for a free user you get a max of 5 points a day under runkeeper (20min walk). the most efficient tesco voucher seems to be £5 at 1389 points - it'd take you best part of a year to earn that voucher while remembering to turn on GPS and load 2 power-hungry apps before going anywhere.

nice idea but unless i'm mistaken the free option limits your daily points far too much for it to be worth bothering with, and this is coming from someone who walks on average over an hour a day. would be interested to know how much premium costs and returns for active people - IIRC the premium daily limit is 5x that of free so you could earn that £5 voucher within 2 months.

Yet another company who'll get all your personal details for very little return. Not to mention sucking the life out of your phone battery. Pass!

I signed up recently to test it out. Using Strava and Moves (the latter in the background) unsurprisingly drains the phone battery to an extent that would put off most people. It makes a little more sense for FitBit users.

Skip past all the sales pitch in the article and pay attention to this:
"...and course this all assumes Bounts stays solvent, and doesn’t change its plan – we’re not saying that will happen – but with any subscription, it’s always something to consider."
I'd say that a change in the plan is a near certainty as most of the gyms and organisations that would have any interest in providing funds for this have probably already signed up. A sudden deluge of basic users will inevitably have an impact in a few months time when they start to claim vouchers, and the model then only works if (like gym membership) you get people paying for a package and then not using it enough to cover what they are paying out (i.e. paid subscribers helping to offset the cost of basic free users).

I am obese and I have a Fitbit and I have run 3 half marathons. I think a lot of people are missing the point:

Someone else's life is none of your damned business, unless someone asks you for your opinion keep it to yourself. Don't pretend you care about someone's health when you don't, you care about the sound of your voice and shaming them.

I imagine a lot of people have opinions about you, your kids, your home, where your from, what you buy and how you conduct yourself but they show the courtesy of not telling everyone because no one cares anyway.

I think people are missing the point here.... However big or small you are it's about "motivation". However much you earn its "progress". However much I walk/run/skip I am active. I am also setting a good example for my kids and others. I am reducing my health risks and when I've spent ten days or a hundred years earning my fiver, I'm going to be in the shop buying my dress size smaller outfit and saying I EARNED it! If you are over weight then more reason to get moving. Negative thinking is what got you there on the first place #rant over

Well said! X

What can you do for a fiver. How long it takes you to earn it and how long to spend it.

Crap reward for the company to know exactly where you've been for months , that info will be then sold on , cold from me

It comes to something when walking is seen as an oddity or even "exercise". I'm not disputing it's not exercise, it is, with lots of health benefits too, but it's not anything special either or anything our grandparents didn't do on a daily basis.

I own a car, have access to many forms of transport and prefer to walk most places, I think nothing of it, and I don't have to go out of my way to do it, it's not a chore, setting up this app, (especially when it doesn't seem to work with major ones like endomondo, Garmin connect strava, etc) linking it with others seems more hassle than its worth.


Great idea, fantastic if it gets people walking, but really isn't anything monetary wise to get excited over.

I made more money when Quidcodid did store check in daily, now that was good value for walkers.

I know its off topic, but I'm sort of on the side of the morbidly obese here - 7000 steps could be a fair amount for them (and Moves app steals steps off you - definitely under-records!).

Why someone who is morbidly obese would be interested in an app that "pays" for regular fitness activity though I'm less clear on. Baby steps and all that - worry about increasing your activity by x% every day/week first, THEN get interested in getting "paid" for fitness activity!

Anyone know if there's a way you can just use the accumulated steps per day that the iPhone health app automatically tracks? If the power hungry app rinses your battery, and you don't have a fitbit (I don't quite see the point in them for me, as I only do a metric **** tonne of walking rather than being a gym bunny or such), it would be nice to benefit from all this fresh air without losing battery charge. Tbf, I have a £10 emergency charge bank that goes with me on walks anyways, but if the app drains battery that badly, I don't think it would have the juice to help.

