Lockstep for churches

Walk togetherall week long.

A step competition for your church family, Sunday school class or youth group. Everyone walks wherever they are, and the leaderboard gives you something to talk about on Sunday.

Free on the App Store, and free to join any competition. iPhone only.

A youth pastor walking with his youth group past a small brick church.
Ideas to run

Through a six-week Bible study

Start and end with your study's dates. Leave a note on your row when you need prayer or you're taking a rest day.

Custom rangePremium

Sunday school class weekly

Each class runs its own Monday-to-Sunday competition, and starts the next one the moment it ends - or sets it to repeat, so next week's starts by itself with the whole class still in.

WeeklyFreeRepeats with Premium

Pastor vs. youth pastor

Two people, one week, shown as a tug-of-war. Share the result image in the announcements.

Head-to-headFree

Premium and add-ons are only ever bought by the person who starts a competition. Everyone invited joins free. See pricing.

How it works

01

One person starts it.

Pick the format and dates, then send the invite link to the group text or print the QR code in the bulletin.

02

Everyone joins from the link.

Joining is free. Steps come from Apple Health and sync on their own, overnight included.

03

Watch it come together.

Notes on the leaderboard, a nudge when somebody passes you, and a result to share when it ends.

The leaderboard of Six Weeks in Philippians, with notes on several rows: walked to church this morning, praying for everyone this week.
Questions

What organizers ask

Does it cost anything to join?

No. Joining any competition is free for everyone, whoever started it. Only the organizer ever pays, and only for a race to a step target, a competition that repeats, one longer than two weeks, or more than three running at once.

Who can see my steps?

Only the people in competitions you join and the friends you add. No public profiles, no feed. Lockstep reads your daily step total from Apple Health and nothing else - no locations, no workouts, no heart rate.

Is the language kept clean?

Names, usernames, notes and competition names can't contain slurs or profanity.

What about people without an iPhone?

Lockstep is iPhone only. Somebody who walks with a pedometer can be added as a Family Member by a person who has the app, who then types in their steps.

Start one this week.

Download Lockstep, start a competition, and send the link. Everyone else is one tap from joining.