Syncing rides with Apple Health (HealthKit)

Apple Health (HealthKit) is Apple’s health database on iPhone. RidePal can read some health data and write your completed rides as workouts with route and related samples.

iOS (RidePal for iPhone)

Turn on sync in RidePal

  1. Open the Profile tab, then open Settings.
  2. In the Health & Fitness section, find the row labeled Apple Health Sync.
  3. Turn the toggle on. When the system asks, allow RidePal to access the data it needs.

RidePal requests the Health permissions shown in Apple’s prompt—typically covering workouts, route-related data when available, and metrics like heart rate and energy so rides can appear as complete activities in the Health app. Exact categories match what iOS lists when you authorize.

If you denied access earlier

  1. Open the iOS Settings app (system Settings, not inside RidePal).
  2. Go to Health → Data Access & Devices.
  3. Choose RidePal and enable the categories you want (workouts, heart rate, etc.).

If the toggle in RidePal was turned off because permission was denied, turn it on again after fixing permissions in Health settings.

Notes

  • Sync must be on and authorization granted before a ride is saved for that workout to be written to Health.

Android

Apple Health and HealthKit exist only on Apple devices. RidePal for Android does not connect to Apple Health.

RidePal for Android does not currently offer a built-in “save ride to Google Fit” or Health Connect export in Settings the way iOS does for HealthKit. If that changes, this article will be updated.

For now, use RidePal for iPhone if you need automatic workout sync into Apple Health.

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