DH got a fitbit for his birthday and has used it for 6 moths steady -- he has diabetes and is very sedentary but he faithfully counts his steps. You don't need to have an iphone to use the app -- Windows phone has an app and I think the android does too. He likes to check his progress, but he adjusted his goal of steps down from 10000. The most he moved was when he helped me clean house for Christmas company.