Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dave Royal Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: Steps counting apps Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 18:05:53 +0100 (GMT+01:00) Organization: news.eternal-september.org Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 19:05:55 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="762659343edbff1e6ae6adfcd5f09923"; logging-data="1771405"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18xyeGuq7A+pu0Wz9doVS98" Cancel-Lock: sha1:49sJmOVqpNy9Ih8vliO+zIVX9NQ= X-Newsreader: Mod.PiaoHong.Usenet.Client:2.02.M16 Bytes: 2429 Jim the Geordie Wrote in message: > 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!!! You can't have been out for long! Or they grossly underestimate. Why not do a test, count your steps, and see which one us best? I see there's an NHS app: have you got that? And there are - or were - pedometers - maybe on ebay. -- Remove numerics from my email address.