Over the last few years, I’ve taken part in the Walk 1000 Miles challenge. However, this year, they’re no longer using the app they previously used for helping to track, as they’re charging considerable sums of money to use it.
Apple Health doesn’t show a cumulative graph of steps for a year, just the average.
Does anyone know of an app I can set a goal and display progress towards? I had previously looked at a graph in the past using Google Docs, but that’s a very manual process.
I’m not able to use the walking/running distance from Apple Health, as I’m not able to wear a smart watch at work anymore (but a device I can wear does count steps and imports them in to Apple Health but doesn’t import walking distance, even though it calculates it from the steps in app!)
I’ve tried a few (Pedometer+ etc) but these appear to require the iPhone do the tracking, which I don’t want - also not permitted on site during work!
I’m aware this is very much a niche audience for this tool, but I’m a big fan of Beeminder. Their intro video is pretty informative, but for a little extra context; this is made by a couple that I believe have PHD’s in behavioural psychology or something like that (I’m not smart enough to know), but they’re very much into the thinking behind commitment devices and what goes into goal setting. Just putting that out there because the service leans very heavily into metrics and data, and not so much user-friendliness.
Basically it’s a great tool to bring further future goals to the present and break them down into just what you need to do today. And it uses money as a motivator, which is pretty motivating for me. And it integrates with Apple Health seamlessly.
pedometer++ was ruled out because it wouldn’t let me past the screen where I had to enable the phone tracking my steps, which I don’t want, as I’ve had issues with it double counting in the past (and I don’t have my phone with me during work either).
Steps: Activity tracker doesn’t seem to allow me to set a goal and only really seems to repeat the information that is in health.
Stridkick only seems to support a month goal according to their website.
