Mobile Application

We have the ability to build an iOS and Android-specific mobile application with zero or near-zero cost to ourselves. I am opening this up for any ideas for this. At this point, toss out anything that comes to mind.

How far can we take this app? Are we talking just forum integrated with Course access etc or can we build in an OLC suite?

Or do you mean something available for a couple of dollars on the app store? In which case I imagine we don't want to integrate courses, but do something totally different.

I just meant access, separate purchase needed of course. Just to be clear...

I'm not sure if the app store allows that, but that was one of the things I was thinking as well.

Let's see what Cory says...

At this point, it is more in our interests for something general for exposure or utility rather than for the courses.

OLC will be through Chicken Dinner. If they put in our suggestions, there is no need to re-invent the wheel. 

OLC sounds good I did know where we stood on that front.

Hmm that makes the thoughts interesting. Movement reference is a big thing but we do not want that out there separate from the courses....

GB timer/metronome app?

One of the sounds can be of Coach making jokes about weeding out the gene pool. 

Timer and Metronome are great!

Would be cool to have an app with both and set up for our uses.

Some key points to keep in mind about applications:

-Content must be renewable and not static

-Functions must fill a real or perceived need

The timer does get asked about so I think that is a good feature.

- Content must be renewable and not static 

What does that mean exactly?

Cole Dano said:

- Content must be renewable and not static 

 

What does that mean exactly?

If an application is not pure function then there has to be content that changes every so often for the user not to become bored with it. 

The timer would certainly be a good feature but we'd likely want to offer more than that for an application. There's no rush on this, I just wanted to toss the idea out there so as we have ideas pop up we can get them written down here. I'm confident one of us will have a stroke of brilliance about this eventually.

There needs to be a reason more than as a timer / ticker to keep it on your device.

For reference, typical things seen:

WODs

Movement reference

Progression cycle

Workout planner.

No more WODs!!!

No no no. Not saying we should do that. I was just putting out examples of what I've seen in apps like we are discussing to try and get our brains working on how to be different.