Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!newsfeed.bofh.team!paganini.bofh.team!not-for-mail From: Jim the Geordie Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Steps counting apps Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 15:52:42 +0100 Organization: To protect and to server Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: paganini.bofh.team; logging-data="2785544"; posting-host="+XbyLv1SaxDwJ2fBrKZCbQ.user.paganini.bofh.team"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@bofh.team"; posting-account="9dIQLXBM7WM9KzA+yjdR4A"; User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.11 (GRC) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.9.3 Bytes: 1983 Lines: 22 In article , hugybear@gmx.net says... > > On 16.05.24 14:54, Carlos E.R. wrote: > > On 2024-05-16 11:43, Jim the Geordie wrote: > >> Just out of curiosity I thought I might try a STEPS counter app. > >> Many seem to come with all sorts of health monitoring extras, which I'm > >> not bothered about, but happy to enter and not use. > >> However there are massive differences between them on the numbers of > >> steps they claim I have taken and some don't appear to work at all. > >> I'm not wanting to start a thread about the health benefits, just to > >> find the simplest, accurate, free one. > > > > A cheap smart watch will do it easily and accurately. > > Jim asked for an app on his *Android phone*. > By far not everyone wants to wear one of these ugly and for all visible > "watches". And btw they are not more accurate than a smartphone. I just set up 4 apps before going out. When I got back: they said I had taken 305, or 476, or 210, or 558 steps!!! -- Jim the Geordie