Free on iPhone
A free step challenge with friends
Create a private walking challenge for friends or family. Pick the daily target and dates, share one invite, then let Apple Health keep everyone’s steps up to date.
No subscription for social step challenges. Account and Apple Health access required.
- Price
- Free, with no subscription or ads
- Access
- Invite only
- Group size
- Up to 30 people
- Platform
- iPhone with Apple Health
Consistency wins
Show up more often, not all at once
FitnessLi ranks members by the number of days they meet the group’s daily goal. Total steps only break a tie, so one huge day does not beat someone who keeps walking.
- Ranking
- Days the daily goal was met
- Tiebreaker
- Total steps during the challenge
From invite to leaderboard in four steps
No public group search and no friend graph. One person creates the challenge and shares its private link or code.
Install and sign in
Open FitnessLi on your iPhone, create your account and allow Apple Health step access.
Open Step challenges
Go to Steps and open the people icon to create a challenge or enter an invite code.
Choose the goal and dates
Name the challenge, select a daily step target and choose when it ends.
Invite your group
Share the private invite link or code. Members review what will be shared before joining.
You set the rules
- Daily goal
- 1,000–100,000 steps per day
- Duration
- 7, 14, 30 or 365 days, or a custom date up to 3 years
- Members
- Up to 30 people per challenge
- Challenges you create
- Up to 10 active challenges at once
Private by design
Challenge members see progress, not your health record
Joining is explicit and standings are available only to members. FitnessLi calculates challenge-scoped totals without giving another member access to your raw Apple Health history.
Shared inside the challenge
- Your display name
- Today’s steps and challenge-window step total
- Distance during the challenge
- How many days you met the daily goal
Not shared with members
- Location
- Raw step history outside the challenge
- Weight, nutrition and workout records
Free social challenges are not Premium workout challenges
Free in FitnessLi
Private step challenges with friends and family, step counting, step history, weight tracking and BMI tracking do not require Premium.
Separate Premium features
Workout-program challenges, workout logging, nutrition tools and advanced analytics belong to FitnessLi Premium.
Free step challenge questions
Is the FitnessLi step challenge free?
Yes. Creating, joining and following private social step challenges requires no Premium subscription and shows no ads. You need a FitnessLi account and must allow step access.
How do I invite friends or family?
Create a challenge in the Steps area, then share its private link or eight-character invite code. Each person reviews the sharing notice before joining.
How does the step challenge ranking work?
Members rank by how many days they met the daily goal. If two people have the same number of goal days, total steps during the challenge break the tie.
What can other challenge members see?
Members see your display name, today’s steps, challenge-window steps and distance, and days you met the goal. They cannot see your location or raw step history outside the challenge.
How many people can join a challenge?
A private challenge supports up to 30 people. One user can own up to 10 active challenges at the same time.
Does FitnessLi support Android step challenges?
Not yet. FitnessLi is currently available on iPhone and reads steps through Apple Health.
Pick a goal. Invite your people. Start walking.
Your private step challenge is free to create and free to join.