Judgment: Apple Health applications really need a modernize

Apple is promote Apple clock by three main arguments. The first is that time is maintained, and is defined to within 50 milliseconds. (I'm so relieved that a clock in 2015 may be accurate, right?) The second is the "spontaneous forms of fun" can communicate with "his people". And the third is probably the best selling point, given the way people have used wearable so far: it offers "a smarter way of looking gym."


I agree with that. The integrate tricircular under Apple Watch activity, showing how it moves, exercise and strength, is a brilliant design.

However, much of the data from the apple clock is piped through the implementation of the Health on your iPhone, and the interface of this application is in dire need of a redesign, even if we do get a partner application Activity separately for iPhone too.

There is a huge disconnect between simple and intuitive interface clock Apple and dry, archaic implementation of Health look. With nothing but graphics lines that lack easy to point dividers, sample data of health applications so that will be even more serious athletes.

In addition, although not so evident in this screenshot, it is very difficult to read past issues on an iPhone because the thin, white font does not offer much comparison. Depending on what type of selected metrics, the implementation of Health chooses colors for cards dashboard. You can not opt for a more readable color, and fonts are all white, with a variety of light colored backgrounds.

Other applications make it much easier to read data. Using applications Fitbit, I can see at a flash, in large numbers, legible, so my activity level is, with counts steps, distance, calories burned and more. And if I tap on step count, I see a weekly view is even more gossipy than Apple.

The Fitbit app also allows you to set goals, something that is so far away from the application of Health. You can set daily goals and colors on the dashboard to reflect whether or not you've met them. (The site mentions Apple Watch;. daily goals Presumably they were shot in the implementation of the Health in an update when Apple ships View)

The implementation of Health also has a strange way of showing the raw data. For some indicators, thinking this might work-glucose levels, blood pressure and weight, for example. But for steps, is simply inconsistent. See below on how to do the step data for a given day:

Would sense this is grouped by, for example, 15 minute intervals. I can not imagine that, for most people, seeing the number of steps per minute would be useful. Compare this with the application how IOS Withings day sample counting steps:

Withings steps

The Withings iOS application displays much more information in a more understandable way.

You can see your activity in slices of half an hour, see how it measures up your daily goal, and also see the distance, calories burned and more.

In the absence of a control panel that can be used in the implementation of the Health, you may want to go for a third party tool. The $ 2 FitPort pulls in data from the application of the Health and sample an easier way to read. You can set daily for each of the indicators showing goals, and circles show how close those goals. FitPort also gives you much better views of the data from the last days of the implementation of the Health ago.

fitport dashboard
FitPort is the dashboard that implementation of Health have.

Health Apple applications log a lot of data but presents it is the wrong way. Different data sources may benefit from different screens, and at least, may offer more than just straight lines chart. Furthermore, the choice of white fonts on colored backgrounds often light makes it hard to read, and lack of daily goals limits its use. I hope Apple can play attractive interface clock Apple in a new version of the application of Health for the iPhone.