Fitbit Sync From Apple Health Reviews

by Kims2cute

I got this because Fitbit pushes calories burned info to an app that tracks food calories logged minus Fitbit active calories to show my net calorie gain or loss. My Fitbit watch got destroyed. I replaced it with an Apple Watch. FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth syncs my steps, but now Fitbit pushes 800 active calories burned. Normally I have to walk 15,000 steps To burn 500 active calories. Now I’m getting 2,700 calories burned no matter how much I walk or don’t walk. This completely defeats the purpose for me. I contacted customer support. They asked for a screen shot. I sent it and haven’t heard from them since. I was waiting to see if they could fix the problem before leaving a review, but no solution and no refund. Waisted my money and time! I would like a refund, please.

by -nonni 7

I had to purchase my Fitbit for my insurance company perks and my doctor was wanting me to get it to see my sleep pattern. This was a few Cayears ago. I have Fitbit Charger 2. I used it for a while then stopped. I had gotten a new PCP and she wants all diabetic and heart patients to wear one. She's also interested in sleep pattern. I needed a new watch anyways....
I'm having to check glucose. That Bluetooth to the glucose app. That app costs $4.99 a month Fitbit premium costs$9.99 a month and now FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth wants to charge a costly fee just to have it in one spot. Plus Apple Health has a monthly fee. What the heck. I understand that it costs money to develop apps but gosh come on. Can't you all work together and have one smaller fee? Can't there be a bundle fee? Also, what about a free trial to see if we even like it or if it actually works best? Fitbit premium even gives a month free trial. Come on people. People like me who are disabled cannot afford all of this each month. My biggest complaint with the"free" part of FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth is they only do steps. I really need sleep pattern also. I cannot add that manually.

by Bonesandbob

FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth worked sporadically until about 2 months ago. Now, it does not work at all. Reached out to support and they gave me a couple of things to try to get it working but then basically said “oh well sorry you can’t use our app”. I would not have an issue with this if it were FREE, but I paid money for this! Until you see the most recent reviews improving, DON’T waste your money! If you look at all the most recent reviews, you will see I am not alone- and no reply or updates from the developer re: this!!! Nice racket they got going on!!!
OLD review -
FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth is certainly worth downloading if you are trying to use an Apple Watch to track on Fitbit app. The only problem is that it doesn’t upload data to Fitbit consistently. At least half the time I have to force it to upload. I contacted the developer and let them know this was the case. I was given a few steps to try to improve it but none of them worked. The other my fitness sync seems to do a lot better at uploading.

by KimBZ86

I was super excited when I discover FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth. I recently switched to an Apple Watch and miss the fun of the Fitbit community. After downloading and paying for FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth, it seemed to work at first. Then, shortly after I discovered it did not accurately sync my steps from my Apple health app. I contacted FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth developer, Bickster and worked with them through email to figure out why the steps are not syncing properly. Through providing them screenshots and following their suggestions, we never got it to work and they never figured out why it does not work either. So, I contact Fitbit to find out if they have an answer. The problem was solved within the same day. Since FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth is 3rd party, and NOT approved by Fitbit, when syncing, the steps were added as a manual entry. Fitbit does not track these entries. When I notified Bickster of my findings, I asked for a refund. A week had past and no response yet. Which lead me to give them this one star review.

by Heygiggle

I purchased both this myFitnessSync Health to Fitbit and the original myFitnessSync apps, paying nearly $10 for the pair. I was firstly enthusiastic about this purchase because it does assist with conjoining all health information to the Apple Health app. However, the supposed automatic communication has yet to function, despite tweaking permissions. By my experience, syncing only occurs manually by pressing the “Sync Now” button. In addition, because I had not manually synced my information through the Fitbit to phone prior to going to bed, when I synced in the morning, it only registered my movements when my phone was on my person. As a result, over 8,000 steps and 78 active minutes, water etc. recorded by my Fitbit are missing on both my Apple Health app and Fitbit app. I tried syncing with the other myFitnessSync app as well to remedy the error, and it did nothing.

by Delishjess88

USELESS!!!!! FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth does nothing! I simply wanted to see my steps added up for the week since my family all has Fitbit (I recently got an Apple Watch) and it’s completely inaccurate! It will sync (sometimes)- I typically get 9-11k steps a day (on my Apple Watch) yet my weekly total is less than 30k. I’m not trying to do the competitions or anything (that definitely doesn’t work anyways) but at the very least tally up the count for one week. What is the point then? Apparently that is counted as “competition” for Fitbit- so it blocks you on the weekly total.

Not to mention it gives me “active minutes” at midnight and says I “worked out” 7 days a week. Totally worthless. I’d like my money back thanks. And you can have your app back.

Yes I contacted support and no it was not helpful nor did it solve any of the issues.

by Unce Unce Unce!!!

