Killer Upgrade – ActivityTracker Pedometer Review

ActivityTracker just went through a major overhaul and the program has vastly improved. It was always very easy to use and did a good job of tracking steps but the upgrade has made the program even easier to use and has given the user more access to older data. It has also yet to crash since I have upgraded. This is a welcome change from the previous version. They have have added a “trends” screen which shows the user’s progress over the past days, weeks and months. This was a really good app that has now been made great. Update, October 23, 2021. This particular upgrade is largely invisible except for one notable issue. The widget is no longer able to load in the lock screen. Unless the phone is actually activated, it gives the message “unable to load.“ I hope this is fixed soon. Update: November 1, 2021: the principal issue that I have now with the upgrade is that, since it is tied to the Apple Health app, the updates to the step counts are very, very slow. The app has to be open in order for it to communicate with the Apple health app. Even then, the problem is that the Apple Health app doesn’t update in real time. Consequently, ActivityTracker can’t. This is WHY I don’t use the Apple Health app. It has always been buggy and unreliable and has never counted steps correctly. Now, ActivityTracker is buggy and unreliable. Update: 11/23/21: the app is back to its wonderful, quick-response self. The ability to disentangled the app from Apple health is a welcome return. My thanks to the developers. All is right with the world.
Review by jimpithecus on ActivityTracker Pedometer.