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New features and excessive ads ruined this Stepz
Stepz has more ads than any other app I have ever used. The cost to stop the ads is ridiculous especially for an app that took a giant step backwards with its “improvements.” Color scheme and readability due to the washed-out colors is terrible. Over-all display of data including every facet of miles/steps data displays are now awful. Ads pop up at almost every touch of the screen and are very difficult to close. Video ads, that are way too loud and are just plain obnoxious constantly pop up as well. I realize there will be a, “we’re sorry you’re not enjoying our app and here are the reasons why you should be” response to my critique but it just doesn’t cut it. I’ve read all the reviews which are dead-on and the responses which are weak. If you don’t have this app, don’t waste your time getting it. The frustration level it creates just isn’t worth it. I gave it try after try with all the downgrading it’s gone through and now I’m done. There is no redeeming value for using Stepz at this point and without a major overhaul it will end up in the pile of once good apps turned bad that no one uses anymore!Show lessBean557
Developer Response
Hi, thanks for pointing this out. We are going to release a new update very soon, so we invite you to download it as soon as it is out and to verify your data. Then, feel free to send us an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com to tell us about your experience. We will be happy to help you in case of need!Time zone issues
The most current update has been a disappointment (I gave 5 stars to the previous version). Inaccuracy is a major concern - for example: traveling to the east coast, where it is 2 hours later than where I live, the app will duplicate the steps I had in the original time zone (thereby doubling my steps)but parking them 2 hours later. Example, if I had walked 3450 steps at 1:00 pm in Colorado, and then flew to New Hampshire where it’s two hours later - the app would then duplicate my 3450 steps at 3:00. This happens consistently wherever I travel. Local issues abound as well. Unexplained increases in my daily steps will happen in clusters - where I have walked 7k on Tuesday, 6k on Wednesday, and 8k on Thursday - but two days later all three of those totals suddenly are well above 10k each.Show lessBoris211
Developer Response
Hello, thank you for sharing your experience and feedback with us. We regret to hear about the issues you experienced on our app. When you travel across timezone, the app tries to log your data with your current timezone and this may cause data discrepancies such that your data may appear as duplicated. We are glad to tell you that it can quickly be solved by reimporting historical data(tap the cog wheel in the top-right corner > scroll down to the bottom > Tap "Reimport Historical Data"). It may take some time depending on how much data you have stored, but after reimporting the data should appear correctly again. We hope this will help you but if you need further clarifications or instructions, don't hesitate to send us an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com - we'd be glad to assist you personally.Stepz you can count on
Love my Fitbit surge but too many bracelets on my arms. I have a Apple Watch and want to move away from the Surge. I have been looking for apps that provide me with the info I need. Stepz provide me with the info I want. Uses Health Apple app for syncing steps to the app. It has various info you can display about your stepz, how many more steps to
meet your goal, calories burned, average steps over time. Long story short get this application if you want to count your steps then this is the one. One option is to see your steps without opening the app, shows steps much like unopened mail on the top right of the application icon. You can also use the watch dock so you can have your steps easily seen. Update: nice if Apple Watch could show your Stepz progress on the face of the watch.Show lessRandybill
Useful if You are not too particular about data
Stepz Is quite helpful as a motivational tool to move more. I particularly like that not only does it count steps but it counts how much of your day you are active. It’s not great that it overestimates one’s mileage by 20 to 25%, but it still useful as a relative comparison to what one has done before. My main problem with it is that it cannot distinguish between my physical movement and when I am driving my bobcat on my farm or using mass transit systems like the Paris metro, New York subway, or London underground. This problem really skews the validity of the data and ones over all records.uShow lessharrisea17
Pretty Good
It keeps track of my steps. The new updates is nice. I like it when companies update and freshen up the UI.
This app has bugs though. Sometimes the colors are wrong. If I reach my daily goal, sometimes the goal bar will still be orange or even red. I have to shutdown the app and restart it to get it correct.
