StepsWatch vs Steps for Watch
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.
Steps for Watch
This app tracks your daily steps and heart rate directly on your Apple Watch. It offers detailed daily step analysis, a seven-day graph of your activity, and the ability to set personal step goals. All data is stored locally on your device for privacy.
- Daily step tracking
- Heart rate monitoring
- Digital Crown for detailed analysis
- Seven-day activity graph
- Complication support
- Personal step goals
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Track your Steps and Heart Rate in this standalone app for Apple Watch Key features: -Daily steps -Use the Digital Crown to examine daily steps in detail and compare your steps activity to heart rate measurements during the selected time period -Seven day graph with daily steps and heart rate averages -Complication with daily steps -Set your personal daily steps goal -In app tutorial (open menu by firmly pressing the screen) Privacy: Steps for Watch needs read access to Motion & Fitness Activity and Heart Rate data. Information read by Steps for Watch is only stored and used locally on your Apple Watch. If you have any questions please contact us at contact@sydvesti.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Steps for Watch at 3.6 against StepsWatch's 2.8. Steps for Watch also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 33%) and ads (none vs shown). StepsWatch's advantage is iOS requirement (8.2 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Steps for Watch holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of StepsWatch's written reviews are positive against 75% of Steps for Watch's.
StepsWatch ships an update every 11 months, Steps for Watch every 12 months. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepsWatch | Steps for Watch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (16 ratings) | 3.6 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 16 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months — better | Every 12 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 8.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Airwire products. | Sydvesti Oy |
Customer experience
StepsWatch
Steps for Watch
In-app purchases
StepsWatch
No in-app purchases
Steps for Watch
No in-app purchases
