Bustle:

Fitness trackers and wearables are super handy for helping to monitor our exercise habits, especially when we’re trying to get more active time in. And if you use step counting apps, you know how helpful they can be for keeping track of your fitness goals. But how accurate is your step counting app, actually? As it turns out, the accuracy of your phone’s step-counting app might not be super on point — but that might actually be a good thing.

According to a study published last year in the Journal of Sports Sciences, your iPhone’s step count is probably not the best pedometer ever, but what’s great about that is, you’re likely walking more steps than your phone is accurately tallying.

Obviously, no one should rely on step counters for accuracy but they can help regardless.