Is an IPHONE step the same as a regular step?

pernagirl00 · May 2015

I actually rode my bike for about 6 to 7 miles earlier and my phone said I had a little over 4000 iPhone steps. When I researched it, around 4200 steps is equivalent to only 1 mile

TimothyFish · May 2015

Unless iPhone is using GPS to measure distance and convert that back into steps, you can't use a step counter to measure exercise on a bicycle.

tkcasta · May 2015

Download the Strava app - it's a biking app that uses GPS and also accounts for hills and what not. It's good.

Holly_Roman_Empire · May 2015

Why are you using steps to account for bike miles?

juggernaut1974 · May 2015

Most step counters work by sensing the motion of your body as you walk - swinging of the arms, etc.

Since your body (other than of course your legs) doesn't really move while biking, a step counter won't be accurate.

SonicKrunch · May 2015

I don't really like step counters. I find they are highly inaccurate. However since they are all pretty much bad at the same rate, they can kinda be used. Example is walking from my car to my work is 9minutes of walking. Counting out the steps it's about 5-600. My iphone will say like 1100 which is ridiculous. I always remove any iphone step calories out of my myfitpal numbers.