Apple Watch
Free challenges for Apple Watch users and friends
Race the friends who do not wear an Apple Watch too. OutPace reads your steps and workouts from Apple Health on your iPhone, so your Apple Watch counts in the same challenge as a friend’s Garmin, Oura Ring or Android phone.
Apple Health connects in the OutPace app on your iPhone.
How it works
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Get OutPace on your iPhone
Apple Health is read by the app on your iPhone. Download OutPace from the App Store and sign up free.
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Turn on Apple Health
Allow OutPace to read your steps and workouts. Your Apple Watch already saves them there.
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Create a challenge and share one link
Pick what to count and set the dates. Friends join from the link with whatever they wear.
What everyone gets
Friends keep their own device
Someone with a different watch, a ring or only a phone joins the same challenge. Everyone connects what they already use.
Live leaderboard
Everyone sees where they stand as activity syncs in.
Teams
The challenge creator can split the group into two or more teams and race as a team.
Group chat and hi-fives
Start a chat for the challenge and give a friend a hi-five with one tap.
What counts from Apple Watch
Challenge types that count from Apple Health: steps, distance, duration, elevation, calories, sleep, average heart rate and heart rate zones.
Heart rate challenges need a heart rate source, and an Apple Watch is one. An iPhone on its own still counts your steps.
On Apple Watch you can add the OutPace leaderboard to a watch face or the Smart Stack to see your standing at a glance.
Good to know
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. Creating and joining challenges is free, with no credit card.
- Can Apple Watch and Android friends be in the same challenge?
- Yes. Everyone joins from the same link. Friends on Android connect Health Connect or their own watch, and everyone lands on one leaderboard.
- Do I need an Apple Watch, or is an iPhone enough?
- An iPhone is enough for steps. OutPace reads your steps and workouts from Apple Health with your permission, so no watch is required. A workout counts when you record one, on your watch or in the Fitness app on iPhone.
- Can I connect Apple Health on the web?
- No. Apple Health is read by the OutPace app on your iPhone. Once it is connected, you can follow your challenges on the web too.
- Is there an OutPace app for Apple Watch?
- OutPace adds a watch face complication and a Smart Stack widget that show your standing in a challenge. Your steps and workouts are recorded by Apple Watch itself.
- How many people can join?
- A new challenge holds 20 people. Bigger group? Tap Request more spots on your challenge page and we will take a look.
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Get your group moving together
Sign up free, then create your challenge. It takes a few minutes.
Start a challengeApple Health connects in the OutPace app on your iPhone.