Quick Steps vs Recess

Quick Steps is a fitness app to help improve your running cadence (steps per minute). 180 steps per minute has been recognised as the ideal running cadence. By increasing your cadence, you will be able to run faster and will be less prone to certain types of injury. The free version of Quick Steps defaults to a cadence of 180 steps per minute and will display your current cadence and activity time. It will also play a step-sound at 180 beats per minute to allow you to synchronise your cadence to 180. Through in-app purchase, you can change the target cadence to suit your needs. Using this feature, you can ease towards 180 steps per minute. If you put Quick Steps in the background the sound will continue to play, allowing you to add cadence training to your workout alongside other fitness apps. Quick Steps still tracks your activity, even in the background. At the end of your run, hold down the stop button to finish and show a summary of your activity, including an average cadence.

Sit less. Move more. You already know sitting all day isn't great for you, but willpower alone rarely breaks the habit. Recess makes movement the path of least resistance. Every so often, during the hours you choose, Recess asks you to stand up and do a short set of squats, counted automatically by your camera, entirely on your device. Then you're back, a little less sedentary than a minute ago. Recess is free. Squat breaks on your own rhythm, and this month's record, cost nothing. No card, nothing to start. It's built on a simple, research-backed idea: breaking up long stretches of sitting with brief, frequent movement does more for your energy, focus, and long-term health than a single workout can undo. How it works • Choose your break rhythm, and the hours and days it runs • When a break comes, stand up and do a few reps, and the camera counts them for you • Move, and you're back to what you were doing Why you'll keep it • A gentle nudge, not a lecture. No shame, no streaks to guilt you • The camera never records or saves anything; rep detection happens on your device • Your motion data stays on your phone • Your settings follow you to a new phone Recess Premium • Pause the apps that pull at you, until you move • Every exercise: sit-to-stands, lunges, pushups, jumping jacks and more • Your whole record, every month, never reset Free for 7 days, then a yearly subscription. Cancel anytime. Move a little, often. Your body, and your afternoon focus, will thank you. *** Recess Premium is an auto-renewing yearly subscription. After a 7-day free trial, it renews annually at the price shown on this page and in the app unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://recesshabit.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://recesshabit.com/privacy.html