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Walking, habits, and the data behind both.

Practical writing on step targets, streaks, and getting more out of the numbers your iPhone already collects.

Stepzy vs StepsApp: Step Tracker Comparison

Stepzy vs StepsApp compared on tracking, charts, themes, widgets and workout history, so you can pick the free iPhone step counter that fits you.

Guide

Best Step Streak App: 6 Trackers for Daily Streaks

Compare the best step streak apps for iPhone, from Stepzy to Apple Fitness and Pedometer++, and find one that keeps you walking every single day.

Guide

What Is a Pedometer? How It Works and How to Use One

A pedometer counts your steps. Learn how pedometers work, how accurate they are, whether they help with weight loss, and how to use your iPhone as one.

Guide

Steps Widget for iPhone: Add One to Your Home and Lock Screen

Add a steps widget to your iPhone Home Screen or Lock Screen, learn where the numbers come from, and fix a widget that shows 0 or an old count.

Guide

Walking After Meals: Benefits, Timing and How to Stick With It

Walking after meals can steady blood sugar and add easy daily movement. See what the research shows, how long to walk, and how to make the habit stick.

Guide

How to Track Steps on iPhone: Health, Fitness and Stepzy

Find your step count on iPhone, learn how it's measured, fix missing steps, and add a free tracker for goals, streaks and widgets, with data kept on your device.

Motivation

Holiday Season Step Goals: Keep Your Streak Through December

Parties, travel and short days make December the hardest month for a walking streak. How to plan for it: goals that fit busy weeks, skips and pauses for the days that won't, and a challenge to finish the year on.

Health

Walking After Thanksgiving Dinner: Why a Short Walk Helps

A short, easy walk after a big meal is one of the best-supported habits in exercise research. Why it helps with blood sugar and that heavy feeling, how long to go, and how to turn it into a family tradition.

Motivation

How to Keep a Walking Streak Going (and What to Do When Life Gets in the Way)

Most streaks end on one kind of day the streak had no plan for. A practical playbook: the minimum-day rule, when to lower today's goal, when to skip, when to pause for illness or travel, and why streaks stall around day 30.