All of the fitness tracking apps supported by Count.It allow users to log activity in several ways:

By default, Count.It accepts all activity logged by a user on a connected fitness tracker. However, some admins may wish to prevent users from logging activity manually.

During challenge creation, Admins can change their manual entry preference to block manual entries, or simply to flag them. This setting is accessible via the challenge creation screen, and looks like this:

​With the preference set to "Do not count manual entries," two things happen. First, the direct activity logging feature in the Count.It app will be turned off, and users will no longer be able to enter activity directly into the Count.It app. Second, Count.It will not accept entries from connected fitness trackers that have been manually logged.

In most cases, we recommend leaving the manual entry preference set to "Count all logged activity." This is especially true for challenges involving exercise. Not all challengers have wearable devices, and many may prefer not to carry their phone during workouts. To get full credit, these challengers will need to enter their activity data after-the-fact.

When does it make sense to turn off manual entries? For larger, steps-only challenges, with high value prizes and loosely connected participants, i.e. those with a greater risk of user "exaggeration," admins may wish to choose to block or flag manual entries.