StepCard vs WatchSteps
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StepCard
This app displays your daily step count directly on your Apple Watch face. Track progress towards your goal with visual indicators and review your recent step history.
- Daily step tracking complication
- Configurable display (steps, percentage, combined)
- Daily step goal achievement grading
- Recent daily step history
- 7-day rolling average
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StepCard is an Apple Watch complication to track the number of steps per day. Hit your goal each day and get a perfect grade of A+! Configure the complication to display total steps, percentage of a daily step goal or a combination of both where the number represents steps and the ring represents percentage to of goal. View a recent daily history of your steps as well as a rolling 7 day average.
WatchSteps
This app displays your daily step count with customizable complications and widgets for Apple Watch and iPhone. It syncs settings bidirectionally and prioritizes user privacy by only accessing Health data on-device.
- Customizable watch face complications
- iOS home and lock screen widgets
- Bidirectional sync between iPhone and Watch
- On-device data storage for privacy
- Personalized goals and color themes
- Battery-friendly background updates
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WatchSteps keeps your daily step goal front and center with beautiful complications, iOS widgets, a responsive watch app, and a lightweight iPhone companion. It reads your step data directly from Health and never shares it with anyone else. Highlights • Corner complications: Curved progress gauges that follow the shape of your watch face corners. • iOS widgets: Lock screen and home screen widgets show your progress at a glance. • Multiple complication styles: Rings, gauges, inline text, and corner gauges for any watch face. • Bidirectional sync: Change settings on iPhone or Watch — they sync instantly to both devices. • Personal style: Pick colors and custom goals that match your aesthetic. • Privacy first: Reads steps only, requires no account, stores everything privately on-device. • Battery friendly: Background delivery keeps data fresh without draining your watch. How it works 1. Install WatchSteps on Apple Watch (watchOS 9+) and the paired iPhone (iOS 16+). 2. Grant Health permissions for "Steps." 3. Configure your goal and colors on either device — settings sync automatically. 4. Add widgets to your lock screen or home screen for quick progress checks. 5. Add the complication style you love to your favorite watch faces. Complication Styles • Circular: Ring progress around your step count. • Corner: Curved gauge that follows the watch face corner. • Modular: Large step count with progress indicator. • Inline: Compact text for slim complication slots. Privacy • We read step data from HealthKit solely to display it to you. • WatchSteps never uploads, tracks, or shares personal information. • No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Walk more, simply — with WatchSteps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: WatchSteps at 5.0 against StepCard's 3.9. WatchSteps also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). StepCard's advantage is ratings volume (29 vs 2). On price, ads 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. StepCard sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. WatchSteps asks for nothing beyond the download.
WatchSteps holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StepCard has 29 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
StepCard ships an update every 3 months, WatchSteps every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StepCard | WatchSteps |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (29 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Scott Bowling | YANCY SHEPHERD |
Customer experience
StepCard
WatchSteps
In-app purchases
StepCard
- Baby Steps Tip$0.99
- 5k Tip$1.99
- Half Marathon Tip$4.99
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- Marathon Tip$9.99
- Ultra Marathon Tip$19.99
WatchSteps
No in-app purchases









