Private Fitness Tracking
Privacy-first fitness tracking for iPhone
Track your workouts with comprehensive route recording and metrics while keeping ALL data 100% local on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no compromise.
Privacy-first fitness tracking for iPhone
Track your workouts with comprehensive route recording and metrics while keeping ALL data 100% local on your device. No accounts, no cloud, no compromise.
Track your route in real-time with detailed maps and live performance metrics wherever you exercise
Live Activities display your workout progress directly on the lock screen without unlocking your phone
Rich performance statistics and intelligent insights that automatically track your progress and improvement over time
Your workout routes, GPS data, and fitness metrics never leave your iPhone. Complete local control.
Read our Privacy Policy - it's probably the shortest one you've ever seen.
Your personal data shouldn't be a product. Unlike Strava and others, we never collect, share, or sell your information.
Can your current fitness app tell you that you perform best on Tuesdays when it's not too hot and you haven't exercised in a couple of days? PrivStep can. Beautiful graphs and smart analytics reveal performance patterns you never knew existed - all computed privately on your device.
Track running, walking, cycling, hiking, dog walking, or any activity! All with comprehensive route recording and real-time metrics. Coming: tracking stationary activities such as weightlifting or yoga.
4-tier precision modes, intelligent filtering, and battery optimization for reliable workout recording.
Real-time workout stats on your iPhone lock screen and Dynamic Island integration.
All workout data stays on your device. No cloud sync, no accounts, no data sharing - ever.
Personal bests, pace analysis, consistency scoring, and achievement tracking - all computed locally.
Export your entire workout history anytime. Your data is truly yours to control.
In 2018, Strava's heat map exposed secret military bases worldwide. Your running routes reveal where you live, work, and spend time.
Major fitness apps sell anonymized data to third parties. But research shows this data can easily be de-anonymized to identify you.
MyFitnessPal: 150 million accounts. Under Armour apps: 150 million users. When centralized servers get hacked, your data is exposed.
Employees at fitness companies can potentially access your data. With PrivStep, even we can't see your workouts - it's technically impossible.
Insurance companies increasingly use fitness data to adjust rates or deny coverage. Your daily routines shouldn't affect your healthcare costs.
Sharing your running routes and schedules creates predictable patterns. Bad actors can use this information to stalk or target you.
We built PrivStep differently. Your data never leaves your device. No servers to hack. No data to sell. No employees who can snoop. Just you and your fitness journey, private and secure.
You're not paranoid - you're just paying attention. Here's what can actually happen when fitness apps collect your data:
Smart question! Phone theft is a completely different risk than cloud storage. Here's why local data is still vastly safer:
Every iPhone has a dedicated security chip. Your data is encrypted with keys that only your device knows.
You'll notice a missing phone within hours. Cloud breaches can go undetected for years.
A thief targets your specific phone. Hackers target entire databases of millions.
Remote wipe, insurance replacement, restore from backup. Cloud breaches are permanent.
Privacy-focused fitness tracking is a mature space with several excellent options. Here's how PrivStep compares to the established leaders:
These apps pioneered privacy-focused fitness tracking and deserve recognition. Each excels in different areas - iSmoothRun for running purists, Runmeter for data enthusiasts, Cadence for cycling professionals.
PrivStep represents the next evolution: combining proven privacy principles with modern iOS capabilities and intelligent insights that actually help you understand your fitness patterns.
We encourage you to try these excellent alternatives. Then experience how PrivStep takes privacy-first fitness tracking into the modern era with smarter analytics, better iPhone integration, and insights that go beyond raw data.
Excellent question! After spending 5,000 words telling you not to trust anyone with your fitness data, we're basically asking you to... trust us with your fitness data.
We could be complete hypocrites. Maybe our "privacy-first" claims are just marketing. Maybe we're secretly building the world's most detailed database of running routes. Maybe every "local storage" promise is a lie.
Put your phone in airplane mode. Open PrivStep. Start a workout. It works perfectly. Record runs, walks, hikes - keep airplane mode on for hours, days, weeks. The app keeps working flawlessly. Because your data genuinely never needs to leave your device.
(Quick note: Map tiles won't update in airplane mode - they need internet like every map app on Earth. But your GPS tracking, workout recording, and all analytics work perfectly offline. The maps are just pretty pictures from Apple or OpenStreetMap - your actual location data stays 100% local.)
"But wait," you ask, "how do I know the app isn't caching everything and sending it out as soon as it gets a network connection?"
Oh, you're the super-paranoid type, eh? We like you already.
Got a tech-savvy friend? Ask them to monitor network traffic from PrivStep. They'll find... absolutely nothing interesting going anywhere. Because we have no servers! And we're not sending your data to anyone else's servers either.
Other apps say "trust us" and offer zero proof. We say "don't trust us" and hand you two different ways to verify we're telling the truth. That's not just better marketing - it's a fundamentally different approach to privacy.
PrivStep understands that fitness tracking can be an OPSEC risk. That's why we built the only fitness app that guarantees your location data never leaves your device.
No base locations, no deployment patterns, no operational security risks. Your fitness data stays classified.
Journalists, executives, lawyers, and other professionals where location privacy matters. PrivStep was designed with zero data collection from day one.
Get professional-level GPS tracking and analytics without sacrificing your personal data to cloud platforms.
"We can't access your data even if we wanted to - because we never built that capability in the first place."
"Finally! A fitness app that doesn't want to harvest my data. Been waiting for this for years."
— coffee_addict_92"Live Activities on the lock screen are a game changer. Why don't other apps do this?"
— techie_mike"I actually read PrivStep's privacy policy. It's 3 sentences. Every other app's is a novel."
— bluejay47"Been looking for a fitness app that actually respects privacy. PrivStep delivers exactly what it promises."
— vintage_vinyl"Just works. Tracks everything locally. No accounts, no BS."
— cat_person_77"Tired of fitness apps treating my location like their product. PrivStep treats it like my data."
— weekend_warriorJoin the beta and help us build the most private fitness tracking app.
Requires iOS 18.5+ • iPhone Only • Limited Beta Access
Since we're all about radical honesty, here's what we (the developers) can see when you join the TestFlight beta:
Want to Go Even More Stealth? 🥷
Skip TestFlight and wait for the App Store version! Then we'll only get aggregated, anonymous stats (like 'X people downloaded the app, Y people used it this week') - no personal data, no detailed crash reports (unless you specifically enable sharing), no device specifics. It's like seeing the forest, not the individual trees. Maximum privacy with minimum developer insight! Your call, data minimalist!
PrivStep is still under heavy development, but we do our best to keep it stable even during active development. As a TestFlight user, you get to directly influence the future of private fitness tracking.
For the millionth time, we promise! 🎉
You will absolutely, 100%, cross-our-hearts-and-hope-to-die be able to export your data from the TestFlight version and import it to the production version.
Run! Walk! Hike! Cycle! Track every single step! 🏃♂️🚶♀️🥾🚴♂️
Your data is future-safe and will move with you seamlessly.
Developer's Promise: If we somehow mess this up, we'll personally help you migrate every single workout. That's how confident we are! 💪
Complete history of all your workouts with detailed metrics and easy navigation
Complete post-workout analysis with map view, personal records, and detailed performance metrics
Track your achievements and explore comprehensive performance analyses across all your fitness metrics
Set and track weekly running goals with visual progress indicators and achievement status
Complete control over your data - all stored locally
Weekly activity summary and motivational insights
One of many in-depth explanations - the app provides comprehensive insights for all your running metrics
Personalize your workout view with customizable map styles and data displays during exercise