As for all those "morbidly obese" people out there, this clearly isn't the deal for you, so why the need to comment so negatively about simple exercise requirements? 3 miles is really not that much of a walk at all. Really. In the waking hours, say you sleep for 8 hours, you have 16 hours left of the day to move/shuffle around. It all mounts up! 3 miles isn't that far man. It's 1 and a half miles down the road, and the rest to get you back. Subtract your daily movements around the house, all you likely need to do is walk to the shops and back. Even morbidly obese people shop.

The other month my Grandad was talking about how much he used to love walking, and he used to walk all over the place. He can't so much now, but still tries to as much as he can. He used to old adage "Use it or lose it". It rung true, and got me back outside. Claim your life back and walk down the road and back for no reason at all. Do that a few times and you can start to lose the "morbidly" part of your obesity. :wink:

Only you can help yourself.

for a free user you get a max of 5 points a day under runkeeper (20min walk). the most efficient tesco voucher seems to be £5 at 1389 points - it'd take you best part of a year to earn that voucher while remembering to turn on GPS and load 2 power-hungry apps before going anywhere.

nice idea but unless i'm mistaken the free option limits your daily points far too much for it to be worth bothering with, and this is coming from someone who walks on average over an hour a day. would be interested to know how much premium costs and returns for active people - IIRC the premium daily limit is 5x that of free so you could earn that £5 voucher within 2 months.

Having been using bounts since May, cashed out in December with a £15 New Look voucher. Not bad for free.

I tried this but so far it hasn't tracked the steps from my iPhone health app. Also it has really sucked the life out of my battery so this app is going to get deleted from me! Not worth it.

I saw this and was posting it when noticed its been posted .
Now I won't download the app because of the reviews ^

Great app

I have 810 points, only need 500 more for £5 voucher. This will take 50 days but I do exercise anyway so you should definitely join

The whole thing is still a mess right now it seems. Did 23,000 steps with my Fitbit yesterday but only awarded 10 points when it should have been 30 points as I was given a Premium account for 2 weeks after linking up the device.

Does anyone know if you need the Bounts app to be installed if you've connected to a Jawbone account (but without Jawbone hardware)? My activity tracker is an Android Wear watch, and I have the Jawbone app installed on my phone, but the Bounts app is killing the battery so I'd really like to uninstall it if possible!

Got this installed on my S6. It won't connect to the S-health app, or Google Fit... I have Misfit installed for my Pebble smartwatch. Bounts has connected to my Misfit account, but won't see any activity! So far, it's been a complete waste of time...

Haha no thanks. I need no money for walking :stuck_out_tongue:

I dunno - I guess probably by getting up and using their legs.

Issue with website - very slow or stopped?

back to waiting for bitwalking.... mse bit misleading saying 7000 will get you 85 points.... figured since I do 30000 I'd get a voucher a week.... 5 pound a year won't cover replacement battery let alone hassle

8am, can access the main page but times out when trying to access the My Apps section to link my Fitbit to the account. Doesn't give me high hope of this company. The web traffic can’t be anything like it was yesterday morning and most people must be commuting to work right now so I thought it would be quieter. Just like how I thought the same at 11pm last night!

I still can't believe their website is struggling. Surely the amount of traffic must have dropped since this morning?

If signup causes so much traffic they can't handle then what it is going to be like once all registered users use the site. Be it all of them are not going to be logging on at the same time. As the site was down all day shows what might be to come ahead....

does it work with mi band?

you also get extra point for linking your bounts account to Facebook and Twitter. making an easy 15points/day.

If you already have a fitbit (or similar) it is worth signing up.

Guys stay with it! Website crashing due to volume of sign ups. As for the "waste of time comments", I'm getting a fit bit off my husband for Mother's Day as a gift and can't wait to have a go at doing this with my kids. As for morbidly obese people, I'm sure if they start they could build up to 3 miles a day. We are a nation of overweight people (sadly). Anything that gets us up and outdoors, if not aware of our exercise habits, surely is a good thing?! Now let's get walking and save for that summer body!!! #thinkpositive #loveit

Eats up your data allowance...

Can you use the rewards towards Krispy Kreme? I love Doughnuts!

Saw this on MSE, been trying to register all day but to no avail :disappointed:

Wow you must average well over 25,000 steps per day u must eat a heck of a lot of food just to stay alive and not fade away..

