Comment on Apps that encourage/gamify walking?
ericbomb@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoHmm I was looking for more passive stuff where I do my walking, then get home and get a cool prize/thing to do, but doing things that actively contribute to a FOSS project is pretty inspiring.
AA5B@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maybe you’re asking the wrong question then.
Apple Watch is an example of gamify healthy activity. Tracking workouts gets all the attention, but …… activity tracker shows that because I took a long walk today, I completed 263% of my typical activity, burned 156% of my typical calories, and 125% of at least moving around a bit every hour. I see awards for streaks or how many times I met goal this week, encouragement to do more, etc.
I only know my AppleWatch but I don’t imagine this is unique: maybe look for something more like an activity tracker?
BTW, PokeMon Go has added features over time, plus you can do more as you advance. One new feature is “routes” where you define routes that may be interesting for other people to follow. Once you get to a higher level, you can also contribute to points of interest for Pokemon Stops. For example my town built out its section of a rail trail planned to eventually cross the entire state, so I was one of the people defining new Pokemon Stoos at points of interest where the trail meets streets or parks, and people have defined “routes” so you get game credit for walking them. That being said, I’m not sold on routes being a good feature and I do live where I can walk to good Pokemon territory