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iOS 8 HealthKit Enabled Apps Megathread
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I'm feeling kind of retarded right about now. MyFitnessPal syncs with Pacer app and MapMyFitness which syncs with my Suntoo app. MapMyFitness shows my workouts from earlier this week via the Suunto app but MyFitnessPal doesn't show anything. Neither does HealthKit. Just poking around today it seems that the various apps only share native data, not data they themselves gathered from another app. The whole HealthKit thing seems hokey at this time. You still have to keep a pile of other apps open and synced to have it work. Hoping that as developers get more apps up and running it becomes a better user experience. At this stage it's useless to me.
Do you know some nice Apps to track sport and activity calories? Want to sync them to Health.
I'm wondering the same thing. If the Health app tracks steps, what would you need another app for? Fitbit for example
Calculation of activity calories is something more based on individual bodies (as opposed to steps). No idea, but I guess fitbit (and at least Runkeeper) should/will feed calories back into HealthKit once their updates get released.
(I'm curious about how all of that will work out in terms of duplicate HealthKit-entries)
(I'm curious about how all of that will work out in terms of duplicate HealthKit-entries)
I'm a longtime Fitbit user but I think that it may have become redundant and unnecessary now that the iPhone can track all the same things. I'll be honest, my Fitbit One is probably destined for a drawer.
Health gives you the option to prioritize the data gathering. If you have more than one app potentially gathering the same data, you choose in which order it takes the data, which is pretty cool, IMO. It'll be more important as more and more apps become compatable with HealthKit.
Where'd you hear Cyclemeter (and like their other apps) would be getting HealthKit integration? I use and like Runmeter, but the developers don't often seem to go public with new features before they're released.
I didn't post that this is a wiki so anyone can post
http://conradstoll.com/blog/2014/9/...-widget-healthkit-iphone-6-and-6-plus-support
I know this is an apps thread, but for clarity, anyone figure out how HealthKit knows 'flights' vs taking an escalator or elevator? Does it tie steps and vertical movement together with the gyro? I've not tested this yet but I'd hope it would exclude automated travel that way! If there's a document that explains how the basic measurements are done, anyone have a pointer? Thanks!
Yes, apps will only share their native data, not data that another app is sharing with them. It's down to a permissions issue, I give App A permission to share my data with App B. If App B then goes on to share that data with App C (e.g Health), it's gone outside of the permission I gave it. Shame, but I think the only way of getting data into Health will be if the original app recording the data directly supports HealthKit.
I can't tell you how it works, but I can tell you that it does work. I stayed at a hotel on the 6th floor all last week and took the lift multiple times a day. It only ever tracked stairs when I walked up them. I did take the escalator at the airport and wish I would have checked more carefully (I wasn't thinking about this feature) but I don't think it counted.
It's tracking things but not the right things. I just left the gym where I rode a stationary bike for 5 miles in 22 minutes, then lifted weights for 40 minutes.
It shows Walking + Running at 1.96 miles and Steps at 4,305 steps, but nothing on cycling. iPhone 6 was in my right front shorts pocket the whole time.
I added in 5 miles cycling manually.. I'm new at this like everyone but is there a way to direct it to track certain categories??
It shows Walking + Running at 1.96 miles and Steps at 4,305 steps, but nothing on cycling. iPhone 6 was in my right front shorts pocket the whole time.
I added in 5 miles cycling manually.. I'm new at this like everyone but is there a way to direct it to track certain categories??
I'm not seeing an update anytime in the past few days. According to their FB they haven't released an update since Apple fixed the bug.
They didn't need to it was already built into the app also you dont need to allow access it just transfers
The Health Mate app has not been updated yet. My Withings data (just weight) is fed to MFP where then it's dumped into Healthkit. You won't be able to import any data into Healthkit without authorizing it first.