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Ask HN: What apps or tools do you use to track things about your daily life?

I've been thinking about aprilzero.com for a while now and how I'd like to have something similar for myself.

What kind of hardware/software stack would you use to track metrics about yourself?

The ideal hardware/software would support simple scheduled export to CSV, XML, JSON, or some other format that can be read/processed.

Pedometer, Resting Heart Rate, Sleep Quality

I'm getting a Basis Carbon Steel for resting heart rate, pedometer, and sleep quality measurements. Basis does NOT offer export or an API, but there is a tool (https://github.com/btroia/basis-data-export) that works for getting your data, so it seems like a good start to me.

Calorie Tracker

MyFitnessPal is the calorie tracker everyone recommends, but does not support exporting data. https://www.designbyvh.com/myfitnesspal-export-data/#.U-L2XoCSxM0 helps you extract your data, but doesn't seem automatable.

I haven't been able to find a robust calorie tracker (for Android) that exports data.

Blood Pressure

I'm not too sure what to do about this -- ideally I'd take measurements several times a day, but it's hard to find something simple to use that I can take to work or wherever I am.

10 points sdrothrock 12 years ago 6 comments

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