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Set up your Cadence app

Three quick settings make the app work at its best: notifications, location and NFC. Each takes a few seconds, and you only do it once. (Haven't installed the app yet? Start here.)

Notifications Location NFC

Notifications

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Open the app from its home-screen icon, tap Enable notifications on the banner the app shows you, then allow it when your phone asks. On iPhone, this only works from the installed icon — never from a regular Safari tab.

“Cadence” Would Like to Send You Notifications

Notifications may include alerts, sounds, and icon badges.

Don't Allow Allow

iPhone

Tap Enable notifications in the app, then Allow on the iOS pop-up.

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Allow Cadence to send you notifications?

Allow

Don't allow

Android

Same idea: tap Enable notifications in the app, then Allow on Android's pop-up.

Location

Needed for NFC check-in

Checking in on the NFC sticker uses your position to confirm you're at the run — and both iPhone and Android require your permission before the app can read it. The first time you check in, your phone will ask: choose Allow.

“app.cadence-athletics.com” would like to use your current location

Don't Allow Allow

iPhone

Tap Allow the first time you check in. If you said no by mistake, just tap the sticker again — iPhone will re-ask.

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Allow Cadence to access this device's location?

While using the app

Only this time

Don't allow

Android

Choose While using the app (with Only this time, you'll simply be asked again at each check-in). Make sure the phone's location is switched on too.

‹ Location Services

Safari Websites

ALLOW LOCATION ACCESS

Never

Ask Next Time Or When I Share

While Using the App ✓

Allow access to your location while using the app.

iPhone — pop-up never shows?

Then location is switched off for your browser itself, and NFC check-in can't work. Go to Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services, tap Safari Websites (or the browser you use), and pick While Using the App.

NFC

The tap-to-check-in sticker

On Tuesday, Friday and Sunday runs, you check in by holding your phone near the Cadence sticker. iPhone needs no setting at all — Android just needs NFC switched on.

iPhone — nothing to enable

Hold the top of your iPhone near the sticker; a banner appears — tap it and you're checked in.

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Connection preferences

Bluetooth

Connect to nearby devices

NFC

Allow data exchange when the phone touches a tag

Cast

Show your screen on another device

Printing

Print from your phone

Android — switch NFC on

In Settings, search for “NFC” and switch it on (the exact menu varies by phone brand). Then tap the sticker with the back of your phone.

Good to know

Said “Don't Allow” by mistake?

No stress.
Notifications — iPhone: Settings → Notifications → Cadence and switch them on; Android: press and hold the Cadence icon → App info → Notifications.
Location — iPhone: tap the sticker again at the next run, it will ask again; Android: press and hold the icon → App info → Permissions → Location.

Notifications only work from the installed app (iPhone)

If Cadence lives in a regular Safari tab, iPhone won't deliver any notifications. Install it on your home screen first — the whole how-to is at cadence-athletics.com/install-app — and always open it from its icon.

Where the NFC antenna is

On iPhone, it's at the top edge of the phone — tap the sticker with the top. On Android, it's usually in the middle of the back — tap with the back of the phone. A thick case can weaken the signal; hold it close for a second.

Really struggling? Show your QR to a pacer

There's always a plan B. Your personal QR code sits right on the app's home screen, next to your Miles (“MY QR” — tap it to enlarge). Show it to any pacer and they'll scan it with their phone: same check-in, same Miles, no NFC needed.

Your privacy

What happens with your position and your notification data is covered in our privacy policy.