# Recommend a pedometer app

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pedometer-app/795759>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pedometer-app/795759 "2017-09-07T22:19:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pedometer-app/795759/1 "2017-09-07T22:19:17Z")

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My old Samsung Galaxy Mini having recently given up the ghost, I now have a Samsung 7 (Android) and my old pedometer app MOVES (which I really liked a lot in all its simplicity) doesn’t appear to like this upgrade. So what was once a helpful tool has now become glitchy and unreliable (and based on their Twitter feed, the app team went underground a year ago, so I’m not expecting any support for assistance).

So what kind of app do you use to log simple footfalls? I don’t need a more elaborate workout app (I have MapMyWalk for that purpose); I don’t need to time intervals or calorie burns or do more elaborate calculations. I just need something that’s always running in the background, always counting, always happy to deliver a number at the end of the night–a number it will retain if I need to refer back to it sometime in the future. Also, no accessories (Fitbit watch, etc.) required.

Any thoughts or faves? Thanks! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pedometer-app/795759/2 "2017-09-07T23:31:00Z")

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I really liked Google’s MyTrails…but they stopped supporting it. Sigh…

So, yeah! Please, hikers, what’s good?

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**Author:** ![Heracles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heracles/32/487_2.png) [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pedometer-app/795759/3 "2017-09-07T23:54:02Z")

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By “Samsung 7”, do you mean “Samsung Galaxy S7”? Because mine includes Samsung S Health, which basically does what you want.

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**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pedometer-app/795759/4 "2017-09-08T01:04:41Z")

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Yeah, S Health, found under the Samsung grouping of apps, does what you want. Just switch it on.

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**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-a-pedometer-app/795759/5 "2017-09-08T04:07:34Z")

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Excellent! I found it and it appears to be exactly what I hoped. I’ll see how it handles a full day or so but it looks like a great option. Thanks everyone!