There have been many attempts to motivate activity financially, curious how you see this breaking out of the pack and winning?
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@micah What are some of the other best implementations that you know of, Micah? I think the key will be to either get (a) big-name brands with auto-conversion to rewards (i.e. Starbucks tea... Amazon GCs...) (b) big-name insurers/companies on board to incent better health/activity. But I'd love to know more about others.
@daveschappell "best?" I think truthfully none have actually caught on - fitocracy (although not in the financial incentives space, I seem to remember they explored it?), dailyburn (similar to fitocracy), gympact, everymove come to mind and none really broke out, although I think they all have been acquired. I think you know 2 or 3 founders? If not, happy to intro. @brianmwang (fitocracy) would have some great feedback.
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@micah@brianmwang thanks -- yeah, I know the Everymove folks (we actually had a beer with Marcelo @calbucci a few weeks ago (with the Sweatcoin team). Thank for the response!
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It works. I've been a Sweatcoin user since 2015. Since then I've bought with Sweatcoins sports shoes and clothes, protein shakes, a session with a personal trainer & more. Thumbs up to the Sweatcoin team on the execution, iOS & Android apps are great!
@nikitakorotaev thank you, Nikita! It took few months longer than expected, but then who would have known that we would need not just Java, but OpenGL, C++ of the NDK and ReactNative :)
Thanks for the hunt @nikitakorotaev! Hey Product Hunters! We're excited to get this out to you!
Today we are launching Sweatcoin for Android.
Sweatcoin converts your steps into currency. Spend earned sweatcoins on goods and services (like Nike shoes, Apple watch or Borneo expedition), donate to charity or exchange them with your friends and family for whatever you fancy.
The fitter and healthier you become the wealthier you get. Movement has value!
Please note Sweatcoin is only available in the US, UK and Ireland.
Check it out and tell us what you think of app.
p.s. Product Hunters use this link to get special treatment!
https://sweatco.in/producthunt
Great concept. Will encourage me to get more walking done. BTW, that cheeky write-up in google play store (whats new section) was not very encouraging! Is your demographic mostly women?
@chintankarnik Good question - just got tired of saying "oh boy" in the last few weeks :)
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@oleg_fem Installed and took it for a full spin this AM. What was the Product Hunters special treatment? I seem to have a 5k steps/day subscription.
I must say incentives are cleverly designed. One would have to pay 1 day worth of morning walk/month to gain 10k steps/day unlock capacity for that month. To gamify the incentives even more- I would like to see which goodies I can possibly unlock within x days (while supplies last). That is, show me which prize I can claim in x days based on the average number of steps/day I've unlocked.
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Nvr mind the PH special comment question. Found that the magic was in visiting the special link on the phone where SweatCoin is installed :)
@oleg_fem@perushev we have created a chatbot style app. To get the user immersed in the look/feel of our app quickly and to help them through are relatively lengthy onboarding process (we need answers to several questions), we use a similar concept to sweatcoin where the 'app' asks the user questions in a flowing manor.
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This is one of my favorite apps of the last year -- I've accumulated nearly 2,000 Sweatcoins while walking a TON in London (and redeemed them for healthy juice drinks, coconut oil, and more). I highly recommend it -- it's a great motivator to increase your physical activity!
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