Bluetooth Smart Weight Scale 4+

I keep a weight log for medical reasons. I tried this app to have a different view of my changes. Since my goal is to not lose weight the goal is set near 0% and is heavily affected by changes. The longer the term, the easier to stay on course.
I soon became obsessed with accumulating coins. Although I didn’t try to control my weight I was setting alarms to make sure I gathered my coins every 18 hours, regardless of my other activity. I soon raced up the standings.
Then I convinced myself that I was actually using the app as a tool and all these other people were just playing a game. I was honorable and they were all cheaters! I realized how someone could set themselves up to gather coins/points in the most expeditious manner possible and that they must have figured it out also.
Finally, I have gotten back to using this as a tool to aid my health. Although I will continue to gather points when I can, I have calmed (not lost!) my obsession with the “game” aspect of the app. After all, I gotta get back in the top 10!

Haha, thank you for sharing this cool story! Laughed so much reading it and really enjoyed hearing your insight!
Very inspiring for me to hear that the gamification aspect of Scelta can have such an impact. I know my father is really obsessed with collecting SP as well!
I thought a lot about how one could prevent users from cheating as much as possible. E.g. "Locking" your goal for the next 7 days after setting it is one measure. - Otherwise users could just change their goal every day to adjust to their current situation to always get 100%.
But of course there's nothing I can really do to prevent users from "cheating" by just putting in arbitrary entries or putting in one entry and always collecting coins. :D
Some of the top Game Center players I know personally and I'm quite sure they don't cheat. ;)
The design decision behind rewarding users with coins every 18 hours was to motivate users to put in their weight every day and check daily how well they're on track with their current weight goal. And depending on how well they're doing, reward them and motivate them to do as good as possible. This drives progress in the right direction. And what's important to me is that this allows users to "be in the now". Far too many apps focus on some arbitrary number in the future and I think focusing on your current progress and being satisfied with where you are at currently and how things are developing is really the only way to ever be happy.
If they've done this for some time they can look back at all their coins, their level and see how good they adhered to their goal in comparison to others. - Healthy competition is always a great way to get people excited.
And seeing "I was able to collect 100 silver coins", "I'm already level 35" etc., those things are just a fun way to reflect on all the work you put in. In the end these achievements (literally) can only bring out their full magic when it's your real journey, your "blood, sweat and tears" that stands behind it. That's what makes these achievements your achievements. :)

I stumbled across this app and the graphing/averaging is what caught my eye so decided to try it. Glad I did as I started using it more I discovered that the way to use this app was daily and consistent entries which was always a problem for me to commit to in the past. The SP coins seemed gimmicky at first but soon became pleasurable and rewarding to collect as progress was made. In turn that reinforced the desire for daily updates to the tool. Anybody who’s gone on the weight loss train knows it’s difficult to establish then keep long term habits to make progress. Also one has bouts of ‘lack of visible progress’ which leads to slacking off the focus and eventually dropping the habits and this tool at least in my use has gotten me thru those valleys as the progress graphs reveal there’s still the correct trending directions.... kinda kicks ya back on track. Anyway thanks for making this app as good as it is. And agree with other opinions that it would be nice to see longer trending options beyond 30 days...

Tim

Hey Tim,
thank you for your kind words! Happy to hear the SP coins motivate you to keep track of your weight loss progress! By the way, you can actually see all your progress (multiple years if you like) or custom time spans for previous goals in the Overview tab of Scelta. By tapping the text below "Current goal" you can edit your goals and the time spans you want to keep an eye on. :) If enough data is available, Scelta uses averages in this case as well to improve data accuracy. I.e., the start and end value are seven day averages as soon as the time span is long enough. Having a direct comparison beyond the 30 days time span is something I thought about, but awarding coins etc. for such long time spans comes with a few challenges. For example, 90 days would be almost "too forgiving" and wouldn't really reflect your current path anymore. This is why I decided against it so far... If you have any further suggestions or things that come to your mind you can always reach out to me at idee@joewaldow.de as well.
Best wishes for your journey,
Joe

When I decided to make a lifestyle change, I adapted a new eating approach and had a whopping 85 lbs. to try to rid myself of. I also began a search for an app. that was not complicated but would help me track my progress.
So far in 22 days I have dropped 14 lbs. and not only does Scelta keep track of my progress, it also gives me encouragement by collecting SP’s (Scelta points)! I’ve just reached level 12! My next goal is level 20 where I earn a different theme. By making weight loss more like a game it actually adds an element of fun! Great idea! Thanks for the help guys! 👍🏻

Thanks a lot for your kind words, I'm very happy to hear that Scelta motivates you on your weight journey! May the Scelta Points be with you!
Groovy greetings,
Joe