Here is a quick summary of how they are calculated:

• Late mornings: If your first registered movement of the day is after a certain time in the morning.
• Second Breakfast: If you have moved around, but then take a break between certain times in the morning.
• Elevenses: Similar to second breakfast but somewhat later.
• Afternoon Tea: Also similar but in the afternoon.

Mr Underhill is very fast indeed! He is in a great hurry as the fate of the world rests on his shoulders. Still, he does take a couple of very long breaks along the way (it is hard to blame him when there is elven food, wine and song on the menu). If you want to challenge him then you should aim at averaging at least 8 miles (13 km) per day, with “Paddling bonus” turned on.

Luckily, for those of us that identify more with the the average halfling, there are other challengers to choose from.

Yes. Just make sure that Fantasy Hike has access to your Apple Health “Running + Walking Distance” data.

Short answer

You can use a third-party app to sync your Fitbit data to Apple Health and this will work ok. However, make sure that your third-party app supports synching the "Walking + Running Distance" data.

Long answer

Fantasy Hike does currently not integrate directly with Fitbit. We are hoping we will be able to do a Fitbit integration in the future.

However if the data from Fitbit is reported to Apple Health then Fantasy Hike can pick it up from there. Unfortunately Fitbit does not report the data to Apple Health but there are several third-party apps available for this.

The third party apps that we have tried reports one long ‘walking activity’ that spans the complete day. Fantasy Hike has previously had problems picking up data reported this way from Apple Health but that issue has been resolved in version 1.2.3.

However when walking activity is reported this way Apple Health will distribute the distance throughout the complete day and this has some side-effects.

• Apple Health will have a harder time merging the walking data from your Fitbit device with that from your iPhone. The result may be that the distance is Apple Health sometimes is greater than your actual walking distance.
• Some of the stats in Fantasy Hike (such as ‘Early mornings’) are based on when during the day you walk. If data is distributed to all the hours of the day these stats will not work correctly.
• Fantasy Hike will not pick up data that is ‘in the future’. This can result in Fantasy Hike ‘lagging behind’ during the day but eventually be on track again at midnight.

If you know a Fitbit synch app that reports “Walking + Running distance” to Apple Health in a more detailed manner, please let us know!

You can see how an app reports data to Apple Health here:

Go to:

This will let you search for all data that has been reported since your quest started.

Fantasy Hike does not yet have a way to report data manually directly in the app. However you can report data manually in the Health App and then Fantasy Hike will ‘pick it up’ from there.

You can report data manually here:

You can do this in the Health app:

Then verify that Fantasy Hike is allowed to read Walking + Running Distance.

No. Fantasy Hike uses the “Walking + Running distance” activity. However, sometimes you may receive notifications of quest progress when you drive. Apps in the background are not active all the time, Fantasy Hike “wakes up” in the background when iOS allows it and checks if there is any updates. This can result in a short delay in receiving the notifications of your progress.

No, not currently.

If you choose to create a Fantasy Hike account then the data that you share with your friends is saved on our servers but your complete quest history is not. If you want to transfer your quest to a new phone see “How do I transfer my Quest to my new phone”.

If you use Apple's Quick Start or if you use an iCloud backup to set up your new phone then your Fantasy Hike quest should be transfered as well.

You can also manually save your quest and then load it on your new phone. You save/load your quest here:

If you have lost your old phone then contact us, and we can see if we can help you recreate your quest.

'Unlimited Distance' is a one time purchase that unlocks unlimited walk distance per day. This is a good option for users that don't want a subscription and that are happy with the basic features.

The Premium subscriptions are reoccurring subscriptions that provides access both to 'Unlimited Distance', but also to sharing data with your friends and to see your friends on your map and in the fantasy world. They also give access to some more premium avatars.

Providing the friends features comes with continuous costs in form of cloud servers, maintenance and support. Since we have chosen to keep Fantasy Hike ad-free we can’t provide these features without a reoccurring income.

