Using an iphone as a pedometer.
Iphone pedometer floors.
Step count calories burned distance floors climbed and active time.
You can view your progress each day from either the iphone app today view widget or apple watch app.
The trick here is not to have your iphone act as a pedometer because it already does.
If you own an iphone 6 it will also track the amount of stairs climbed and transform them in floors.
Pacer free another fully free pedometer that comes with additional weight management plan but doesn t support widget integration.
The good news is if you re using an iphone 5s or newer you do have that tiny chip embedded in your device and you pretty much have nothing to do but start walking or running to effectively use your iphone as a step counter.
We ve tested it on a ten storey building and pedometer counted 9 floors for me.
Use your iphone as a step counter.
Setting up the iphone s pedometer.
First you have to enable motion tracking so that your iphone will actually record the data from the m10 or earlier motion co processor chip that counts.
To make things a little bit more challenging the app enables you to set a daily fitness goal such as for instance.
It additionally tracks the amount of calories burned but this feature requires an in app purchase.
Widget function is included.
This simple pedometer app has been specifically developed for the iphone and apple watch.
Barometer plus altimeter weather elevation this one is similar to the first placed app in this.
Stepz is a convenient step counter app that leverages the clever apple motion coprocessor which collects your motion data automatically in the background while saving battery life.
Steps pedometer in app as all the others it s compatible with iphones ipads and ipods.
The step count walking distance the time you were active and the amount of calories burned.
Accuracy is pretty good.
This iphone pedometer tracks your day to day activity and uses colorful graphs to send you feedback about all the important stats.
The app also plugs into the health app to keep a running log of.