Glossary · Apple Activity
Move Ring
Definition
The Apple Watch ring that tracks active calories burned during the day. You set a daily Move goal (in calories) and the ring fills as you move. It's the closest thing to a universal 'today’s activity' metric across the Apple ecosystem.
How MoveTogether uses it.
MoveTogether reads your Move ring through Apple Health on iPhone. Several scoring methods — Ring Close Count, Percentage of Goals, and Raw Numbers — use Move ring data directly. The Move ring is the most common scoring axis in MoveTogether competitions, because it captures effort regardless of which workout you're doing.
If you don't have an Apple Watch, the iPhone's motion coprocessor estimates Active Energy and writes it to Apple Health — so even without a wearable, your Move ring still fills (just less precisely).
See move ring in action.
MoveTogether is free on the App Store. Connect a wearable (or just your iPhone) and start your first competition this week.