This might be THE activity tracker

[azurelunatic]

So, one of the things I look for in an activity tracker is the ability to know when I am about to Regret What I Have Done.

This activity tracker can notify you if it discerns that you are likely to exceed your energy budget for the day.

https://help.makevisible.com/en/articles/9562114-pacepoints-and-pacesetter

And it acknowledges that people have energy budgets, and there is an entire introductory article on it, with specific mentions of Long Covid, sensory overload, and miscellaneous fatigue: https://help.makevisible.com/en/articles/8311603-what-is-pacing

I haven't gone through all the FAQs and I haven't looked in to the tracker itself yet, but holy cannoli, this is a feature I have been BEGGING fitbit to do.

Comments

[alexseanchai]

ooooh!

[kore]

Oh, cool!

[cesy]

Yes, it's designed for ME/CFS and similar conditions and is very popular over here. The free version isn't quite useful enough for me, but I haven't yet tried the paid version.

[silveradept]

That does look like a very useful feature to have available in a tracker device. So many of them are about pushing you to a goal, rather than helping you manage your days accordingly.

Fascinating!

[jesse_the_k]

Intriguing. I poked around enough to learn:

• I hope that the Visible (great name) device is precise enough to be useful. Some researchers claim Fitbits and similar trackers are not accurate enough for medical studies, but others found the Polar Verity predictable, and the Visible is a Polar variation.
• The device does not track sleep
• Saying hello requires US$250/year (or $US110 plus US$20/month). If it does provide accurate data and real-time hey! take a rest prompts, that's certainly worth it.
• Building in Public is their blog