Thoughts on Bounts (Get paid for walking)

COOLTRIKERCHICK

After reading posts.
If I get a fitbit, and put a few of the fitness apps mentioned on here, you can turn/ sync them all for the same 7000 steps? So you get points for each app???

Or, after one lot of 7000 steps, you need to sync/ start another fitness app for the rest, so you get more points??

Smidster

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

After reading posts.
If I get a fitbit, and put a few of the fitness apps mentioned on here, you can turn/ sync them all for the same 7000 steps? So you get points for each app???

Or, after one lot of 7000 steps, you need to sync/ start another fitness app for the rest, so you get more points??

No - you are not able to "double dip" like that

If you are on the free version you are limited to 1 step Count + 1 activity +1 check in per day. If you are on a paid version you can do more activities but I don't see any benefit to switching apps

Angry_Bear

greenbee wrote: »

I've been using Bounts with fitbit for ages (I've had about £100 of B&Q and Sainsbury's vouchers), but tried adding mapmyrun in the new year. ALthough it says it is connected it doesn't seem to be updating. Any suggestions?

Hmm, I've never tried a fitbit so I don't really know. Maybe they just don't play well together?
You could always ask bounts support - there's bound to be a delay at the moment if they're busy but they've been pretty helpful on the two occasions I had issues.

Kantankrus_Mare

Ok bit of an update........I got in touch with bounts regarding my fitbit and bounts not registering activities and was sent this reply...


Support @bounts (bounts)
Feb 1, 16:36

Hi

Thank you for your email.

Unfortunately we only consider steps from Fitbit devices. You can download a mobile app such as mapmyfitness or runkeeper to track your walks/runs.

Head to ''my apps'' within the bounts app or website and you'll find more information about the apps/devices we connect to.

Regards,

Danny
bounts team


I am a bit disappointed with this as I am trying to do a few classes at the gym and obviously these will not register from my fitbit and I cant get the points from downloading a different tracker on my phone as I don't wear a phone when doing a class. Not sure who does?

The only way of me getting points for an activity is to do non stop walks and put another tracker on my mobile.

Will go with it for a while and reconsider upgrading.

COOLTRIKERTRICK.......I got the fitbit charge HR

whiteguineapig

i also got a fitbit charge hr, its seems quite good but i'm not an expert, it works with my bounts but i only jog and walk so not sure if it works with the gym

COOLTRIKERCHICK

Thanks, all I will be doing is walking

I downloaded move on my phone, and it registers the amount of time I was walking not the amount of steps? So how will I know how many steps I have done??

Chomeur

Angry_Bear wrote: »

There's a "reward wheel" bonus thingy where you have the chance of winning some extra points. Each credit is a spin of the wheel.

Have just been through my ten credits on the wheel. It took forever but I won 15 bounts in total which are think are worth six pence. tbh my heart sank whenever I won a free spin because I knew I was further away from the end.

Kantankrus_Mare

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Thanks, all I will be doing is walking

I downloaded move on my phone, and it registers the amount of time I was walking not the amount of steps? So how will I know how many steps I have done??

Not sure.....I have just downloaded move as well, See if it tracks my twenty minute walks as an activity.

If not..... will give something else a try.

I am intent on making bounts work for me.

tibawo

On my app on move if you click on it it changes to steps

Smidster

Chomeur wrote: »

Have just been through my ten credits on the wheel. It took forever but I won 15 bounts in total which are think are worth six pence. tbh my heart sank whenever I won a free spin because I knew I was further away from the end.

I agree that the Reward Wheel is a bit cumbersome.

I think I read somewhere, perhaps on twitter, that they are hoping to automate it to use all your credits...that would certainly be a step forward.