StepsWatch vs Step Counter Widget
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepsWatch
This app displays your daily step count directly on your smartwatch. It syncs with your phone's health data to provide real-time activity tracking. View your progress at a glance without needing to open your phone.
- Displays today's step count on watch
- Syncs with Health App data
- Real-time activity tracking
- Glanceable progress view
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StepsWatch can display today step count to your watch. Display steps data from Health App.
Step Counter Widget
This pedometer app automatically tracks your steps, exercise time, calories burned, and distance traveled. It minimizes power consumption by utilizing your iPhone's dedicated motion chip and offers unique mission and data comparison features. It also integrates with the Health App to read step and stair climb data.
- Automatic step counting
- Exercise time tracking
- Calorie expenditure calculation
- Distance traveled measurement
- Unique mission functions
- Past data comparison
- Health App integration
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It is simple but highly functional pedometer. MyCount automatically measures a variety of data such as the number of steps, exercise time, calorie expended, traveled distance, and the number of times it got up during the movement. Since data is read from a dedicated chip mounted on the iPhone, there is no need to keep the application running all the time, and it is designed to minimize power consumption. In terms of functions, we also offer fulfilling functions such as unique mission functions and past data comparison functions. +++ About cooperation with a Helth App +++ MyCount reads the following data from the Health App - The number of steps - Number of stairs climbed ・Terms of Use https://eeggs.jp/terms-of-use-en
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Step Counter Widget at 4.5 against StepsWatch's 2.8. Step Counter Widget also leads on review sentiment (60% vs 33%) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 11 months). StepsWatch's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (8.2 vs 18.0). On price, ads, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Step Counter Widget sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. StepsWatch asks for nothing beyond the download.
Step Counter Widget holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Step Counter Widget has 299 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of StepsWatch's written reviews are positive against 60% of Step Counter Widget's.
StepsWatch ships an update every 11 months, Step Counter Widget every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepsWatch | Step Counter Widget |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (16 ratings) | 4.5 (299 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 60.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 299 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Airwire products. | EasterEggs |
Customer experience
StepsWatch
Step Counter Widget
In-app purchases
StepsWatch
No in-app purchases
Step Counter Widget
- Premium Plan$1.991 Month
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