Pedometer (Privacy Friendly)
by SECUSO Research Group
Version 2.4
📅 Updated July 12, 2021
Counts steps and provides overview on walked steps.
Features Pedometer (Privacy Friendly)
Privacy Friendly Pedometer can count your steps in background, provides you an overview about your walked steps and allows you to define custom walking modes and notifications if the achievement of your daily step goal is in danger.
The app requires minimal permissions (Run at startup and prevent phone from sleeping).
It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt.
More information can be found an secuso.org/pfaPrivacy Friendly Pedometer can count your daily walked steps while it runs in background.
It gives you an overview about your walked steps, distance and about the calories you have burned while walking.
You can add and choose different walking modes with different step lengths, such as walking or running, to improve the calculation of distance and calories.In a special training mode you can track your training sessions.
To each training session additional information, such as feeling or a description, can be added.What makes Privacy Friendly Pedometer different from other pedometers?1.
Minimal amount of permissions: * Run at startup: This permission is required to restart the step counting when your phone boots.
* prevent phone from sleeping: On some devices the processor falls asleep and prevents counting steps.
With this permission the app can keep the processor awake while counting steps.
Most of Pedometer Apps in the Google Play Store require additional permissions.
E.g.
accessing the network or Internet which is mostly used to display advertisement.
Some apps have access to GPS or telephony data.2.
No advertisement.
Many other free apps in the Google Play Store dazzle annoying advertising and also shortens battery life.PLEASE UPDATE IF YOU HAD PROBLEMS WITH RECENT VERSIONS- Made hardware step detection optional and opt-in since some devices are not compatible- Added permission for physical activity (necessary from SKD 29+)- Reduced sensor poll frequency for battery reasons- Small fixes
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What Our Users Say
Don't just take our word for it. Here's what our users have to say about our Android app.
"You need to manually grant it two permissions: Physical Activity and Location. Search for App Permissions in the phone's settings, and then find this app. Great app, Sad it took me so long to realize why it stopped working! I suspect there aren't any dev's working on this anymore; but if so maybe then can make this less obscure."
Ben Hyde
"I appreciate the initiative to prioritise privacy but the readings are not dependable. At the end of the day the app just drastically cuts my step count. Please look into this."
Paridhi Lohani
"Worked well until it suddenly stopped working in December 2021. Fooled around with the settings. Worked sporadically. Help is rudumentary and inadequate. Checked info at Secuso website. Right now, I think this app may have been the victim of an app update or an operating system update. I like the idea of a private open source pedometer so much I'm going to reinstall it and try some more to get it to work dependably. Sadly, it's not yet suitable for the casual Android phone user."
John Blumberg
"This app has ceased to work on my cell phone. I am removing it."
Craig Szwed
"Does exactly as it says. Helps the user manage their walking without exploiting the data or device. Super easy to use!"
Schwartz Phone
"It looks good, but that's all. 1200 steps instead of 4494. Complete useless"
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"Counted 18 steps on a day i walked kilometers"
Dainbow Rash
"This app was really great till the spring update basically killed it. The latest is a bit better but more like less bad, basically useless. Big interface problem too, the play/pause button that does the opposite of what it should, and should be a setting instead. Sheesh! A private app was a big public service, who are the fools who were allowed to destroy it?"
Unagi Sf
"Doesn't count steps"
Markus Krieger
"Great app until last update - it stopped working. Please revert to previous version or fix it."
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