Most of us like to stay fit to keep our bodies free of illnesses and at the same time, build immunity, and the best pedometer apps makes it a lot easier. While working out or going on runs might not ...

Keeping track of your physical activity can be hard without a Fitbit, Apple Watch, or other workout tracking device — especially for people who walk as their main form of exercise. The easiest ...

My days of physical fitness seemed far behind me when I traded in running shoes and an active lifestyle for the more sedentary ways of office employment. But an app I’ve been using for a couple of ...

Taking steps is easy. Counting them, well, it depends on which app you decide to believe. As a former user of a Fitbit, the popular wearable pedometer, I wondered about the accuracy of pedometer apps.

Step counting has been a time-honored fitness metric for decades, even if the 10,000-step rule of thumb was based on a Japanese marketing strategy rather than anything resembling science. The older ...

It seems really weird to think back to a time when your mobile phone couldn’t do the jobs of a dozen other devices. Now that smartphones have supplanted everything from compasses and Rolodexes to ...

It's been a while since I've reported on apps I love and can't do without, so here are my two most recent "must-have" apps. The first is Pedometer&& (free) from Cross Forward Consulting, which is way ...

In case you need a science class reminder, Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity partly concerned the process of ageing—specifically that a stationary person actually ages faster than someone in ...

The research, conducted by the University of Toronto, concluded popular pedometer apps Runtastic, Moves and Accupedo are all unfit for use in medical interventions. The apps were compared to a $33 ...

Your iPhone isn’t slacking off when it sits in your pocket. No, it’s industriously counting your every step, ready to tell you the total so you can celebrate by buying cake if you hit your daily goal.