runtastic fitness portal: The Next Generation

Aug. 30, 2011 - PRLog -- runtastic.com, the fitness portal of the fitness-App runtastic which is market leader in numerousEuropean countries (downloaded over 2,5 million times on the iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7), will have a lot of new features and a completely new design starting with today. The best new features: After the relaunch runtastic will be available in five languages, havingan improved Live-Tracking mode and including many new features in orderto manage and analyse your sports data.It offers additional options in the challenge mode against others or yourself and motivates sportsmen and fans with new cheerings.

„The design, the usability and the new features set a new benchmark for fitness portals in the internet. Our web presence will havethe same quality as our fitness-apps.“ says Florian Gschwandtner, CEO and Co-Founder of runtastic. „At the moment around 4.000 user sign up on our portal daily. This number will increase significantly.“

runtastic – sports- and fitness-startupwith strong growth
runtastic, founded in 2009, notes a strong growth.The mobile fitness-Apps have been downloaded over 2,5 million times. There are about 10.000 new downloads daily.Per week almost 400.000 sportsmen use the runtastic Apps. The sports data (Heart-Rate, pace, speed, tracks, altitude and much more) can be collected and analysed in the fitness portal, were the community is connected. More than 20 employees already work for runtastic and their mission is to offer a high quality for bothwebdevelopment as well as mobile development. During the next months the employee base should be doubled because of the on going internationalization and further developments.

runtastic.com 2.0 – the best new features
runtastic.comis now available in five languages (German, English, Spanish, French and Spanish). The one million registered users of runtastic will find a lot of new possibilities to manage and analyse their sports activities – an important precondition to reach individual training- and fitness goals.Or to compare yourself to others: Challenges against yourself or your friends can be set up on the runtastic fitness portal. This feature is very helpful in order to monitor your fitness-progress.
Furthermore the Live-Tracking mode (speed, heart rate and location of the user) can be followed live online. The motivation of the users will be held at a high level with the three new cheerings which are now available onthe new runtastic fitness portal.

The most important new features of runtastic.com at one glance
•   5 languages (German, English, Spanish, French, Italian)
•   A lot of new statistics in the online training log
•   Improved Live-Tracking
•   New cheerings
•   Filter- and print function of your online training log
•   Calendar mode
•   Compare yourself with friends, compare your performances and analyse them on the fitness portal
•   New runtastic Mediacenter: all information on one spot
•   New online shop with tested products
•   New runtastic-blog
•   WithingsWiFi-Scale integration
•   New support area

   
About runtastic
runtastic helps sporty people to track, manage, plan and share their sports activities in real-time all around the globe. The company provides a range of mobile sports apps for running, biking, walking and some other outdoor- and indoor activities on several platforms (iPhone, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7). These apps are connected to the runtastic fitness portal (a fast growing social network for athletes).
On the fitness portal users can find new sports buddies, can share their results and can improve on their personal fitness performance. runtastic tries to motivate people to exercise regularly and therefore improve their performance, health and lifestyle. More then 2,5 million people have already downloaded the runtastic fitness apps.

For questions, please contact:
Florian Gschwandtner, CEO & Co-founder
florian.gschwandtner@runtastic.com
+43 650 777 01 90