I have an Apple Watch so I purchased FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth so I could transfer my steps from my watch to the health app and then to the Fitbit app to track my steps to compete with my friend since none of them have apple watches but they all have fitbits instead and after following all the steps in your guideline I still cannot sync them together. Purchased this thinking it would work but what a waste of money. Doesn’t count any of my steps unless I have my phone on me and even then it glitches and states that I haven’t walked at all. It won’t count my steps in the challenge section which makes no sense to me but whatever. Currently at 8k but FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth states I’m only at 3k since it won’t transfer any data from my health app to the Fitbit app. Seems like you guys have some bugs to fix. I’ve reset everything countless times and still nothing.

by Micheleleewv

I purchased both apple to fitbit and fitbit to apple as a bundle a while back. At first I only used the fitbit to apple but recently decided to wear my Apple Watch more so decided to sync todays info from my watch to Fitbit. First, When I went to use the apple to Fitbit I had to purchase it again. Ok… only $5 … not worth complaining about. Later today I go to my Fitbit and realize everything seems off. I realized that All of my step activity on fit bit for the last several years was overridden by the apple health info which is totally inaccurate bc it’s based primarily on what my phone (and not my Apple Watch) has been recording. This is so frustrating. I deleted FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth that cost me $5 that I had already paid for just so I could
Lose all my previous Fitbit activity data!

by Jneate

Since the developers of FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth seem to love using general terminology to describe what FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth does, allow me. FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth DOES NOT SYNC STEPS.

The giveaway that I should have paid attention to is that last screenshot in FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth ’s description - you’ll notice it does not show steps because Fitbit won’t allow them to sync it. They claim that Fitbit will not allow steps to count towards goals or challenges, but what they really mean is that it doesn’t track, import or sync steps at all. Only distance, weight (which I can’t even get to sync), and body fat % (allegedly).

What it does do is take the weight and distance walked/ran each day and add it as an exercise in your Fitbit account. If you’re trying to find a way to get your Apple Watch or HealthKit steps data onto a compatible platform that is supported by your employer’s health program FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth will NOT do that. 5 star reviews claiming it does are either lying or a developer for that app itself.

Not saying FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth doesn’t work. I guess it does in some way. I just feel like the description says in multiple places that it syncs steps and it doesn’t. Sure isn’t worth $5 for just throwing distances into your Fitbit account.

by MZimm413

I have used FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth to sync my health information from my Apple Watch to my Fitbit app for about a week now and have noticed that it does not transfer information correctly. Every day for the past week it has recorded my “burned” calories as 2,844. Every. Single. Day... if I go to my health app on my phone for the past week every day varies from 4,000 to over 5,000 total calories burned.
If you use the Fitbit app to log water and food this will at least give you a base to go off of for calorie deficit. Just know the burned calories is not that accurate.
Can the developers fix this to read total calories or burned calories more correctly?

by Aslderr

FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth is alright. It technically imports my steps but it doesn’t count all of the ones from my Apple Watch. It also counts as exercise each day when it imports them so I always meet my 5 day goal according to Fitbit now. I was sad to leave the Fitbit app because of the nice layout and I’ve been using it for years. I wish I knew how crappy this was going to work before I got my Apple Watch. When I read it could work, I was excited to still get to use the Fitbit app because of myFitnessSync. I wish I didn’t waste the $6 but now I also wish I went with the Fitbit smart watches instead.

by Pocket626

I could not see the steps dashboard in the Fitbit app after I deleted my old Fitbit. I needed to link the Fitbit app to my mobile device. STEPS are now showing in the Fitbit app, but it’s not pulling in the exact steps immediately after syncing. However, I checked the last two days of steps, the total daily steps exported to Fitbit does matches my Apple Watch. I am happy with this. Hope this information helps someone.

by Baldo.13

It used to sync really well with Apple watch 3 series, but since I decided to upgrade to Apple watch 5 it does not sync, it does not even show on the field list. So, I've been syncing the steps using my iPhone 11 pro, but it does not sync well it shows less steps on fitbit app than what it says on health app. I like FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth I hope apple watch 5 is fixed for proper functionality.

Update : it seems that FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth sees my apple watch 5 as Apple watch 3. So, it is working now.

by Mo1234123489

I wasn't sure if I'd be able to sync my data from Apple Health to Fitbit until I found FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth. That's exactly what it does. I bought an Apple Watch when I switched over to iPhone because everybody loves Apple and it made sense to use one platform for all of my different devices. The thing is, I have years worth of data in Fitbit. I'm also not a huge fan of Apple Health, I just like the Fitbit layout better and I'm more used to it. FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth is perfect for people like me. Every day, it automatically transfers my data from my Apple Wach to the Fitbit app. I can keep using the Apple Watch I got and see how I'm progressing compared to my years of data on fitbit. FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth company also has an app that transfers your Fitbit history to Apple but i got this one because i'd rather keep using Fitbit then switch to Apple Health. I might get that app if I ever decide to mainly use Apple Health, but for now FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth is perfect. I use it every day so it's been a great value for the price. I am definitely satisfied with FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth, I recommend it to anyone who wants to sync from Apple to Fitbit.

