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How to Connect Hoot with Apple Health

Sync your steps, calories burned, and nutrition data between Hoot and Apple Health.

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Written by Patrick McCarthy
Updated over a week ago

Hoot integrates with Apple Health to bring your activity and nutrition data together in one place. Here's how to set it up.


Getting Started

There are two ways to connect:

  • From your dashboard: Scroll to the bottom of your homepage and tap the Apple Health prompt to get started.

  • From Settings: Go to Settings > Apple Health and toggle the connection on.

Either way, iOS will show a Health Access screen with two sections -- data Hoot can write and data Hoot can read. We recommend turning on all toggles for the best experience, then tap Allow.

That's it. Hoot will start syncing automatically.

Not interested right now? You can dismiss the prompt from your dashboard and enable it later from Settings whenever you're ready.

What Hoot Writes to Apple Health

When you log food, water, or weight in Hoot, the following data is shared with Apple Health:

  • Carbohydrates

  • Dietary Cholesterol

  • Dietary Energy (calories)

  • Dietary Sugar

  • Fiber

  • Protein

  • Saturated Fat

  • Sodium

  • Total Fat

  • Water

  • Weight

This means your Hoot logs automatically show up in Apple Health alongside data from your other health apps.


What Hoot Reads from Apple Health

Hoot pulls the following data from Apple Health to give you a fuller picture of your day:

  • Active Energy

  • Resting Energy

  • Steps

  • Weight

This data can come from your iPhone, Apple Watch, or any other app connected to Apple Health. You don't need an Apple Watch for this to work.

Managing Permissions

You're always in control. You can change what Hoot can read or write at any time by going to iOS Settings > Health > Data Access & Devices > Hoot.

Tips

  • If you use multiple health apps, Apple Health acts as the central hub -- Hoot fits right into that ecosystem.

  • If you previously denied permissions, you can re-enable them in iOS Settings at any time. Hoot can't see whether you denied access, so you'll need to update it from iOS Settings directly.

If you run into any issues connecting, check out our troubleshooting article or reach out to us at support@hootfitness.com.

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