StepBuddy pairs hardware-level step intelligence with an intelligent Inactivity Guard that detects prolonged stillness and challenges you to move β before your health declines.
Internal Test Build
The hero differentiator
Sitting still is the new smoking. StepBuddy watches your hardware step cadence β not your location β and escalates a real alarm the moment stillness crosses your threshold. Scrub the timer below to feel it work.
All clear. Guard is monitoring cadence in the background at <0.2% battery.
Silent at 35 minutes, haptic nudge at 40, full multi-frequency alarm at 45. Every threshold is yours to set.
The alarm will not accept a swipe. It only silences when the hardware step counter registers 50 real steps.
Rising 440Hz β 880Hz tone plus escalating vibration patterns that cut through headphones and meetings.
Engineered, not assembled
Four systems, one binary. No SDK bloat, no analytics beacons, no cloud round-trips.
A cadence classifier, speed gate and vibration-signature model run in series. Potholes, trains and hand-tremor jitter never reach your step total.
GATE: cadence 40β190 spm Β· speed < 9 km/h Β· rms-jitter < 0.6g Β· dwell 4s
Zero accounts. Zero tracking. Zero battery-draining GPS. Hardware sensors only, written straight to a local SQLite store that never leaves the handset.
Log a sip in one thumb-press. Liquid physics, a daily arc and gentle top-up reminders that respect Quiet Mode.
Tap to log β writes locally, instantly.
Guard toggle and water logging without ever opening the app. Native Android glance widgets and iOS WidgetKit interactive controls.
Deep analytics & streak engine
Every point is computed on-device from raw sensor history. Nothing is estimated, inferred or uploaded.
Philosophy
Most trackers are data businesses wearing a fitness costume. StepBuddy is a sensor tool: it reads the pedometer your phone already has, stores it locally, and asks nothing of the network.
| Dimension | StepBuddy | Standard trackers |
|---|---|---|
| Battery impact | < 0.2% per day | 8β15% GPS drain |
| Inactivity alarms | Native multi-frequency alarm + 50-step reset | None, or a dismissible toast |
| False step filtering | Vehicle & vibration suppression | Counts potholes as steps |
| Cloud reliance | 100% on-device SQLite / AsyncStorage | Account required Β· data resold |
| Permissions requested | Activity recognition only | Location, contacts, background net |
| Works in airplane mode | Fully, forever | Degraded or blocked |
StepBuddy is currently in closed testing and hardware sensor calibration. It has not yet been uploaded to public app stores β store release is coming soon!
π§ CLOSED BETA & SENSOR BENCHMARKING Β· NOT YET UPLOADED ON THE PLAY STORE
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Guard arms itself silently. No GPS, no network.
Cadence has stayed at zero. A silent pre-warning is queued.
Rising multi-frequency tone plus escalating haptics.
The hardware counter β not a swipe β is the only way out.
Screen flips to kinetic lime. Streak extended. Guard re-arms.
Loops automatically Β· press Esc to exit