# Sociana + Apple Health

Sociana step challenges read daily step counts from Apple Health on iPhone after the participant grants permission. Steps feed individual and team leaderboards, goals, caps and streaks. Fitbit, Garmin and Strava are not connected directly; a wearable counts only if it writes to Apple Health.

Live

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## What it does inside Sociana

Participants open Engagement, tap Count Your Steps, grant permission to the phone's health store and, once the Challenge starts, tap Sync Steps. Sociana keeps a start date, goals and caps per day, and shows today, total, average, best-day and hourly views. Admins can exclude manual entries, add steps by hand with a record and review unusual-day flags. It is a step and activity challenge inside a programme app, not a corporate wellness platform.

## What the organiser configures

- Challenge start date, goals and daily caps
- Boosts, team targets and streak rules
- Whether manual entries count
- Unusual-day thresholds for review
- Which groups see which leaderboards

## Data that flows, and where it is stored

| Data                                                | From                                   | To                                 | Stored                                                                  |
| --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Daily step totals and, in some views, hourly counts | Apple Health on the participant iPhone | Sociana app, then Sociana database | Sociana database (hosting region on request); exports for the organiser |
| Manual-entry flag and admin adjustments             | Phone and admin panel                  | Sociana database                   | Audit trail kept; retention available on request                        |

### Data protection (DPDP)

The organiser is the Data Fiduciary and Sociana acts as processor. Ask us for the hosting region and retention period that apply to your occasion; the sub-processor list is on the Sub-processors and integrations page. We do not state a region or retention period on this page.

### Security notes

- Health data is sensitive. Sociana asks for permission on the device; ask us for the DPDP treatment of step data.
- Participants can revoke access in iPhone settings.

## Set-up checklist

1. Pick the challenge dates and daily goal and cap.
2. Tell participants to allow Apple Health access and to open the app daily.
3. Run a one-week trial with a small group.
4. Decide how to treat manual entries and unusual days before launch.
5. Plan the final export and what happens to step data afterwards.

## Limits, stated plainly

- iPhone only; Android uses Health Connect.
- Fitbit, Garmin and Strava are not connected directly.
- Sociana reads steps, not sleep, heart rate or nutrition, and is not a wellness platform.
- Steps depend on the participant carrying the phone.

### Not offered yet

- Direct Fitbit, Garmin or Strava connection
- Sleep, nutrition and biometrics

## At a glance

Provider

Apple Health

Status

Live

Set up by

The Sociana delivery team, with your accounts

## Used in a real event

[Case study**HSBC Wellness Expedition**](https://sociana.in/case-studies/hsbc-wellness-expedition/)

## Features that use it

- [Step challenges with Health Connect & Apple Health](https://sociana.in/features/step-challenges-and-health-sync/)

## Related occasions

- [Employee wellness & step challenges](https://sociana.in/event-types/wellness-and-step-challenges/)
- [Recurring employee programmes](https://sociana.in/event-types/employee-programmes/)

## Case studies

- [HSBC Wellness Expedition](https://sociana.in/case-studies/hsbc-wellness-expedition/)
- [YEC 2024](https://sociana.in/case-studies/yec-2024/)

[All integrations](https://sociana.in/integrations/) · [Sub-processors and integrations](https://sociana.in/trust/sub-processors-and-integrations/)

## Questions people ask

Does Sociana sync with Fitbit or Garmin?

Not directly. A wearable counts only if its own app writes steps into Apple Health or Health Connect. Sociana does not connect directly to Fitbit, Garmin or Strava.

What steps does the app read?

Daily step counts, with hourly views, after the participant grants permission. Other health data, such as sleep or heart rate, is not read.

Can people cheat?

Admins can exclude manual entries, review unusual-day flags and add steps with a record. No system is cheat-proof, so integrity rules should be announced before the challenge starts.

## Need this connected for your event?

Tell us which tools your team already uses. We will show you where the data lands and who sees it.

[Book a demo](https://sociana.in/contact/)[Talk on WhatsApp (opens WhatsApp in a new tab)](https://wa.me/919145897433?text=Hi%20Sociana%2C%20I'm%20looking%20at%20Sociana%20%2B%20Apple%20Health%20%28%2Fintegrations%2Fapple-health%2F%29%20and%20would%20like%20to%20know%20more. "WhatsApp · replies Mon–Sat, 10:00–19:00 IST")

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Publisher: Sociana by Alien Brains Private Limited (https://sociana.in/)