A new version of Calorific is available on the Android Market with a brand-new feature: take pictures of your meals and save them to your history! You’ll notice a camera button on the logging screen, and a small thumbnail will also appear in your daily overview after you’ve taken a photo. We’re hoping that this new feature helps entice you to choose healthier foods since you’ll see exactly what you’ve eaten throughout the day!

New picture-taking feature for snapping photos of what you’re eating.

We’ve also released an update to CardioTrainer with some UI tweaks, as well as a new feature if you’re using the heart rate integration. In the heart rate settings, select “Fat Burn Zone Setup” and then enter your details. During your workout, you’ll hear notifications to speed up or slow down to stay within the heart rate range that optimizes fat burn.

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Fat burn zone set up for heart rate integration.

Updated weight loss progress overview.

Please check the Android Market for the updates, or visit these links in your desktop browser for CardioTrainer and Calorific. Let us know what you think!

All the best,
The WorkSmart Labs family

We are very excited to announce that we have partnered with Polar to make heart rate integration available for CardioTrainer. You can purchase the Polar Wearlink+ Bluetooth transmitter for a guaranteed low price of $79.95, and you read reviews and buy from Amazon by clicking the link below:

Polar Wearlink+ Bluetooth Transmitter on Amazon.com »

We’ve tried to make the set-up as easy as possible, and the video below has a full overview:

For more help, you can visit our online Heart Rate FAQ.

We know it has been a highly anticipated feature for many users for a long time, so please let us know what you think! Here are some screenshots of it in action:

Heart rate integration information screen and exercise tracking screen.

Post-workout heart rate graph.

This newest version of CardioTrainer also includes a fix to the permanent account problem that many users have reported, and adds support to back up your weight loss data from Weight Loss Trainer (restoring this weight loss data will come soon). There are also some small fixes to make CardioTrainer Facebook posts visible on the phone (but not if they include a map due to Flash compatibility).

Your feedback is always incredibly helpful, so please let us know what you think!

At the best,
The WorkSmart Labs family

We just released an update to the CardioTrainer Facebook application that lets you map out your workout and then post it to your profile. You don’t need a smartphone to do this, so anyone with a Facebook profile can post information about their workout.

Let your family and friends know that they can check it out right now by visiting apps.facebook.com/cardiotrainer.

This is still an early version, and we have lots of ideas to keep making it better. Let us know what you think in the comments below!