StepsApp Pedometer vs Wayfarer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepsApp Pedometer
This app transforms your phone into a powerful step counter and activity tracker. Monitor steps, distance, calories burned, and set daily goals. It integrates with Apple Health and Apple Watch for comprehensive activity monitoring.
- Automatic step counting
- Workout tracking with GPS and heart rate
- Apple Health and Apple Watch integration
- Customizable charts and animations
- Goal setting and notifications
- Widgets for home screen
- Wheelchair push tracking
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The step counter that actually gets you moving. Join over 100 million people building healthier habits with StepsApp. Track your daily activity, stay consistent with streaks, and now compete with friends through leaderboards, group challenges, and social features that make walking surprisingly addictive. FEATURES • Automatic step tracking • Daily goals and streaks • Challenges with friends, family, and coworkers • Leaderboards and groups • Workout tracking with Heart Rate Zones and Insights • Apple Health integration • Apple Watch support • Activity trends, records, and analytics • Beautiful charts and animations • Awards and achievements • Home Screen widgets • Lock Screen widgets • Dark Mode and customizable app icons • Social sharing • Wheelchair support • Export your data • No extra hardware required PRO FEATURES • Advanced analytics & insights • GPS workout tracking • Premium customization • Additional Streak Freezes • Advanced goals • Fully ad-free experience * PRO features require an active paid subscription. CONNECT YOUR DEVICES StepsApp seamlessly syncs with popular health and fitness devices — on your wrist, finger, or phone. • Apple Watch • Garmin • Oura • Fitbit • Whoop • Polar • Amazfit • And many more STAY MOTIVATED StepsApp turns movement into a habit. Set a daily goal. Build streaks. Join challenges. Climb the leaderboard. Whether you walk 2,000 steps or 20,000, StepsApp helps you stay consistent and actually enjoy the process. Small daily wins add up fast. TRACK EVERYTHING Get a complete overview of your activity: • Steps • Distance • Floors climbed • Active calories • Walking time • Workouts and routes • Heart rate data • Weekly, monthly, and yearly trends See your progress evolve over time with detailed insights, averages, and personal records. CHALLENGES, GROUPS & LEADERBOARDS Walking is better together. Create groups with friends, family, coworkers, or your entire office. Compete in daily and weekly leaderboards, motivate each other, and stay accountable through shared challenges. A little competition goes a long way. APPLE WATCH & APPLE HEALTH • Sync seamlessly with Apple Health • Combine activity from iPhone and Apple Watch • Track workouts with GPS on Apple Watch • Secure health data storage DESIGNED FOR EVERYONE • Accessible with VoiceOver • Wheelchair support • Available in 20+ languages • Clean, simple, and highly customizable interface Download StepsApp and start building healthier habits one step at a time. Privacy Policy: https://steps.app/privacy
Wayfarer
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Wayfarer is a simple step counter. Open it and see today’s steps, distance and stairs at a glance, set against a beautiful painted scene. No goals, no streaks and no pressure. SIMPLE STEP COUNTING Wayfarer reads the steps your iPhone already counts in Apple Health, so there’s nothing to set up. See today’s steps, how far you’ve walked and your last seven days in one calm view. Every day has one distance, so Today and Stats always agree. SEE HOW YOUR WALKING ADDS UP Stats lets you look back and compare. Choose steps, distance or stairs, then a week, month or year, and see each set against your own usual and against the one before. A month shows as a calendar with every day’s number. All shows your records: your most steps, furthest walk and most stairs in a day. Tap any day for its steps, distance, stairs and the hours you walked. BEAUTIFUL SCENERY Your steps sit on paintings of five famous walks: the Kumano Kodo in Japan, the Camino de Santiago in Spain, the West Highland Way in Scotland, the Appalachian Trail in the United States and the Milford Track in New Zealand. Each day brings a new place, painted for the morning, afternoon and evening. The painting follows your local weather and gently moves with it: grass and trees sway in the wind, rain ripples on rivers and lochs, birds cross the valleys and fireflies blink at night. Keep every walk, or choose the one you love. SHARE YOUR DAY Tap Share for a clean card of your day, week, month or year: your steps over the day’s painting, shaped so chats and posts show it whole. On a day you beat your best, Wayfarer celebrates it once. Turn on the evening summary for one quiet note with your day’s steps, distance and stairs. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your walking history stays on your iPhone. Wayfarer has no account or advertising, and never writes to Apple Health. It can count which screens are used, anonymously and never with your steps, Health data or location; you can turn this off in Settings. Weather is optional and uses your location only while the app is open. Wayfarer asks to read Step Count, Walking + Running Distance and Flights Climbed from Apple Health.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Wayfarer at none against StepsApp Pedometer's 18. Wayfarer also leads on ads (none vs shown). StepsApp Pedometer's advantage is chart position (#29 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and update cadence 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. StepsApp Pedometer sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Wayfarer asks for nothing beyond the download.
StepsApp Pedometer ships an update every 6 days, Wayfarer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepsApp Pedometer | Wayfarer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (302K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 92.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 302K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #29 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 413 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | StepsApp GmbH | Jimmy How |
Bugs and requests
StepsApp Pedometer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Steps disappearing throughout the day
- Syncing issues between phone and watch
- Incorrect distance/calorie calculations
Requested features
4 requests- Add manual step/distance entry
- Improved Apple Watch integration
- More customization options
- Ability to compete with friends
Wayfarer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
StepsApp Pedometer
- PRO Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- PRO Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
- StepsApp Pedometer Pro7 Days trial$6.991 Month
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- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$6.991 Month
- StepsApp Pedometer Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- PRO Yearly2 variants$19.991 Year
- PRO Yearly7 Days trial$19.991 Year
- PRO Yearly$23.901 Year
- StepsApp Pedometer Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
- StepsApp Pedometer Pro$29.991 Year
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- PRO Yearly7 Days trial$32.991 Year
- ULTRA Yearly7 Days trial$59.901 Year
- StepsApp Freeze - 1day$0.99
- StepsApp Pedometer Pro$2.99
Wayfarer
No in-app purchases









