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Mobile Coach |
BioBody |
| Food section |
Uses a database of over 3,000 foods. Counts grams of
protein, carbohydrate, and fat, and displays a pie graph of the
distribution. |
Logs foods as "Protein", "Carbohydrate", "Vegetable", or
"Supplements". Fits well with the "Body for Life" way of eating, but
does not count calories or grams of protein, carbohydrate, or fat. |
| User Interface |
Calendar style interface. Includes drag and drop, and
tap and hold features. |
Tabbed interface |
| Exercise entry |
More flexibility to add multiple exercises on the same day,
and perform many different exercises per body part or routine. |
Maximum of three aerobic workouts can be entered per any one
day. Limit of 12 sets per body part for each routine, and there are 12
different body parts you can use, for a maximum of 144 sets per day. |
| Templates |
Uses templates that can rapidly call up a recent or
frequently used workout routine, and fill it in with the tap of a stylus. |
Can fill in a workout based on your last workout, but does
not have the "templates" feature. |
| Metabolic rate calculations |
Included |
Not included |
| Training Plans |
Includes training plans for Marathon, 5k run, 10k run,
Century bike ride, and Body for Life programs. |
No training plans included. |
| Measurements |
Separate measurements entry screen tracks 17 areas. |
Integrated with food screen and tracks 14 areas. |
| Backup |
The desktop version can provide a "backup" as you can sync
with the desktop and have a copy of your data on both the desktop and
device. |
Backup is performed on the device, no automatic backup. |
| Multi User Edition available |
Yes, multiple users are supported in the standard release of
Mobile Coach. |
Multi user "Personal Trainer
Edition" is available. |
| Desktop version available |
Yes |
No |
Overall we feel that most users will choose the Mobile Coach software over
BioBody, but that those following the Body For Life program may wish to use
BioBody as it fits the logging of food more closely. If you are not sure which program is right for you, try them both!
Note: BioBody data cannot be imported into Mobile Coach, and Mobile Coach
data can't be imported into BioBody. They use a different format of data.
