Changing An Activity Type on iPhone & Android

We offer a selection of the most common activity types to track for both GPS and Stopwatch Mode. To select your activity type before tracking, follow these steps!

Change Activity Type on iPhone

• Go to the Start tab in the app and locate the grid with 4 boxes at the bottom of the screen (be sure the header selected on the start tab is Quickstart)
• Tap the Activity box and select the activity type you want to track (running, walking, cycling, hiking, etc.).
  • If you want to switch from GPS to Stopwatch Mode, you can do that on this screen by tapping the Stopwatch Mode switch to on. If the switch is grey, that means GPS Mode is enabled. A blue switch means Stopwatch Mode is enabled. 
  • Stopwatch Mode should be used for any indoor, non-GPS activities (treadmill, elliptical, weight lifting, etc.).

Change Activity Type on Android

• Go to your Start tab in the app and locate the grid with 4 boxes at the bottom of the screen.
• Tap the Activity box and select the activity type you want to track (running, walking, cycling, hiking, etc.).
  • If you want to switch from GPS to Stopwatch Mode, you can do so by tapping on your preferred mode at the top of this screen.
  • Stopwatch Mode should be used for any indoor, non-GPS activities (treadmill, elliptical, weight lifting, etc.)

To change the activity type of an already existing activity, check out this article.

*Got more questions, contact our support team at support@runkeeper.com!