app. We will not be competing with them in features. We are aiming weightbot to be the iLife-like consumer app. We are focusing on beautiful design, great usability, and making a normally mundane task a little more fun.
So to answer your question directly, fractions of an inch isn't going to change your BMI enough to where it warrants adding more data points for the user to have to scroll through.
OK thank you. I was wondering if .25 or .5 would make that much of a difference.
Kudos on the app. I will being buying it when released.
It's the web app version of flickr. Flickr has an iphone version of it's site (once you login). That's their default home screen icon.
Weightbot has hit 1.0 and was submitted to Apple this morning for review. Now its just a matter of time (and apple's grace?). We also threw together a temporary page on the site until the real site is complete: http://tapbots.com
We also threw together a temporary page on the site until the real site is complete: http://tapbots.com