Jump Rope Protocol
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Off screen and on the Lock Screen

During a session the screen stays on, so your iPhone doesn’t lock by itself. If you lock it or open another app, what happens next depends on your iOS version and on Apple Health.

A session that hasn’t started yet is called off, whatever your iPhone: if you leave before the countdown’s first number, or while Jump to start waits for your first jump, you’re back on the setup screen.

With iOS 26 and Apple Health

On iOS 26 or later, once you’ve connected Apple Health, the session keeps going when you leave the app or lock the iPhone. Your headphones keep counting and the voice keeps calling the rounds. The Lock Screen shows where you are.

To connect Apple Health, go to Settings › Profile and tap Connect on the Apple Health card, then let the app save your workouts. If you turned it down before, allow it in the Health app, under Sharing › Apps.

  • If counting stops while you’re away, the session pauses itself, as it does on screen.
  • If another app starts its own workout while your session runs off screen, your session pauses.

Without Apple Health or before iOS 26

Before iOS 26, or without Apple Health, the session pauses the moment you leave the app: counting and the voice need the app on screen. The Lock Screen shows the session paused.

When you come back, the pause screen says Session paused and why. On iOS 26 without Apple Health, it also tells you where to connect it. Tap Resume when you’re back on the rope.

On the Lock Screen

Each session shows as a Live Activity on the Lock Screen: where it stands, like Work · R3/8 or Rest, the round’s clock or the jumps it has left, the session’s name and your jumps. On an iPhone with a Dynamic Island, your count sits there too, beside a jump rope icon. Touch and hold it to open it.

  • Paused, it shows Paused, how long you’ve waited, and Open the app to resume. The Lock Screen has no button to resume.
  • If the session ends while you’re away, its final count stays on the Lock Screen until you open the app. The summary waits for you there.

Allow Live Activities

The first time a session shows on the Lock Screen, iOS asks whether to allow the app’s Live Activities. If you said no, nothing shows there. Turn them back on in the iPhone’s Settings app, on the app’s page, under Live Activities.

Closing the app

If you swipe the app away in the app switcher, the session stops and isn’t kept. Lock the iPhone or switch apps instead.