Fitness Apps news and trends

Sweatcoin Walks Over Competition in Fitness App Rankings
Mobile Applications // November 15, 2022

This edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Fitness app brings to light eleven contenders ready to sweat it to the top. Our top contender is unswayable from No.1. There’s a lot to compete for but only one tie in this edition. With a gap of...

Navigating The Overstuffed Weight Loss Market
Retail // February 19, 2020

The fact that obesity has grown to epidemic proportions in the U.S. and around the world is, regrettably, old news at this point. According to a late 2017 report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, almost 40 percent of American adults and nearly 20...

Tackling Fraud With P2P Payments
Today In Data // March 18, 2019

Companies are working to keep funds safe from bad actors as payments grow increasingly faster with person-to-person (P2P) solutions and real-time platforms. In addition, dollar bills, C-notes and the like are surviving, despite a push for cashless payments. And AMC Theatres is rolling out mobile...

Fitness Apps That Prescribe Digital Workout Subscriptions
Retail // March 15, 2019

Digital subscriptions are charting a course to help provide runners with an alternative to working out alone, through the guidance of coaches offered on monthly or yearly plans. “We thought there would be a more fun way to get runners engaged,” Charge Running Co-founder Julie...

Quick Reads
FTC and Meta Spar in Antitrust Case Over Acquisition of VR Developer

November 22, 2022
In a suit that aims to block Meta Platforms’ acquisition of virtual reality fitness app developer Within Unlimited, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reportedly said Meta stopped its plans to build such an app itself — thereby stifling competition — while Meta said it never planned to develop a VR fitness app.  The two parties […]

Sweatcoin Walks Over Competition in Fitness App Rankings

November 15, 2022
This edition of PYMNTS’ Provider Ranking of Fitness app brings to light eleven contenders ready to sweat it to the top. Our top contender is unswayable from No.1. There’s a...

Fitbit Rolls Out Four New Products; Tests Rewards Program

March 06, 2019
Fitbit announced on Wednesday (March 6) the launch of four new products – Fitbit Versa Lite Edition, Fitbit Inspire HR, Fitbit Inspire and Fitbit Ace 2 – all aimed at making...