Step counting has been a time-honored fitness metric for decades, even if the 10,000-step rule of thumb was based on a Japanese marketing strategy rather than anything resembling science. The older ...

Keeping track of your physical activity can be hard without a Fitbit, Apple Watch, or other workout tracking device — especially for people who walk as their main form of exercise. The easiest ...

PHILADELPHIA, July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- People with active lifestyles are visiting the Apple App Store and the Android Marketplace to download their free IBX Healthy Steps Pedometer app for their ...

It seems really weird to think back to a time when your mobile phone couldn’t do the jobs of a dozen other devices. Now that smartphones have supplanted everything from compasses and Rolodexes to ...

If you are thinking to up your game in fitness and workouts, Pedometer released the latest update that brings a better integration to your smartphone and smartwatch, centering on Apple devices.

You actually can see your step count on the Apple Watch face with this hack.

New York City-based Noom launched a new Android app, a pedometer that tracks steps throughout the day while running in the background and only occupying about 3 percent of the phone's battery life.

Taking steps is easy. Counting them, well, it depends on which app you decide to believe. As a former user of a Fitbit, the popular wearable pedometer, I wondered about the accuracy of pedometer apps.