[nhangen]

I didn't think anyone actually used this app. Anyone know how many active users they had?

I tried to use it, but it killed my battery and couldn't catch things that my Nike Fuelband could, since I don't take my phone to the gym, to run, etc.

Still, good on them for getting a piece of the pie.

I fail to understand why companies keep acquiring mobile app businesses, but what do I know.

[dirtyaura]

They had lots of active users, reported numbers are in the ballpark. Lots of users loved it, despite the battery problem. I use it. My main use case is not the steps/activity tracking, but the automatic daily log and especially location tracking. Once a month I combine Moves and git logs and they give very good visibility to my daily work behavior. I've even used them even to make accurate hour reporting for some customers.

The battery consumption isn't a problem if I don't move around the city all day long, but if I do, I need a mobile battery charger.

Having worked with similar apps before, I can guarantee that the battery problem is hard to solve well, I know that Moves team did the best they could and their solution is world class.

[dan1234]

I used it every day for just over a year. It didn't seem to be to big a drain battery-wise (I charge my phone every day anyway, so it lasted "long enough"). It's a very nicely designed app in that it doesn't try to do too much and what it does do, it does well.

I exported all my data and closed my account following this news as I feel I already give Facebook enough data by simply having a Facebook account.

Thankfully the exported data is in multiple formats and looks to be very complete. Hopefully I'll be able to do something with it someday.

[FlacidPhil]

I used it for a few weeks until I had a good sense of my average daily activity. After that I turned it off due to the battery drain as well. It wasn't a horrendous drag on battery life, but enough that it wasn't worth using when daily stats didn't change much.

[k-mcgrady]

I've used it for about 6 months and love it. The UI is really good and battery life is fine for me (but I'm using a 5S with the M7 chip which helps quite a bit).

[samstave]

Their announcement says 4 million downloads, so some fraction of that as daily actives.