How to Log an Activity

Learn how to log daily habit activities, manual activities, and converted activities

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Written by MoveSpring Team
Updated over a week ago

Activities to log in MoveSpring

There are three types of activities you can log in MoveSpring:

  • Manual activities

  • Converted activities*

  • Daily habit activities*

It is up to your challenge admin to enable the option to log manual activities and converted activities. If you do not see the option to add these activities, it is not allowed for your challenge.

Daily habit activities are determined by challenge creators as part of daily habit challenges. You need to be participating in a daily habit challenge to see the option to log these activities.

To maintain accurate challenge scores, we recommend updating the activities you've completed daily. If you forget to log an activity, you'll be able to log within the past 7 days if needed. Learn more about logging each type of activity below.

*Note: The MoveSpring website (app.movespring.com) will not allow you to log converted and daily habit activities. You must access MoveSpring from the mobile app in order to log these activities.

Deleting logged activities

For detailed instructions on deleting logged activities in MoveSpring, click here.

Video instructions

Logging manual activities

Manual activity entry allows you to add activities with optional accompanying steps, distance, and active minutes totals into your MoveSpring account. Data added through manual activity entry will be combined with any device data synced for the day. You can also choose to enter a manual activity without any associated activity data.

Note: Your challenge admin must enable manual activity entry. If you do not see the option to add manual activities, it is not allowed for your challenge.

How to log a manual activity from the mobile app

  1. From your dashboard, select the floating “+” icon in the bottom right corner, or select the Add activity button:

  2. Select the Manual activity button or select a recent manual activity to log. Enter your activity name, optional associated steps, distance, and/or active minutes totals, and select the corresponding date. By default, the date will be set to today. Select Save to save your entry to your account.

  3. Once your activity has been added, you’ll see a confirmation at the bottom of your screen confirming that your activity has been saved:

    Learn more about manual activities here.

Logging converted activities

The activity converter allows you to convert time spent performing common activities (cycling, yoga, pilates, etc.) into steps and distance straight from the MoveSpring mobile app. Data added through converted activities will be combined with any device data synced for the day.

Note: Your challenge admin must enable the activity converter. If you do not see the option to add converted activities, it is not allowed for your challenge.

How to log converted activities from the mobile app

  1. From your dashboard, select the floating “+” icon in the bottom right corner, or select the Add activity button:

  2. Select the Convert activity button or select a recent converted activity to log. Choose your activity, select your activity duration, and select the corresponding date. By default, the date will be set to today. Select Calculate to review the converted totals.

  3. When reviewing the conversion, you have the option to select which metrics you want added to your daily activity. You can choose to add 1, 2, or all 3 metrics, depending on what your device has already credited you for. Simply check the metric(s) you want added, and then select Save activity to save your entry to your account:

  4. Once your activity has been added, you’ll see a confirmation at the bottom of your screen confirming that your activity has been saved:

    Learn more about converted activities here.

Logging daily habit activities

If you're participating in a daily habit challenge, you will have the option to log a daily habit activity from the MoveSpring mobile app. The activities you can log will be specified by your challenge admin or the challenge creator.

Log a daily habit activity from the mobile app

To log a daily habit activity for today from your dashboard, select the activity from your Log a daily habit section and then swipe to complete the designated action. Select View challenge to see updated challenge scores, or Done to return to your dashboard.

To log a daily habit activity for a previous day from your dashboard, select the activity from your Log a daily habit section. Adjust the date accordingly (within the past 7 days) and swipe to mark the activity as complete.

Log a daily habit activity from your challenge in the app

To log a daily habit activity from your challenge, open your challenge and locate your daily habit challenge mode. Select the activity nickname and swipe to complete the action. Select “Done” to return to your challenge, or “View challenge” to see detailed challenge stats.

By selecting View stats for your daily habit mode, you can open the “My stats” tab. From here, you can see a detailed view of your challenge stats. Select View logged activity to open your Daily Goals Log, where you can view your previous daily goals and whether or not you completed the activity for the day. Tap to edit a logged activity for the past 7 days.

Learn more about daily habit challenges here.

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