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Open Pagdandi → Settings → Step source and allow access when Apple's sheet appears. If you turned it off earlier: open the Health app → your profile picture → Apps → Pagdandi, and turn on Steps and Walking + Running Distance. Then pull down on Home to refresh.

Pagdandi uses Health Connect. Open Pagdandi → Settings → Step source and allow Steps and Distance. If you declined, open the Health Connect app → App permissions → Pagdandi and turn them on. On Android 13 and earlier, install Health Connect from Google Play first. Your phone, watch or fitness app must also be writing steps to Health Connect.

Health Connect shares only 30 days unless you also allow access to past data. Open Health Connect → App permissions → Pagdandi and turn it on, then refresh Home.

Pagdandi uses the walking distance your phone records. On days with steps but no distance, it estimates distance from your steps and stride. Set your height in Settings → Your height to make that estimate fit you.

Whenever you open the app, come back to it, or pull down on Home — and in the background about every 30 minutes when your phone allows. Group treks and challenges sync every few hours in the background; tap Sync now to update them straight away.

Any day you walk at least your streak goal — 3,000 steps by default. Change it in Settings → Streak step goal.

Open Settings → WHOOP → Connect, sign in on WHOOP's page and allow Pagdandi to read your cycles. Each day, Pagdandi then uses whichever counted more steps — your phone or your WHOOP — so steps taken with only one of them still count, and nothing counts twice.

WHOOP measures days from when you fall asleep to when you next fall asleep, not midnight to midnight. Pagdandi files each WHOOP day under the day you were awake, so totals near midnight can differ slightly from other apps.

Settings → WHOOP → Disconnect. Pagdandi stops reading from WHOOP and asks WHOOP to revoke its access. Logging out also disconnects WHOOP on that phone.

Open the Trails tab, pick a trail and tap Start this trek. Pagdandi asks before switching, because your progress on the new trail starts from today. Badges you've earned stay.

Settings → Reset start date starts your current trail again from today.

Laali and Shan are with you from the start. Mona, Chiku, Bhalu and Gaju unlock as your lifetime distance passes 100, 200, 300 and 400 km. Change companion in Settings → Change.

On the Saathi tab tap +, name the group and pick a trail. Then tap Invite a saathi and share the link or code — on WhatsApp, for example. Up to 5 people per group; you can be in up to 3 groups.

Tap the invite link, or type the code in the box on the Saathi tab and tap Join group.

Your display name and companion. In the group's settings (the sliders button) you choose whether they also see your position on the trail, today's steps and your monthly totals. Your kilometres always count towards the group total.

Their phone hasn't sent its steps recently. Ask them to open Pagdandi — it syncs when the app opens.

Open the group's settings. Anyone can Leave. The group's owner can also rename it, remove members and Delete group. If the owner leaves, the person who joined next becomes owner; when the last person leaves, the group is deleted.

Once a day you can cheer one saathi — Pagdandi suggests whoever has walked least today. They get a notification if they've allowed notifications.

On the Challenges tab tap Start a challenge, name it and choose Today, This weekend, 7 days or 30 days. Share the code (it starts with "x"). Up to 20 people per challenge; you can be in up to 5 at once.

Most steps between the start and end dates. If two people tie, whoever joined first ranks higher. Results appear the next time you open the Challenges tab after it ends, with a Rematch button.

Everyone in that challenge sees your daily step totals for its dates. Nothing else is shared.

Open the challenge → settings. Anyone can leave; the creator can also rename it, remove people and delete it.

Touch and hold the Home Screen → Edit → Add Widget → search Pagdandi → pick Trek, Saathi Group or Step Challenge. For the Lock Screen: touch and hold the Lock Screen → Customise → Lock Screen → add a widget → Pagdandi.

Touch and hold the home screen → Widgets → search Pagdandi → drag Trek ring, Trek progress, Companion, Saathi group or Step challenge onto the screen.

Open Pagdandi once — widgets update every time the app refreshes. Your phone decides how often widgets redraw in the background, so allow Background App Refresh (iPhone) and don't restrict Pagdandi's battery use (Android).

Check Settings → Landmark notifications in Pagdandi and allow notifications for Pagdandi in your phone's settings. Cheers need notifications allowed on the phone receiving them.

Pagdandi accounts use a username, without an email address, so we can't send a reset link. Write to support@pagdandi.app from the phone you use, with your username, and we'll help you get back in.

Open any group's settings and edit Your name. It changes in all your groups and challenges.

Settings → Download my data saves a copy of your treks, badges, settings and daily totals as a file you can keep.

Settings → Delete account. This removes your account and server data — memberships, daily totals, cheers and any WHOOP link — and clears the app. It can't be undone. Groups and challenges you created pass to the next member. See our privacy policy.

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