Metrics
Nine ways to read your walking.
What each of StepUp's nine walking metrics measures, where the number comes from in Apple Health, and what moves it, from Momentum to Fitness.
- 01MomentumWhat StepUp's Momentum metric shows: when your steps happen across the day, your longest stretch sitting down, and why breaking up sitting matters.
- 02TrendWhat StepUp's Trend metric shows: whether your average steps are going up or down, why a rolling average beats a single day, and how to read it.
- 03TempoWhat StepUp's Tempo metric shows: your walking cadence in steps per minute, what counts as brisk, and how to pick up your pace.
- 04PaceWhat StepUp's Pace metric shows: your walking speed and step length from week to week, what a normal walking speed is, and why it matters as you age.
- 05ClimbWhat flights climbed means on your iPhone, how one flight is counted, why the number sometimes looks wrong, and what research says about climbing stairs every day.
- 06EffortWhat StepUp's Effort metric shows: how hard your walks are for your heart, using Apple Watch heart rate, and what moderate and vigorous effort look like.
- 07RoutineWhat StepUp's Routine metric shows: how regular your walking is from day to day, why consistency beats big days, and how long a walking habit takes to form.
- 08EvennessWhat StepUp's Evenness metric shows: how balanced your left and right steps are, using your iPhone's walking asymmetry and double support measurements.
- 09FitnessWhat StepUp's Fitness metric shows: your walking speed compared with your heart rate, why the same walk getting easier is a sign of fitness, and how to improve it.