Shedams for Individuals
Fitness that finally feels like fun.
Walk, run, cycle or take on a cardio session to earn puzzle tiles that reveal quests: the people, places, events and inventions that shaped the world. Build streaks, bring your friends, and level up together. It is about engagement and belonging, not hardcore fitness, for everyone from 13 to 93.
Free to start · iOS & Android · your health data stays yours
The loop
Move, and build your masterpiece
Every activity you finish is graded, and every grade awards puzzle tiles and XP. Tiles reveal a quest subject, piece by piece. XP powers your leaderboards. That is the whole game.
1. Move
Walk, run, cycle or do cardio, outdoors or indoors.
2. Get graded
Grading rewards how hard you worked, not how far.
3. Earn tiles
Tiles reveal your quest, and spares roll over.
4. Climb
XP moves you up the boards among friends.
Built for every body
A 70-year-old’s brisk walk can earn the same top grade as a 25-year-old’s run.
Shedams grades on relative effort, scaled to your age band and fitness level. Beginners and advanced athletes are measured against their own targets, so the top grade is always within reach, and always earned. Indoor and no-GPS sessions grade on effort too, using your rate of perceived exertion and heart rate, never a fabricated distance.
Ways to move
Eight modes. Any device. No workout wasted.
Walk
Outdoor or indoor
Run
Outdoor route
Treadmill
Walk or run indoors
Cycle
Outdoor or indoor
Cardio
Any effort-based session
Log manually or auto-import from Apple Health and Health Connect. Connect a heart-rate strap over Bluetooth for measured-effort grading. Synced and manual entries are clearly labelled.
Quests
101 quests and counting
Each quest is 100 tiles that reveal a person, place, event, invention or landmark that shaped the world. Finish one and you pick the next, from Africa and Asia to Europe, the Americas, Oceania, Antarctica and even Space. There is no monthly cap, so a fast mover can complete several.
Grades & rewards
Better effort, bigger reward
A
90 to 100
12 tiles
120 XP
B
80 to 89
8 tiles
72 XP
C
70 to 79
4 tiles
32 XP
D
60 to 69
1 tile
5 XP
F
under 60
0 tiles
2 XP
A genuinely hard session is never an F, thanks to measured-effort grade floors.
BountyMart
Extra rewards, won by moving
Brands put up bounties inside the challenges you are already in. No entry fee, no spending required. You earn your way in with movement.
Move to enter
Your activity earns your entry. Effort is measured against you, not against the fittest person in the challenge.
Answer one short survey
Research bounties ask a few questions. Your answers go back anonymised, and nothing personal leaves the app.
Win real things
Cash rewards and exclusive drops from brands, released inside challenges your coach is already running.
Better together
Movement is the mechanism, community is the point
Connect
Challenges, Groups and Events in one place. Join individual, group or multigroup challenges.
Ranks
Connection-based leaderboards with friends and co-participants, weekly, monthly or all-time.
Streaks
Keep a daily movement streak alive and publish it to the public Shedams streaks registry.
Habit Plan
Set your motivations, commitments and go-times, then get nudges that keep you on track.
Badges
Earn repeatable, streak and distance badges as you build the habit and hit your milestones.
Feed & Events
Cheer each other on in the Feed, and join a coach's virtual or in-person events when you want company for the session.
Your data stays yours
Your routes, health data and individual scores are never shared with an employer or community. You can export your data or delete your account at any time, right from the app.
Start building your masterpiece
Free to download. Your first quest is waiting.