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July 3rd: Top Paid Health & Fitness iPhone Apps

By Brian Dolan

iFitness

iFitness Top Paid App

From the company:

iFitness is our solution for expensive personal trainers at your local gym. Performing an exercise incorrectly is harmful to your body, and repeating the same few exercises you know will never push you forward -- that is why iFitness is so handy.

iFitness offers:

+ over 110 fully illustrated exercises with accompanying text
+ favorites option to create your own custom routine
+ preset routines that our experts have made for reaching different goals
+ exercises organized by the muscles they target

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Tap & Track

Tap & Track Top Paid App

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If you want to lose weight you can choose between four different Diet Plans.

This application will calculate your Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR) to find your Daily Calorie Needs based on your height, weight, gender and age. Calculation is also done using the famous Harris-Benedict Equation considering your job type.

Tap & Track is designed to be very easy and pleasant to use. It doesn't require you to spend a lot of time finding food items. If you wish to have more detail control on what you eat, there is an easy way to enter or edit any food values, or create your custom food lists very precisely.  There is also build-in USDA database containing over 7000 food items that can be searched and used within app. Any item from USDA database can be saved to common food list for easier access the same item later.

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Calorie Tracker by LIVESTRONG

Calorie Tracker - Livestrong Top Paid App

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The LIVESTRONG.COM Calorie Tracker application is the companion tool to The Daily Plate service, available for $2.99 at the iPhone App Store. The Daily Plate at LIVESTRONG.COM helps you determine a daily calorie target based on your weight and weight goal. Then you can search the extensive database of more than 525,000 foods for nutritional information including fat, sugar, carbohydrates, cholesterol and more. You can also search 2,000 fitness items and calculate how many calories you can burn with those activities. With a simple tap, you can track how many calories you can consume, burn and net on a daily basis.

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iTreadmill: Ultra Pedometer

iTreadmill

From the Company:

This is not like other running apps that you may have already seen. In fact, iTreadmill can be a great complement to other fitness and running apps that you already own. It allows you to walk or run even when you can't go outside.

And such advanced features as the Dial-a-Pacer, Auto Pause/Auto Resume, and Customizable Fields, along with the Easy-to-use VCR controls, History Table, and flexible settings makes iTreadmill a one of a kind app that everyone should have!

iTreadmill will keep you on the pace that you set, just like a real treadmill. And it even works while your music is playing! Extreme Accuracy! Get great accuracy with the new PocketStep technology, designed specifically for accuracy in your pocket!

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White Noise

White Noise

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White Noise provides ambient sounds of the environment to help you relax or sleep. Includes high quality looping noises such as waves crashing on a beach, crickets chirping at night, and the soothing sound of rain fall.

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Yoga Stretch

Yoga Stretch

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Being a focused mind and body workout, Yoga Stretch consists of traditional yoga poses sequencing with a Vinyasa flow. Yoga Stretch is designed to improve strength, balance, posture and flexibility. Yoga Stretch is your own personal yoga instructor walking you through a full session including audio commentary, images and music.

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iPeriod (Period Calendar)

iPeriod

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A must have for doctor's appointments, event planning and knowing when to leave the house prepared!
Calendar view allows you to view your cycles at a glance!

Record symptoms as often as every day: flow, cramps, moods (30 of them!), and love connections
User-Defined Icons - track what is relevant to you (headaches, fatigue, bloating, etc.)
Record your periods with ease
Discreet name "iP" appears under icon
Remembers your last period dates so that you don't have to!
Predicts your future 12 periods
Predicts ovulation and fertility (or turn this feature off!)
In-app and email alerts for expected and late periods!
Record and track flow and "spotting"
Email your period data for backups
"Notes" feature allows you to record custom notes
Password protection gives you privacy

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Hundred PushUps

Hundred Pushups

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The Hundred Pushups iPhone application assists your goal to become stronger and fitter, and in 6 weeks to do 100 push ups. The program was devised by Steve Speirs and more information about the program can be found at www.hundredpushups.com

Keeps track of the day and week for you
Adjusts the program to suit you level after each exhaustion tests
Has a rest timer so you don't need to remember the time between sets
Allows you to do follow the six-week plan wherever you are and without the need to be near a computer

The iPhone application should be seen as a companion, rather than a replacement to the website, but offers convenience at the touch of the button.

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Nutrition Menu

Nutrition Menu

From the company:

Advance your diet by having nutritional information for over 79,000 food items right at your fingertips! Whether you go out to eat or cook at home, Nutrition Menu takes the guesswork out of choosing healthy meals and even includes a calculator to compute your Food Score. Have the peace of mind knowing that your meal fits within your dietary allowance. You can then track from meal to meal insuring a higher weight loss by keeping a journal of what you have consumed. Whether you are counting carbs, watching calories, or have diabetes, Nutrition Menu makes it easy for anyone who needs to track what they eat.

FEATURES:
Over 39,000 restaurant menu items of 338 USA and some Canadian restaurants
Over 39,000 entries for common foods like apples, meat, frozen meals, etc
No Internet communication means fast access to information
Nutrition info includes calories, fat, carbs, fiber, serving size, protein, cholesterol, sodium, and sugars for common food items

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Men's Health Workouts

Men's Health Workouts

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Men's Health Workouts features 18 exclusive workouts and over 125 exercises from the world's top strength coaches, athletes, and fitness experts.

The app provides step-by-step instructions, photos, advanced logging functions, and a circuit training interface. The app is OS 3.0 compatible and offers the In App Purchase function allowing users to buy additional workouts from within the app itself. Expansion packs available at launch include "The Ultimate Abs Pack," "Build a Beach Ready Body," "Huge Arms in a Hurry," and "The Ultimate Golf Workout."

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