by Tchami69

FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth is really easy to use. My steps sync automatically from my Apple Watch to my Fitbit app every day like clockwork. It took maybe 5 minutes to set it up and I haven’t had to touch it since. I like my Apple Watch a lot better than my Fitbit, but I like the Fitbit app a lot more than the Apple health app for everyday use. I just find it a lot easier to use. I had a Fitbit versa for a long time but the Apple Watch has other awesome features that make it more useful in my life. My years of data are in my Fitbit app too, so it’s nice to keep using using the Fitbit app and have access to all my historical Fitbit data plus my new Apple health data. There are so many exercise apps these days, I’ve found keeping my data in one place keeps me a little bit more sane. The health to Fitbit sync app can’t sync your data to fitbits challenges with friends and family, which is kind of a bummer. I read on a fitbit support page that Fitbit restricts access to third party apps for challenges so I guess theres not much they can do about it. With that one issue aside, FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth works great and does exactly what it says it does.

by RickdSD

Works to copy step counts from Apple Health to Fitbit app. I sort of think that all of these apps that call what they do “syncing” are really just copying. To me true syncing would involve a solution that could address all situations: steps wearing Apple Watch only; steps carrying iPhone only; steps wearing Fitbit only; steps wearing both Apple Watch and Fitbit. Syncing would compare all step counts and their time stamps to avoid duplicating steps or missing steps. At the end of a sync all device and app step counts would be accurate and identical. Does any app do this now?

by Buzzyrey

I recently got an Apple Watch after having had two Fitbits. I was getting ready to take the watch back & get another Fitbit because I wasn’t able to sync the watch to the Fitbit App and that meant no more participating in challenges etc... I googled how I could try to do it, and read about FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth. IF...you open FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth and hit Sync & THEN open the Fitbit app it works PERFECTLY!!! You just have to go into the Fitbit app once, and act like you’re setting up a new device and choose “Fitbit Mobile Track”. Then it will sync with the phone & the watch via FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth. Best $3.99 I ever spent!!
Can’t say enough thanks for making FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth available!!!!!!

by Tom11234567

I like using the Fitbit app to view all my fitness data like steps and weight, but I track my steps with my iPhone and Apple Watch. I saw a couple reviews that mention that app didn’t work for them, but FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth has worked flawless for me everyday. Like many of the other reviews that were very positive FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth work just as advertised. Syncs all my steps and weight data from Apple Health to my Fitbit account. FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth allows me to use them and still view my daily and weekly activity and goals in the Fitbit app. I also can share my activity with friends and family to keep us all motivated. Which is super important! I have multiple ways to record my weight data which gets saved to Apple Health. Using FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth I can sync my weight data from the Health app to the Fitbit app. I recently bought an Fitbit Aria scale and FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth has worked very well syncing the data to Apple Health. Looking forward to more from FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth.

by Llllllllllllllllll123456

FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth worked. I’m not sure why people are saying FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth doesn’t work. After allowing FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth access to my Apple Health data and selecting my Apple Watch as a source FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth sync my exact Apple Watch steps to Fitbit every day. The syncs real fast and only thing I do once in a while to make sure everything is ready to sync is launch the Activity app on my phone. That forces your phone to sync with your Apple Watch and gives you the number of steps that are on the watch. I also sync my weight using Withings scale. The scale sync with the health mate app which syncs with Apple Health and all I have to do is select health mate as my weight source and my weight data get sent to Fitbit the same time my steps do. I can now use the Fitbit dashboard on phone and on the web to view my Apple Watch steps. I don't have to use the Apple Health app and the Fitbit app to view my daily steps and my goals. Makes my life a lot easier. I wish I knew about FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth sooner. Highly recommend.

by Jjessie8675309

I lost my fitbit on a cruise :( so now i'm using my husbands old apple watch. I am obviously depressed about losing my fitbit, but i was especially sad that if i switched to apple watch i wouldn't have all my fitbit data. I also think apple health is not as good as the fitbit dashboard which i'm more used to. I feel like a genius for discovering FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth haha. It syncs my apple watch steps into fitbit so even though i lost my fitbit, i haven't really lost it. If you know what i mean. I just wear the apple watch and all my steps and weight go straight into fitbit, so i can keep using the dashboard that i like and see my weight in comparison to the past few years were i was tracking it with fitbit. FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth only does 30 days of history but that was fine with me because i started using it right when we got back from the cruise. FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth doesn't alwasy sync automatically but most of the time it does, and if it doesn't and you want your steps you can just go into FitbitSyncFromAppleHealth and hit sync now, it takes about 5 seconds.