PROJECT: Fit Pet Application at Startup Weekend
MY ROLE: Sketching, UI Design, Prototyping, User Testing
the problem
Children need to be physically active, eat healthy and sleep the appropriate amount of hours to support their overall well being.
- 42% of Children and 8% of adolescents engage in the appropriate amount of
physical activity.
- 20% of Adolescents get the optimal amount of sleep each day.
- Daily intake of fruits and vegetables decrease with age.
There needs to be away to help children become more physically active, eat healthier and sleep longer.
IMPORTANT LINKS:
- http://health.gov/paguidelines/guidelines/chapter3.aspx
- http://www.cdc.gov/healthyschools/nutrition/facts.htm
- http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db156.pdf
kids and their use of technology
our solution
- Fun and unique way for children to track their physical activity, food intake, and sleep patterns.
- Children take care of their pet by taking care of themselves.
- Helps children connect how their behavior affects their
- Helps parents reinforce positive behaviors by providing
FitPet Provides a fun and unique way for children to track their activity, healthy food intake and sleep. Children take care of their Pet by taking care of themselves. The better they eat, the more they sleep, and the more they play, the more their Pet thrives.
FitPet helps parents reinforce the positive behaviors that children are learning at home and in the school utilizing a wearable fitness tracker and companion mobile application that incentivizes and gamifies positive behaviors.
- The Solution is FitPet. A wearable fitness tracker and accompanying app.
- FitPet provides a fun and unique way for children to track their activity, healthy food intake and sleep. Children take care of their Pet by taking care of themselves. This helps children learn to connect what they do/eat with how they feel. The better they eat, the more they sleep, and the more they play, the more they AND their Pet thrives.
business model:
Fit Pet will be a Freemium App (Free lite version)
Revenue will be from in-app purchase for:
1. Premium features including:
- More custom pet characters
- Pet stickers …. etc.
- In App Advertisement (Free App version only)
2. In-app advertising
fit pet app – Picking a pet
When the user opens up the app for the first time, they will be given various pet options to get started. Once they’ve made their choice, they will click “pick me” and move forward.
fit pet app – Dashboard and menus
The dashboard includes three logging buttons for food, exercise, and sleep. The “play” button in the top corner will take the child to the game section. And finally, there is a left-hand menu for parental controls which allows parents to change settings and view their child’s logging stats.
fit pet app – Logging food
The food logging section gives some easy to understand food categories where they can search for food items. There’s also a picture integration software that allows the child to take a picture of what they’re eating to easily search through basic food items.
If the food you log is not consistently healthy, it will lead to your pet starting to get sick and lethargic.
fit pet app – Logging exercise
The exercise logging section first shows common types of exercise. Once you’ve clicked on a category you can the amount of minutes with a slider. Once your minutes have been chosen you can then press “Log Time” to add to your stats.
If you don’t consistently log exercise it will lead to your pet getting sick and lethargic.
fit pet app – Logging Sleep
The sleep logging section is also an opportunity for children to learn about time and reading a clock. In the morning, when children wake up they can move the hands to show what time they went to sleep and then what time they woke up. The sky in the background will also change as the day progresses, teaching children about time of day as well.
fit pet app – racing your pets
When you push the “Play” button on the dashboard it will allow children to play a racing game against other users. The goal of the game is to make sure your pet is strong from good food and exercise, just like you. If you, and therefore your pet, have been eating poorly, your pet will get tired and not want to finish the race.