Another even worse bug is when traveling across time zones, such as in a flight from one end of the country to another. On these days of travel, I will get doubled entries on the time graph, and my daily step count is doubled - so strange. On a recent trip, it doubled my step going out, and on the day of my trip back, the steps were doubled again. And now those bogus days with the doubled steps are forever in the history.Show lessiceforeverjm
Developer Response
Hi! Thank you for your feedback. We’re sorry for the inconveniences and we appreciate that you flagged them up. We are constantly at work to continuously improve the quality of our service and provide our users with the best experience possible. In case you have any other suggestions, feel free to drop us an email to reviews@bendingspoons.com: we’ll be happy to hear from you!Annoying and inaccurate
I used this app for quite some time, and liked it. Then suddenly I started getting ads that popped up so fast I couldn’t push the H first even if I was poised and ready. I usually have to press the x on the as 3-5 times to get it to close. Yesterday I got a new phone and when the ads open they start playing a video with loud audio, even if my phone volume was set low. I can’t stop them without exiting and clearing the app. I’ve been climbing stairs a lot, and it doesn’t show. Last week one day I went up and down a staircase 15 times. A half hour later when I looked at the app, it said I had climbed 2 that day. I know I had more than that in my house.
Needless to say, I will delete this app. I wrote a complaint not too long ago, but never heard a solution and as of yesterday it is worse than before.
Bye-bye!Show lessAuntie DJ
Good app. Ads are a hindrance
I’ve used the app for years and does what it is supposed to do. 5 stars for that. I used to be annoyed by complaints from users about advertisements in an app when they were getting an app for free, but you’ve taken annoying ads up a notch. They pop up on every screen or touch and actually stop what you are doing. Annoying is one thing, but hindrance reduces functionality. Some ads have a large no thanks button at the bottom to clear the screen and get back to what you were looking at, but most have a tiny x tucked in the upper left corner of the screen which takes multiple attempts to properly detect I am pressing it (yes, most likely my phone case in the way and fat thumbs). Reduced rating simply for this reasonShow lessThank you for effort
Absolutely Hate New Design
This app used to be great. It was easily 4-5 stars. Then they changed the interface a few months ago and now it’s horrible. 1) Before, you could see your goal AND number of EXACT steps achieved for the day on one screen. Now you have to look at 2 screens for the same info. 2) You use to get the EXACT steps achieved above the graphics so you could tell at a glance what you did different days of the week. Now you have to tap on each bar to see that # at the top for a single day. You have to tap each bar to get the steps for that day. 3) There is a pop-ad EVERY TIME you touch the screen for whatever reason. I get you need to make money, but REALLY??? 4) You used to see the entire last 7 days by default. Now you have to scroll in order to see that ... along with another ad pop-up. 5) The washed out colors are horrible. The vibrant ones were much more pleasing to the eye. I’m so disgusted, it’s getting deleted after happily using it several years.Show lessPaige Markham
Developer Response
Hello Paige, we always listen attentively to our users' feedback because it is thanks to it that we can keep improving our app and adjust it to users' expectations and needs. This is exactly what guided us and helped us release the new version, which addresses most of your requirements! We hope you'll give it a second chance and download it to enjoy the new layout, thanks to which you'll be able to see at a glance the total number of steps along with the 7-Day Average feature. You may also easily access your goal progress, distance, active time and floors climbed all on the same page, by scrolling the dedicated menu at the top of the Dashboard. We hope you'll also enjoy the new colours! Please feel free to send us your feedback writing to reviews@bendingspoons.com: we'd love to receive it!Latest update ruined it
I’ve used the paid version for years. It just did what it was supposed to do. The latest version made the usability worse, but most significantly it also now sometimes shows zero steps for some days. I haven’t figured out the pattern for it. But I disliked the interface changes enough that I installed a couple more pedometer apps, and they don’t have this issue.
The worst part is that I don’t like these other apps as much as the old version of Stepz. I don’t need confetti animations, or my step progress visualized as liquid sloshing in a round tank. (Is liquid height still linear with progress?)
So now I’m left with the health app. Which is functional, but isn’t as simple and focused as a dedicated pedometer. The step count as the round notification badge was a great feature.
Update: deleted stepz.
And no, I don’t want to email you at bendingspoons so you can personally respond with boilerplate explanation of why I should pay $150/year for a step counter, which the health app provides for free.
I’m a software developer, and I always buy the paid version of an app. But I’ll never pay a recurring rental fee. Not for photoshop, and certainly not for stepz. And stepz wants to charge MORE than adobe does for photoshop + Lightroom. Madness!Show lessdrnewton
Not happy with the new app
I liked the other way much better cause when it opens you see the steps, miles and calories then see the other when you want but this new one doesn’t always open on the first touch if it does it blinks off again. I have over 13 million steps and many times have went over 30,000 steps in a day also new colors and no explanation as to what they mean. I will continue using the app but change isn’t always good for everyone more for the few. Thanks.
Also I absolutely hate the pop up adds that come on now also don’t think anyone actually reads this but what the hell at least I am venting and it releases my stressShow lessfrjonawapwo
