The first 10 eligible Twitter users to publicly tweet #giveaway @iKeepActive and provide a link to these rules will receive a free copy of  iKeepActive, the workout scheduling and calorie counting software for Mac OSX. If you don’t own a Mac, then win a copy for your friend.

The free copies of iKeepActive (each of $14.99 USD value) will be given away in the form of a Mac App Store promo code, which is sent to the winners via private message on Twitter (winners will be announced publicly prior to this). Therefore, in order to qualify and/or redeem the prize, the following must be met:

• The eligible participant must be following @iKeepActive on their Twitter account (in order to receive a private message containing the promo code).
• In order to redeem the prize you must own an Apple computer with at least Mac OSX 10.6.7 Snow Leopard installed
• In order to redeem the prize on your Mac you must have the Mac App Store application installed, have an iTunes account registered for use with the Mac App Store*, and be of legal age in your country to use the Mac App Store. See http://www.apple.com/legal/itunes/ww/
• The promo code must be used within 30 days; after that it is invalid.

*Note that in order to use your Mac App Store/iTunes account for the first time, Apple may require your credit card information. This is will not charge you for redeeming the free application, but to link your App Store purchases the same way that your iTunes purchases are linked. Be rest assured that iKeepActive has absolutely no access to your credit card information; this is used only by Apple. If you don’t already have an active Mac App Store account, and are uncomfortable giving Apple your credit card information, then you are advised not to participate in this contest.

The contest ends when the 10 qualifying winners are chosen, or when the promo codes expire. The end contest notification will be posted on the same date on iKeepActive.com and on Twitter by @iKeepActive.

Disqualification

Participants’ eligibility for the contest may be disqualified, if there is evidence or suspicion of abuse on the participant’s part. Grounds for disqualification are as follows:

• If you plan to resell the prize, you are in violation of Apple’s App Store terms for promotional codes and accept any consequences thereafter.
• You are below the legal age to use Twitter or an iTunes account.
• Multiple tweets about the contest will be ignored; only one prize per Twitter account.
• Posing/Pretending to be an official representative of the iKeepActive software.
• You are suspected of having used multiple Twitter accounts to participate in the contest.
• Suspicion that your Twitter account was opened for the purpose of entering the contest. This may include the account having been created in the last 24 hours, no legitimate tweets from the account prior to the contest date, or an account which has less than 10 followers.
• The Twitter account used for participation is used primarily for Spam.

A free upgrade for existing users, version 1.1.0 of iBodyFat, the body fat percentage tracking software, has been released today.

Details:

- Added a preference of either imperial or metric for entering measurements when creating a person.
- Any previously created persons will continue to use imperial for new measurements.
- Updated the user interface to dynamically reflect the type of units for measurement.
- Added a new dynamic tape measure graphics.
- Updated documentation.

If you don’t already have it, get it now in the Mac App Store:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibodyfat/id515595327?mt=12

iBodyFat is an application which calculates your body fat percentage and keeps a log of your results. Two different calculations are presented for each measurement made. The body fat percentage formulas used by iBodyFat are girth body fat calculations invented by the U.S. Navy, and professional body builder and writer Hugo Rivera.

For taking girth body fat measurements, no special equipment is needed; all that is required is a vinyl tape measure. Girth is not as accurate as skin fold techniques using body fat calipers, but there has been claim of within 3% accuracy. There is chance it can be wrong in some people because you can only tell so much by circumference, but this will be the best you can do without using expensive equipment.

Available in the Mac App Store:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ibodyfat/id515595327?mt=12

Both iKeepActive and iKeepActive Lite have been updated to 1.2.1 and 1.1.1 respectively. The updates includes fixes for minor bugs from the last release, as well as more visible help:

- Added a prominently visible Help button on the toolbar which opens up iKeepActive’s full documentation.
- Fixed Import/Export user-defined activities for users who have upgraded to 1.2.0/1.1.0 on OSX Lion.
- Fixed the migration of daily portraits for users who have upgraded to 1.2.0 on OSX Lion (iKeepActive Lite not affected).

Vist the Mac App Store to update as usual:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikeepactive/id451029696?mt=12

This new free upgrade (for existing users) implements Apple’s new Sandbox security model, and in turn has many changes to calendar synching. Improvements in this area and other areas have been made along the way:

- Implemented with OSX Lion Sandbox for better protection against malware. (Snow Leopard compatible)
- In accordance to the Sandbox, calendar synching is now completely done through CalendarStore API calls instead of CalendarStore and Applescript.
- Adding activities to the schedule will now automatically add it in the system calendar; no Synching is required.
- The Sync button has been repurposed to re-Sync and update the system calendar, in the case of asymmetry due to errors or willful calendar deletion.
- A complete sync to the calendar is now much faster than before.
- All OSX Lion users will have to quit (if currently running) and restart iCal for any calendar changes to take effect.
- Cancelling after editing a scheduled activity will no longer notify the user of an update required.
- Scheduling an activity which has its units in minutes will now show its entire duration in your system calendar. All other activity unit types (lbs., miles, etc.) will only show the start time.
- When history items are added in the history view, they are now automatically arranged.
- Rearranged columns and added colour coding on the status of items in the History view.
- Updated the documentation with regards to synching.

Available in the Mac App Store now!

After voluntarily pulling out from the Mac App Store on Monday night, iKeepActive is now back in the store for sale. Version 1.1.1 has all the great new features from 1.1.0 without any of the issues. Buy now or upgrade for free at the regular place:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/ikeepactive/id451029696?ls=1&mt=12