Any watch or phone
Free step challenge app for any watch or phone
Your friends do not all wear the same watch. On OutPace a Garmin runner, an Apple Watch walker, an Oura Ring wearer and someone with only a phone join the same challenge, and each person’s activity syncs from the device they already own.
Prefer the app? You can create your challenge there too.
How it works
- 1
Create a challenge
Pick the activity and what to count, set the start and end dates, and give it a name.
- 2
Share one link
Send the challenge link to your group chat. The same link works for everyone, whatever they wear.
- 3
Everyone connects their own device
Each friend signs up free and connects their phone or watch once. Their activity counts on its own from then on.
What everyone gets
Direct connections
Garmin, Apple Health, Google Health, Oura, WHOOP and Polar connect straight to OutPace.
Everything else through your phone
Samsung Health, Coros, Withings, Amazfit and most other watches reach OutPace through Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android.
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.
What counts from each device
Challenge types that count from Garmin: steps, distance, duration, elevation, calories, sleep, average heart rate and heart rate zones.
Challenge types that count from Apple Health: steps, distance, duration, elevation, calories, sleep, average heart rate and heart rate zones.
Challenge types that count from Oura: steps, distance, duration, calories, sleep, average heart rate and heart rate zones. Not available from Oura: elevation.
Challenge types that count from WHOOP: duration, calories, average heart rate and heart rate zones. Not available from WHOOP: steps, distance, elevation and sleep.
Challenge types that count from Google Health: steps, distance, duration, elevation, calories, sleep, average heart rate and heart rate zones.
Challenge types that count from Samsung Health through Health Connect: steps, distance, duration, elevation and sleep. Not available from Samsung Health through Health Connect: calories, average heart rate and heart rate zones.
Steps, distance and duration work almost everywhere. Elevation, calories, sleep and heart rate depend on what each device’s platform shares.
Good to know
- What does it cost?
- Nothing. Creating and joining challenges is free, with no credit card.
- Do my friends need the same watch as me?
- No. Everyone joins from the same link and connects their own phone or watch. iPhone and Android work in the same challenge.
- What if someone has no watch?
- A phone is enough for a step challenge. On iPhone, OutPace reads steps from Apple Health, and on Android from Health Connect, with their permission.
- My device is not listed. Will it work?
- Probably. If your device can sync to Apple Health or Health Connect, it can almost certainly count toward your OutPace challenges.
- Does every device count toward every challenge type?
- Not yet. Steps, distance and duration work almost everywhere. Elevation, calories, sleep and heart rate zones depend on what your tracker’s platform makes available. The full table is at outpace.fit/about.
- 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.
Questions? Email contact@outpace.fit. Read the privacy policy.
Get your group moving together
Sign up free, then create your challenge. It takes a few minutes.
Start a challengePrefer the app? You can create your challenge there too.