Anyone else find the step tracking inconsistent on OneUI?

[Chappell101]

I've seen this discrepancy between step tracking apps ever since using Google fit but I thought I'd ask the community for some advice and their experience.

Samsung Health at the top and Google Fit below

So I have Google fit set to take readings from the phone for step counts. Using this morning as reference it's odd yet again.

Samsung health also internally records my steps as shown. So I wondered if Samsung is also adding my steps from the Samsang Galaxy watch in duplication but this doesn't seem make sense as also testing this with a dedicated steps app from the internal phone sensors only (Walkfit) I also get a different figure to Google fit. Which is right? I never had this variance on iOS between apps using the internal sensors.

Walkfit App

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

I've noticed the discrepancy long time ago. As the exact/precise number of steps is not important to me, I just think of it as a close estimate

[Chappell101]

Cheers.

It does seem odd though since they are all accessing the same internal sensor. Tad annoying as it makes me not trust any of them 😂

I wondered if they all started the day at different times but surely they all work anything from 12:01am is today.

Calories burnt in Google Fit is much higher than Samsung and Walkfit that are only 15cal appart but they both have the biggest discrepancy in steps 😅.

I should just wear my old Apple watch the same time one day and see which Android option is closest to it maybe?

I wonder if it's because Google Fit and Walkfit both close in the background. Will try preventing that and see if they sync up better?

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

You will find apple comes up with another set of figures

[Chappell101]

Don't 🤣

[Chappell101]

I know why the calories is different with Google Fit it also seems to calculate inherent calories living burnt at rest. Thats one explained away.

[Reylob]

All step tracking devices will give you different numbers. Some might be more accurate than others, but none will do a proper count. There have been several testing on this, where people count their steps and the devices give different results and none matching people's count.