Smart reminders
Smart is the default reminder mode. Instead of firing at fixed times, it checks how your day is going and only nudges you when you are genuinely behind - and once it knows your routine, it nudges just before you usually walk.
When a smart reminder is sent
- Only when you are behind pace for the time of day. Stepzy judges pace against a typical day's activity curve, so a quiet morning is not counted as behind.
- Never once today's goal is met.
- Never on a skipped or paused day.
- At most two a day.
- Never during quiet hours, or in the half hour before they start.
- Never before 11 AM.
Learning your walking time
Stepzy looks at the last four weeks of your hourly steps to find the two-hour window when you usually walk, separately for weekdays and weekends. It needs about a week of days with steps before it has a pattern. Until then, reminders use standard check-in times: 12 PM, 3:30 PM, 6:30 PM and 8:30 PM.
Once it has a usual window for that kind of day, the check-ins become: 30 minutes before that walk (only if that is 11 AM or later), 3:30 PM, and the evening streak slot. The pre-walk reminder names your own walk and whether it would close the day. You can see what it has learned in Profile and walking pattern.
Streak on the line
If you have a streak of three days or more and today's goal is still open, Stepzy keeps one evening reminder for a streak on the line nudge, even if you are on pace. It lands at 6:30 PM, or 30 minutes before your usual walk if that is in the evening. It counts toward the two a day.
Quiet hours
Quiet hours default to 9 PM until 8 AM. Change them in Settings, then Reminders, under QUIET HOURS. Setting the start and end to the same hour turns quiet hours off.
Snooze
Press and hold a smart reminder and choose Snooze 1 hour to get it again later.
Frequently asked questions
I prefer reminders at set times.
Switch the mode to Fixed times in Settings, then Reminders. You get morning, midday and evening reminders at times you choose. See Notifications.
Why did I get no reminder today?
Most likely you were on pace, your goal was already met, or the day was skipped or paused. That is the point: smart reminders stay quiet when you are already moving.
Stepzy is free on the App Store, for iPhone and Apple Watch.