Exercising is a necessity for the human body. By exercising, we stay in shape physically and we feel better mentally. Despite all these positive aspects of exercise, exercise is one of the hardest things to do consistently. There are many days when we lack the motivation and perhaps the time to go to the gym. Sometimes you feel that you haven’t made much progress in this journey even though you have been doing fitness for a certain time. In this case, you should try to find different sources of motivation to continue fitness. Earning tokens while exercising can be a good motivation tool. In this article, I will focus on mobile apps that can earn you tokens while you are exercising, walking or building your body.
So how about earning cryptocurrencies while exercising? Does that provide some motivation? I bet yes. Who doesn’t want to win while burning that belly fat? In this article, I will present to you five apps that pay you to exercise.
In this article, I’ve covered the seven best fitness apps that pay you to workout. You only need a smartphone and a fitness tracker to get started.
1. ActiFit
The Actifit mobile application automatically tracks your daily activity. You can earn tokens while walking, running, doing chores or tracking any activity you do.
The Actifit app has its own token called AFIT tokens. According to Coinmarketcap, 1 AFIT is worth approximately $0.15. On the other hand, Actifit includes two core tokens:
1. A-AFIT
2. B-AFITX
With A-AFIT, you can buy virtual and real fitness products and challenge your friends in competitions.
B-AFITX is the governance token and the core token of our DeFi ecosystem. With this token, you have the right to vote on the future of Actifit and its ecosystem. Finally, Actifit currently operates on three blockchains: Hive blockchain (https://hive.blog), Steem (https://steemit.com) and Blurt (https://blurt.blog) as the base blockchain.
2. Lympo Pazarı Token
LMT (Lympo Market Token) is a utility token designed to be the purchase, use and attribution currency of sports-themed digital collectibles (in the form of non-fungal tokens, NFTs) inside and outside of various games.
The LMT ecosystem is envisaged to develop in two phases:
1. Digital collection phase: It has been stated that in this phase, NFTs of world-renowned athletes and clubs, influencers and special sports characters will be released according to a specific schedule that defines the supply of various rare NFT levels, from more common cards to extra rare cards.
3. Sweatcoin
This fitness application, which I introduced in my previous articles, is based on walking. The app pays you as you walk. It has its own virtual currency called Sweatcoins. To use this app, you need to register and link your smartphone’s health and fitness data and GPS location to the Sweatcoin app. The app then tracks how many steps you take in a day and converts it to Sweatcoin.
For every 1,000 steps recorded, the app will pay 0.95 in Sweatcoins (there is a 5% fee on all credits you earn, so they have a value of 0.95). Users can use these coins to trade for rewards such as books, fitness equipment, clothing, exercise classes, and more.
Although Sweatcoin is a form of digital currency, its infrastructure is not blockchain technology. It cannot be considered a cryptocurrency as it uses a central database. Also, like most cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, it cannot be traded on cryptocurrency exchanges.
4. STEPN
STEPN is a distinctive Web3 application with GameFi elements on the Solana blockchain. It combines aspects of play to win with a fitness app, creating a new category called “move to win”. Users buy NFT sneakers that they can use to save money while walking or running.
STEPN encourages users to live a healthier lifestyle through a simple token reward mechanism. After downloading the app and creating a wallet, users must purchase a pair of NFT sneakers to start earning in the game’s Solo Mode. Let me point out that these sneakers are a bit expensive!
However, STEPN plans to add a Marathon Mode that will feature weekly and monthly races from 2.5km to 15km. Marathon participants will be able to earn and compare their achievements on a leaderboard, with extra rewards for the top-ranked runners.
5. Fitlich&FBute Token
Fitlich is a mobile application that saw the crypto calorie deficit in the fitness market and was developed to fill it. In addition to its cryptocalorie feature, it closely follows the developments in the digital world. An example is the availability of digital clothing usable with NFTs and FBute Tokens. In this context, Fitlich and FBute seem to aim to be a pioneer in the Metaverse by bringing a new perspective to the concept of exercise.
FBute is a crypto calorie system built on the Solana network. FBute token is the name of the reward token that Fitlich app gives to its users. The calories burned by users are recorded with Google Fit, Apple Health Kit or Fitbit tracker, which are integrated with Fitlich. The activities recorded here and the exercises performed are given by Fitlich as Fbute Token rewards to the users.
On the other hand, according to the whitepaper published on Fbute’s official site, the Fitlich NFT Store will open before the end of 2022. The Fitlich store will accept FBute Tokens for virtual avatar outfits that users imagine themselves to be.
References:
- https://coinmarketcap.com/
- https://pinayteenvestor.com/7-apps-that-pay-you-to-exercise-get-paid-in-cryptocurrency/
This article is an excerpt from https://medium.com/@karl.liebermann/mobile-fitness-apps-and-burn-to-earn-39093924a68e
