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"Fitness app developer and community\u00A0Runtastic\u00A0has announced it has passed\u00A030 million downloads and that it is expanding its own hardware line into the US.\r\n\r\nRuntastic's core is a self-titled running app which competes with services like\u00A0Runkeeper, but Runtastic\u00A0is taking a very wide-reaching approach to fitness. The company touts a collection of apps which includes everything from\u00A0squats\u00A0to\u00A0push-ups\u00A0to\u00A0winter sports.\r\n\r\nRuntastic had just\u00A014 million downloads under its belt\u00A0as of October 2012, and now the company claims it is averaging one app download per second. In addition, while the company has seen more than 30 million downloads, it currently has 25 million mobile users across all of its apps \u2014 that 5 million gap being the number of Runtastic users who are taking advantage of multiple apps.\r\n\r\n[caption id=&amp;quot;attachment_617828&amp;quot; align=&amp;quot;aligncenter&amp;quot; width=&amp;quot;520&amp;quot;] Runtastic's self-titled, flagship app[/caption]\r\n\r\nWith this diversity in mind, Runtastic first stepped into hardware in February of last year, targeting Europe with fitness accessories like a\u00A0heart rate monitor, GPS watch and armband. Now, this line is making its debut in the US.\r\n\r\nThe community of Runtastic app users is growing as well: it counts 10 million registered users on Runtastic.com, where the company says users are comparing their stats with others and viewing their training log.\r\nCompetition in fitness-tech is intense \u2014\u00A0especially as giants like Nike increasingly gain ground. For now, however, it appears that Runtastic's multi-app approach is coming in handy as its growth rate continues to accelerate.\r\nCheck out all of Runtastic's apps here and find its hardware on Amazon in the US later today."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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