Is there a background step counter?

[keathkeath]

Background Step Counter

Is there a step counter app which can run in the background?

 

[gpobernardo]

Re: Background Step Counter

Yes - RunMaster Pedometer. It works in my Lumia 1020 (back in WP8.1 and now in W10M) even if it does not have SensorCore. So if your phone happens to be one of those that have SensorCore, this app should work more reliably - that's not to say that it is not working reliably in my 1020.

 

[keathkeath]

Re: Background Step Counter

That's good to know since I have an 830.

 

[keathkeath]

Re: Background Step Counter

I've seen the reviews. It seems that the step counter does not work when the phone is locked.

 

[gpobernardo]

Re: Background Step Counter

I've seen the reviews. It seems that the step counter does not work when the phone is locked.

It works for me, even when the phone is locked - that's the only reason I'm mentioning and recommending it. The 830 is a newer device so it should work there as well. If it doesn't, then I must be lucky with my aging 1020.

 

[MikeSo]

Anything that uses SensorCore always works in the background. I'ved use the Fitbit app with my Lumia Icon and it worked great.

 

[gpobernardo]

Anything that uses SensorCore always works in the background. I'ved use the Fitbit app with my Lumia Icon and it worked great.

That is true only for phones with SensorCore. My slightly older L1020 doesn't have SensorCore, but the app I mentioned still runs in the background.

 

[Joshua Jackson]

The Microsoft Health + Fitness app used to do it (and quite well), but it is no more.
Microsoft Health has gone back and forth with SensorCore support (currently, it doesn't).
Interestingly enough, Health's goals are 1/2 that of Health + Fitness's.
Hehehe...
JJ

 

[guegas]

Is it possible to retrieve the step count data from windows?
Sensor Core support is deprecated, and now there is a Pedometer class (Windows.Devices.Sensors.Pedometer), but I can't found a phone with pedometer as a sensor. Is it secure to use it?
Here you have a step count example from Microsoft: https://github.com/Microsoft/steps