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About StepUp

Made by one person, for people who'd rather walk a little more than yesterday than chase a round 10,000.

Made by
One person
Made in
India
Guides written
22

Who makes StepUp

I’m Dheeraj Kumar Sharma, an indie iOS developer in India. I design, build and ship apps of my own: StepUp, and Linkwise, a read-it-later app.

StepUp is made by one person. The app, this website, the walking guides, the metric explainers and the free tools are all mine, so when something here is wrong, it’s mine to fix.

Why another step tracker

Every step tracker I tried handed me the same goal, 10,000 steps, whatever I’d actually been walking. When I looked into it, 10,000 turned out to be the name of a Japanese pedometer sold in 1965, not a number any study picked. Is 10,000 steps a day a myth? tells that story.

So StepUp starts from your real walking history in Apple Health. Each day of the week gets its own target, each week asks a little more, never more than 10%, and every week ends with a recap.

Three decisions that shaped it

  • No default goal. Everything else follows from the plan, so it had to start from your numbers, not mine.
  • Your steps never leave your iPhone. Steps, distance, heart rate and gait are read from Apple Health and used only on the phone. I can’t see anyone’s numbers, and I’d rather have nothing worth leaking. The privacy policy has the detail.
  • A free version that stays free. Steps, streaks, five of the nine metrics, recorded walks, the Apple Watch app and four share-card themes are free, and they’ll stay that way. StepUp Pro is optional.

How the guides are written

Each guide answers a question people actually ask about walking, and starts with a short, direct answer before the detail.

  • Claims about health come from research. Large peer-reviewed studies and reviews, and public health bodies such as the WHO and the CDC. Every guide and metric explainer lists its sources at its foot, with links, so you can read them yourself.
  • Studies are described as they are. Most research on steps and health is observational: it finds links, not proof of cause. The guides say so where it matters.
  • The dates mean something. “Updated” moves only when what a page says changes, and a guide whose facts have been checked against its sources again shows when, as “Facts checked”.
  • The tools show their working. Each calculator says which formula it uses and where it comes from, and runs in your browser without sending anything anywhere.

I’m not a doctor, and nothing on this site is medical advice. StepUp is a fitness app, not a medical device, and no number in it is a clinical measurement. If a question about your health matters to you, ask a doctor.

Found a mistake?

Write to support@getstepup.app with the page and what’s wrong. I read every email, correct what’s wrong, and the page’s “Updated” date shows when it changed.

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