How to Connect Your Fitness Tracker to Cadoo
Connect Your Fitness Tracker to Cadoo in Minutes
Cadoo turns your daily workouts into real-money fitness games. Cadoo verifies your activity automatically, so there is no honor system. Whether you wear a Garmin, Fitbit, Apple Watch, or another wearable, this guide shows how your activity reaches Cadoo today.
How Trackers Work With Cadoo Today
Cadoo reads your daily steps from your phone's health app: Apple Health on iPhone and Google Health Connect on Android. Garmin and other wearables count on Cadoo through Apple Health (iPhone) or Health Connect (Android). Fitbit counts through Health Connect on Android. Sync your tracker to your phone's health app the way you already do, and Cadoo picks up your steps automatically. A direct Garmin Connect integration is coming next.
- iPhone: Apple Health, including steps from your iPhone, Apple Watch, and any wearable that syncs to Apple Health
- Android: Google Health Connect, including steps from your phone and any wearable that syncs to Health Connect, such as Fitbit
- Pushups, situps, squats, pullups, dips, and planks: CadooVision counts and verifies every rep with your phone camera, so no wearable is needed
Step-by-Step Setup Guide
Step 1: Sync Your Tracker to Your Phone's Health App
Open your tracker's companion app (for example Garmin Connect) and turn on step syncing to Apple Health on iPhone or Health Connect on Android. For Fitbit, use the Fitbit app on an Android phone and turn on syncing to Health Connect. If you only use your phone or an Apple Watch, your steps are already there.
Step 2: Let Cadoo Read Your Steps
Launch the Cadoo app on your iPhone or Android device. When Cadoo asks, allow it to read your steps from Apple Health or Health Connect.
Step 3: Start a Game
Join a step game and your synced steps count automatically. For pushups, situps, squats, pullups, dips, and planks, CadooVision checks your reps with the camera.
What Data Does Cadoo Use?
- Steps: Daily step counts from Apple Health (iPhone) or Health Connect (Android), including steps your wearable syncs there
- Reps and holds: Pushups, situps, squats, pullups, dips, and plank time, verified by CadooVision
Troubleshooting Common Sync Issues
Steps Not Showing in Cadoo
If your steps are not appearing in Cadoo, try these steps:
- Open your tracker's companion app (Garmin Connect, Fitbit app, etc.) and make sure it has synced recently
- Open Apple Health or Health Connect and check that today's steps are there
- Check that Cadoo has permission to read steps in Apple Health or Health Connect
- Force-close the Cadoo app and reopen it
Data Appears Delayed
Step data may take a few minutes to reach Cadoo. This is normal. The data flows from your wearable to its companion app, then to your phone's health app, then to Cadoo. Allow a few minutes for new steps to appear.
Ready to Get Started?
Download Cadoo from the App Store or Google Play, sync your steps, and start turning your workouts into winnings today.
Cadoo works for everyone, whether you're a fitness brand looking to boost fitness brand marketing and engagement through branded fitness challenges, a corporate wellness program manager building employee wellness and workplace fitness challenge initiatives for team building fitness and employee engagement, a personal trainer or fitness professional motivating clients through group fitness and coaching, or a family looking for a family fitness challenge and community fitness experience. With real money on the line, Cadoo is the ultimate fitness motivation and workout accountability tool: the fitness challenge app where you get paid to exercise with money motivation fitness. Challenge your friends in a group fitness challenge, try fitness with friends, or start a neighborhood fitness movement. For brands, explore fitness sponsorship and fitness brand activation opportunities with fitness instructor partnerships.
Questions? Contact Tim Parsa, Co-Founder and CEO of Cadoo: the fitness gaming platform. Reach out at tim@cadoo.io