Post #1750556

2026-04-28 16:14 UTC

I'm delighted to be able to show off Pedometer++ v8. It is a top-to-bottom redesign of the watchOS app. Pedometer++ has been on the watch since the very beginning. This feels like the culmination of more than a decade of both UX, design and low level technical learnings over those years. To start with the home screen has been clarified to be more legible at a glance. With some incredibly fun (to use and to make) animations to celebrate when you reach your goal.

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@_Davidsmith@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 16:16

I've spent the last five years working towards having the best possible mapping experience on the wrist possible. This has involved building a completely custom mapping engine which runs natively on the watch and working with a cartographer to create a highly legible dark mode map. I use it for all the navigation on my longer walks and once you have a map on your wrist it is hard to go back.

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@ashah@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 16:14

@_Davidsmith so good

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@stroughtonsmith@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 16:16

@_Davidsmith beautiful

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@gedeonm@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 17:15

@_Davidsmith great work! Love the redesign. 👍

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@tvaziri@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 17:30

@_Davidsmith GIMMMMMEEEE

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@dkatri@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 18:25

@_Davidsmith really nice update! It looks so great. It’s annoying that with WatchOS updating the app on my phone didn’t auto update the watch app, but this is just one of a million watchOS papercuts.

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@ramarope@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 18:46

@_Davidsmith CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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@yertle@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 19:23

@_Davidsmith I want it! Any tricks to manually updating the watch app? I’ve never really tried this before, but updating in the App Store on the Watch claims it’s done if, but it really hasn’t. I tried a reboot too

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@ockali@mastodon.social 2026-04-28 20:11

@_Davidsmith Can’t wait to use the new version on my hike next week 😊

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@jarrod@micro.blog 2026-04-28 20:16

@_Davidsmith @ismh86 @imyke Congrats on the big update, everyone! The Expedition Mode and updated maps look super useful for my work as a guide. Does it support sending tracked workouts to Strava yet? Last I checked, Strava wouldn’t recognize/import P++ workouts from Health.

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@andymcmillan@xoxo.zone 2026-04-29 06:57

@_Davidsmith Went for a walk this evening just to watch the animation tick up to 10,000. Beautiful work, huge improvement! Congrats on the update! /cc @rafa

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@Firewire@theforkiverse.com 2026-04-30 15:50

@_Davidsmith Just enjoyed a watch-only run through a new neighborhood. The map was a huge help! I messed up though, and was paused for a solid half mile. A “hey dummy, you paused at that crosswalk and now you’re running again” warning would be a great addition.

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@dkhamsing@sfba.social 2026-05-07 15:26

@_Davidsmith@mastodon.social wow well done

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