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[IJ3]

I started using my Fit Bit last December. In the app it shows all my steps from every day up to now which is about 103,340+ steps. But when compared to my friend, for some reason it is only reading 27k.. I have synced. Re-synced. Restarted phone. What is going on?

[SteveH]

I assume we are talking about the step total as shown on the friends tile. If so, this tile shows the steps taken so far today plus the steps for the previous 6 days. Once you have logged at least a week of data the total will always go down at midnight as it deletes the oldest day's data to make room for the new day.

Would this account for what you are seeing?

[IJ3]

So does it ever just go back to 0 on like Sunday so we can all be even?

[SteveH]

No, it never goes back to zero. It will always show today's steps plus the steps for the previous 6 days so it will always have some steps.

It is even though as it works the same way for your friends. The challenge is not just to do enough steps to get to the top of the leaderboard, but to keep on doing enough steps to stay there.