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Goals

# Setting your daily step goal

Your step goal drives almost everything in Stepzy: the progress bar, the ring colours in the date strip, your streak, and most of your awards. It is meant to be adjusted whenever your life changes.

## Changing your goal

There are two ways in:

- Tap the goal badge in the top right of the hero card on the [Today screen](https://getstepzy.com/docs/today-screen).
- Open [Settings](https://getstepzy.com/docs/settings) and tap Step Goal under GOALS.

Both open the same editor. Drag the slider to any value between 1,000 and 30,000 steps, in increments of 500, then tap Done.

## The three goal modes

| Mode | What it does |
| --- | --- |
| Daily | One number, used every day of the week |
| Split | Separate weekday and weekend targets - see [Weekday, weekend and custom goals](https://getstepzy.com/docs/weekday-weekend-goals) |
| Custom | A different target for each of the seven days. Requires [Stepzy Pro](https://getstepzy.com/docs/stepzy-pro) |

## How Stepzy picks your first goal

During setup, Stepzy averages the last seven days that have any recorded steps, adds roughly ten percent, rounds to the nearest 500 and clamps the result between 2,000 and 30,000. The idea is a goal slightly above your real baseline rather than a round number pulled out of thin air.

If you would rather work it out yourself, the [daily step goal calculator](https://getstepzy.com/tools/daily-step-goal) does the same kind of arithmetic on the web, and [How many steps a day should you actually walk?](https://getstepzy.com/blog/how-many-steps-per-day) covers where the 10,000 figure came from.

## Changing a goal does not rewrite history

Every past day is judged against the goal that was active on that date. Raising your goal today will not turn last week's green days red, and will not break a streak you already built. This matters most if you are mid-streak - see [How streaks work](https://getstepzy.com/docs/streaks).

Goals roll over at midnight

If your goal changes by day, the new day's target takes effect at midnight, without you needing to open the app. Widgets and your Apple Watch pick it up too.

## Frequently asked questions

### What is a good daily step goal?

The one you will actually hit most days. Research on step counts points to real benefits well below 10,000 - the useful move is to take your current average and add a little. See [How many steps a day should you actually walk?](https://getstepzy.com/blog/how-many-steps-per-day).

### What is the lowest goal I can set?

1,000 steps in the goal editor. Onboarding starts you at a minimum of 2,000.

### Will lowering my goal keep my streak alive?

It applies from today onward. Past days keep the grade they earned under the goal that was in force then.

### Does Stepzy adjust my goal automatically?

Only if you let it. Stepzy suggests a change and you tap Apply - see [Adaptive goal suggestions](https://getstepzy.com/docs/adaptive-goals).

Related guides

[Weekday & weekend goals →](https://getstepzy.com/docs/weekday-weekend-goals)[Adaptive goals →](https://getstepzy.com/docs/adaptive-goals)[How streaks work →](https://getstepzy.com/docs/streaks)[The Today screen →](https://getstepzy.com/docs/today-screen)

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