Name: Sportaholic(Multi-sports,Badminton,VideoGame)
Rating: 3.4 (5 reviews)
Author: Newrathon

Although Garmin provides a wide range of activity types, it still cannot meet the needs of many users. Therefore, Sportaholic was born. Sportaholic provides a carefully designed and clear UI interface that is close to native apps, supporting over ten types of sports such as running, walking, racket sports, outdoor, and indoor activities. It aims to help you enjoy the fun of sports.

Sportaholic is still actively under development, and it will be free to use before August 15th. After August 15th, the app will return to a paid model. New users can try it for free twice. If you want to continue using it after the trial, you must pay a subscription fee of $5 per year. The subscription can be cancelled at any time. For more information about this app, you can visit https://sportaholic.li2niu.com


# FAQ

## What does this app do?

Despite Garmin offering a multitude of activity types, due to differences in their product strategies, the activity types on different models vary significantly, still unable to meet the needs of many users. Hence, Sportaholic was born. Sportaholic offers a carefully designed, clear, and easy-to-read UI interface that resembles native apps. It supports more than ten kinds of sports, including running and walking, racket sports, outdoor activities, indoor activities, etc. We hope to help you enjoy the joy of exercise.

## What does Sportaholic mean?

In middle school, I learned an English word - `workaholic`, meaning a workaholic. The "holic" part can be understood as high work intensity, as well as extreme obsession and love for work. I noticed that many of my friends also fit this feature in terms of sports. They not only have high exercise intensity but also truly love it. It's not just the happiness addicted to dopamine; their research and exploration in improving sports performance also reflect this.

So I took sport + the suffix `-aholic` to form Sportaholic, meaning sports enthusiasts.

## This app looks very similar to the official one. Is it a copy?

This is a very sharp question. I have been trying to maintain consistency with Garmin's native application interaction. The current three pages of the activity page maintain the design concept of the official application. Still, we have implemented this entirely independently using CIQ, while the official application is a native implementation, so the tech stack is different. Aside from the high consistency of the interface, where is the feature of this application? In theory, this app can expand any type of sport by selecting the activity type.

## What is our relationship with Garmin?

We are a completely independent development team. Garmin provides a software development platform and helps us distribute software. However, we are not affiliated with the Garmin company, so our intellectual property rights are independent. Since Garmin does not pay us any fees, our software needs to make a profit through paid apps to support subsequent development and maintenance.

## How long is the validity of the payment?

We have adopted a subscription system. Subscription fee is 5USD per year.

## Are there free and trial periods?

Free download for unlimited trial before August 2023. Afterward, old users need to pay fees, and new users have two trial opportunities.

## What types of sports does this app include?

This app currently includes dozens of sports under types such as running and walking, racket sports, outdoor, indoor, etc.


Sportaholic(Multi-sports,Badminton,VideoGame)


尽管 Garmin 提供了非常多的活动类型，但是仍然不能满足很多用户的需求，因此 Sportaholic 应运而生。Sportaholic 提供了近乎原生应用的精心设计且清晰易读的 UI 界面，支持跑步步行类型、球拍类、户外类、室内类型等十余种运动，希望能帮助你享受运动的乐趣。
Sportaholic 目前仍在积极开发中，在 8 月15日前是免费使用的。8 月 15日后，该应用将恢复付费，新用户可以免费试用 2 次，试用过后如果你想继续使用，你必须支付 5 美元每年的订阅费用，订阅可以随时取消。关于此应用的更多信息，你可以在 https://sportaholic.li2niu.com 查看。


## 这个应用是干什么的？

尽管 Garmin 提供了非常多的活动类型，但是由于他们产品策略的不同，不同机型上的活动类型有不少差异，仍然不能满足很多用户的需求，因此 Sportaholic 应运而生。Sportaholic 提供了近乎原生应用的精心设计且清晰易读的 UI 界面，支持跑步步行类型、球拍类、户外类、室内类型等十余种运动，希望能帮助你享受运动的乐趣。

## Sportaholic 是什么意思？

初中我学到一个英语词汇——`workaholic` ，意思是工作狂，这里的“狂”既可以理解为工作强度高，也可以理解为对工作极度痴迷热爱。我想到，我的很多群友在运动方面也很符合这样的特征，一是运动强度高，平均配速 4 分、间歇 20 组、月均 300+km 的跑量、1000+的骑行量比比皆是；二是真心的热爱，不止是沉迷于多巴胺的快乐，从他们在提升运动表现上的研究探索可见一斑。

于是我取了 sport+后缀`-aholic`构成了 sportaholic，意思是运动狂热爱好者。

## 这个应用和官方应用很像，是抄袭吧？

这是一个非常尖锐的问题。毫不掩饰地说，我在尝试保持和佳明的原生应用交互上的统一。目前的活动页面三个页面和官方应用的设计理念保持了一致，但这是我们使用 CIQ 完全独立实现的，而官方的应用是 Native 的实现，技术栈上不一样。除去界面上的高度一致，这个应用特点在哪里？理论上，这个应用可以通过选择活动类型拓展实现任何运动类型。

## 我们和佳明是什么关系？

我们是完全独立的开发者团队，佳明提供了软件开发平台、帮助我们分发软件。但是我们并不隶属于佳明公司，因此我们的知识产权是独立的。由于佳明并不向我们支付任何费用，我们的软件需要通过付费应用实现盈利以支撑后续的开发和维护。

## 为什么这么贵？

- 在国外该软件采用订阅制度，售价为 5 美金。在中国大陆采用买断制度，49.99 元单个手表永久有效。

- 软件价格取决于多个方面。开发难度、回报周期、预期用户数等。这个软件编写了大量组件来实现近乎原生的交互体验，但是用户量并不大，回报周期较长，低价难以支持后续的开发和维护。

## 支付的有效期为多久？

海外用户我们采用了订阅制度，中国大陆仍然是一次性买断制度,一次支付单个手表有效期直至退役。

## 有免费期和试用期吗？

2023 年 8 月以前免费下载无限次试用。之后老用户需要支付费用，新用户有两次试用机会。

## 这个应用包含哪些运动类型？

这个应用目前包含跑走类、球拍类、户外、室内、室内等类型下数十种运动。

## 如何切换活动类型？

佳明的设备机型众多，交互方式有差异

- 经典五键设备如 Forerunner955，请长按 Up 键盘（左边中间键）打开菜单，选择活动类型，修改活动
- VenuSQ 系列，长按右边上键，打开菜单修改活动
