Re: Steps counting apps

On 2024-05-16 20:19, Jim the Geordie wrote:

In article <v25ess$1lp06$1@dont-email.me>, hugybear@gmx.net says...

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On 16.05.24 19:05, Dave Royal wrote:

Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> Wrote in message:

I just set up 4 apps before going out. When I got back: they said I had
taken 305, or 476, or 210, or 558 steps!!!

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You can't have been out for long! Or they grossly underestimate.
Why not do a test, count your steps, and see which one us best?

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+1; even the 558 steps are at best 250 m.
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I see there's an NHS app: have you got that? And there are - or
  were - pedometers - maybe on ebay.

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The whole issue depends on the sensor quality of the phone and how/where
the phone is placed during the count.

 all on the same phone at the same time

No, the location of the phone itself is important.
You have to repeat the test, placing the phone in different places.
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Cheers, Carlos.