Frontyard
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Find your sunshine.

Frontyard automatically tracks your time outside, so you can spend more of your life there.

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The Frontyard app's Today screen: 22 of 30 minutes outside today, 100% of the weekly Goal with a 5-day streak, and the UV index in the air right now.

More time outside. More of what matters.

The best parts of a day tend to happen outside: a walk with a friend, coffee on the porch, an hour at the park. Frontyard notices that time for you, so you can spend less of it counting and more of it living.

2 hours a week

People who spent at least 120 minutes a week in nature were more likely to report good health and wellbeing. Below 120 minutes, the study found no measurable benefit.

Source: White et al., Scientific Reports 9:7730 (2019), a University of Exeter study of 19,806 adults

Americans spend about 90% of their time indoors.

Source: U.S. EPA
  • A cup of coffee left in the grass among the daisies.
  • Two kids riding bikes down a grassy path in golden light, one with arms out wide.
  • A cyclist in a cable-knit sweater towing a smiling child and a load of groceries.
  • Canoes pulled up on the shore of a mountain lake.
  • Someone mid-cartwheel in a field of tall grass.
  • Two friends by a small campfire on the dunes above the sea.
  • A kid in yellow rain boots running from the spray of a garden hose.
  • Two kids at a tire swing under a big tree beside a field.
  • A woman leaning out of a yellow car's window, hair flying, on a country road.
  • Two small children having a picnic beside a creek.
  • A man and his dog diving off a boat into a lake together.
  • Five friends arm in arm, looking out at a snowy mountain at dusk.
  • A kid swinging upside down on a rope swing, a blur of motion.
  • Two small children sitting in a green yard, seen through a window.
  • Friends jumping off a bridge into a river.
  • Hikers picnicking in a mountain meadow, one drinking straight from a stream.
  • A kid sledding down a snowbank piled as high as the roof of a house.

How it works

  1. Download and set up

    Turn on location services, then set your daily Goal and your Known Places: home, the gym, the indoor spots Frontyard should never count as outside.

    Known Places on a map of the city: home, work and the gym, each marked with a pin and an Add a place button below.

  2. Live your day

    Frontyard logs your time outside in the background. No buttons, nothing to start or stop.

    The Today card filling in on its own: 22 of 30 minutes outside, with a Share button.

  3. Watch your outdoor time grow

    See your minutes add up toward your Goal, with gentle nudges to step outside on the days you fall short.

    Today's session history: three outdoor sessions adding up to 22 minutes, 73% of a 30-minute Goal.

What you get

  • Passive, automatic tracking

    No check-ins and no buttons. Frontyard notices when you're outdoors and counts the time for you.

    The Today screen keeping count on its own: You're inside, and 22 of 30 minutes outside so far today.

  • Daily goal, weekly view and streaks

    Pick a daily Goal, see your week at a glance, and keep your streak going.

    Choosing a daily Goal: Starter at 17 minutes a day, Sweet spot at 30 minutes (recommended) or Explorer at 60 minutes.

  • Gentle nudges to step outside

    A few friendly reminders on days you're short of your Goal. Never a flood, and easy to turn off.

  • See the sun you caught.

    Each outdoor session shows how much UV was in the air while you were out.

    The UV index card on the Today screen, reading 2.2: the UV in the air right now.

  • Share your progress to your Stories

    Turn today's sunshine into a Sticker and post it to your Stories.

    A Story posted from Frontyard: the Sticker over a waterfall, 2 hours 50 minutes outside against a 1-hour Goal.

Try it free for 2 weeks.

Then $3.99/month, or $24.99/year (save 47%). Cancel anytime.

US pricing. Free trial for new subscribers.

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