Longer Challenges eg week, month, 2 hours

There should be a larger variety of challenges that could be long like a month long or short like a couple of hours and there should be rewards for challenges you participate in with friends/family like gift cards for a variety of stores

304 Comments
angie.911
First Steps

I love this idea and please let us add more people to the challenge!!!!

Loriaux
First Steps
We have great fit bit challenges going on yet I have far more than 10 friends who want to participate. Please allow an list friends there's no reason to Cap it at 10. Also it would be nice to be able to create our own challenges. We always have to do one on the weekend and one during the week how about letting us run a challenge Sunday through Sunday. I've only had my Fitbit two months and I'm really surprised at all the restrictions. Please help!!
humpfh
Recovery Runner
Team challenges would be awesome. Ten people on Team Microsoft, for
example, could compete with ten people on Team Apple. (Yes, I know they
both have their own devices, it's why I picked them.)

Also would like to see full seven day challenges, full month challenges,
quarterly/biannual/annual challenges (not capped at a certain number of
steps).

Also, highest sustained heart rate over an hour, most calories burned, and
if possible, differences in walking/running/biking.
ShaggySS
Recovery Runner

I agree.  My wife and I are doing a Goal day challenge to see who will fail first but creating a new challenge every day it dumb.  A customizable challenge would be great.  

 

Let me pick Goal Day and specify how many days

Let me pick a workweek challenge and choose how many days, weeks, months.  

 

I agree with the overall theme of this request...more challenges.  Bored with the current ones.  

Michaeljohnburg
Premium User
Recovery Runner
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Mcore
Premium User
Moderator Alum
Moderator Alum

That sounds like a really good idea. I believe that many Fitbit users could benefit from having an option that will make them give their best for 7 days straight. Tell your friends and family members that have joined Fitbit, to vote for your idea! Thanks.

zamashbu
Jogger

I agree. More challenges: Sleeping, Active Minutes, Water Intake, Weight Loss, Steps climbed, etc. I want more variety. FitBit, we need this. Make it happen. Stop what you're doing, and go do this. Because you really need to. The people have spoken. Give us more reasons to love our FitBits. 

ureymills
Jogger

Yes yes yes! 

SunsetRunner
Not applicable

Add TEAM Challenges. Group vs Group or make your own teams

A_Burns
Jogger

I would LOVE for there to be floor challenges. I can't always keep up in steps with my friends (though I'm close) because I like to focus on floors more and those don't add up the steps as quickly. I would love to kick their butts in floors and show that I AM doing just as much - if not more - than they are. Or at least add more lifetime floor badges? I maxed out on that over a year ago and now it's sort of boring to never get anything for it. The daily badges lose their charm when you go for the same goal daily.

Londoner80
Jogger
Is "Fitbit" even listening. Its been months that customers been posting all these suggestions and there's been barely any significant updates. Personally, I find the lack of response is disappointing.
Arrnib
First Steps
I completely agree! The only change I have seen is the little trophies
section where you see how many time you have won the daily challenge, work
week hustle etc.
humpfh
Recovery Runner

Just so you guys know, Make Yes Happen has some neat virtual races that you can participate in.  You have to pay, but there are fundraiser ones where the money goes to charity, and you get a neat little medal (well, it's not really "little")

Walker76
First Steps
I know everyone is saying it but I will join in, please Fit Bit.....allow more than 10 people in a challenge!
architerp
Jogger

We offered a cash incentive toour employees toward the Fitbit Tracker of their choice.

 

We often have challenges at work where we envolve the whole office in some sort of activity for a longer period of time and want to be able to use our trackers to help track the activity through the Fitbit web Portal and at present we cannot.

 

It would be great if we could!

 

Thanks.

Mark.

Becca_FitFluffy
First Steps
I never really knew how many people felt the same way about the challenges. I thought that having a heathy eatting challenge would be a lot of fun and a great way to remind yourself to plug in what you eat. So far this is the third forum I found talking about challenges. I think it would be alot easier if everyone just voted on one forum.
PGHLauren
First Steps
When challenging people to a rematch, I would love to be able to select the type of challenge. For example, I'd like to challenge my weekday challenge group to a rematch on the weekend! I would also like monthly challenges!
Along007
Jogger
Would be great to have a 4 week challenge with friends.
Or be able to decide length of challenge.
hamrekj
First Steps

I LOVE doing the work week hussle with my friends and family.  We have a group of 6 and every single week, we start a new challenge.  It would be so awesome if there were longer challenges available, especially a month long step challenge, so we didn't have to restart every week and could focus on more long term goals.  Thanks!

russ69
Jogger
Would be great to have a monthly challenge against friends or even go it alone. Can you walk from London to Brighton? Or can you walk the length of the Pacific ocean.
Just a thought
Runs
jillbe
First Steps
Yes! My coworkers and I love to challenge each other, but would definitely use the opportunity to compete about minutes, and even sleep.
SunsetRunner
Not applicable

That be wonderful

PunPryde
First Steps

Can you add the ability to customize the length of challenges?

glaenzchen
Jogger
more challenges would be great. costumizable ones would be amazing. so u could adjust the challenge to make it more interessting.
due to the job u got u can be in a big disatvantage when it comes to steps, even if u have 5 workouts at the gym per week.
Amgent23
First Steps
I would also like to see options for a marathon challenge in miles.
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