Arc App

@johan_strom Yep! I'm working on the Moves data import feature today, and hope to have it ready by the end of the week 😄

@johan_strom @sobri909 Hey Matt, any updates on this feature? Hope you can add it soon: would be superrrr! Thanks in advance buddy!

@johan_strom @frank_tet Hopefully the Moves importer will go live tomorrow! It's just waiting for Apple to approve the update.

@jamierytlewski i would like to know this also

@jamierytlewski @c0rv0s the last hero section on their website - http://www.bigpaua.com/arc/ - then again on their privacy policy - http://www.bigpaua.com/arc/priva... it's getting the download from me, I loved Moves, but its risk of sharing data with Facebook killed it for me, so glad that this is data is yours only

@balupton thanks. Didn't even notice.

@jamierytlewski Your timeline items and activity event data (basically everything you see in the app) is only in your private iCloud container [Edit: And a lot of it actually never even goes that far, and never leaves the app], so Arc (or I) can't do anything with it outside of the app itself. The app does build anonymised "activity type fingerprints" for each of your activities (walking, cycling, bus, train, car, etc), which are then combined into shared fingerprints, to make the app more accurate for everyone. The fingerprints are things like distribution maps of movement speed, steps per second, altitude, accelerometer data, etc. So when all that is combined together it allows the app to "fingerprint" match your current activity type, to distinguish between a train or a car trip, for example. Your personal fingerprints aren't shared - those are private. The combined "global" fingerprints, made up of the combined values of everyone's individual fingerprints, are shared. So there's enough information in the "global" fingerprints to answer questions like "what's the most common walking speed in this city" or "what altitude do planes fly over this ocean" or "how much does the phone shake around while people cycle in this city". Basically the philosophy is: Don't store anything that doesn't need to be stored. And don't share anything that doesn't need to be shared. The app isn't a data collection business, it's a personal pet project. So it stores everything as privately and securely as possible, and only aggregates enough anonymised data necessary to improve the accuracy.

@atleykins I'm working on a Moves data import feature right now! I'll hopefully have it finished before the end of the week.

@sobri909 Hi Matt, I'm really liking this app. Great work! I've sent you an email with a few specific questions. I look forward to your reply.

@sobri909 I really want to try Arc. It looks the perfect replacement for Moves and I can't find any alternative that does the same job. But I have an iPhone 5c and I just get a message saying I can't get it when I try to download. Any solution for me? Thanks

@lesley_moss Unfortunately Arc requires the motion coprocessor, so it's not possible to support the 5c 😞 But if you ever upgrade to an iPhone SE, that will work! The SE is a great little phone 😄

@chiancheng Yeah, a bit similar :) Though different goals, I think Human is more exercise focused, as a motivational tool to encourage people to be more active. Arc is more about collating a record of your daily activities, even if none of that includes exercise. So Arc is useful for keeping track of your daily commutes, your travels while on vacation, or for collating statistics on how much time you spend at the office or cafe, during what hours of the day, that sort of thing.

@eugenio_romano_scotti I'm sharing your concerns - asked @sobri909 via email today and the update is being pushed to the App Store today. Let's hope it's available soon!

@eugenio_romano_scotti Sorry, didn't see your message until now! Yep, the Moves data importer should be going live tomorrow, assuming Apple's usual 1-2 days for app reviews.