any fitbit/tracker geeks on here who create dashboards from their data?

i hate the idea of handing my sensitive health info over to google and not thrilled about them purchasing fitbit but i've been using it for years so i don't want to switch. i'm holding out on creating a google acccount and so far, they are allowing me to keep my fitbit account only.

i just started looking at this and i'm a little disappointed its not more prevalent. the fitbit app is HORRIBLE; i'm lucky if it will show me my monthly data and i feel like i'm silently screaming against a glass wall to do anything more.

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ok so i got my fussing out of the way, here are the 2 options i've found so far that are free:

* export the data (which takes about an hour for fitbit to respond and send it to you. *ugh*) this isn't great and i'm lazy and i know i'll do this once and plug it into something else and i'll never go back to pick up the delta.

* create a dev account at fitbit and use their API tools to plug into..something.

it looks like i can get the API auth, use something like 'google apps script' to pull this automatically into google sheets...then connect that to a free account at Looker Studio.



this has all the hallmarks of a CAD-tastrophe. i'm going to do all this shite and get it working for a grand total of like 6 months before some small change to the API or Looker goes to "pay mode" and all my work is out the window.


can someone tell me if there's a better/easier way to look at a lifetime of fibit data visualized into some helpful dashboards where i can actually examine my health trends over the years?

surely we got some geeks on here who have a better way to do this without setting someting up with 6 hoops to jump through and any weak link could take it all down.

Thanks!