Thank you for your interest in StepsApp. Here is a collection of the most frequently asked questions.
StepsApp uses your iPhone's built-in pedometer to track your steps. Just put it in your pocket and you should be fine. If you carry your iPhone in your handbag, backpack, or in your baby buggy, your iPhone might not be able to track all of your steps correctly. Likewise when you go for a bike ride, your iPhone might misinterpret some of your pedal strokes as steps. This happens because pedometers calculate steps based on vibration patterns.
You don't have to keep the app open. StepsApp will automatically track your steps in the background without draining your battery.
Your device tracks your steps in the background and stores this data for seven days. When you open StepsApp for the first time, the app can access the last seven days of data and imports this into the app.
Yes. If you choose to have StepsApp integrate with Apple Health, StepsApp can import your steps and store your active energy, weight, and workouts in Apple Health.
Yes, just go to the Apple Health section in StepsApp and tap on the "Import Now" button. StepsApp will import your steps from Apple Health, and you can then analyze them in the month view.
By default StepsApp just shows the steps that have been tracked by your iPhone. If you also want to see steps that have been tracked by your Apple Watch, or steps that have manually been added to Apple Health, you need to enable Apple Health Sync.
To do so, navigate to the Apple Health section in the StepsApp settings and enable the "synchronize activities" switch.
Apple Health info usually updates every other minute. Because in this mode StepsApp on your iPhone is 100% in sync with Apple Health, your step count will not update immediately. The step count on your Apple Watch is always live!
Please check your privacy settings to make sure StepsApp has access to all activity types.
By default each device tracks your steps independently from each other. The Apple Watch just shows the the steps tracked by your watch – StepsApp on your phone just shows the steps tracked by your iPhone.
If you want the steps to be synced, you have to enable Apple Health Sync.
Open StepsApp on your Apple Watch, swipe from right to left, choose your workout mode, and tap the "Start" button. In order to stop a workout, swipe from right to left again, and tap the stop button.
StepsApp uses your iPhone's built-in pedometer (it's actually a fully featured motion sensor) to count your daily steps. If you have an iPhone 5s or newer, StepsApp will work perfectly on your device.
The iPhone 5c is based on the same technology as the iPhone 5. While being slightly newer, it does not come with a built-in pedometer either and therefore is not capable of counting your steps.
If you have an iPhone 6 or newer, we also show you how many floors you climb. One floor is counted as approximately three meters (10 feet) of elevation gain. Just tap on the circle to switch between steps and floors.
You often read about the 10.000 steps you should take each day. However, achieving this goal every day is too ambitious for most of us. At StepsApp we believe that being active should be fun. Go therefore as much and as long as you want. However try to improve continuously :)
The grey bars show the hourly average number of steps you take. You can easily compare your results with the average number of steps taken over the last seven days.
The amount of calories you burn depends on your body weight, size, age, sex and - most importantly - the distance you cover. The same amount of steps might result in different calorie values depending on your activity. Why? Your step length is usually longer when running than when you are simply strolling around in the city. This way you cover a much greater distance with the same number of steps – which in return results in a much higher calories-burned value.
