1. Press start, go outside
Use your phone or watch to track your walks and runs. Million Miles uses GPS to record your route and work out your distance, pace and time. Got an Apple Watch? Leave your phone at home if you like.
Your walks and runs, counted towards a million miles.
Million Miles tracks your activity like any running app. The difference is every mile you log is added to one shared goal, alongside everyone else who joins. It's brand new, the counter's only just started, and we're going to get there together.
Android is on the way. Get a nudge when it lands.
Just launched · day 10
Help get a million miles off the starting line.
The counter started on 25 September. Every walk and run from now is one of the very first, and the people who join now get to shape what it becomes.
Join in early46.2
miles so far
Next stop100 miles
53.8 to go. Your first walk could get us there.
11
founding members so far
How it works
Track like you always have. Count for something bigger.
2. Your miles join the total
The moment you finish, your distance is added to the community total. You'll always see exactly what you've contributed and how far there is to go.
3. We get there together
Milestones on the way to a million belong to everyone. Shared challenges, badges and a week-by-week picture of what we've all done keep it fun in between.
Together
Every mile counts.
Most fitness apps rank you against everyone else. Million Miles aims to have everyone work together on shared challenges and contribute to the same finish line. So there's a running count of what we've all done this week, challenges with a shared goal, and a place to cheer each other on.
- A week-by-week picture of what the whole community is doing
- Challenges with one shared target and their own chat
- Start a walk or run from a challenge and the miles go straight to it
- A cheer button, because a thumbs-up goes a long way on a hill
Teams
Bring your people.
Make a team for your running club, office or family and share the code. Every walk or run any of you logs goes on the team's total. Message, cheer, and follow along.
- See your team's combined mileage
- See who's been out and cheer along
- Message and chat
- Still contributing to the million miles
The app
Full-featured activity tracking, from a gentle walk to a long run.
Everything you'd expect from a good running app, for walks too. Free, with nothing locked away.
Live as you go
Your route, distance and pace as you move. Wear an Apple Watch and your heart rate zone shows too, on your wrist or your phone. Five zones for runs; easy, brisk and challenging for walks.
Splits, zones and effort
Every walk and run gets a pace chart, mile splits and where the effort went. Rate how hard it felt, starting from what your heart rate suggests, and it's saved to Apple Health for your Training Load.
Your week, and everyone's
Your own goal for the week alongside the community's progress. Works with Apple Health, so Strava or Garmin miles count too.
Badges
Celebrate the small wins.
Badges for the things that actually keep people going: showing up early, showing up late, cheering someone else on, as well as the miles.
First mile
Early Bird
Night Owl
Century
Cheerleader
12-week streak
Why
My challenge: a million miles, together.
Hi, I'm Gav. I'm a software engineer who loves hiking, running, and being outdoors.
Million Miles is my passion project: a way to find out whether, together, we can walk and run a million miles.
I wanted to build something positive, a way to encourage people to be active that's collaborative rather than competitive. Wherever you are on your fitness journey, every step does the same good for your body and mind, and every mile counts towards something we're building together.
It's completely free. No paywall, no ads, no premium tier. I cover the hosting costs myself.
I look forward to you joining me on the journey.
Gav
Is it really free?
Yes. No subscription, no locked features, no ads. It's a personal project, and Gav covers the costs.
Why do I need an account?
Each walk or run is added to the community total and kept for you across your phone and watch. Teams, challenges and chat also need to know who's who. You can look around the app first without one, and Sign in with Apple sets it up in one tap.
Do walks count, or just runs?
Both, equally. A mile is a mile, whether you walk it or run it.
Can I use kilometres?
Yes. Choose miles or kilometres in Settings and every distance and pace in the app follows, the community total included. Rather see the million in miles while you use kilometres? There's a switch for that.
What happens when we hit a million?
We'll celebrate. Then we'll decide what's next as a community.
Do you track me or show ads?
No ads, and nothing in the app tracks you. Your data is only used to run the app: your activities, your miles and the community features. It's never sold or used for advertising. The only analytics we use is on this website: Umami, a privacy-first tool that counts visits and button presses without cookies and without identifying you. The details are in our privacy policy.
What do you do with my location?
We use it to measure your activity while it's recording, and to draw your route on your own activity page. Your routes aren't shared with other people and are never sold. See our privacy policy.
Does it work with Strava or Garmin?
Yes, through Apple Health. Turn on Apple Health sync in Settings and any walk or run with a GPS route that lands in Apple Health (from Garmin, Strava, Nike Run Club or most other apps) is added to your miles. Activities you record in Million Miles are saved to Apple Health too.
Is there an Android app?
Not yet, but it's coming. Leave your email below and you'll get one message when it launches.
Is there an app for my watch?
Yes, for Apple Watch. It's included with the iPhone app: start a walk or run from your wrist, see your distance, pace, time and heart rate as you go, and pause or finish from either the watch or the phone. Add it to your watch face to start in one tap. Recording on your phone? Wear the watch and your heart rate comes along too. Miles are counted the moment you finish. Other watches work through Apple Health sync.
Can I leave my phone at home?
Yes. The Apple Watch app records on its own, with the watch's GPS and heart rate. On a watch with cellular, your miles go up as soon as you finish. Without signal, they're kept safe on the watch and upload by themselves once it's back on Wi-Fi or near your iPhone. You don't need to open anything.
A million miles to go. Come and join us.
Brand new and free on iPhone. It takes a minute to set up, then get your first miles on the board.