I use my Apple Watch to score my round on UDisc in my iPhone. The Round Activity is never accurate. I played a 5000ft course this morning. Apparently I only took 111 steps for 0.1mi. What’s the deal???
Hi, thank you so much for reaching out about this. Currently the pedometer data that we collect is specific to the iPhone itself. This means if you don’t carry your phone while scoring, it won’t calculate your steps and distance. We are looking into solutions for getting this data from the watch, but as of right now, the only way to get that information is by carrying your phone on you.
If you were carrying your phone with you, and still had this issue, reach out to us at help@udisc.com and we’ll help look into it further!
Thank you. I actually do carry the phone with me. It is in the putter pouch on my cart. On familiar courses it stays there the entire round, while I keep score on my watch.
That makes sense. The pedometer only works when your device is on your person, carrying it in your bag or cart would likely cause the activity to not register properly. Sorry again for the inconvenience with that, we are looking into if it’s possible to make a change here down the road.
Ahhhh, interesting. I’ll have to stick it in my pocket and see if it registers the next round. Thanks for your replies!
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I wonder if someone used special wheels on their cart, say something with the axle off center or of a non-uniform radius, if they could simulate the rocking motion of walking? Then I suppose they just need to scale the circumference of the wheel to match an average stride length. Sound easy enough. 
Why wouldn’t your watch info be utilized as your using it to keep the round score?
Is there a way to turn off the pedometer measuring function? Can the distance traveled be forced to follow GPS instead of steps?
I recently switched to a cart and my phone is mounted to the handle (for easy scoring and video purposes). I also do not use a smartwatch. On a recent round, UDisc recorded about 400 steps and a distance of 1910 feet traveled. A round with my bag (phone in pocket on bag) resulted about 2000 steps and 1.5 miles. If steps taken calculates the distance traveled there would be some discrepancy in the distance traveled since stride length is never accounted for or a provision to adjust it. It would be better to have the GPS distance to be used in the “Distance” and have an option to turn off Steps.
Hey Marc, thanks for your feedback here. You are correct that to get an accurate step count right now, your phone must be on your person. It can’t be on a cart or in a bag. We also can’t depend on the watch for calculating this right now. We will definitely consider switching to a GPS calculated distance. We have looked into this a bit, but it isn’t currently on the near-term roadmap. We appreciate you providing feedback here though, and I will be sure to share it with the team. If you don’t want the app to track your steps, you can deny UDisc access to your Motion and Fitness via your device settings.