Oura believes in supporting members of all abilities, genders, and body types in achieving their activity goals, and empowers you with full control over your health goals, including the ability to choose and edit your activity goals within the Oura App.
Additionally, opting out of showing calories in the app is a frequently requested feature. Activity trackers that count calories are problematic for members who are recovering from eating disorders, or who want credit for activities such as breastfeeding, for example. The Oura App includes the ability for members to choose a daily step target instead of a daily calorie burn target, and to opt out of displayed calories entirely, so that activity features better fit your lifestyle.
Editing activity goals is available for:
- Gen2
- Gen3 and Oura Ring 4 with active membership
- iOS
- Android
How to Edit Activity Goal
How Activity Goal Works
Things to Keep in Mind
More Information
How to Edit Activity Goal
- Tap the Activity card in the home screen and then select "Edit activity goal" in the detail view
- Use the slider to choose a baseline activity goal. You can choose between two goal types: active calorie burn or steps. If you'd prefer not to see calories in the app, toggle on "Calorie opt out." This will hide all calorie-related information, and only steps will be shown in activity-related messaging throughout the app.
How Activity Goal Works
The value on the slider is your baseline goal calculated from the age, height, weight, and sex assigned at birth in your profile settings. Moving the slider will change the starting value from which Oura calculates your daily goals.
Oura then automatically adjusts and displays your daily activity goal based on your Readiness Score. On days when your Readiness Score is above 85, the daily activity goal will be automatically adjusted to higher than the selected baseline goal. Daily activity goals are reduced to below the selected baseline goal on days when Readiness is below 70. Baseline and daily activity goals are equal to each other on days when Readiness is 70-84.
You can learn more about how Oura measures steps and activity here, and more about your Activity Score on the Pulse blog.
Things to Keep in Mind
- When toggled off, calories will not display anywhere in the app, including on imported activities, the post-workout screen, and the Meet Daily Goals contributor. All other activity features are not impacted
- Calorie numbers are only hidden starting from the day the toggle is selected. Data from past days will not change
- Adjusting the slider only directly changes your baseline goal, not your daily activity goal
- Your daily activity goal is automatically calculated using your baseline goal, Readiness Score, and other contributors
More Information
How Oura Measures Steps & Activity
A Guide to Your Activity Contributors
An Introduction to Your Activity Score
Active Calorie Burn vs. Total Burn
