Guides on Step Challenges, Walking Science, and Upkeep
Everything from device-sync fixes to the research behind daily step goals.
How to Run a Step Challenge: A Host's Guide (with Rules)
Set the daily step target, the length and the rules, then invite your group.
Read article →Step Challenge App for Work: Run an Office Challenge
Run a private step challenge for your team or office, with steps from Apple Health or Health Connect.
Read article →Upkeep vs Stridekick: Step Challenge Apps Compared
Private groups, who pays, and how each app handles steps.
Read article →How to Connect Your Step Tracker to Upkeep
Fitbit, Garmin, Samsung or Apple Watch: get your steps into Apple Health or Health Connect, and from there into Upkeep.
Read article →Step Count Wrong? Set Your Step Source Order on iPhone or Android
Phone and watch both count steps? Set which one wins in Apple Health or Health Connect, and pick the right source in Upkeep.
Read article →How to Sync Fitbit Steps to Apple Health on iPhone
Track steps with Fitbit, Pixel Watch, or another Google Health device? Here's how to get that data into Apple Health: 8 steps, about a minute.
Read article →Best Free Step Challenge Apps for Groups and Friends (2026)
How 8 step challenge apps differ on the free plan, private groups and verified steps.
Read article →Fitbit Challenges Shut Down: The Best Alternatives in 2026
What replaces Workweek Hustle, Weekend Warrior, and Daily Showdown, with private groups and step verification.
Read article →How to Stop Cheating in a Step Challenge
What step checks do for a fair leaderboard, and how a host can keep results fair.
Read article →The Science of Walking 7,000 Steps a Day
What a 2021 JAMA study found about mortality risk, and why 7,000, not 10,000, is the evidence-based target.
Read article →What Is a Consistency Score?
How Upkeep tracks long-term walking habits, and why it predicts success better than total steps.
Read article →Get Upkeep
Free to download. Joining a challenge is free. Hosts can upgrade to Upkeep Pro. Get Upkeep on iPhone or Android.
Members join free. Only the host needs Upkeep Pro or a Creator Pass for a bigger or longer challenge.
