Learn to count, health app

Tuijp

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I have a health app and a step count app on my phone.
Every morning, I take my dog for a walk of 2.3 km (1.4 miles). Then, in the afternoon, we take another walk of around 5 km (3.1 miles).

Today, it was very quiet and there was hardly any wind (we had a small storm the last few days), so we went for an extra round. That round is nearly 9 km (5.5 miles) total. With the 2.3 km this morning, it would be 11.3 km (7 miles).

I just checked both apps on my phone. The step count says I walked 9.8 km (6 miles) today and the health app says 9.7 km. >.>

Ever get annoyed with apps like this?

vengeance

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My dad and I both have the same step app and we never have the same amount of km when we are walking.

Tuijp

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@vengeance: maybe it’s because one of you makes smaller steps than the other, so they have to make more steps to walk the same distance?

vengeance

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@Tuijp: Could be. But sometimes I walk more and sometimes my dad.

Morbid Curiosity

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Psssst hey Tui!

Tuijp

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@vengeance: that is just odd
@Morbid Curiosity: psst hey old fart <3

Tuijp

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@Totalanimefan: stupid things
Pokemon go on my old phone was fun. The gps on that one wasn’t too good and would bounce me all over the place. I could sit on the couch and see myself run all over the Pokemon go map.

Tuijp

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@Totalanimefan: it did when it was just around the neighbourhood, but not any further than that. Shame, because it thought I ran to Amsterdam a few times and that’s 50 km away.

Uncledaddy

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I've never used anything like that; not sure how such an app would even really work. How does it know you're taking steps? o_o

AKA Count Trashula

Wisp

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I could be wrong, but I think most apps use your phone's gyroscope to count your steps. So depending on where your phone is, along with how strong your steps are, it could be measuring incorrectly.

Tuijp

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@Totalanimefan: Pokemon go thought I did.
My phone also made Facebook ask me a few times if I was in Amsterdam while I was not and, when I was, it had no idea.
@Uncledaddy: see what wisp said
@Wisp: I always have it in my left jeans pocket. Most of the time, it measures well.
But, with the 2 apps (health app and step count) it often gives 2 different distances and I even connected them.

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