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The Home Dashboard is your main view in Steps, showing your step count, activity metrics, progress toward your daily goal, and step charts.
Home Dashboard overview

Step Count Card

The main card displays your current activity:
  • Step Count - Your total steps for the selected period
  • Distance - Walking and running distance in km or miles
  • Calories - Active energy burned
  • Flights Climbed - Floors climbed (daily view only)
A progress ring surrounds the card, filling up as you approach your daily goal. The ring color changes to your “completed” theme color once you hit your goal.

Streak Badge

Your current streak count appears in the top-left corner with a flame icon. Tap it to view your full streak details, heatmap, and badge progress.

Motivational Messages

You can choose what appears below your step count in Settings > Home insight:
  • Message - A motivational quote or encouragement
  • Average - How your steps compare to your daily average
  • Off - Show nothing extra

Charts

Home Dashboard step chart
Step charts appear below the main card based on your selected view mode:
ViewChartAccess
DailyHourly step bar chartFree
Weekly7-day step bar chartPro
MonthlyMonthly step bar chartPro
Weekly and Monthly views are Pro features. You can switch between views in Settings > View steps by.
In weekly and monthly views, you can toggle between Total and Average steps using the button in the top-right corner.

Date Navigation

Swipe left or right on the step card to navigate between days, weeks, or months. A horizontal scrollable calendar strip at the bottom lets you jump to any date quickly.

Weather

When enabled in Settings, the current temperature and humidity display in the top toolbar. Toggle this in Settings > Show weather.

Refresh

Tap the refresh button in the top-right corner to manually sync your latest step data from Apple Health.