This is a good little app, but for a couple of small niggles. Firstly, I love the fact that I can add friends and we can share our progress for. There are currently six of us doing a UK challenge because we all have quite sedentary jobs. We want to move more. It's also good that I can see my walk history. However, there are a couple of little issues that I really wish could be sorted out. The first one is that my watch does not seem to update until I have opened the StepsApp on my phone. I feel like if my health app can do this, why not my steps up. Secondly, if I go into the app itself on my watch, the number of steps there are five pages in it seems, and they do not agree with the complication on the front of my watch which is, for the most part, up-to-date. If these issues could be fixed, that would be great. VoiceOver seems to indicate that the number of steps is on the first page of the actual watch app itself, but it doesn't read this figure out to me, so either it's not there, or VoiceOver is unable to read it. If you could put this figure on the front page as well, or make it Read, that would resolve all my issues. If I had to have a wish list, I would also love the ability to be able to take part in walking challenges like you can on other fitness apps where you can use Maps. You can walk from the Shire to Modo for example on one of these apps. Being blind, we don't get to take advantage of this in normal apps, but I wonder how difficult it would be to add a soundtrack? Anyway, just my amusing. The app is good at what it does, it would just be nice to have that extra dimension.
Thank you so much for the detailed review and for sharing your experience with Steps!I really appreciate you taking the time to explain the watch syncing issues and the VoiceOver accessibility concerns. We do our best, but sounds like the Watch app has lost some accessibility. I've got that added to the to-do list and we'll improve how the watch app reads in an update soon.Your idea about walking challenges with soundtracks is really creative! I love the thought you've put into how that could work for blind users and it's something we'd love to support.If you're up for it, I'd love to talk a bit more about the challenge aspect and how the six of you have been using Steps. We have some upcoming features that might be of interest. So, if you're interested, please send a quick email to support@yearofcode.com and I'd be delighted to say more. Thanks again!