Hunter & Hunted · Step Race · Daily Streak · Distance Pool
Create your account now and it's ready the moment you install the app — same sign-in, same friends, same challenges. No download needed yet.
Every challenge runs on real logged steps or distance from Apple Health or Health Connect.
One runner gets a head start. The other has to catch them on logged miles before time runs out.
Most steps over the window. Everyone against everyone.
Hit a daily goal every day. One miss and you're out.
Add every mile the group covers toward one shared target.
This creates the real account you'll use once the app's installed.
Five steps to get Hound running on your own iPhone before it's on the App Store — no TestFlight needed.
We'll send an invite to your email from expo.dev.
If you don't have an Expo account yet, accepting it walks you through creating one.
On the iPhone you'll actually use for testing, open this link and follow the prompts:
Open it in Safari, on that exact device — it registers that phone's UDID, so forwarding the link elsewhere won't work.
Once you've registered, we kick off a new build so the provisioning profile picks up your device:
eas build --profile preview --platform ios
A device registered after the last build was never in that build's profile — only a fresh build picks it up.
When the build finishes, we'll send you its install link or QR code.
Open it on the same registered iPhone and install directly — still no App Store involved.
The first time you try to open Hound, iOS blocks it — since iOS 16, any app installed outside the App Store needs Developer Mode on.
Go to Settings → Privacy & Security → Developer Mode, toggle it on, then tap Restart when prompted.
After the restart, one more confirmation appears — enter your passcode and tap Turn On. Hound opens normally from then on, for this and every future build.