# Promoted! — Walk your way up the ladder

> Walk your way up the ladder (iPhone/iPad app by TOMOYA KOTAKE.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/promoted/id6814320752 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [TOMOYA KOTAKE](https://appshunter.io/developer/6808781133)
- Category: Games, Casual, Simulation
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 20 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-01
- Data updated: 2026-11-10

## What is Promoted!?

Every step you take becomes points.
Points get you promoted. Simple enough, right?

You start at Square One. No money, no salary.
Move, and you climb. Sit still, and you stay right where you are.

■ Three things to do
1. Install the app
2. Walk. Move.
3. Open it now and then to watch yourself climb
Steps are read automatically from the Health app. You do not need the game open — whatever you walked is added the next time you open it.

■ Apple Watch alone is enough
Because the app reads from the Health app, activity recorded while your iPhone was elsewhere counts too. You do not need to carry it to play soccer or go swimming.

■ Harder exercise is worth more
Per minute: yoga 70 pt, walking 100, strength training 140, dance 180, ball sports 200, swimming and cycling 230, high-intensity training 280.
These follow the relative intensity (METs) of each activity.
Cycling is detected by your iPhone automatically. There is nothing to start or stop.
Cycling and workouts together count up to 180 minutes a day.

■ Payday is midnight, every day
Higher ranks pay a higher monthly salary.
Your money accrues on its own, so it grows while you sleep.
A regular bonus arrives every sixth payday, and a promotion bonus every time you move up.

■ Two things to spend money on
"Invest" raises the multiplier on your salary.
"Hired a financial planner!"
"Bought a property and rented it out"
"Signed with a private bank"

"Study" raises the points you earn — which means you get promoted faster.
"Started reading the paper every day"
"Started breakfast seminars"
"Started language lessons"
Study has three slots, and buying the same slot again moves it up a level. The paper becomes a second subscription, then a third. The slots multiply together.

■ The ranks so far
Square One → Living at Home → Job Hunting → Part-Timer → Small Firm Staff → Manager → President → Midsize Firm Staff → Manager → Director → President
Once you leave the part-time life and join a company, the street you walk down changes. From a back street to a busier shopping arcade. Join a midsize firm and you reach the edge of the business district.
Updates will keep adding ranks, from large firms up to the head of a global company.
Points you have banked are never lost at the top rank. When new ranks arrive, what you saved promotes you automatically.

■ What the app reads
From the Health app: your step count, flights of stairs climbed, and your workouts.
From iOS Motion & Fitness: whether or not you were cycling.
Both are used only to calculate points. The app does not use location data, and it never writes anything to the Health app.
What it reads, along with your money, rank and points, is stored only on this device.
There is no server.
There are no ads and no analytics. Not even the developer can see your data.
You can play without granting access, but your steps and exercise will stay at zero. Once you have been promoted, your salary keeps accruing either way. You can change the permissions at any time in the iOS Settings app.

■ About the delay
Steps are read from the Health app.
It takes a little while for data to reach Health, so the number may not move right after a walk.

■ This is for you if
· You want a reason to walk
· You exercise with an Apple Watch but only ever look at the numbers
· You get around by bike
· You installed a pedometer app and got bored of staring at it
· You want a small point to your commute or your evening walk

■ Deleting your data
In the app, Settings tab → "Start over" clears your money, rank, points, investments and studies.
Deleting the app does the same. Because the data exists only on your device, deleting the app removes it completely.

The people and job titles in this game are fictional. No disrespect is intended toward anyone in any walk of life.

Questions and bug reports: kotake.t@icloud.com

## Is Promoted! safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Promoted!.

## Is Promoted! legit?

Promoted! appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Promoted! is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 4 releases)

### 1.3 — 2026-11-09

Your past activity now counts.

Until now the app only counted days after it switched to reading from the Health app. From this version it looks back over the past 30 days and recounts them under the current rules. Workouts you did before the switch — and steps from days when you only wore your Apple Watch — are added retroactively.

Cycling recorded by Apple Watch was not being counted at all. That is fixed. The app now reads cycling from the Health app as well as from your iPhone's own detection, and uses the longer of the two, never the sum.

The app is now available in English. You can switch between English and Japanese in the Settings tab.

### 1.2 — 2026-10-15

Apple Watchだけで動いた分も、数えられるようになりました。

■ ヘルスケアから読み取るようになりました
これまでは、iPhone本体の歩数計から読み取っていました。
そのため、iPhoneを置いてApple Watchだけで運動した分は、ヘルスケアには記録されていてもこのアプリには入りませんでした。
バージョン1.2からは、ヘルスケアから読み取ります。iPhoneを持たずにApple Watchだけで動いた分もポイントになります。
※ヘルスケアに届くまで少し時間がかかるため、歩いた直後は数字が動かないことがあります。

■ 運動の種類を数えるようになりました
運動強度によって、1分あたりのポイントに傾斜配点を設けています。
ヨガ・ストレッチ　70pt
歩き　　　　　　 100pt
筋トレ　　　　　 140pt
ダンス・縄跳び　 180pt
球技（サッカー・バスケ・テニスなど）　200pt
水泳・自転車　　 230pt
HIIT・格闘技　　 280pt
運動の強度（METs）の比を目安にしています。ランニングとウォーキングは歩数にもう入っているため、二重には数えません。

■ 自転車を1分230ptに引き上げました
水泳と同じ強度なので傾斜配分をそろえました。これまでは1分100ptでした。

■ 自転車と運動は合わせて1日180分まで
上限に達したときは、1分あたりのポイントが高い運動から先に数えます。

■ ランクを4つ増やしました
中規模企業 平社員 → 課長 → 部長 → 社長
小規模企業の社長の先が解放されました。

■ オフィス街を歩けるようになりました
中規模企業に入ると、商店街を抜けてオフィス街の入口に変わります。

■ そのほか
・歩数の記録を30日までさかのぼって拾えるようになりました。しばらく開かなかった日もデータを読みに行きます。
・一度に複数のランクが上がったとき、「3ランク昇進！」のように回数が出るようになりました。
・記録タブに「運動」の欄が増えました。

これからも、中規模企業の先のランクを順に増やしていきます。

### 1.1 — 2026-10-04

自転車に乗った時間も、ポイントになりました。

・自転車の時間を、1分＝100歩ぶんとして数えます。ふつうに歩くと1分で約100歩なので、時間あたり同じ値打ちです。自転車かどうかはiPhoneが自動で判定するので、何かを押す必要はありません。「記録」タブで確認できます。

・ランクを3つ追加しました。アルバイトの先に「小規模企業 平社員」「課長」「社長」。

・会社員になると、歩く街が変わります。下町から、少しにぎやかな商店街へ。

・「自己研鑽」を追加しました。新聞・朝活セミナー・英会話にお金を使うと、もらえるポイント自体が増えて、出世が速くなります。同じ枠をもう一度買うと、次の段に進みます。

・「自己投資」に3段追加しました。不動産、資産運用の会社、プライベートバンク。

・不具合を直しました。月給が0円の日（ホームレスの間）も「給料日」として数えてしまい、6回ごとの定期ボーナスが0円のまま消費されていました。

### 1.0 — 2026-10-02

No release notes.

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