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RunKeeper gets a new teammate: MyFitnessPal
RunKeeper announced an impressive new addition to the team today -- MyFitnessPal, a service with more than 40 million users who track their weight, count calories and obsess over their exercise. RunKeeper has about 20 million users who log their fitness activities on the web or using the RunKeeper iOS apps. Integration between the two services will have some very positive effects. Users can now log fitness activity on RunKeeper, then see their daily calories allotment on MyFitnessPal update automatically based on how much exercise has been tracked. Calories that are logged in MyFitnessPal will be visible in a user's RunKeeper activity feed. Entering weight information into either one of the apps -- either by typing it in or through integration with Withings scales or other connected devices -- will cause it to appear in both. A full press release from the two companies is included below: Show full PR text RunKeeper and MyFitnessPal Team Up to Improve Health and Wellness Worldwide Integration of Two Leading Fitness Apps Expands the Open Fitness Platform, Helping Millions of Users Reach Their Goals Boston, MA -- RunKeeper and MyFitnessPal, two leading apps in the fitness and wellness space, are partnering to help their collective users more seamlessly track their health information and reach their goals. With the integration, RunKeeper's 20MM and MyFitnessPal's 40MM users will be able to: ● Quickly and easily connect the two services ● Log their fitness activity on RunKeeper and see their daily calorie allotment on MyFitnessPal automatically update based on tracked exercise ● See their number of calories logged in MyFitnessPal in their RunKeeper activity feed ● Enter weight information and access it across both apps The integration also arms users of both apps with powerful tools and information to set benchmarks, break through plateaus, and reach their ultimate wellness goals. "At RunKeeper, we're passionate about helping people lead healthier lives. MyFitnessPal was one of the most requested integrations from our users -- we're now able to offer both of our user bases a more holistic way to reach their health and wellness goals," said Jason Jacobs, CEO, RunKeeper. "We see this integration and partnership as a sign of where the industry as a whole is headed, towards true interoperability and data sharing so users have the best experience and achieve the greatest results." "Our vision from day one was to make personal health tracking as intuitive and painless as possible," said Mike Lee, co-founder of MyFitnessPal. "We are thrilled to partner with RunKeeper to create a seamless experience for our joint members. RunKeeper's strong workout tracking system provides a perfect complement to MyFitnessPal's personalized nutrition and fitness solution, and we think the integration will make logging and tracking that much easier." Technology companies interested in working with RunKeeper on custom integrations should contact api@runkeeper.com. Developers who wish to integrate with the MyFitnessPal API should contact the company at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/api. About RunKeeper Since 2008, RunKeeper has been turning your phone into a personal trainer in your pocket, using the built-in location technology to track workouts and keep you motivated. With more than 20 million users worldwide, RunKeeper's mission is to harness the power of technology to help people lead more active lives. RunKeeper also integrates with more than 100 health apps and devices, including Jawbone UP, Withings, Fitbit, Lose it!, Aetna, Pebble, and Virgin Healthmiles. Visit us on Facebook and on Twitter @RunKeeper. About MyFitnessPal MyFitnessPal makes good health attainable and sustainable for everyone. Powered by more than 40 million people, MyFitnessPal is the leading free resource to take charge of daily health. Partnering with top brands-including Withings, RunKeeper, Runtastic, Jawbone UP, and Fitbit-and featuring a database over 3 million foods, MyFitnessPal provides real-time nutrition and fitness tracking, insights and community support. MyFitnessPal's free and easy to use technology works seamlessly across Android, iOS, Blackberry, Kindle and Windows apps, in addition to the web. MyFitnessPal is headquartered in San Francisco, Calif. For more information, visit http://www.myfitnesspal.com/.
Using Jawbone UP with MyFitnessPal to track your calories and workouts
MyFitnessPal is a fitness platform that is part calorie counter, part fitness goal tracker and part exercise journal. It compiles a wealth of information about your fitness program and makes it accessible on the web and your iOS device. With Jawbone's recent update, you can now share some of that fitness data with the Jawbone UP system. Jawbone UP and MyFitnessPal have a two-way relationship that shares meal data from MyFitnessPal and calorie counts from the UP. MyFitnessPal is meant to be the cornerstone of your daily exercise regime. You log each meal and workout and then track the amount of calories you need to consume to either lose weight, gain weight or remain steady. Meal and workout entry is made easy by the platform's large database of foods and activities. When using MyFitnessPal with the UP, meal data that you enter in MyFitnessPal will show up in your Jawbone UP software. It syncs a few times a day and pulls over your aggregate meal data. The meal data is not broken down during the transfer, so your lunch of an apple and yogurt will show up as one unnamed item with 325 calories and combined nutritional information. Meal data also is sent over with the same time code, at least in my experience. According to my UP feed, my breakfast, lunch and dinner were all consumed at 3PM. You can edit this time stamp within the Jawbone UP app, but this is an unnecessary extra step that hopefully will be improved in a future update. On the other side of the coin, the Jawbone UP shares some of its fitness data with the MyFitnessPal software. When you are logging a workout in your MyFitnessPal app, you will notice a line with calorie information from the Jawbone UP. This value is an adjustment based on the activity level recorded by the UP. It is the difference between what is estimated by the MyFitnessPal app and what is recorded by the UP. In my experience, this number was not a large amount (200 calories or so each day), but every little bit helps. Overall, I like the combination of the Jawbone UP and MyFitnessPal. There is some overlap as you have to enter your workout data in both the Jawbone software and the MyFitnessPal app as the two don't exchange detailed workout information. This duplication is just a minor inconvenience. I like the exchange of meal information which is useful, even without a detailed breakdown of items. In the end, I find that I use MyFitnessPal for its calorie counting and the Jawbone UP for its sleep tracking and overall activity counts (number of steps taken). Both work together to provide me with a wealth of fitness information that'll help keep me healthy. MyFitnessPal is available on the web at myfitnesspal.com or as a free iOS app. The Jawbone UP fitness band is available for $129 and its companion iOS app is free.
MyFitnessPal app to sync data with NetPulse and Matrix 7xi equipment
It's all well and good to maintain a food diary and an exercise log on your path to get fitter, but sometimes it's a pain to enter workout stats manually. MyFitnessPal has partnered up with Johnson Health Tech and Netpulse to solve at least one part of the equation. By working together, the free MyFitnessPal app syncs to any gym equipment that uses the NetPulseOne platform, leaving the daily diet as the only entry you have to make manually. In the next few months, the app will also be integrated with Johnson Health Tech's new Matrix 7xi series of cardio equipment for automatic syncing. MyFitnessPal has worked with other solutions like Fitbit and WiThings since it opened up its API last October, and while we can't assess its effectiveness just yet, at least you won't have to wear this dorky shirt while sweating it to the oldies.