The one-time purchase 'Unlimited Distance' is available for users that do not want the friend features.

The 'Premium', 'Premium Family' and 'Premium Hero' subscriptions all give full access to all features.

• Premium: Full access.
• Premium Family: Full access. Includes Apple Family sharing which allows you to share the subscription with family members.
• Premium Hero: Full access. Includes Apple Family sharing which allows you to share the subscription with family members. If you want to give us extra support (requested by quite many users) you can do that by getting the Premium Hero subscription.

If you have the 'Premium Family' or 'Premium Hero' subscription you can use Apple Family Sharing.

For this you need to enable your subscriptions to be shared. You do this here

You can read more about Family Sharing subscriptions at Apple support

No. Fantasy Hike does not save your location. If you choose to give Fantasy Hike access to your location this is only used to be able to provide you with faster feedback on your progress. For more information see the Privacy Policy.

You can select what data you want to share with your friends here:

You can block a user that keeps sending you friend requests. When you have an unwanted friend request instead of choosing Accept/Ignore you can block the user here:

You will not receive friend invites from users that you have blocked. The users that you have blocked will not know that you have blocked them.

You can find our privacy policy here.

You may find the privacy policy complex (so do we!). We've had help from an external company to create it to ensure it fulfils requirement from different legislations, uses correct legal language and covers all eventualities.

Here is a more informal summary of how we use your data:

• Data that is needed for the apps functionality. For example if you create an account then we collect email, username, password. If you share your data with your friends then the data that you share is collected, and so on.
• Some analytics data. Such as “how often is the app used”.
• Note that we never collect your location.

• We share your data in the sense that we use third-party providers for hosting it. The third-party services do not share or sell your data. They do not use your data for tracking.
• We may use your data for our own analytics. For example to get an average of how often users interact with the app.
• We may in rare cases use your data to contact you. For example if we notice something wrong with your account we may try to contact your through your email. We will not use your email for any promotional purposes.
• We do not sell your data to any third-party.
• We do not provide your data to any third-party except for the ones that are needed for the app's functionality. Your data is not used for tracking purposes.

Fantasy Hike can pick up distance from the Motion & Fitness framework as well as from Apple Health.

• Verify that Fantasy Hike has access to Motion & Fitness. You do this on the Settings Tab in Fantasy Hike.
  
  
• Sometimes all Motion & Fitness tracking is disabled on the device. Check this on:
  Setting App -> Privacy & Security -> Motion & Fitness
  
  
• Verify that Fantasy Hike has access to read “Walking + Running Distance” from Apple Health. You do this in the Health app
  Health App -> Sharing Tab -> Apps -> Fantasy Hike
  
  
• Verify that the distance you would expect has been reported to Apple Health. You do this in the Health app:
  Health App -> Browse Tab -> Activity -> Walking + Running Distance

We have only encountered this issue together with Garmin devices. If you have a Garmin device please read the ‘Will Fantasy Hike work with my Garmin device’ question for more details.

There can be many different reasons for this. One of the most likely causes is a problem with your payment details, such as an expired card or similar.

There are many pages on the web with good suggestions on how to fix this. For example this one. Of course you are also welcome to contact us if there is something we can assist you with.

In order to see your friends progress and to see your friends on the map the following conditions must be met:

• You need to have a Premium subscription.
• Your friend(s) need to have a Premium subscription.
• Your friend(s) must share their data. See “How can I decide what data I share?”.

Fantasy Hike uses RevenueCat to power the in-app purchases. With RevenueCat your purchases is linked to your Fantasy Hike account so that if you sign in on another device you will still have access to your subscription. This also means that if you sign out / switch account you may also loose access to your purchases.

However, you purchases are always tied to your Apple ID. You can always restore all purchases for your Apple ID. You restore your purchases here:

Sometimes it is possible to recreate your lost quest. Contact us and we'll see how we can help you.