Apple Watch
See your points, streak, Cake and leaderboard on your Apple Watch, and log a strength session from your wrist.
The ByStep Watch app shows your challenge on your wrist. It needs an Apple Watch with watchOS 10 or later that is paired with your iPhone.
The Watch app does not record workouts. A workout that your Watch records reaches ByStep through Apple Health. See Apple Health.
Install
The Watch app comes with the ByStep iPhone app. If it is not on your Watch, follow these steps.
Open the Watch app on your iPhone and tap My Watch.
Find ByStep under Available Apps and tap Install.
Where the numbers come from
Your iPhone sends the numbers to your Watch. The Watch has no sign-in of its own.
- Open ByStep on your iPhone to update the numbers.
- At the bottom of Home, Updated shows the time of the last update.
- Before the first update, and after you sign out on your iPhone, the Watch shows No points yet and Open ByStep on your iPhone.
- After midnight, the Watch shows As of and a date until your iPhone sends the new day.
Home
Home shows the challenge name, your points for today, a streak ring and a Cake ring. A ring shows only when ByStep has its data.
If you are in more than one active challenge, tap the challenge name. The Challenges list shows your rank and your points for today in each challenge. Tap a row to switch. The Watch keeps your choice. The leaderboard and the complication follow it.
Streak ring
The ring shows a flame and the days of your streak. See the streak.
| Color | Meaning | Text under the ring |
|---|---|---|
| Green | You met today's goal, and the streak pays. | The bonus of the day, for example +100 |
| Cyan | You met today's goal, and the streak is shorter than 3 days. | The days to the bonus, for example 2 more |
| Gold | You have a streak, and you have not met today's goal. | The points to your goal, for example 120 to go |
| Grey | You have no streak. | The points to your goal, for example 120 to go |
Cake ring
The ring shows the Cake of your challenge. See the Cake.
- The orange part is the Cake that is left. The cyan part is your km.
- The centre shows the km that are left.
- Before the start, the text shows the time to the start, for example in 1d 6h. While the Cake runs, a countdown shows the time to the end.
- When the Cake is over, the text shows your points, for example +160 pts.
- The ring disappears 24h after the Cake is gone or closed.
Leaderboard
Turn the Digital Crown on Home to see the leaderboard of your challenge.
- The page shows the first 5 members. If you rank lower than 5th, it also shows your row after a gap.
- Gold, silver and bronze mark the first three places that have points.
- A member who is Disqualified shows last.
Complication
The Points today complication shows your points for today on your Watch face.
- It comes in four shapes: circular, corner, inline and rectangular. The rectangular shape also shows the challenge name.
- It shows – until the Watch gets its first numbers.
- It shows 0 after midnight until your iPhone sends the new day.
- It follows the challenge that you chose on the Watch.
To add it, edit your Watch face and choose Points today from ByStep.
Strength on the Watch
When the Strength button shows at the bottom of Home, you can log a strength session from your Watch. Your iPhone relays every set.
Tap the Strength button.
Tap a routine. You make routines on your iPhone. See routines.
Tap Start.
Set the weight and the reps with − and + or with the Digital Crown.
Tap Log set. A rest timer starts.
Tap −15 or +15 to change the rest. Tap Skip to end it.
Tap the list button at the top, then tap Finish.
Tap Save session.
- Swipe to the second page of an exercise to see how to do it.
- When you log the last set, the summary opens by itself. It tells you if the session counts as a workout.
- A running session shows its time on the Strength button. Tap the button to return to the session.
- A session that runs on your iPhone shows on the Watch too. Tap the button to follow it.
- Without your iPhone near, the Watch keeps your sets. Saved on Watch shows, and the session syncs when your iPhone is near.
- A session that you log on the Watch is a normal strength session. It scores like one that you log on your iPhone.