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Cardio Clowns

The daily step game that gets your family and friends moving β€” and laughing.

Create a group, share a 6-character code, and every step you take becomes ammunition in a daily battle for the crown. πŸ‘‘

Coming soon to the App Store Free to play Β· iPhone (Apple Watch optional) Β· No accounts, no ads

About Cardio Clowns

Most fitness apps are about you: your goals, your streaks, your stats. Cardio Clowns is about them β€” the four or five people you love just enough to never, ever let win.

Create a group, share a 6-character code, and every step you take becomes ammunition in a daily battle for the crown. All you need is an iPhone β€” no Apple Watch required, no accounts, no feeds full of strangers. Just your people, a live leaderboard, and the perfect excuse to take the stairs.

Why it's not just another fitness app

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A daily race, not a lonely goal

Every day is a fresh competition. Steps sync automatically from Apple Health on your iPhone, the leaderboard updates live, shows exactly how many steps you need to pass the person ahead of you β€” "Almost there! +312 to pass Mom" β€” and crowns a daily winner πŸ‘‘ for the whole group to see. Or resent.

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Push each other, built right in

Long-press anyone on the leaderboard to send a playful message β€” and the app knows the situation. Up by 1,000 steps? "Stay down there 😏" About to get caught? "Don't choke now πŸ‘€" Fire off a quick emoji reaction, pick from a library of nearly 200 reaction GIFs, or write your own message. It's the group chat energy fitness apps are missing.

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Head-to-Head rivalries

Every member of your group is a 7-day matchup: win–loss records, win streaks (πŸ”₯ W3), an animated tug-of-war rope showing who's pulling ahead, and stats like your biggest blowout and your most painful loss. You're not chasing an abstract goal β€” you're settling a score with your brother.

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Notifications that talk like a rival, not a coach

"Dad just passed you! Time to fight back! 😀" Pick your intensity: Chill mode only pings you for the big moments and stays quiet at night, while All In mode keeps the pressure on all day.

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History that tells the story

Daily step charts, finishing ranks, and medals for every day β€” see who's been carrying the crown all week. Pro members get a full 30 days of history and head-to-head stats.

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Make it yours

Build your own clown avatar β€” hair, eyes, outfit, the works β€” or pick an emoji. Add a home screen widget that shows your live standing at a glance, and dress up your leaderboard with themes.

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Apple Watch? A bonus, not a requirement

Cardio Clowns runs entirely on iPhone. But if you do wear an Apple Watch, you get the full app on your wrist β€” leaderboard, history, head-to-head matchups, and messaging β€” plus watch-face widgets showing your live rank, so one glance tells you whether it's time for a victory lap or a panic walk.

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Perfect for families and small crews

One 6-character code gets everyone in β€” kids, parents, grandparents, the college group chat. Country flags next to every name and support for 30 languages mean the competition works across borders, too. No friend requests, no public profiles, nothing to manage.

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It celebrates like it means it

Take first place and the screen erupts in fireworks. Yesterday's winner wears the crown all day. Cardio Clowns turns 8,000 steps into a story your group talks about at dinner.

How it works

  1. Download on iPhone. (Have an Apple Watch? Great β€” but it's optional.)
  2. Create a group and share your code β€” or join with one.
  3. Walk. Steps sync automatically from Apple Health.
  4. Push each other, steal the crown, repeat tomorrow. πŸ‘‘

Free to play with your whole group. Cardio Clowns Pro unlocks GIFs, custom messages, custom avatars, themes, and 30 days of history.

Nothing gets a family moving like the fear of losing to each other.

Grab your crew. The crown is waiting. πŸ‘‘

Coming soon to the App Store

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: June 12, 2026

Overview

Your privacy is important to us. Cardio Clowns is designed to share as little as possible: just your step count, with just your group. This policy explains how the app handles your information.

In short: Cardio Clowns has no accounts, no ads, and no tracking. Your daily step count and display name are shared only with the members of the group you join, so the leaderboard works. That's it.

Data Collection

Cardio Clowns collects only what the game needs to run:

Apple Health

With your permission, Cardio Clowns reads your daily step count from Apple Health. Step data is used solely for the group leaderboard and head-to-head matchups. We never write to Apple Health, and we never share health data with third parties.

Data Storage

To keep your group's leaderboard live across devices, your daily step total, your display name, and your country flag (if you set one) are stored in Apple's iCloud (CloudKit). That's the whole list. We don't run our own servers and have no database of our own β€” Apple hosts the data, and only members of your group can read it. Leaving a group removes you from its leaderboard, and deleting the app removes all locally stored data.

Third-Party Services

Cardio Clowns does not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, or data brokers.

Children's Privacy

Cardio Clowns is designed for families. The app collects no personal information beyond a chosen display name and step counts, requires no account, and shares data only within private groups joined by invitation code. The app complies with the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and similar regulations.

Changes to This Policy

If we ever update this privacy policy, changes will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date.

Your Rights

You can leave a group at any time to stop sharing your steps, revoke Apple Health access in iOS Settings, or contact us to have your data removed entirely.

Support

Have questions, feedback, or need help with Cardio Clowns? We'd love to hear from you. (Trash talk about your leaderboard rank also accepted.)

We'll do our best to respond to your inquiry as soon as possible.