I average about 17000 steps per day it might just be worth it

I like how doing over three and a half miles a day is considered "relatively minor exercise".

for those just starting out trying to lose weight, that would be the equivalent of running a marathon ..

for such a tiny payout, even with the "premium plus" subscription, it's probably not worth it. you'd be better off contacting william hill and placing a bet on losing weight.

Sign up with the app if you're having trouble

Rubbish app as a free user.....none of my gym check ins work and no new points in months

They just want to reward paid users now :disappointed:

I signed up yesterday but am finding both the website and app really slow and unresponsive.

I've downloaded and signed up on this app, I walk a lot and would like to know how to earn points when walking

Well in my case I know a lot of people with fitness trackers. I agree, no one is going to buy one just for this. But then again some people may have already been thinking about getting one and this might be the thing that pushes them to get one.

IF you own a fitness tracker... Literally nobody I know owns a fitness tracker. I own a Razer Nabu but only to read messages while I'm working. I can't see people buying a Fitbit or other device just for this to be honest

Another Data Analysing app that "pays" people for using it. £5 every 4 months isn't worth the amount of data and battery this would use to track and upload my steps. iPhone batteries are poor enough as it is.

Trying to sign up - it's VEEEEEEEEERY slow.......... :disappointed:

I think i missed that... :disappointed:
Thank you anyways

so how would you propose that a morbidly obese person does that amount then ?

one person's definition of "minor exercise" will be vastly different to someone with mobility problems who might be keen to lose weight

The poster youy replied to is correct. As mentioned in the article, you shoud be walking minimum of 8km a day just to maintain a healthy heart. 3.5 miles is minor exercise.

Sorry for the dumb question but how do you apply the code once you installed the app?

Yes with my 8% body fat level :laughing:

Is it cold up there on your high horse ?

Thank you :man:

Very clever idea!!!

So they pay you 4p per day, to have your mobile sucked of all its power. In turn will reduce the life of the battery ( and phone if apple as batteries are non-replacable, ones off eBay are junk). Cold from me

Well manage to sign up got an email clicked on confirmation link and it crashed again....
I have using Samsung Walking Mate One shame they don't allow to add your own, oh shame....

Website not loading

You don't get these 700 points till after your first exercise.

Signed up via the app using my email and the referral code but I don't appear to have gotten the 700 points. Anyone else signed up and had this? Wondering if the 10,000 codes have now been used up.

Edit - Ah I see it's after the first activity, but would be nice to know I will get it for sure.

I signed up recently to test it out. Using Strava and Moves (the latter in the background) unsurprisingly drains the phone battery to an extent that would put off most people. It makes a little more sense for FitBit users.

Skip past all the sales pitch in the article and pay attention to this:
"...and course this all assumes Bounts stays solvent, and doesn’t change its plan – we’re not saying that will happen – but with any subscription, it’s always something to consider."
I'd say that a change in the plan is a near certainty as most of the gyms and organisations that would have any interest in providing funds for this have probably already signed up. A sudden deluge of basic users will inevitably have an impact in a few months time when they start to claim vouchers, and the model then only works if (like gym membership) you get people paying for a package and then not using it enough to cover what they are paying out (i.e. paid subscribers helping to offset the cost of basic free users).

Yet another company who'll get all your personal details for very little return. Not to mention sucking the life out of your phone battery. Pass!

website crashed now as MSE has already been viewed 30k+

Wow I never knew about this. I have a Fitbit and have just started doing some exercise and walking. Thanks x

No thanks.

Waste of time and will kill the battery on your phone. People seem like they'll do anything for a fiver. Crazy.

thanks op, been waiting since nov for my bitwalking invite:s

how do i use this on a smartphone? do i just download the bounts app?

Perfect incentive to get out more :smile:

I've just signed up and the site seems to be a bit slow. I don't see my 700 points yet, is this the same for everyone else?

Signed up .. always do over 12000 steps on my fitbit everyday anyway so may as well earn for it! Thanks

Sounds good. Will check it out.

The app is free. Your deal suggests it's £5.00 so it should be in freebies and will explain why it's going cold.

I posted a bounts app deal a few weeks if not months ago now... I have the app, it's good but temperamental.