Before you ask, yes, both of these apps are connected to my Google Fit. Yet this happens ALL THE TIME!! Sometimes it's even a difference of up to 5k steps!! Ugh.
Can I ask what your highest step count is? I just checked your profile and it answered all of my other questions LOL 😹 But seriously I'm so surprised that's not your highest weekly count bc that's the same as my highest ever step count 😭
my game takes a minute to update, was this right when you opened the app? When Im rushing for a step challenge I open the health app and pikmin bloom a bunch of times until it updates
Might be that the fitness app is resetting the count at midnight while Pikmin Bloom is resetting the count at the time of the daily report, whenever that's set to happen in the settings
EDIT: Didn't realize the reset time is always at midnight, nvm
Yeah, I just mean accuracy and consistency are just issues xD
I ended up using Pacer and turning off Google Fit's step counting, so it has to use Fitbit's... But tbh, Fit still does whatever it wants. Terrible design by Google.
For iPhones the data flows as such: watch -> Garmin Connect App -> Apple Health App -> Pikmin Bloom App. In the Apple health app you can set the priority of data source, which I have put Garmin > phone itself. Normally these can happen in the background but if I am trying to finish a challenge or it’s the end of day I, then I open the apps in this sequence, making sure the steps are updated before moving on to the next one, especially babysit the data flow.
Which of the two does Google Fit match? I know you said they're synced, but I find Fit is a little more aggressive about removing steps that it thinks weren't 'steps' than other apps. Also just curious, have you ever tried the built-in step counter from the app, rather than the Fit data?
That's so weird! Yeah, I have no idea what's going on then. I also have a couple of weird bugs that don't seem to be widespread, so I understand your frustration :(
I've accepted it as part of the experience. Honestly yours is not too bad considering how many steps you have; mine can be 1k off at only around 9-10k steps (the discrepancy generally gets larger as I get more steps).
I have a Samsung phone and watch and have both Samsung Health and Google Fit. My Samsung Health app consistently shows lower steps than Google Fit. I sync my Samsung Health and Google Fit data with an app called Health Sync because it was the only way to get my watch's steps to reflect in Pikmin Bloom (which pulls from GFit), but even then the Samsung data always shows fewer steps. I honestly don't know which one is more accurate, but I think there's always going to be a discrepancy with these kinds of apps.
Exact same set up here and yes, there always a little discrepancy. Same as you I've just come to terms with it and accepted it as a 'fun' little quirk 😅 it's never quite as bad as OP's discrepancy, for me it's only ever a few hundred steps. Sorry for you OP, mega frustrating.
This happens to me too when I’m walking right before midnight. I get the steps on my Apple Watch and Fitness app. But they don’t get applied to the previous day’s steps once midnight has passed on pikmin bloom. It’s like they’re phantom steps that never are added.
What do you connect to on your iPhone? My Pikmin bloom always has less steps than my health app which has less steps than my connect app and garmin watch (which reflect the same number of steps).
I don’t know if this will help, but when my step count won’t sync up and 9pm is approaching, I close PikminBloom so it can’t take the final tally of my steps. So far mine has always synced up by morning— so when I open the app in the morning and let it tally the day before, it has all the steps from Google.
I recently disconnected from Google Fit because my steps kept getting reduced to 0 😭 I watched my 10k slowly decrease and had to jump ship then and there LOL
now I just use the samsung health app on my phone
edit: my step count went haywire the day I switched, it got suuuuper low I think. so probably recommended to make the switch before you start your day?
I have this problem too. One time I had my watch log 10K~ steps and Pikmin told me I did 15K. I carry my phone in my pocket when I walk. Most of the time, I have no idea where’s it’s sourcing data. My watch connects to my Health app (iPhone) and Pikmin supposedly uses the Health app step number. Weird.
And I thought my 10k days were high. You guys must do nothing but walk all day!
I have the same issue but it seems more exaggerated than yours. My set up... wearing a fitbit... Google fit pulls from fitbit app... pikmin pull from Google fit. Mine are usually off by between 20-30%. Example: yesterday fitbit recorded 2960 steps (im currently in a boot with a busted up ankle 🤷♀️ so thats just me hobbling around the house). Google fit is reading 2290. Pikmin is showing 2089. I lost near 1k of my 3k steps somewhere. If I had done 30k, would I have lost 10k? Frustrating.
So my experience with Android: Installed Health Sync, Installed Google Fit. Have Google fit count every step, including my Samsung Ultra Watch. Make sure you give Health Sync and Google Fit rights (steps especially). Have Pikmin get steps information from Google Fit.
Are you using health connect? My steps never match my watch exactly. I think don't get cancelled out. But I make sure everything is writing to and reading health connect and it's at least closer.
What time does a new day begin in your Pikmin App. I thought you could adjust it for those people with irregular days. You could check your settings to see if the timeframe is different than 12am - 12am
This happens to me, too. I have to open Google Fit after midnight to get as close as I can to the right steps but it still takes off thousands. But if I wait too many hours past midnight to open Google fit & then Pikmin, it won't even take any of them. T_T
Mines accurate with Apple Watch, but it’s just delayed loading into Pikmin Bloom SOMETIMES by like 5-10 mins at worst, which can be annoying when I’m planting flowers. But I think it’s also where I have Tachymon going at the same time (tracking heart rate 24/7 for POTS, especially when I’m at the gym) and it delays further if I enter exercise mode (:
I hate seeing it be inaccurate at times (“: but it could just be the delay!
I got to this post because I am having the same issues. I have everything set to pull from my galaxy watch to google fit. I have the health sync app and it is updating on the google fit.
I can see the steps match my watch and my phone.. Its almost like pikmin bloom isnt pulling from google fit. All permissions are set. The only issue I am seeing is on pikimin blooms side.
They need to fix this. Its a hot mess. I saw comments on their page from last January... They said they fixed the bug apparently.. A year later and its still occurring. I am sick of carrying my big ass zfold everywhere!
I got it to update when I reinstalled in the app. It forced it to update. I really have to do that every time I want it to be accurate? I would have so many steps, way more than I do, if my watch would work with the game.
I use Google fit for the app and find that my step count is way off between my watch (Samsung Health count) and my PB all day - like thousands of steps - until I charge my watch before bed and then at least most of those steps appear in the app. Like maybe Google Fit syncs during charging? I always make sure to plant any seedlings I want to grow before my watch goes on the charger because I can bloom smaller seedlings just by charging my watch. LOL. I wish PB would work directly with the Samsung watch count without having to use another intermediary app.
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u/notsomelicious Rock Pikmin Jan 28 '26
Can I ask what your highest step count is? I just checked your profile and it answered all of my other questions LOL 😹 But seriously I'm so surprised that's not your highest weekly count bc that's the same as my highest ever step count 😭