What counts as an active day?

The definition

An active day is a day you reach your step goal or close your Move ring. That counts as one full active day. A day where you get at least halfway counts as half a day. It's not tied to a single workout: any movement your Health data records counts toward it. The full rule is in what an active day means.

Where it shows up

The same active day counts in four different places across the app:

• Hatching Speed: an active day is what cracks and hatches your egg. Fast can crack and hatch in as little as two active days; Patient spreads them further apart.
• Evolution & Growing Up: active days feed your besti's progress bar toward the next of four life stages, alongside feeding Bursts directly.
• WatchieBesti Family: tap any graduated besti and their history shows exactly how many active days you shared together.
• Achievements: streaks count days with a Burst or a workout, so they run alongside active days rather than on them.

Active days vs. Bursts

An active day measures the whole day against your goal, in full or half steps. Bursts are a separate, bigger reward earned from a specific tracked workout, a burst of everyday activity, or winning a Brain Boost game. Each one you feed gives an instant (capped) push to growth, on top of whatever active days already do.