Your steps stay in their lane.

01What StepIsland reads

With your permission, StepIsland reads your step count from Apple Health. It does not read workouts, heart rate, medical records or any other Health data, and it never writes to Apple Health. It may also use Motion & Fitness to show your live step count while the app is open.

StepIsland only uses your location if you turn on route sharing during a “Walk together” walk with a friend. While sharing is on, it uses your precise location, including in the background with the blue location indicator, to draw your route and show your town or city to that one walk partner. Nobody else can see it. Turning sharing off clears what you shared, and routes and places are deleted from our servers as soon as the walk ends.

You can use StepIsland without an account. Your steps, goal, streak and companion then stay on your iPhone.

02If you create an Upmoat account

An account is optional. You can sign in with Apple, Google or an emailed link. We store your first name, email address and an account ID so you can sign in, keep your companion and streak across devices and add friends.

When signed in, StepIsland syncs your daily step total, daily goal, chosen world and time zone. Friends you add can see your first name, world and daily step total. Your detailed Health records stay on your iPhone.

03Email

Account holders receive account emails, such as sign-in links, and may receive a welcome email and occasional StepIsland news. Every news email has an unsubscribe link. Health data is never used to decide who receives marketing email.

04Who processes your data

Accounts and synced step totals are stored with Supabase. Email is delivered by Resend. Notifications and Live Activity updates go through Apple Push Notification service. Purchases are handled entirely by Apple. The app contains no advertising or third-party analytics SDKs and does not track you across apps or websites.

To improve the app, StepIsland records anonymous usage events, such as which onboarding screens are viewed, paywall views and trial starts. They use a random install ID, are not linked to your account or identity, never include Health data, names, email or location, and are not used for advertising.

05Deleting your data

Delete your account any time in StepIsland › Settings › Account › Delete. This permanently removes your account, profile, synced step totals, friends and push tokens from our servers and removes you from our email list. You can also turn off Health access in iPhone Settings, or email enquiries@upmoat.com.

06Contact

Upmoat, Marina Living, Dubai Marina, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. enquiries@upmoat.com.